New Orleans – During the 2001 season at the Ohio State National Championships, Ezekiel Elliott took 220 yards in the Big Ten Championship game, 230 yards in the Football Ledge Football Play Playoff semifinals at the Sugar Bowl and 246 yards in ten. National championship game.
In Ohio State’s last two games to get the Buccaneers into the national championship game this season, Trey Tremen has taken his game to parity.
After racing for a school record of -331 yards against Northwestern two weeks ago in the Big Ten Championship Game, the sermon followed, in Friday night’s 2-2-28 win with a touchdown of 31 yards for yards and car1 yards for car1 carrying. Clemson in the College Ledge Football Play Playoff semifinals in the Sugar Bowl.
Following the quiet start of the preaching season, the Oklahoma graduate transfer has emerged as a legitimate star among the most important sports of the year, and he has certainly made a big impression on his head coach.
“The last two games, it’s been great. He’s been a difference maker, “said Ryan Day. “It simply came to our notice then. I think he was kind of finding his way. But wow, I mean, whether it’s in the pass game, whether it’s in safety and obviously running football, it’s been special. ”
The sermon says he has now become “very comfortable over time” since he played seven games in Ohio State offense.
“Just getting in the habit of crime flow and really coordinating with the offensive line, every week I feel like I’m getting better and better at it,” the preacher said. “I know what I’m doing. I believe in my ability. And I just let the game come to me, and just be decisive. ”
Olav gets his release
There could be no player in a hunger for a win over Clemson on Friday night, as was Ohio State wide receiver Chris Olaw, whose Nolan Turner game-sealing was caused by a last-minute error in last year’s CFP semifinal against Clemson. The disruption that ended Ohio State’s season.
In the game against Clemson this year, Olave got rid of it, he played a key role in the Buccaneers’ 21-point victory, when he led Ohio State with 132 yards and six receptions for two touchdowns.
After Olave tested positive for COVID-19 before the Big Ten Championship game, there were some doubts about whether he would be able to play in this week’s game, especially the day before the Big Ten changed return-to-play protocol from 21 to 17. He didn’t practice much until Friday’s game. But as he has played in many big games during his three years at Ohio State, Olawe advanced to the occasion against the Tigers, and re-established himself as Ohio State’s No. 1 receiver after clearly missing his presence against the Northwest.
“We were really nervous, when we went down with Covid, we couldn’t get him back,” Day said. “He practiced, he didn’t really practice. So it was a little vague to go in the week, but his feet started to move down the weekend under him and then come out and play the way he does in a big space.
“I think one of the more clutch players, when you think back on it, probably as a receiver in the history of Ohio State football. Wow, what a player he is. ”
The chance to return to CFP last year and the chance for its season-end bug, served as fuel for all of Olive’s all-fisson no longer, and it happened on Friday, causing all the hard work in a challenging year.
“It’s been a difficult year. But I just had to fight through the difficulties, and luckily I came to the end and played a huge game today, ”Olive said. “Just being able to beat this guy and have fun with my teammates, I feel blessed and proud to be here.”
Chris Olave had reason to laugh after getting rid of Clemson.
Three tight end touchdowns
The storyline was so pervasive that it was surrounded by Buccaneers over the years as Ohio State could not use its tight end in a passing game. On Friday, however, the tight end Luke Farrell and Jeremy Ruckert had their moment to shine on the biggest stage.
Farrell made Ohio State’s second touchdown of the night when he pulled a pass from coverage by Clemson Cornburk Darian Kendrick for an 8-yard score. Rookert scored Ohio State’s third and fifth touchdown of the night, going 17 and 12 yards ahead in the second quarter.
His three touchdowns matched the total number of touchdowns that the Ohio State tight end had all season before Friday’s game, as Rookert’s bookies had three touchdowns in the first six games while Farrell had none. Throughout the year, however, Farrell and Rucker never complained about doing their job and working as a run block tax – which they have been excellent by the way – and on Friday, they had the opportunity to do big plays. A huge game.
“Everything is from week to week. “I just made a defense conspiracy and made sure he’s looking for open play, one of the best days of it all,” Rach Kurt said. “Whether our tight end is always able to be a group depends on whether it’s in a run game or able to make a play, and I think you guys have seen today that no moment is too big for us. . ”
Luke Farrell made his first touchdown of the entire season against Clemson.
Justin Fields was happy to have a chance to throw some keys – a total of five, as Ruckert had three catches for y55 yards and Friday night – Fareel had two catches for 11 yards – admitting he didn’t always do this when they were open. Good enough job in previous games to find them.
“I think, throughout the year, I’ve lost tight ends on a lot of plays,” Fields said. “So it was beautiful to go back to the basics and see the plays that they were open to and the types of people using them. It’s one of the two best tight ends in the country, and I’m glad we finally got used to it.”
Defense steps after the onset of shaking
In Friday’s game, many questions were raised about whether Ohio State’s defense would be able to deal with the offenses of Trevor Larens and Clemson, and initially, that concern was found to be valid. The Tigers touched down on their first three asset games, running 82૨ yards on their opening series and y 75 yards in third.
Beyond that point, however, Ohio State allowed only two touchdown drives on 10 more Clemson properties. After the second touchdown of the game, Buckeyes forced three straight pints, two takeovers in the second half (Tommy Togi strip and Justin Hilliard’s negligent recovery at the behest of Sevin Banks) and forced a turnover on the downs in the fourth quarter.
Ohio State’s passing defense has certainly still carried its lumps against the Tigers, allowing Lawrence to throw 400 yards. But Buccaneers ‘run defense was dominant, with Clemson placing just 44 rushing yards, and most importantly, they did what they had to do to limit the Tigers’ scoring in the final three quarters of the game, eventually enabling Ohio State to handle the offense.
The bookies knew Clemson’s offense would do some plays on Friday, and it would never be realistic to pitch a shutout or give any plays. But Ohio State responded only to the need for defense to win the game from a comfortable distance.
“Look, we knew Clemson was the best offender in the country,” said Ohio State linebacker Tuff Borland. “It simply came to our notice then. We could not lose faith in what we were doing. And these men, throughout this whole process, I think show the character of this group, as if just to come back. ”
Day said he thinks the Ohio state defensive coaches plan an “excellent” game together, and he’s proud of the way the players are executed.
“We knew they would do plays. We got stuck together, though, ”Day said. “We didn’t hit back when they had a couple touchdown. We just kept walking behind them. Was it perfect? I do not know. But she was courageous. And they played really good. And we played complementary football tonight.
“I think the good work our defense has done has not been a big deal. They held it up. They were going to make him one more play, one more play, one more play. And that’s the idea. I think we learned our lesson from the Indiana game there. And because of that, we were able to play the way we did and complete the game the way it should be. ”
