It wasn’t as easy as the games leading up to this point, but Ohio State found a way to punch through adversity and claw its way back into the game in the second half and outlast a motivated Wisconsin team.
With the win, Ohio State takes home its third-straight Big Ten Championship, and punches its way into the College Football Playoff. What seed it receives will be debated and then announced by the CFP Committee Sunday.
For awhile, it looked like Wisconsin was going to be able to pull off a shocker in Indy. It came out with a lot of emotion and fire behind a solid game plan that had the Ohio State offense baffled, and the defense looking for answers.
The Badgers raced out to a 14-0 lead, and despite the Buckeyes getting a score before the half to cut it to 14-7, Wisconsin made some big plays to find a way to score another touchdown with under a minute to go before the break to lead 21-7.
And all Ohio State fans had white knuckles and churning stomachs.
The second half was a different story however. Ohio State played with more purpose, the coaching staff made some adjustments, and OSU scored 24 unanswered points to go up 34-21. From there, it was all a matter of closing it out.
And close it out the Buckeyes did. Wisconsin needed a couple of touchdowns in under four minutes and just didn’t have enough in the tank to get it done. Neither team put another score on the board.
Now we wait to see where the scarlet and gray will go for a semifinal matchup in the College Football Playoff.
