With Jim Harbaugh no place in sight and a scandal hanging over their heads, JJ McCarthy and No 3 Michigan looked down No 2 Ohio State and ran the school’s win streak versus the Buckeyes to 3 video games with a 30-24 success on Saturday in perhaps the most substantial video game in the history of the storied competition.
Michigan’s Rod Moore obstructed Kyle McCord’s shaky pass planned for All-American Marvin Harrison Jr. at the Wolverines’ 21-yard line with 25 seconds left, triggering a wild event on the home group’s sideline.
McCarthy took a knee, Michigan fans put over the brick walls of the Big House and onto the field and the Wolverines (12-0, 9-0) were off to their 3rd straight Big Ten title video game.
In a season of high expectations that now has a championship-or-bust feel, Michigan is a triumph far from a 3rd successive College Football Playoff look.
For coach Ryan Day and the Buckeyes (11-1, 8-1), it’s another year of regreting a loss in the most crucial video game on the schedule for Ohio State and questioning what has actually taken place to the program that invested a years and a half controling Michigan.
Day is now 1-3 versus the Wolverines. Before he took over from Urban Meyer, Ohio State had actually won 7 straight conferences and 14 of 15.
McCarthy went 16 for 20 for 148 backyards and a goal. If this was the third-year gamer’s last look in The Game, he’ll end up 3-0.
The 119th Ohio State-Michigan video game was ensured to be remarkable even before it began. With Michigan being examined by the NCAA for claims of in-person hunting and indication stealing and Harbaugh serving the last video game of a Big Ten-imposed suspension, the scenarios around The Game were traditionally unmatched.
The only indication of Harbaugh was on the pre-game videoboard montage. Offending planner Sherrone Moore was once again filling for his manager and appeared to make all the best relocations.
Michigan went 3 for 3 on 4th downs, executed its backup quarterback for a number of plays to get 22 lawns on the ground and carried out a halfback pass to establish a fourth-quarter basket that put Michigan up 10.
After Ohio State cut the cause 27-24 with 8:05 left on a 14-yard goal pass from McCord to Harrison, Michigan continued drain 7 minutes off the clock and kick a 37-yard basket by James Turner to make it 30-24 with 1:05 staying.
McCord, Harrison and the Buckeyes had 1 minute to go 81 backyards without any timeouts. They made it to the Michigan 37 before McCord’s 2nd interception of the day closed it out.