Ohio State beats Wisconsin in Big Ten Championship Game: 5 things we learned

Ohio State battled back to take control in the second half of the Big Ten Championship Game to beat Wisconsin. Here’s 5 things we learned.

The coaches made great adjustments at halftime

If you were like us here at Buckeyes Wire, there was definitely some concern about what we saw in the first half. Wisconsin looked like it had a great game plan, was executing, and had a lot of motivation and emotion behind what it was doing. On top of that, it didn’t look like the Buckeyes had any answers for what was going on.

But that all changed in the 2nd half. The defense shortened up its depth on the zone to take away quick slants, the offense got back to pounding and wearing out the Wisconsin defensive front, and the offensive line cleaned up some blocking assignments to give Justin Fields more time to throw.

It resulted in a 27-0 second half that rescued the Big Ten Championship and perhaps the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff. Kudos to head coach Ryan Day and staff for turning the fortunes around.

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