In a single afternoon for which he waited through a seven-week delay to start the season, five games of part-time participation and consecutive weekends of inactivity, Trey Sermon surged past Hopalong Cassady, Archie Griffin, Keith Byars, Eddie George and Ezekiel Elliott. All the Ohio State football greats — all the legends of Scarlet and Gray — they will look up to him now because of this one extraordinary day. Sermon transferred in from Oklahoma to Ohio State for his chance to be a feature running back, and it’s possible no athlete ever conquered greater obstacles to become the hero of a championship game. His school-record 331 rushing yards serve as the evidence of his staggering performance, but this was not some showy stat grab. The No. 4 Buckeyes needed all of them to mount a comeback against Northwestern and secure a 22-10 victory in their closing argument for inclusion in the…
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