COLUMBUS, Ohio — J.J. McCarthy threw three landing passes and ran for a rating, Donovan Edwards busted the sport open with two lengthy fourth-quarter TD runs and No. 3 Michigan beat No. 2 Ohio State 45-23 Saturday, taking down the Buckeyes with beautiful ease for the second straight season.
Taking part in nearly the entire sport with out injured star working again Blake Corum, Michigan (12-0, 9-0, No. 3 CFP) was nonetheless capable of beat Ohio State (11-1, 8-1, No. 2 CFP) in Columbus for the primary time since 2000.
The Wolverines advance to the Large Ten championship subsequent Saturday, with hopes for a second straight playoff look firmly of their management. As for the Buckeyes, they’ll must hope they'll again into the CFP after once more crumbling of their largest sport of the season.
Jim Harbaugh and Michigan snapped an eight-game dropping streak in opposition to their fiercest rivals final yr. Now they've a two-game successful streak in The Sport for the primary time in 22 years.
McCarthy, the second-year quarterback who gained the beginning job from incumbent Cade McNamara early within the season, performed the sport of his profession when Michigan wanted it most.
His earlier longest move completion was 42 yards, however in opposition to the Buckeyes he threw three landing passes of at the least 45 yards, probably the most scoring passes of 45 or extra within the historical past of the rivalry sport.
He related on scoring passes of 69 and 75 yards to Cornelius Johnson within the first half, then connected with Colston Loveland within the second half for 45 yards and the freshman tight finish’s first profession landing reception.
Then on third-and-10 on the Ohio State 13 early within the fourth quarter, McCarthy was on the run from Zach Harrison when he lofted a move to the tip zone towards Ronnie Bell, who drew a move interference name on security Ronnie Hickman.
That put the ball on the Ohio State 2, and three performs later the 19-year-old quarterback from suburban Chicago shocked a tackler for an additional landing and a 31-20 Michigan lead.
The Buckeyes have been pressured to accept a Noah Ruggles discipline objective to get the rating to 31-23.
Edwards put the sport away for Michigan.
Corum’s backup, who was enjoying with a closely wrapped and an injured hand, raced by means of a gap in the fitting aspect and went 75 yards for a landing with 7:11 left.
After Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud was intercepted, Edwards was off once more, pulling away for an 85-yard scoring run.
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