When Braxton Miller didn’t get up from a violent collision with the turf late in the third quarter against Purdue on Saturday, Ohio State fans had every reason to be worried. Here was the Big Ten’s best player, out for the game, and the Buckeyes were staring a 20-14 deficit in the face.
In came Kenny Guiton. Buckeye fans were used to seeing him in spot situations whenever Miller needed a break, but Guiton had never been tasked with a situation like this. You’ve got a six-point deficit that’s about to become eight. Miller couldn’t make this offense run, but now you have to. You have one quarter. You’ll need all of it. Go.
As we now know, Guiton needed all of that quarter and then some to make the comeback happen, but he got it done, leading a last-minute rally to tie the game and then scoring an overtime touchdown that Purdue had no shot of matching. 29-22 Buckeyes, and the perfect season was still alive.
But it almost didn’t happen like that. Guiton almost wasn’t a Buckeye at this…
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