By Geoff Preston | Published 34 minutes ago The dream is over. After months of speculating whether or not No. 12 MSU (7-2 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) would have enough quality wins to make it into the inaugural College Football Playoff, Saturday night all but eliminated those hopes. No. 8 Ohio State (8-1 overall, 5-0 Big Ten) racked up 568 yards of total offense on their way to a 49-37 win in East Lansing , likely eliminating MSU from the playoff conversation and certainly making a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis a lot harder. “They came in for revenge and got it,” defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi said. “We didn’t step up and meet the challenge.” Uncharacteristic defense For years under head coach Mark Dantonio , the identity of the Spartan program has been relentless defense that doesn’t give up many big plays. Saturday night was not one of those games. OSU seemed to do whatever they wanted against the Spartan defense. Freshman quarterback J.T. Barrett passed for 300 yards and three touchdowns while adding 86 more yards on the ground and two additional scores…
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