His team came in with supreme confidence. We went to both places. I think both sides gave off an air that they thought theyd win this game but i thought particularly here in east lansing. The spartans brought a little swagger in. Off a beatdown of michigan on this field kirk a lot of that has to do with how they played in indianapolis and then carried it over to the rose bowl. I think they feel very confident who they are. This is a team thats been peaking. They feel very good coming into this game. This is a good Michigan State team. Ohio state came in with a plan and theyve executed. Chris cook has time. Fires down the middle and just over the head of mumphery. Smile from cook. But its been a frustrating night, because hes been in the unusual position of having to play catchup. Kirk urban meyer and Mark Dantonio said to us, when up get into these big games, especially in november in the big ten, any game, its typically owon up front in the trenches. Think of how ohio states offensive line has played. Theyve played incredibly well. Also, ohio states defensive line with bennett, washington, bosa, even steve miller they have held up their end of the bargain, as well. Chris third and ten. They bring four. Cook fires over the middle, complete at the 42 yard line. Theyll move the chains. Kings made the catch. Michigan state, 14game big ten win streak in big trouble. Ohio state continues to play very well as an underdog. Again kings makes the catch. There at the buckeyes 40. Last seven times ohio states been an underdog, they did very well. Previous six, they won four of them. Kirk urban meyer does a good job to get his team to play with a chip on their shoulder. Sometimes he invents reasonis chris oh, thats a diving pick by powell theyre going to rule it incomplete. Cooks leg was being grabbed as he delivered it. What an attempt by powell. Kirk again, that defensive line got pressure on him. Powell, i think as he comes down, its a matter if he got his hands under that football before it hit the ground. Ball did appear to hit the ground. His hands were behind the ball. Referee the Previous Play is under further review. Chris again, the ruling incomplete, so, not sure theres emphatic evidence to overturn that. But these ohio state dbs have had one heck of a night. They have great hands. Apple did drop a sure pick early. This would have been a circus pick for powell. Kirk youre right about the pressure. Bennett and washington both got in there. That would have been a heck of an effort, but cook had to get rid of the football because of that defensive line aprying the pressure again. You look at connor cook, hes put up some numbers. Hes actually at 276. It doesnt feel like that typical connor cook night when you look at tony lippett, who has four catches for 48 yards. They targeted him nine times, he only has four catches. Chris dave is watching the replay that steve newman is looking at next door. Dave, what do you say . I think its going to stand incomplete. The bottom of the ball hits the ground. You can see the ball move a little. Theres certainly in my opinion not enough evidence to reverse it to an interception. I think its going to stand at the very least. Chris ohio state see guys who have great ball skills. They can track the ball and when they get their hands on it, despite apples easy drop before, they usually make the pick. Referee after further review, the ruling on the field stands. Incomplete pass. Second down. Chris also a defense, kirk, that has limited big plays from all opponents. I know the competition hasnt been that tough, but only 17 20plus yard plays all season. Theyve done a pretty good job limiting Michigan State tonight in that department. On second and ten. Cook. Stays up. Delivers into traffic. Catch made, first down at the 26 yard line. Mumphery. Good job holding on there. Tony lippett has been limited. Just 48 receiving yards in his four catches so far. Cook steps up. Flips it short. Flag is down. As langford collects it. That was in the holding zone. It has not been a good night for a very heralded and accomplished offensive live. Referee holding, offense, number 54. Kirk we talked about the sacks, only five all year, which is one in the country. When you look at film and people have blitzing from every angle imaginable, they always seem to pick up the blitz. Always seem to give cook time to be able to make throws and tonight, once again, i think theyve lost the battle for the most part up front. Chris thats their Third Holding penalty. Thaitd theyd be disappointed in this effort for sure. Kirk right. Joey bosa hasnt had his typical night. He came into the night having two sacks in the last three games at least. A 6 1 2, 7 sacks in the last three games. Tonight, hes been pretty quiet. I think its been more about washington and bennett in the middle doing most of the damage to the interior of Michigan States offensive line. Chris second and 20. Cook delivers far side. Catch made. Burbridge cant escape. Tackled at the 30 by mcmillan. Third down. A lot of the crowd has emptied out of here in east lansing. Theres a flag after the play. Referee y . Irsonal foul. Face mask. Defense. 