Ohio State has the ability to control this game on the ground
Ohio State and Clemson meet today (8pm ET; ESPN) in a CFB Playoff semifinal at the Superdome.
Trey Sermon gained a school and FBS conference championship game-record 331 yards during a 22-10 win over Northwestern in the Big Ten title game on Saturday. #CFBPlayoff pic.twitter.com/MWknVj1FD1
— UNB! Sports Stats (@unbsstats) January 1, 2021
The Buckeyes are a balanced squad, and you can bet that Fields and his talented wide-receivers are going to try and get things cooking with balance through the air, but you can bet the running game will be big in this one too for Ohio State.
We saw how dominant this offensive line and Trey Sermon (and Teague if healthy) can be when there’s an emphasis put on blowing guys off the ball and changing the line of scrimmage.
Now, doing it against Northwestern is one thing, getting it going against Clemson is another. Still, OSU has the makeup and physicality to control this game if it wants with the ground and pound and keep Trevor Lawrence off the field.
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