Ohio State wins wild, epic, controversial showdown with MI

This should be confirmation. Isn’t that college football for you? “That game is right in there”. “I thought there were some outrageous calls, including the one that would have ended the game”. “But that’s an instant classic between two great teams”. For most of the game, the Wolverines dominated the Buckeyes on the offensive side.

Facing fourth-and-1 from the 16 in the second overtime and trailing by three points, Meyer decided not to try a game-tying field goal with Tyler Durbin, who had already missed two short ones in regulation.

For most of the day, Ohio State’s only offense was its defense.

Every Michigan fan: “He was short!”

Anyway, we still have one more round of games to sort all this out.

On the next play, Samuel, who had made a swerving, change-of-direction run to set up the fourth-and-1, found a lane and raced into the end zone to win it.

The play was so close that the MI sideline and its pocket of fans cheered the first replay shown on the video board at Ohio Stadium. “Just like he backs us up”. It wasn’t that I wasn’t paying attention; I was so excited in the moment and she smiled and I didn’t need to say anything and she didn’t need to say anything.

If Ohio State’s 30-27 double-overtime win over arch-rival MI on Saturday is any indication, Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh will be lucky to make it halfway through a decade of these games with their hearts and minds intact.

“I’m bitterly disappointed with the officiating”, Harbaugh said. Harbaugh lambasted the officials. The Buckeyes out gained the Wolverines 206 to 91 running the football. The ruling was reviewed, but the call stood.

In double overtime, the Buckeyes forced a three and out on the Wolverines. No way in hell.

MI seems to have the edge at wide receiver, with Jehu Chesson and Amara Darboh, but both quarterbacks should expect small windows in which to throw and few deep shots available. But he ran for 125 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries to lead all rushers.

Plenty of football still needs to be played, but in the meantime, what could we expect to see come Tuesday night? Their teams player on Thanksgiving Day, allowing them to return to Columbus.

Wisconsin (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 6 CFP) turned in a stalwart defensive effort in the second half after getting outplayed in the first and falling behind by 10 points at halftime. The Spartans launched their fourth consecutive scoring drive as the half wound down, Geiger converting a 21-yard field goal, his fourth of the game, to give Michigan State a 12-10 lead at halftime. No. 2 showdown in 2006.

Penn State: With injuries mounting, Penn State appeared destined for another ho-hum season at best after a Week 4 loss to MI dropped the Nittany Lions to 2-2.

Does Peppers deserve a suspension? Seriously, this is why we can’t have nice things.

Since their first game in their storied 113-game rivalry that started in 1897, not a single game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines has gone to overtime. The Buffaloes will face No. 6 Washington in the conference championship next weekend. MI is probably the team left out.

∫ THE CLEVELAND Cavaliers, including LeBron James, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, head coach Tyon Lue and basically the entire cast, watched the game from a suite next to the press box. If Wisconsin wins, easy decision for the committee. No confirmation. Only controversy.

In the 100th game in the series, No. 5 MI beat No. 4 Ohio State 35-21 at the end of a dominant run that seems like a distant memory.

This likely isn’t the last time these two teams play a thrilling matchup.

He could be the flawless spy on Barrett, who is one of the smartest and most effective running quarterbacks in the country (722 yards rushing and eight touchdowns).

“Yeah, no doubt”, Speight said.

Both defenses were really good. But I think MI is out. A few Ohio State redshirt seniors such as Elflein earned their fifth pair of gold trousers, the trinket players receive for beating the Wolverines. That game clinched the Big Ten West title for Wisconsin. And for much of the game against MI, the Buckeyes again looked shaky offensively. The 43-year-old Lage played football across the street from Michigan Stadium at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and one of his teammates was Mike Lantry, whose father was a central figure in The Game’s 10-10 tie in 1973. Maybe that’s why Harbaugh out of his way to impersonate Bo.