When Ohio State invaded East Lansing and came away with a 49-37 victory against Michigan State on Saturday night, it did more than just redeem last year’s devastating loss in the Big Ten title game. The No. 8 Buckeyes (8-1) also regained their confidence after finally coming up with a big win.
Ohio State, which became an afterthought in the College Football Playoff race when it fell to Virginia Tech in Week 2, has now won seven consecutive games and is shooting up the rankings. But none of those wins did more for Urban Meyer’s squad than beating the Spartans, because it made the Buckeyes believers in themselves.
“I just think we earned back our confidence,” offensive line coach Ed Warinner said, according to Patrick Maks of Eleven Warriors. “I think we just earned back the belief our players have, a belief in our program, belief in how we do things at Ohio State, how Coach Meyer runs his program and we just got our confidence back that we can win a big game.”
The Buckeyes didn’t just win a big game—they also proved that they have a budding superstar at quarterback in J.T. Barrett and that their high-flying offense is as explosive as it is efficient.
Against a Michigan State team that came into the game boasting the nation’s fifth-ranked total defense, the Buckeyes piled up 49 points and 568 total yards of offense—which were season highs allowed by the Spartans. Michigan State did force a pair of…
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