Harbaugh Downplays Ohio State Rivalry

But I was more disappointed in Elliott’s comments like when he said he’s not coming back and that was his last game at Ohio State.

But on the ensuring possession, Ohio State’s defense, and particularly its linebackers who were making tackles five yards down the field, allowed the Spartans to march 75 yards in 13 plays to tie it at 14-14 on a two-yard run by Gerald Holmes with 12:03 left in the game.

Harbaugh’s first actual experience with Michigan-Ohio State came in 1973, the first year he and his family moved to Ann Arbor from OH – and his father, Jack Harbaugh’s, first season on the staff of Bo Schembechler.

I’d say Big Ten in general, but we all obviously want Iowa to win the Championship game.

Well the dream of back-to-back national championships has died for the Ohio State Buckeyes as they lost at home to MI State 17-14 on a last minute field goal. “I was depressed in the hospital and crying like a baby”, he said.

Elliott, a Heisman Trophy candidate, said Saturday was his final home game with Ohio State.

“Honestly, I go into every game planning to dominate. I’ve been through a lot this year, and I don’t know what good is going to come from it, but I’m convinced that eventually we’re going to see something good come from this”. I can’t speak for the play-caller.

“I call a lot of the plays anyways”, Meyer said. His 33 yards ended a streak of 15 games of Elliott rushing for more than 100 yards.

Meyer said he didn’t disagree with Elliott’s criticism – and understood the frustration of the program’s third-leading rusher getting 12 carries – but did find fault with Elliott airing his grievances to the media. “We’ll have some momentum, we’re calling plays that work and then we kind of try to get away from it and try to get cute and run some other stuff”. “We’ve still got games to play and anything can happen”, senior linebacker Joshua Perry said.

So I asked Harbaugh, “Is it possible for the man who coaches the Buckeyes to look the man who coaches the Wolverines in the eye, with respect?” Didn’t we do that after Alabama lost to Ole Miss? I feel like we just weren’t put in the right opportunity to win this game.

Then, Meyer promptly threw his offensive coordinator under the bus, saying that he agreed with Elliott about the play calling against MSU. I don’t know what was going on. So finger will be pointed right here.

“Is (Peppers) a good running back?”

Hey, Urban, State just beat the he!! out of you! And I have to do better.

The Ohio State-Michigan rivalry was at its best when it was Woody Hayes vs. Bo Schembechler, a period fondly referred to as the “10 Year War”.

Ohio State has won the past 10 out of 11 games versus MI, and Meyer has won three in a row for his team, but with new MI Coach Jim Harbaugh, the fate of Meyer’s Buckeyes isn’t quite so certain.

“No, I was not content”, Meyer said of the play calling.