Urban Meyer said the most important thing from his Ohio State team’s 24-20 victory against Northwestern was his players “nutted up” when they absolutely had to in order to leave Ohio Stadium with a victory. No greater example of that came than during the game’s final drive.Armed with three timeouts and facing a 4th-and-goal from the 16-yard line after a holding penalty and incomplete pass, Pat Fitzgerald chose to kick a field goal to cut Ohio State’s lead to four. He said after the game the penalty made him kick—if the Wildcats faced 4th-and-goal from the 5, he was going for it. Jack Mitchell nailed the 33-yard field goal and booted the ensuing kickoff into the end zone. With 3:31 left on the clock, J.T. Barrett and Ohio State’s offense trotted out on the field with a chance to secure the team’s seventh win. 1st-and-10, Ball on Ohio State 25 Result: J.T. Barrett throws incomplete to Noah BrownAn inauspicious way to start a potential game-sealing drive if you’re Ohio State, especially with Northwestern having three timeouts at its disposal and the clock working against Fitzgerald. After faking a handoff to Mike Weber on a play-action power concept, Barrett rolled right…
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