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>> Kirk: WELCOME BACK TO ESPN'S
SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
PRESENTED BY WINDOWS.
THE THIRD MEMBER OF OUR CREW,
HEATHER *** IS WITH OHIO STATE
COACH URBAN MEYER.
>> Heather: COACH, YOU TOLD US
YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WORKING SO
HARD TO PREPARE FOR A GAME.
WHAT MAKES THIS ONE SO TRICKY?
>> WELL, THEY HAVE A GOOD
RUNNING GAME, GOOD DEFENSE.
THEY RUN SOME THINGS, AND GOT TO
TACKLE THESE BACKS.
>> YOU HAVE TWO GREAT
QUARTERBACKS.
BRAXTON MILLER BACK FROM INJURY,
AS YOUR STARTER.
WHAT GIVES YOU THE CONFIDENCE?
>> HE HAD 12 GAMES LAST YEAR,
AND HE'S GOOD IN PRACTICE, HE'S
READY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Kirk: OHIO STATE WON THE TOSS
AND DEFERRED.
SO GARY ANDERSEN AND THE BADGERS
WILL HANDLE THE BALL FIRST.
FOLKS, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST
TIME I WAS IN COLUMBUS FOR A
NIGHT THAT IS THIS BEAUTIFUL
OUT.
I MEAN, IT'S 70 DEGREES.
IT HAS BEEN BALMY FOR THE LAST
THREE DAYS HERE.
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>> Kirk: ABSOLUTELY.
>> GO, WISCONSIN!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Kir
HE BECOMES A VERY, VERY KEY MAN
IN THIS GAME HERE TONIGHT WITH
THIS.
>> Brent: YOU'RE RIGHT.
OHIO STATE'S DEFENSE HAS GOT TO
BE GEARED UP TO STOP JAMES WHITE
AND MELVIN GORDON.
AND STABY HAS TO PLAY WELL WITH
THE PLAY ACTION PASS AND TRY TO
STRETCH THE OHIO STATE DEFENSE.
>> Kirk: GORDON STARTS AS THE
BADGER RUNNING BACK.
A THREE YARD GAIN AND HIT BY
C.J. BARNETT, ONE OF THE
SAFETIES AND WE TAKE A LOOK AT
ONE OF OUR MATCH-UPS HERE
TONIGHT.
>> GOT TO KEEP AN EYE ON JAMES
WHITE, MELVIN GORDON, JUST
TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
WHAT OHIO IS GOING TO TRY TO DO
TO STOP THIS RUNNING GAME.
RYAN SHAZIER AND CHRISTIAN
BRYANT, BOTH SAFETIES WILL BE
PHYSICAL AND ACTIVE, BUT BETTER
BE CAREFUL.
>> Kirk: WRIGHT CHECKS IN.
PLAY ACTION, STAVE, COULDN'T GET
BACK TO THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
AND THAT'S BARNETT AGAIN, ALL
OVER THE FIELD, NUMBER FOUR,
HE'S OUT OF DAYTON, OHIO.
>> Brent: FINE, VETERAN PLAYER,
VERY ACTIVE IN THE OHIO STATE
DEFENSE.
THAT TIME HE INVITE TD THE PLAY
ACTION, PERFECT POSITION.
WISCONSIN TRYING TO ROLL OUT AND
GET THE TIGHT END.
>> Kirk: SHOT GUN LOOK FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
NEEDS EIGHT YARDS.
NOT GOING TO GET IT.
THREE AND OUT.
FORCED TO PUNT.
BRADLEY ROBEY, KEEP AN EYE ON
HIM.
NUMBER ONE, SOMEDAY BE PLAYING
SUNDAY FOOTBALL.
>> Brent: THAT'S THE MATCH-UP
TONIGHT.
UP TIGHT IN COVERAGE.
THERE'S A GOOD THROW, THE
LEFT-HAND OF ROBEY GETS IN THERE
TO KNOCK THAT BALL AWAY.
HE WALKED UP TIGHT BECAUSE OF
THE CONFIDENCE THAT HE HAS.
THAT'S A BIG PLAY ON THIRD DOWN.
>> Kirk: COREY BROWN BACK DEEP.
GOING TO GO OUT OF BOUNDS AND
THE BUCKEYES ARE IN OUTSTANDING
FIELD POSITION.
