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Game Thread THE GAME: Ohio State 14, TSUN 3 (final)

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Six points

Saturday, November 17, 2007 8:59 PM
By Tim May


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

THE PLAY
Chris "Beanie" Wells' 62-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. Who knew 14 points would be enough to beat Michigan?
THE STAR
Wells. He gained 222 yards on 39 carries, both career highs, and he scored both touchdowns.
THE STAT
Michigan's 91 total yards, including 15 rushing. After last week's below-average showing against Illinois, the Ohio State defense was dominant like seldom before in The Game.
THE STRATEGY
Buckeyes stow the passing game. It was a change made for the second half because with Beanie and the defense, there was no need to throw it.

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Bob Hunter commentary: Woody, Bo would love way game was played

Saturday, November 17, 2007 9:10 PM
By Bob Hunter


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The Ohio State-Michigan game used to be as much a test of manhood as it was a test of football, and this is how it was.
Get ready. We're going to run the ball. See if you can stop it. We think -- no, we know -- you can't.
None of that sissy basketball-on-grass stuff. No wimpy aerial circuses. No frilly spread option, run-and-shoot or air raid. Straight up, smash-mouth football. Chew 'em up and spit 'em out stuff from start to finish. We've got the ball, and we're coming. And when you have the ball, we're going to kick your butt.
The Game has grown up and gotten away from a lot of that macho stuff. You can no more see Woody Hayes or Bo Schembechler running some fancy spread offense than you can see them drinking a cup of tea with an extended pinkie, but both sides are more sophisticated now. It's not as easy to pound even lesser opponents the way they used to, so it doesn't happen as much here.

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Opposite sideline

Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:51 PM
By Shawn Mitchell


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Facts of the matter
A victory over Ohio State would have saved a season that was essentially lost after Michigan dropped its opener to Appalachian State. An eight-game winning streak put the Wolverines in position to win the Big Ten and a Rose Bowl trip, but Ohio State brought an end to Michigan's impressive turnaround. Hurting Chad Henne and Mike Hart were game but not good enough, and the Michigan offense sputtered.
Shining moment
Ohio State's second possession of the first quarter was a laughable sequence in which Todd Boeckman and Chris "Beanie" Wells fell down and Boeckman fumbled. Michigan countered with its finest drive, going 49 yards in 12 plays and taking a 3-0 lead on a 33-yard field goal by K.C. Lopata.

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OSU-Michigan postgame notes
(Provided by the Ohio State athletics communications office)
Saturday, November 17, 2007 7:33 PM

? For the third time in school history, Ohio State has defeated Michigan four-consecutive years. Previously, the Buckeyes notched four-consecutive wins against Michigan from 1934-37 and 1960-63.

? Under head coach Jim Tressel, Ohio State is now 6-1 against Michigan. Tressel is the first Ohio State coach to beat Michigan in six out of seven tries.
? The win Saturday gives Ohio State its 32nd Big Ten championship and first back-to-back outright Big Ten titles since 1954-55.
? Under Tressel, the Buckeyes are 29-7 against ranked opponents and 8-4 on the road against Top 25 teams.
? Ohio State is now 36-39-7 all-time on the road against ranked teams and 30-33-5 against ranked Big Ten teams on the road. Overall, Ohio State is 123-100-12 against Top 25 teams.

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OCBucksFan;998589; said:
No, both pretty much failed. Henne, at the least, should have been pulled. Sure the freshman probably would have had the same result, but it was obvious Henne was having problems. I am glad we won, our defense came to play, but how many passes were over-thrown, tossed into the ground or behind the receiver? Bucks came to play, scUM made no adjustments, they deserved to lose this game.
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Ya know, I thought about this during the game. I kind of expected to see Chad have a few passes get intercepted. I think he was so far off with his passing game that the D, playing tight coverage, didn't even have a chance. There were a couple of shots at the interception, but those were all passes that were on target.

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OSUBasketballJunkie;998988; said:
2-10-1......2-10-1.....seems like a long time ago, but the pain of watching some of our best teams in the 90's under perform in the Michigan game is still with me. I figure we still owe Michigan some more heartache. :wink2:

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In JT we trust... :wink:

we won't get to do that to tsun... not in the same way. 1. they are not as good as we were in 90s. 2. we have better teams under JT (most of the time).
but I'll take the wins against tsun anyway possible.
 
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OHIO STATE 14, MICHIGAN 3
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Expect U-M coach Carr to retire, but LSU's Miles not a lock for successor

November 18, 2007
So, Lloyd Carr, was this your last game at Michigan Stadium?
"There will be a day to discuss that," Carr said, "and this isn't it."
Saturday was a day to discuss Michigan's performance against Ohio State. So let's discuss: Chad Henne tried to play hurt and struggled; his receivers dropped passes; Ohio State running back Chris Wells is awesome; and the Buckeyes clearly deserved to win.
Now that we have that out of the way: What about Carr? When will he join the discussion the rest of us have been having for months?
That day is presumed to be Monday. A 10 a.m. news conference has been scheduled. But the school won't say whether Carr will address his future at that news conference. So it is plausible that he will simply discuss his season and delay an announcement.
Conventional wisdom is that Carr will retire and athletic director Bill Martin will replace him with Louisiana State coach Les Miles, a Michigan alum.
That has been repeated so often that people accept it as fact. They don't realize how many assumptions are in that single sentence.
? Assumption No. 1: Carr will retire. I think he will. Almost everybody I talk to, at various levels of the university, expects Carr to retire.

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Buckeyes whip Wolverines for Big Ten title
By JON SPENCER
Mansfield News Journal



ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Handed a long-stemmed rose, Chris "Beanie" Wells treated it like anything but a delicate flower. He bared his fangs and chomped down hard, mimicking the treatment he and the Ohio State Buckeyes gave their archrival in Saturday's 14-3 victory over Michigan.

"Just playing Michigan, I don't know what it is. Something about that maize and blue ... it's like good versus evil," Wells said after rushing for a career-high 222 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries to give the Buckeyes their second straight undisputed Big Ten title. Beating the Wolverines for the fourth straight year, in front of the second-largest crowd in Michigan Stadium history (111,941), made the scent of victory that much stronger. But to call them the Rose Bowl-bound Buckeyes might be a tad premature.

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Wells' 222 rushing yards not at all quiet
Strong, silent type gives pep talk

By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


ANN ARBOR - Up until an hour before game time here yesterday, Ohio State tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells had been the strong and usually silent type.

"Beanie doesn't talk much," Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said about his sophomore workhorse who rushed for 222 yards on 39 carries to lead the Buckeyes to a 14-3 win over bitter rival Michigan.

"But Beanie Wells is a difference-maker. He's physical, he's a fiery guy, and you could tell in the locker room before the game that he wanted to put the team on his shoulders and go with it."

So Wells, the normally quiet guy, stepped out of character momentarily and gave his teammates a little perspective on the Ohio State-Michigan series and the significance of the next few hours.

"I just told everybody that nothing you do in life will compare to this moment," Wells said. "Ten or 20 years from now, you don't want to look back and say I could have run harder, or blocked better. We're a blessed group, and we play with such passion and heart, and I didn't want them to forget that."

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