15yard penalty. Automatic first down. Chris that will move Michigan State closer. Urban wont feel comfortable yet, up 18. Kirk not at all. That goes for any coach, let alone urban meyer and his intensity. Bennetts trying to get off the field. He is slow. You can see him, he took a knee, get him off the field. Chris cook delivers. Kings. Retreats. Still alive. Fighting. Kings on his feet down near the goal line to the 1 yard line. Slippery play by the receiver. They had him trapped in the backfield. Kirk he plays wide receiver, but he has the ability of a running back. He gets out there and looks like a couple ohio state defenders thought he might have been down and he just kept going. Chris langford barrels into the end zone. A bunch of spartan fans have headed to the exits, but Michigan State still fighting. P. A. T. Will cut the lead to 11. 5 20 to play. You think they have to try an onsides kick here. Defense really hasnt stopped ohio state. Kirk you still have three timeouts remaining. Chris almost risky to kick it away. Kirk still a twopossession game. Chris down 12 kirk try to get it to ten here. Chris thought they might kick the p. A. T. To get it to 11. Interesting decision. Batted down. Sitting on 12 now. Frazier batted that pass down. Kirk now youre looking at two touchdowns. Again, the heart from Michigan State, set up by kings here, not giving up on a play. You can see him wiggling. I thought he might take it all the way to the end zone. They get the ball back in the sure hands of Jeremy Langford and that big offensive line. 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Part of that group last year that came up short in indy against this team and now this rebuilt offensive line with the quarterback barrett filling in at the last minute before the season began. Doing something that veteran group could not do. Spartans kick it deep. No onsides kick. So, barrett and company will take over with 5 20. And alabama now trailing lsu. Field goal seconds ago to give the mad hatter a threepoint lead. Half the top ten would go down. Alabama doesnt come back and the spartans cant mount a furious rally here. Kstate losing to tcu. If that holds, kirk, Mississippi State has got to go to tuscaloosa, the only s. E. C. Team without at least two losses. Wow. Kirk can you imagine waking up today the potential of auburn and alabama both gets knocked off . There was a shot with alabama going to death valley. Chris elliott hammers ahead. How will the committee evaluate that . Mississippi state goes to tuscaloosa next week. They got to win the egg bowl in oxford. Doesnt even really matter for the Division Title for Mississippi State, right . Kirk thats right. Chris they have a huge lead. 5 15 to play here in east lansing. Chris cotter in studio. You heard chris talk about the field goal. How did they get in range to kick it for lsu . A fumble inside their own 10 yard line. Lsu recovered. They kicked the field goal. Bama has the ball now, but trailing by three. Chris, kirk . Chris chris, thank you. Lsu doing it their way. Low scoring upset, as underdogs against ole miss. Same blueprint. Trying to finish out bama, which is drying to dri intrying to dr perhaps. Fun night. Oregon beginning to pull away against utah. That crazy play. Utes could have taken a 140 lead. Reminder of the semifinal games in this new format. Takes place in pasadena and in new orleans. The rose bowl game allstate sugar bowl. A doubleheader on espn on new years day. The two winners getting into that National Championship game, at t stadium, january 12th. Kirk you have 1 and 4 and 2 and 3 playing and i think a lot of people are surprised when we were talking about this, that, you know, lets just say for arguments sake that the big ten champion doesnt get into the top four, theyre so used to going to the rose bowl, you wouldnt go to the rose bowl. It would be looking at the, what, the fiesta bowl, orange bowl. Cotton bowl. Peach. Chris big difference, though, right . Playing for a spot in the championship game in pasadena, perhaps . Winning the big ten and not going to the rose bowl. Ohio state trying to convert and third and three. What else . Barrett. Straight ahead. And, of course, he converts. Remarkable, this guy. Every ohio state fan was deflated, disappointed, miller goes out. You figure, there goes the season, right . Hardly. This guy, hes the allbig ten quarterback. Kirk without a doubt. The wail hey hes playing tonig . I love the look in his eyes. For a young guy, hes got a look about him with, again, the numbers that are impressive. Its the way hes doing it, the poise with which hes playing in this environment. You almost think hes a senior, the way he plays and car rips himse carries himself. Offensive line giving him time to be able to execute, whether its been the run or the pass, thats been a big part of his success, as well. Chris barrett pitches it near side. Marshall gets two nice blocks and falls down at midfield. What lies ahead for ohio state. Minnesota playing good football. They hammered iowa. Thats up next weekend. Home games against indiana, and the team up north. Lo looking at the big ten championship game, perhaps, against wisconsin or nebraska. Kirk they have the game