HERE COMES THE RETURN OF BRAXTON
MILLER, MISSING A COUPLE OF
GAMES, MOST OF THE THIRD WHEN HE
WAS INJURED AGAINST SAN DIEGO
STATE, AND HERE COMES NUMBER
FIVE, YOU FOLKS REMEMBER, HE
FINISHED FIFTH IN THE HEISMAN
VOTING A YEAR AGO.
>> Brent: YEAH, WITH URBAN
MEYER'S OFFENSE, WHEN THEY
SPREAD YOU OUT WITH THREE,
SOMETIMES FOUR RECEIVERS --
[ INAUDIBLE ]
SEE IF THEY CAN THROW THE BALL
DOWNFIELD.
>> Kirk: GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE.
A TREMENDOUS SECOND EFFORT
PICKING UP ABOUT FIVE YARDS.
ARMSTRONG HITTING FIRST AND HE
JUST KEPT MOVING.
OUR IMPACT MATCH-UP LOOKS THIS
WAY.
>> Brent: DEVIN SMITH AND COREY
BROWN, ALSO DONTRE WILSON, PUTS
PRESSURE ON THE CORNERS OF
WISCONSIN.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON ROLLS, FIRST
PASS COMPLETE AND OUT OF BOUNDS
IS JEFF HEUERMAN.
>> Brent: SEE THIS EVERY WEEK.
THE TEMPO, NOTICING THE
FORMATION, GETTING THE LINE-UP
AND PLAYING FAST AS A DEFENSE.
OHIO STATE WANTS TO TAKE SOME
SHOTS EARLY.
SEE IF THEY'RE READY TO DEFENSE
THE PASS GAME.
>> Kirk: ANOTHER FIRST DOWN TO
THE 25 YARD LINE.
BUCKEYES.
>> Brent: ONE OF THE BEST LINE
BACKERS IN THE COUNTRY.
HE'S RESPECTING THE PASS.
HE'S LOOKING OUT TO THE TIGHT
END THAT'S FLEXED OUT.
THEY RAN RIGHT WHERE HE WAS
VACATED.
>> Kirk: FIRES, END ZONE,
TOUCHDOWN BUCKEYES!
EVAN SPENCER.
BRAXTON MILLER IS HEALTHY,
FOLKS.
>> Brent: HE'S GOING TO DOUBLE
CHECK TO MAKE SURE HE HAD
POSSESSION OF THE BALL ALL THE
WAY THROUGH.
RAN THE FOOTBALL AND IT SETS UP
THE PLAY ACTION.
THEY GOT BEHIND IT FOR A BIG
PLAY.
>> Kirk: THE EXTRA POINT IS
GOOD.
LESS THAN THREE MINUTES INTO OUR
SHOWDOWN, BUCKEYES FORCE A THREE
AND OUT AND THEN STRIKE FIRST ON
THIS PASS TO SPENCER.
WELCOME BACK.
>> Kirk: ONE OF THE GREAT SCENES
OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL HERE IN
COLUMBUS.
55 YARDS, FOUR PLAYS, BUCKEYES
STRIKE FIRST.
KICKS IT AWAY.
THIS TIME THEY'LL TAKE A KNEE.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE HAD A WHEEL
ROUTE FROM PHILLY BROWN.
EVAN SPENCER GOING TO THE POST,
IT PUTS THE TRUE FRESHMAN
SHELTON IN NO MAN'S LAND.
LOOK AT THE ROUTE FORM AND LOOK
AT THE INDECISION FROM THE TRUE
FRESHMAN.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A SENIOR,
WHO YOU GOING TO COVER?
TAKE THE GUY TO THE OUTSIDE,
WHICHEVER WAY HE WAS GOING TO
GO, BRAXTON MILLER WAS GOING TO
GO IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
WELL DESIGNED PLAY AND EXECUTED
PERFECTLY THAT TIME BY THE
JUNIOR QUARTERBACK.
>> Kirk: SO BOTH RUNNING BACKS
ARE NOW ON THE FIELD.
HERE HE COMES, FIRST JET SWEEP
AND THEY CRUSH IT.
AND THAT'S ROGAN.
THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK WITH THE
CORNERS AND THE LINE BACKER IS
GOING TO ENGAGE THE LINEMEN.
THAT WAS PERFECT.
