On a day the Ohio State Buckeyes honored the perfect national champions of 2002 and former players carried Jim Tressel on their shoulders in the end zone, the Buckeyes did it again.
For the sixth time in school history, AP No. 4 Ohio State (12-0, 8-0 Big Ten) has finished a season undefeated, but the final game certainly wasn’t pretty. It took three second-half turnovers by the defense, and a heaping dose of junior Carlos Hyde on the last drive, but the Buckeyes held on for a gritty 26-21 victory over their archrivals AP No. 20 Michigan (8-4, 6-2 Big Ten).
The first half was sloppy, high-scoring and filled with big plays. The second half was again sloppy, yet dominated by defenses and missed opportunities by the Buckeyes. In the end, all that matters is a victory and a spotless 2012 for OSU.
Yet, somehow, the day started off with somber news: senior leader John Simon would not play because of an bursa injury in his right knee he suffered against Wisconsin.
This ended Simon’s colleg...
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PLAYERS:
Jim Tressel,
Carlos Hyde,
John Simon,
Braxton Miller,
Devin Smith,
Denard Robinson,
Zach Boren,
Devin Gardner,
Roy Roundtree,
C.J. Barnett,
Drew Basil,
Brady Hoke,
Ryan Shazier,
Ben Buchanan,
Bradley Roby,
Johnathan Hankins
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan Wolverines
TEAMS: Cleveland Browns, Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan Wolverines
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