in indianapolis to show the committee who they are and whetheror not theyre deserving. Chris elliott. Moves the ball tightly. Minnesota would be considered a quality win. The soefer e gophers did get ha tcu. Kirk they seem to be Getting Better with jerry kill. They looked good again today. Butn a team you have to look at how theyve improved themselves, where they were against navy. Think about losing four offensive linemen, three of which are now starting in the nfl as rookies. And, you know, you lose your starting quarterback. Youve got 11 days to try to get it together for navy and then virginia tech. Think about how much theyve improved from that you chaos and that disappointment of losing their leader, your starting quarterback in braxton miller. Theyve got to be one of the most improved offenses from week one or two to now into november of anybody in the country. Chris Michigan State spending a timeout. You talk about a contrast in e motions on this field. Couple weeks ago, michigan came in here and the spartans just absolutely dominated their rival. Six out of the last seven. Michigan planted a stake in the field. Spartans took great offense and dropped t 2 ] hammer on them. Two weeks later, Michigan State fans feeling good about themselves, so is their team. Humbling loss tonight. Kirk yeah, no doubt about it. This is the game that everybody was bracing for, because there just hasnt been that big competition. And the opportunities there. So, in the s. E. C. , you see them weekly. In the big ten, you have to wait for a few weeks, and this is a chance. Michigan state came in. Chance for them to say, were tired of being down there, hitting that ceiling at eight. Were going to show Michigan State who we really are. Urban meyer and this Team Deserves all the credit in the way for the way they came in and the intensity with which they played tonight. Chris barrett. Tries to get the corner again. Like everything all season long, theyve been waiting for this moment to show what they can do. They had to survive a Double Overtime game at penn state. The lions scored 17 in a row to force overtime. And then scored right away in the top of the first in overtime. Buckeyes dont get a touchdown, the dream ends there in happy valley. Kirk the way they had to win that game collectively, the offense, the defense, special teams, everybody had a hand in it. Talking to some of the coaches and players that the postgame celebration in that locker room, pretty emotional. It was the offense and defense hugging each other. They really felt that was a turning point, even though it became a scare, because that game went into overtime in the second half. Chris third down conversion for ohio state makings it six for six in the second half. Ford wrapup show after the game with chris cotter. Detail whats going on around the country. Barrett. 300 yards passing even with three touchdowns. Hes run for 86 yards and two touchdowns. Cant ask anything more of a quarterback. Calm, poised leadership on top of that. I would say almost a flawless performance. Kirk remember, this guy didnt play football for almost two years until this year. With that torn acl. Red shirted last year. How mature he kind of approaches the game chris elliott. Falls down. Clock continues to roll here. It will be third down. Kirk that might8a be his greatest quality, actually. Is how he;qcu carries himself without having a ton of reps and a ton of experience as a freshman. Hes just become an extension of tom herman and urban meyer and what hes trying to do. One of the keys for him to play so well, preparation. They said he strives to be so good. He wants to be excellent. He doesnt just say it. He preps monday through friday to put himself in a position to have answers to every challenge that he might face from a defense. Chris third string in the spring. Thought hed be the holder this season. Thought that would be his big responsibility. Holding for the kicks with miller, of course kirk he was just trying to make sure he beat out jones for the backup to braxton miller. Also thought when tom herman said, hes gotten to a point where hes figured him out. He said, ill talk to him about whats important and hell say, hey, dont be perfect, just be you. Dont be perfect, just be you. Because early in the year, he thought he was a little hesitant. He was trying to overanalyze. Trying to be too perfect. Now, he just has a little ritual what he does with him, talks to him about his reads, his keys. Before he goes out for the beginning of the game and then he says, just dont be perfect. Just be you. Chris a lot of buckeyes he melts had to be pretty clean before the season. Hes earned every one of them. His dad, 25year career in the army. He said, his mom, really, the disciplinarian in the family. Joe joe in grade school. He game became j. T. In high sch. And j. T. , the mvp tonight. Outplaying connor cook. Ohio states collective effort here makes a resounding statement to the committee. Barrett. Throws it down field. That will stop the clock. Fourth down. 39 seconds to play. Alabama, by the way, tell you this as a service to the viewer, after lsu took the lead, kicked the ball out of bounds on the