>> Brent: YOU'RE RIGHT.
THEY'VE LOOKED THAT ALL WEEK.
WISCONSIN DOESN'T HAVE THE VERT
CAM PA
CAL PASSING GAME.
THEY'LL TEST YOU WITH THE JET
SWEEP.
ROBY HAD TO TAKE A KNEE HERE.
AND ARMANI REEVES, SOPHOMORE,
HAS CHECKED IN.
>> Brent: HE'S ONE OF THE TOP
CORNERS IN THE COUNTRY.
HE WAS HOLDING HIS BACK AS HE
CAME OFF THE FIELD.
YOU DON'T SEE ONE OF THE TOP
COVER CORNERS AS WELL TO COME UP
AND RUN SUPPORT AS BRADLEY ROBY.
SECOND TIME TONIGHT HE'S COMING
UP WITH BEING VERY PHYSICAL AT
THE POINT OF ATTACK.
>> Kirk: NFL SCOUTS HERE NOTE
THAT.
>> Brent: NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
I WILL SAY, YOU SAID THEY'RE
ATTACKING WITH THE LINE BACKERS
AND THE CORN ERDS.
AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I
SAID EARLY.
STAVE IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A
PLAY DOWNFIELD.
WHETHER IT'S A TIGHT END.
AND OHIO STATE SEEMDS TO BE
DEFENDING ABOUT FIVE YARDS DOWN
THE FIELD AND CLOSE TO THE LINE
OF SCRIMMAGE.
THEY'RE NOT RESPECTING ANYTHING
VERTICALLY AND ARE TIGHTENING UP
THEIR COVERAGE.
>> Kirk: DOES NOT HAVE LOGAN
NOW.
LET'S SEE IF THE BADGERS --
THEY'RE GOING TO RUN IT RIGHT
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
PENALTY FLAG THROWN DOWN BY THE
UMPIRE INTO THE PIT AREA.
>> Referee: HOLDING, OFFENSE,
NUMBER 79, HALF THE DISTANCE TO
THE GOAL, SECOND DOWN.
>> Brent: THAT'S RYAN GROY.
WISCONSIN NEEDS TO AVOID THAT.
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR
SCREEN, JUST PULLS HILL -- HALE
DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THIS
IS IMPORTANT IN THE GAME, THE
EMOTIONS OF THIS ATMOSPHERE, NOT
DIG THEMSELVES SUCH A BIG HOLE
EARLY IN THE GAME.
>> Kirk: ABSOLUTELY.
ANDERSEN IS FACING THIRD AND
14.
INCOMPLETE.
AND ANOTHER PUNT COMING UP FOR
THE BADGERS.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE KNOWS THAT
STAVE LOVES TO LOOK UP JARED
ABBREDERIS, HIS ONLY TRUE THREAT
AT THE WIDE RECEIVER.
HE'S GOING TO COME FROM THE
RIGHT TO THE LEFT.
WATCH OHIO STATE, THEY HAVE HIM
FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH GRANT AND
ON THE INSIDE WITH REEVES.
THEY TOOK HIM FROM THE OUTSIDE,
IN CASE HE WENT TO THE OUTSIDE.
>> Kirk: 55 YARDS TO NEGOTIATE
LAST TIME.
THIS ONE TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF A
POUNCE. COVERAGE
PROVIDED BY GOODYEAR.
GOODYEAR, MORE DRIVEN.
NOW THE WISCONSIN OFFENSIVE
LINE, WIDE RECEIVERS TRYING TO
REGROUP.
FUMBLE AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
OHIO STATE FOOTBALL.
WILSON, THE FRESHMAN OUT OF
TEXAS WAS THE BALL RUNNER.
>> Brent: MUCH MORE QUICKNESS
AND ACCELERATION TO THE EDGE.
THEY LIKE TO PUT HIM IN THE
SLOT, HAND HIM THE FOOTBALL AND
GET HIM ISOLATED ONE-ON-ONE
BECAUSE HE'S A GREAT RECEIVER
TOO.
>> Kirk: SPEAKING OF THE NFL,
FOLKS, KEEP AN EYE ON NUMBER 34,
SIX FOOT, 235 POUNDS, A SENIOR
FROM NAPLES.
ONE THING YOU LOOK FOR WHEN
YOU'RE A RUNNING BACK IN THE NFL
IS TOUGHNESS.
