Inside College Football: Ohio State Buckeyes

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RUNNING UP And the Virginia Tech loss still THE SCORE loomed large The Buckeyes weren't sure if they had done enough to In the 2014 Big Ten Championship earn one of four spots in the brand Game Ohio State had the game won by halftime The Buckeyes new College Football Playoff CFP led the Wisconsin Badgers 38-0 They knew they'd have to use the and pushed that lead to 45-0 Big Ten Championship Game to send a entering the fourth quarter But message that they were CFP worthy Urban Meyer chose to leave his It was a historic rout Ohio State starters in the game rather than beat Wisconsin 59-0 It was the give some backups the chance to play Ohio State wasn't assured of Badgers worst loss since 1979. Jones a spot in the CFP Meyer knew he didn't have to win the game on his had to beat Wisconsin by as much own He just had to be efficient which as possible to show how good the he was completing 12 of 17 passes Buckeyes were The next day the Buckeyes found out they had made the playoff field As the No. 4 seed in the CFP they had to face the nation's No. 1 team the Alabama Crimson Tide in the national semifinals The game was played in Alabama's back yard at the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans And at first the Tide looked every bit like the dominant team A Jones interception in the second quarter set up an Alabama touchdown that made the score 21-6 But once again the Buckeyes didn't have to rely on Jones to win it for them They had All Big Ten running back Ezekiel Elliott He scored a touchdown on the next drive to pull Ohio State closer 6