Both he and coach Urban Meyer insisted he was healthy and ready to carry the ball.
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“Zeke is an incredibly loyal person and football player, one of the most selfless players I’ve even been around”, Meyer said, according to the Dispatch. “I was trying to stay on my feet as long as possible”. The Spartans go to Indianapolis, of course, because they own the tiebreaker over both Ohio State and MI to determine the Big Ten Championship Game representative.
“We lost the line of scrimmage”, Meyer says. The Buckeyes (10-1, 6-1) travel to archrival MI (9-2, 5-2) next Saturday and still have an outside shot at reaching the Big Ten East Division championship game the following week.
The loss ends Ohio State’s FBS-leading 23-game winning streak and Big Ten record 30-game conference winning streak.1 There’s little time to pout, however, with a visit to That School Up North looming.
The Ohio State Buckeyes should be disappointed. I could have told you a month ago that that was going to be my last game in the Shoe as you can see I was very emotional before the game. He said after the game that there was no chance he’d be back next year.
Elliott, who was a Heisman candidate up until Saturday, received just 12 carries and gained just 33 yards. That decade, of course, featured arguably the two most prominent figures in each university’s football program to date – Ohio State’s Woody Hayes and Michigan’s Bo Schembechler.
Ohio State plays MI next week. As far as the postseason goes, it’s likely the best the Buckeyes will be able to do is the Rose Bowl.
Elliott, who spent a few days in the hospital before the game for a staph infection, said he lobbied Meyer for more touches.
The Pac-12 won’t be sending a team to the playoffs, we know that. “It hurts a lot because of how we lost, we weren’t put in the right opportunity to win this game”, he said, explaining that he was asking coach Meyer for different plays.
BOSTON – On a day that saw No. 3 Ohio State lose, the Fighting Irish (10-1) fumbled, stumbled and bumbled their way to an unimpressive victory over Boston College. The Spartans won 17-14. “Passing game was not there”.
Baylor quarterback Jarrett Stidham took several hard hits in the first half and did not play after the break but the Bears still gained 700 yards. I couldn’t disagree with him.
The Buckeyes started the season as the unanimous No. 1 team in the country, an overwhelming favorite to win another national title. It also seems like his star players typically have more control over him then he does of them.
They will spend their Thanksgiving week preparing for their big annual rivalry game against Ohio State.
“We’ve got to move on and it’s important for me as a leader to bring guys with me”, he said. MI State gave no hints as to whether he would play, but when he warmed up cautiously t was obvious something was up.
After seeing all of this, it got me to thinking: what is Urban Meyer doing about it?
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The Spartans will return Friday morning with one goal in mind.
