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OSU Beats Irish in Fiesta Bowl
Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott was unaware that he had a suspended driver’s license last weekend when he was involved in a auto accident near the team’s practice facility in Columbus, Ohio. Elliott rushed for 149 yards and four touchdowns.
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The newly hired Rutgers football coach spent his final game calling the defensive plays for Ohio State on Friday, taking part in a 44-28 triumph over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.
The Irish were downright elite at points this year (still ranking No. 8 in S&P+) despite enduring 2014 Ohio State-esque attrition at quarterback and Stormtrooper-ish injury damage elsewhere.
Player of the Game: Another Buckeyes whose college career came to an end in Glendale was running back Ezekiel Elliott, and he went out in style.
Kizer’s biggest play came when he threw to the sidelines to Will Fuller, who evaded a would-be tackler and raced down the sideline on an 81-yard play, the second-longest pass play in Fiesta Bowl history.
Those skills should translate well in the NFL. By so many measurements, this was the season in which the Buckeyes could win it all. “But when you have a running back as good as he is, I think that’s the dominant force”.
The Buckeyes (12-1) were left out of the College Football Playoff thanks to an inopportune loss to Michigan State. They may leave the desert wondering what could have been after blowing past another playoff contender. That lead reached 28-7, before Notre Dame rallied to cut the deficit to 28-21.
On Thursday, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer inadvertently revealed that Bosa would be forgoing his previous year with the program.
“It’s been a wild journey with this team, something I couldn’t even imagine”, Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple said.
“(Elliott) makes it challenging”, Notre Dame defensive lineman Sheldon Day said.
1936 The a year ago Notre Dame defeated Ohio State in their six all-time meetings, with four straight losses since 1995.
Q. Coach, has Zeke or any of your other players officially said this will be their last game?
Ohio State was rolling along in the first quarter.
Smith’s “significant knee injury”, as Kelly classified it after the loss, was the latest in a load of bricks that ultimately sealed Notre Dame’s tomb. Bosa, projected as a top-10 National Football League draft pick, drove the top of his helmet into the chest of Kizer, long after the Notre Dame quarterback had released the ball.
“That was a kidney shot”, Meyer said, referring to his morale, not Kizer’s torso.
After getting past those initial shocks to the system, the real story of this game was the efficiency of the Ohio State offense, particularly on first and second down.
Elliott, another potential first-round pick, was the Buckeyes’ punctuation mark, scoring on a pair of 1-yard runs and another from 2 yards. After tying a BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl record with his fourth rushing touchdown in the third quarter, Elliott stopped at the back of the end zone and mimicked Bosa’s trademark shrug.
“He’s a physical back. He did some special things with his feet today”.
Those teams also scored some tremendous victories – remember the impressive 20-17 victory over No. 2 Arizona State in the 1997 Rose Bowl that boosted Ohio State to No. 2 in the final polls? – that didn’t get them what they wanted.
De’Veon Smith had 111 yards on 25 carries for MI.
Northwestern had its winning streak snapped at five games to finish 10-3, which ties the school record for most wins in a season. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article. “I guess. I mean, (linebacker Joe Schmidt) is a leader on our defense, but he would tell you that Jaylon impacts what we do defensively significantly”.
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