It may have been a low-scoring affair, but this year’s match-up between Ohio State and Michigan was as action packed as last year and, once again, the Buckeyes dominated the Wolverines:
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -Jim Tressel got the best of Lloyd Carr again, maybe for the last time.
Tressel became the first Ohio State coach to beat Michigan six times in seven years, and the seventh-ranked Buckeyes’ 14-3 victory Saturday over their archrival gave them consecutive outright Big Ten titles for the first time in a half-century.
Chris Wells ran for a career-high 222 yards and two touchdowns and Vernon Gholston and the Buckeyes’ defense dominated Michigan’s banged-up offense.
The Buckeyes (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten) are likely headed to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1997. They also hold onto slim hopes of climbing back into the BCS title game, but several teams ahead of them would need to go down.
As crazy as this years BCS season has been, it’s unlikely that things will get so chaotic that Ohio State will have a change at the National Championship again, so it appears that Tressel and the boys are headed to Pasadena, a first for Jim Tressel and the first time Ohio State has been to the Rose Bowl since 1997.
November 18th, 2007 at 12:16 am
How about them Buckeyes? I think they still have a small shot at the National Championship. Mike Hart was shut down and humiliated after he made a fool of himself before the game. Looks like Oklahoma just got upset by Texas Tech, and Oregon already fell. We just need some more teams to fall and we still might be in it.