AND HE IS TOUGH.
ROLLING, STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS
AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> Brent: TOUGHNESS AND HE
SURPRISES YOU WITH HIS ATHLETIC
ABILITY.
LOOK AT THIS -- THIS IS BRAXTON
MILLER, BUT THE PLAY BEFORE
CARLOS HYDE HAS SUCH QUICKNESS
AND HE'LL SURPRISE YOU WITH HIS
ACCELERATION THROUGH THE HOLE.
>> Kirk: SECOND AND 11.
SECOND EFFORT, PICKS UP ANOTHER
YARD AS HE CROSSES MIDFIELD THAT
TIME.
CHRIS BOR LAND, NUMBER 44, HE'LL
BE IN A LOT OF TACKLES AS HE
HEADS BEEN THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER.
>> Brent: ONE OF YOURS AND MY
FAVORITE PLAYERS.
>> Kirk: ABSOLUTELY.
THIRD DOWN AND THERE'S A PENALTY
FLAG.
FALSE START I BELIEVE IS THE
CALL.
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 78, FIVE YARD
PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> Kirk: LEFT GUARD ANDREW
NORWELL.
HE SAID WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY
WITH THESE GUYS, WINNING THE
GAME IS EVERYTHING.
>> Brent: FULL STEAM AHEAD.
IT'S A BIG THIRD DOWN FOR BOTH
TEAMS, BUT ESPECIALLY
WISCONSIN'S DEFENSE EARLY IN
THIS GAME.
>> Kirk: THIRD AND 12.
PRESSURE, AND HE WILL NOT GET
CLOSE TO THE FIRST DOWN.
THERE IS ANOTHER PENALTY FLAG,
THROWN BY THE LINE JUDGE, COMING
OFF THE OHIO STATE SIDELINE.
>> Referee: THERE IS NO FOUL ON
THE PLAY FOR INELIGIBLE RECEIVER
DOWNFIELD.
FOURTH DOWN.
>> Kirk: BADGERS WILL GET IT
BACK, HERBY.
>> Brent: THEY WALK HIM ON THE
EDGE HERE.
WATCH WHAT HE DOES, GOING UP
AGAINST A HUGE RIGHT TACKLE IN
DECKER.
WATCH, HE DOESN'T GIVE UP ON THE
PLAY.
HE'S GOING TO CHASE IT DOWN AND
GET TO BRAXTON MILLER AND MAKE
HIM THROW IT AWAY.
SO KENZEL DOE IS OUT.
JARED ABBREDERIS WILL BE BACK TO
RECEIVE THIS PUNT.
HERE'S ABBREDERIS.
AND HE DOES MAKE THE PLAY AT THE
NINE YARD LINE.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEADER
MATT KEN SETH IS NOW 2 FOR 2 IN
HIS CHASE FOR THE CUP.
DON'T MISS THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP
SERIES AT DOVER TOMORROW ON ESPN
AND ALSO LIVE ON WATCH SESPN.
THERE'S YOUR POINT STANDINGS.
>> Brent: WISCONSIN HAS RUN SIX
PLAYS AND FIVE OF THEM ARE ZERO
OR NEGATIVE YARDS.
SAID IT EARLIER, OHIO STATE IS
STACKED TO THE LINE.
SEE IF STAVE HAS AN ANSWER.
>> Kirk: GORDON IS GOING TO TRY
IT.
LET'S SEE WHAT HE CAN DO BEHIND
THIS VETERAN LINE.
DAN FULS IS YOUR CENTER TONIGHT.
VOLTZ IS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN,
NUMBER 70.
NOTHING DOING AND SWARMING ALL
OVER HIM IS SHAZIER, FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE, WENT TO PLANTATION
HIGH SCHOOL, WANTED TO COME
NORTH TO PLAY FOOTBALL.
>> Brent: HE DOES A GOOD JOB
ATTACKING THROUGH THE INTERIOR.
MICHAEL BENNETT DOING A GOOD JOB
FIGHTING OFF THE BLOCKS AS WELL.
BUT SHAZIER'S QUICKNESS AND
INSTINCTS THERE THAT MAKE THE
PLAY.
>> Kirk: SECOND DOWN AND 11.
FOR A FIRST DOWN, BEAUTIFUL PLAY
THAT TIME.
