No. 8 Ohio State routs No. 12 MI

Clemson is probably in the playoff even if they lose the ACC championship game (and even if they lose, UNC, two FCS non-conference games and SC loss and all, might just grab their spot) whoever wins the Big Ten championship is in the playoff, and Oklahoma is likely in after pasting Oklahoma State.

The Buckeyes will also have their eyes on the Big Ten title game between No. 4 Iowa (12-0) and No. 5 Michigan State (11-1). Barkley, a promising cornerstone for the team’s future, finished with 1,007 yards this season, setting a Penn State freshman rushing record. But as many MSU fans have learned, once they’re the underdogs, the Spartans really begin to shine.

The combatants for Saturday’s Big Ten Championship in Indianapolis are not only mirror images of each other, but they are both throwbacks to those physical, blue-collar, four-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust teams from the days of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler.

The Hawkeyes also won on the last play of the game in East Lansing during a 9-0 start in 2009 and ruined Michigan State’s Rose Bowl hopes in 2010. The Nittany Lions and Wisconsin are the only Big Ten teams to post winning seasons for the last 11 years….

“The backlash was hard on me”, Elliott said.

It was OSU’s eleventh win in the last 12 years against MI and its thirteenth in the last 15 times the two teams have played.

Godwin reeled in an 8-yard pass from Hackenberg with 35 seconds remaining to slash the score to 20-10 to end the half.

“The biggest thing is they were getting exhausted and they weren’t getting lined up”, Elliott said.

Elliott moved into the No. 2 spot on Ohio State’s career rushing list, passing Eddie George.

“I think he should be in New York”, Meyer said. “I think we maybe had a couple of opportunities, but it just was obviously tough conditions to throw the ball”. I don’t know what they’re talking about. “I’ve been very fortunate to play in a lot of games and not have to sit out”. “He’s played extremely well the past couple weeks from what I’ve seen on film so far”.

One week after struggling against Michigan State, the Buckeyes dominated archrival Michigan 42-13 on Saturday to spoil Jim Harbaugh’s coaching debut in one of college football’s most storied rivalries.

Warinner said, “We made a decision and realized we needed to do something a little different for this game”. But if he is, he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the country, with enough pieces around him to win the national title.

Barrett’s 13-yard run with 1:45 left in the third quarter extended OSU’s margin to 28-10.

On that play, however, Allen was in a somewhat more conventional H-back position, albeit with a defensive lineman, Lawrence Thomas, positioned as the tailback and carrying out a decoy run.

Senior wide receiver Aaron Burbridge caught six passes for 75 yards and a score.

The first drive of the game looked promising for Penn State until Christian Hackenberg was intercepted in the end zone.

Rudock was 19 of 32 for 263 yards and a TD.

“We’re playing our best football down the stretch”, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said after his team dominated Penn State, 55-16. But at this point, we’ve gotten up off the mat after Nebraska, we played through injuries, we’ve played down the stretch, we’ve won some close games.