Ohio State belonged
I remember just hoping that Ohio State could show an ability to play with Miami, and I wasn’t the only one. Remember, the Buckeyes had won so many games that year on the last possession that there was this feeling that the luck would eventually run out. It was battle-tested and knew how to pull out close games, but it had yet to see a team this talented.
Then something happened. The game started and the Ohio State defense took it to Miami early on, and the Hurricanes weren’t ready for it. Frankly, the Buckeyes’ underrated speed and fast-twitch ability on that side of the ball stunned Miami and it had to adjust its gameplan.
Titling tonight's Ohio State-Miami replay as "The Call That Changed It All" is pretty insulting to the Buckeyes, especially the defenders who punished the Hurricanes like nobody had done before.
— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) May 28, 2020
It was clear to me and many others that athletically, Ohio State was going to hang, and if it could continue to make life challenging on offense for Miami, a shocker might be in order.