Up 21-3, Urban Meyer decided not to settle for a field goal heading into the half. Wideout Evan Spencer had just hauled in an impressive, 44-yard grab, and Meyer sprinted down the field to ensure Ohio State got in one more play. The assumed call with three seconds left was a field goal. Get your three points, go into the locker room up three scores and fight another day. Not today, though.
This is not what Buckeye fans have grown accustomed to seeing with this team, but they’ll gladly take it.
Instead, Ohio State rolled the dice from the one-yard line with running back Carlos Hyde. As time expired, however, Hyde was dragged down for no gain, and OSU headed into the tunnel with no points. Although this aggressive plan failed miserably this time, a few things became very apparent on one play: TresselBall is dead, and Urban Meyer has returned to the Big Ten guns blazin’.
It wasn’t a pretty start for the Buckeys, though. Braxton Miller completed one of his first seven…
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