No. 1 – Ezekiel Elliott runs through the “heart of the south” (2014)
Perhaps no play over the last decade of Ohio State football is shared or talked about more than when Ezekiel Elliott appeared to put the game on ice against Alabama in the 2014 Sugar Bowl. With the Buckeyes clinging to a 34-28 lead in the fourth quarter, Eliott took a handoff from Cardale Jones, cut inside the left side of the offensive line and found room on the interior. He then raced through the Crimson Tide defenders and outraced the SEC speed to the end zone for an 85-yard score to put OSU up by thirteen.
The Buckeyes would have to hold off a final drive by Alabama, and still had to win the following game against Oregon, but it felt like the magical play that made all the difference in the run to an improbable 2014 national championship run.
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