Michigan Wolverines beat Ohio State in most predictable way as Sherrone Moore embarrasses Ryan Day yet again
The 120th meeting of "The Game" is in the books, and it ended with yet another victory for the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan won 13-10 over Ohio State on Saturday as Sherrone Moore and company embarrassed Ryan Day for the fourth season in a row.While Ohio State entered the contest as 23.5-point favorites to win, that […]
The 120th meeting of "The Game" is in the books, and it ended with yet another victory for the Michigan Wolverines. Michigan won 13-10 over Ohio State on Saturday as Sherrone Moore and company embarrassed Ryan Day for the fourth season in a row.
While Ohio State entered the contest as 23.5-point favorites to win, that meant absolutely nothing as Michigan won in the most predictable way imaginable. For the fourth year in a row their dominant physical force in the run game and along the defensive front proved far too much for the Buckeyes.
Early on in the game, collapsing pocket pressure driven by Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, and more forced some bad decisions from Buckeyes' quarterback Will Howard. The first of his two interceptions came as he was standing in his own end zone under pressure. Aamir Hall read the pass early, caught the interception, and almost ran it back for a score.
That first interception ended up being the difference in the game long before anyone knew it as it led to the only touchdown of the day for Michigan. Kalel Mullings, Michigan's star running back, punched it in for the score to make it a 7-3 ball game and Ohio State never retook the lead.
Michigan's physical dominance limited Ohio State all game long as they couldn't finish drives, missing multiple field goals. Even when they weren't missing field goals though, Will Howard stayed busy throwing interceptions to Michigan. His second of the game ended what should have been yet another scoring drive when Michigan's Makari Paige made a diving interception (as you can see below).
The Buckeyes offense never bounced back after that play as Michigan muddied things in the run game, punching the Buckeyes in the mouth on the ground for the next two drives, piling up 26 more plays on the following two possessions alone.
Kalel Mullings put the final exclamation point on Michigan's physical dominance of the game when he took a 3rd & 6 carry that should have been stuffed at the line and bounced it outside for a game-long 27 yards.
Mullings' run put Michigan inside the red zone, which inevitably set up the chip shot field goal and victory for the Wolverines as Ohio State's soft Ryan Day culture fell short yet again.
As they always do, Michigan crushed the soul of the Ohio State Buckeyes with the ground game, fierce force of defenders up front, and now Wolverines fans can rejoice yet again that they have ruined the spirits of their most storied rivals.
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