With less than a minute and a half remaining in the second quarter of Ohio State University’s matchup against the University of Minnesota, Gophers running back David Cobb burst past the Buckeyes’ defensive line and raced to the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown. It was his second score of the afternoon—a score that tied the game at 14—and it pushed his rushing total to 96 yards in just two quarters of action.
Cobb’s early success sent Ohio State defensive tackle Michael Bennett into a fury. The senior ripped his defensive teammates in the locker room at halftime for allowing the Gophers’ running back to bully his way through the defense.
“I let them know that I wasn’t happy about it, and I felt like there was a lot of apathy like, ‘Oh, we only let them get 14 points,’ and I felt like we shouldn’t have let them get any,” Bennett said, according to Patrick Maks of Eleven Warriors.
“It was mostly just a call to action,” the star lineman added. “We can’t be OK with that. You can’t let them run up the ball; we’re better than that. We need to form a wall and not let their running back get through.”
That wall took shape after the break. Cobb had a much tougher time finding the lanes he cruised through to start the game—averaging just 3.7 yards per carry in the second half until he broke free on his final carry for a 12-yard touchdown.
It’s too early to tell if that second-half surge signified…
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