No Connor Cook? No problem for MI State in 17-14 win

As a result, Cook was ruled out, snapping his streak of 36 consecutive starts for the Spartans.

“No disrespect, but that’s certainly not any conversation – you’re right, a lot of things happen, but we’ve got to fix a few obvious problems”, Meyer said.

Terry took a hard sack by Sam Hubbard and fumbled late in the first quarter.

“I didn’t want to pull a Jalen Watts-Jackson”, Geiger said, referring to his teammate who ended up with a broken hip after returning a botched punt for a touchdown to beat MI in October.

“I’m disappointed in the play-calling”. “But, at the end of the day, they made a play and we didn’t”.

After the game, Cook presented a game ball to Geiger, who wasn’t on the Buckeyes’ radar as a high school prospect.

The Tar Heels (10-1, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their 10th in a row and clinched the Coastal Division title for the first time.

Samaje Perine ran for 188 yards and a touchdown for the Sooners (10-1, 7-1 Big 12), who lost quarterback Baker Mayfield to an apparent head injury. O’Connor converted a pair of third-and-long situations with passes to Aaron Burbridge to keep the drive alive. “And we needed to be able to prevent that”.

The Buckeyes had to turn to Cardale Jones in the Big Ten title game and the College Football Playoff, but still had playmakers like Ezekiel Elliott in the backfield and Devin Smith on the outside. But nights like Saturday combat the idea of Big Ten football as Ohio State and everyone else. MI State gave no hints as to whether he would play, but when he warmed up cautiously t was obvious something was up. Rutgers is 4-7. None play each other this week.

“I think everybody was depressed (Saturday)”, Strawser said.

Let’s dive into grading the Spartans, I could honestly end this quickly by simply stating, ‘Everyone gets an A,’ because that is precisely what they deserve. The Spartans displayed outstanding gap integrity every time the Buckeyes tried to run wide.

Holmes had another solid game. We lost the turnover battle 3-0 and still won by double digits in a game that was never in doubt for the final 30 minutes.

Ohio State have MI to play in rivalry week; MSU close it out against Penn State, a decent but far from remarkable team, that looked bad for most of its afternoon against MI, losing on account of an offensive line that still can’t block.

The Spartans” “D’ was so dominant in their 17-14 victory, Ohio State had more punts (nine) than first downs (five). And with everything against the Spartans, they proved just another time what they can do. “I’ve gone the whole season knowing this was going to be a tight game”.

As for what Coach Dantonio told his kicker before he went out for the game victor, Dantonio told him “hey you got it, belief, be still, take your time and kick it through”.

He only carried the ball 12 times for 33 yards, but Ohio State also ran just 45 plays from scrimmage.

But Elliott said he went back to practice Thursday and was fine for the game.

The Buckeyes had just 105 yards offense entering the fourth quarter while constantly trying to run against the strength of MI State’s defense, which is stopping the run. The MI Wolverines ground game is averaging 161.3 yards per contest, and De’Veon Smith leads the way with 621 yards and six touchdowns.

“Our discipline was different this year”, said Shilique Calhoun.