kickoff, drove down, kicked a tying field goal. So, theyre headed for overtime there. Chris cotter will keep you posted on all of that stuff, 39 seconds from now. Kirk what are the odds of that, with the way their kicking game has cost them in some big games the last few years . They had no timeouts. Chris yeah. Aaron did it a couple years ago, that heroic touchdown drive. Blake sims with no timeouts, puts them in position to kick the tying field goal. Dont put a fork in bama just yet. Mean white, for Michigan State, the night that began with such energy in this place ends with an emotionally empty stadium in what will be a 12point loss. Where do you move baylor up . They hadnt had a road win against a ranked team against 1991, fell 143 down and a 450 run to close it out. Arizona state puts 55 on the irish, with help from some turnovers. They go back to work and try to win the pac12 south. Some challenges ahead for arizona state. Kirk no doubt. Florida state, slow start again today against virginia, but pulled away and won 3420. I think a lot of people are still wondering if that wont ever catch up to them. They play the canes next week. That will probably be the toughest game they have left on their schedule. Chris ducks up at halftime. You want to give me your top four right now . Kirk ooud like id like to alabama does. Chris fair enough. Cameron johnston is in to punt. We havent seen him in a long, long time. Second effort of the night. And urban meyer, arms in the air, and a big smile. Hey, they cant erase the pain of losing that big game in indy. He didnt talk a lot about pay back, but this is very, very satisfying. Buckeyes still unbeaten in this stadium since 99. Pretty hard to believe. Kirk look at him. Look at the emotions from urban meyer. Hes been waiting a year for this matchup to take on Michigan State. Told you he gave me a forearmmy game, nearly knocked me down. Intensity early in this game. Chris took to price. They pitch it off. Pitches it off again and langford finally ends up with it after all that, they make it to the 6 yard line. Michigan state will point to a Holding Penalty that nullified a langford touchdown run that would have put them up 14 points in the first quarter. Kirk thats right. Michigan state felt they needed to break some tendencietendenci uncharacteristic mistakes from the spartans today for sure. Not just the penalties, but some of the decisions we saw from them, just not what weve typically seen. And thats partly Michigan State, and a lot to do with the team they play. The ohio state front, the defense, the secondary. Grant locked up with tony lippett. Ohio state defense, though they gave up 37 points, they did a very nice job in some key moments in this game in defending connor cook. Chris you saw the hug with elliott and meyer. Two touchdowns for him. Cook delivers. Across the 40. For a first down. Where do the spartans go from here . They have a loss in you jeeugen. It havent over, but ohio state would have to lose a couple of games. Kirk right, right. Chris final play. Lippett. Very, very quiet evening. Just shoved out of bounds. Meyer gets the bath. He wont mind that on the chilly night. What a stud j. T. Barrett was. The hand shake. Might be brief. It was. Not the warmest of friends. Not the warmest of nights. Whoa. Kirk direct hit. I wonder if barrett did that. That was perfect. Chris hes wet and sticky. Heather coach, in the meantime, congratulations. What does this victory in this environment with the stakes so high say about ohio state . Great environment against an excellent Football Team and that was i made comments before about how you get two teams that cn of scrimmage like that, two sledge hammers. Credit to Michigan State. But we played our tails off tonight. Heather in what ways does this win sort of help avenge the loss and erase the memory of last years big ten championship loss . Youll never forget that, but thats part of the game. You have two good teams playing but well never forget tonight. Heather you admitted concern this week about your young team, your inexperienced team. How did you get them to excel in this environment . The future is bright at ohio state. Theres a young team that just played a pretty veteran team and they came out on top. So, futures real bright. Heather what about j. T. Bar let . He came in, what sort of maturation process did you see before your eyes . Just saw him grow up. Hes a good leader, a tough guy. I love him to death. Heather coach, on a night where well let enjoy, coach. Congratulations. Lets get you a towel. J. T. , congratulations. So much talk about avenging last years loss. You said you felt helpless last year because you were a red shirt. Now, this is your team. Youre the leader. How did you help erase that memory for your teammates . Just come out here and just do my job. Thats what we talked about all week. Dont worry about anybody elses job. Make sure you have the trust in them that theyre going to do their job and i have to do mine. Heather how did you come in with so much on the line, so much pressure. So much talk all week, playing in this environment and really lead this team and not play at all like a freshman . Where did