Michigan tops Ohio State, again ends Buckeyes' chances at Big Ten football title
But to lose in a blowout in ideal weather to the underdog Wolverines at Ohio Stadium, where Ohio State hadn't lost to the Wolverines since 2000? Armageddon has arrived.
Michigan, ranked No. 3 in the CFP standings, won with a formula few expected. The Wolverines like to bludgeon opponents on the ground, which it did last year in running for 297 yards in Ann Arbor. Star running back Blake Corum started after injuring a knee last week but left after only two carries. Ohio State, ranked No. 2, held Michigan's running game in check in the first half before collapsing in the fourth quarter.
"They were trying to stop our identity of playing smash-mouth football," said Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy."They were trying to stop the run, so they let passes get deep." Michigan then drove 80 yards in 15 plays to take a 31-20 lead early in the fourth quarter. Safety Ronnie Hickman was called for pass interference on a third-down incompletion in the end zone to set up a McCarthy 3-yard keeper for the score.
But Ohio State found the end zone only one more time. A fourth-down incompletion at the Michigan 34 ended one drive, and others fizzled quickly.
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