Late field goal gives Ohio State first loss of season Michael Geiger’s 41-yard field goal as time expires gives No. 9 Michigan State a 17-14 victory over No. 3 Ohio State. 0 Shares print COLUMBUS, Ohio — Star running back Ezekiel Elliott has apparently played his final home game for No. 3 Ohio State, and he wasn’t pleased with the way it went down. After starting the week in the hospital with a previously undisclosed infection in his leg, the junior returned to the lineup Saturday afternoon, declared himself fully fit and then ripped the play calling in a 17-14 upset loss to No. 9 Michigan State at the Horseshoe. “How we lost, I just feel like we weren’t put in the right opportunity to win this game, we weren’t put in the right situations to win this game,” Elliott said. “I don’t think Michigan State was better than us. They weren’t. We didn’t execute.” Elliott, a Heisman Trophy candidate, carried the ball just 12 times despite Ohio State struggling mightily to gain any traction with its passing attack in wet, cold, windy conditions as the Buckeyes lost their first regular-season Big Ten game ever under coach Urban Meyer. …
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