O’Connor vs. Terry: MSU’s win a peek at 2016 QB battle

It was all good in Columbus. “They have excellent players, theyre well-coached.

But facing a Michigan State Spartans team without its starting quarterback at home last Saturday, the Buckeyes lost outright as a 14.5-point favorite. I don’t think Michigan State was better than us.

As Elliott noted, the Buckeyes have their annual game with MI next weekend. Meyer also said that he didn’t necessarily disagree with Elliott’s complaints about the offense and about the fact that the running back received only 12 carries – eight of which came on one short touchdown drive. Decker said Elliott is allowed to have an opinion. They had more quarterbacks then they knew what to do with, one of the best running backs in the country and a defense with potential All-Americans at every level.

For My Take, the biggest disappointment from the Buckeyes loss Saturday to Michigan State actually came after the game.

You can either choose to believe Elliott’s comments are the first crack in the machine Meyer built in Columbus, a NFL Draft exodus will precede a hit in recruiting and more systemic problems will tear all that down.

The last time Michigan State beat Ohio State was the 2013 Big Ten championship game and that broke a 24-game winning streak by the Buckeyes and kept them out of the BCS title game. He posted a photo of himself walking into the stadium and wrote, “Last time walking down them steps and into The Shoe, wish the results were different tho”. Again, this is not the time for statements like these.

The college football world gets to witness its first Urban Meyer vs. Jim Harbaugh matchup on Saturday. The yardage total was the lowest in Meyer’s career as a head coach.

According to Oddshark, the defending national champion is the favourite to take care of their part on Saturday and add some pressure on the Spartans to win their battle with the Nittany Lions (7-4). Does this show that Meyer can’t control his team if they are not winning?

The Buckeyes (10-1, 6-1) saw their 30-game conference regular-season win streak end and were held to 132 yards, 86 of it on the ground, and only five first downs. Instead of leaning heavily on Elliott as they have all season, the Buckeyes attempted to run QB J.T. Barrett more often and couldn’t get a perpetually stagnant passing attack rolling. “That was a very poor performance”, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said.

In pre-game warm-ups, it was noticeable that Elliott was wearing a wrap on his leg. Afterward, he revealed that he had a scratch on his leg which turned into a skin infection that put him in the hospital last Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.