Can you believe it’s been 25 years since we watched Eddie George run wild over the Illinois Fighting Illini? Many things have changed from then to now, but one thing that has remained constant was Eddie’s single-game rushing record at Ohio State.
That was until yesterday when Trey Sermon carried the Buckeyes to a win over Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game and a new Ohio State single-game rushing record.
George, who has represented OSU well since his day running the ball in scarlet and gray, is always a class act. And that didn’t change on Saturday when he gave Sermon a shoutout via Twitter to congratulate the senior running back.
@treyera Congratulations on breaking the single-game rushing record!! Eat, young man, Eat!!!
— Eddie George (@EddieGeorge2727) December 19, 2020
Eddie seems to understand that records were made to be broken and it looks like the former Heisman winner couldn’t be happier for the young man that broke his.
Sermon also ran past another former Buckeye on his way to the record books, besting Ezekiel Elliot’s Big Ten Championship single-game rushing record by more than 100 yards. Elliot set that mark in 2014 at 220 against Wisconsin that sent the Buckeyes to the inaugural College Football Playoff and eventually a National Championship.
Maybe this is a great sign for things to come as the Buckeyes await to see their 2020 playoff destiny. We’ll find out the first leg of that journey today when the CFP committee announces their top four teams at 12:15 on ESPN.
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