AND THEY'LL GET IT ON OVER TO
THE SIDELINE TO ALEX ERIKSON AS
WE CHECK IN FOR OUR FIRST UPDATE
OF THE NIGHT.
>> DR. PEPPER UPDATE FROM THE
SEC.
ALABAMA LED OLE MISS BY 9-0 AT
THE HALF.
THEN IN THE SECOND HALF, T.J.
YELDON, LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN,
ALABAMA ON TOP, 16-0 OVER OLE
MISS ON ESPN.
>> Kirk: KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ONE
FOR US.
AND HERE BUCKEYES LEAD BY SEVEN.
PLAY ACTION, FIRES DOWNFIELD,
COMPLETE AGAIN.
AND SUDDENLY THAT'S
ABBREDERIS -- AND HERBY,
SUDDENLY, THE PASSING GAME IS
STARTING TO WORK ON THE
SIDELINE.
>> Brent: THEY HAVE TO THROW THE
BALL.
THEY GOT TO GET OHIO STATE
SAFETY AND LINE BACKERS DEEPER.
THERE'S ABBREDERIS AGAINST THE
ALL AMERICAN CORNER BRADLEY
ROBY.
YOU CAN SEE THE TIMING, THEY'RE
IN SYNC, AWAY FROM ROBY AND AN
OUTSTANDING ROUTE THAT TIME BY
ABBREDERIS TO GET AWAY FROM
ROBY.
>> Kirk: ROLL OUT TO THE 41.
NOW THEY COME WITH THAT RUNNING
GAME.
GORDON.
AND THAT WAS A GOOD HOLE ON THE
RIGHT SIDE.
GRANT FROM THE CORNERBACK SPOT.
>> Brent: WHEN YOU THROW THE
FOOTBALL, YOU HIT A COUPLE PLAY
ACTION PASSES AND THEN YOU'RE
ABLE TO HAVE BALANCE.
YOU GO BACK TO YOUR BREAD AND
BUTTER, TANEG PRESSURE OFF THE
BIG FELLAS UP FRONT.
THE DOUBLE-TEAM WORKS, PUSH
BENNETT OUT.
HE LOCKS UP, SPENCE ENDS UP ON
HIS BACK.
>> Kirk: SECOND DOWN AND TWO.
GOT THE FIRST DOWN EASY.
HE IS SO DANGEROUS.
>> Brent: HE'S A BACK THAT IF HE
FINDS JUST A LITTLE CREASE, HE
CAN ONE-CUT YOU AND GO.
HE'S NOT GOING TO GET TEN OR 15.
HE'S GOING TO PICK UP
EVERYTHING.
>> Kirk: AND HERBY, WHEN YOU
WERE IN CHARGE OF THE TAPE
MACHINE, YOU COULDN'T GET OVER
HOW GRACEFUL HE WAS CUTTING.
>> Brent: I HATE TO SAY AN ERIC
DIRKERSON KIND OF BACK, BUT HE
REMINDS YOU WITH HIS SKILL SET
OF THAT KIND OF GUY.
ROBERT SMITH, THAT TYPE.
JUST LONG STRIDES, COVERS A LOT
OF GROUNDS.
>> Kirk: JAMES WHITE FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE, HE CHECKS INTO THE
BACK FIELD.
PLAY ACTION, STAVE COVERED AND
STILL IS ABLE TO GET IT OFF
UNDERNEATH TO SAM ARNESON, ONE
OF THE TIGHT ENDS.
STAVE WAS UNDER ENORMOUS
PRESSURE.
VERY GOOD PLAY BY THE
QUARTERBACK.
>> Brent: AND ANDY LUDWIG, THE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR MAKING
SOME ADJUSTMENTS, GOING BACK TO
WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
IT HAS EIGHT AND NINE DEFENDERS
UP CLOSE TO THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE, YOU GOT TO TAKE
CHANCES, BREAK SOME TRENDS,
EARLY IN THE PLAY ACTION, THEN
REALLY GET INTO A RHYTHM FOR THE
OFFENSE.
>> Kirk: J.J. WATT'S BROTHER,
DEREK WATT IS THE FULLBACK IN
THE FRONT.
THAT WAS BEFORE THE SNAP.
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 79, PENALTY,
SECOND DOWN.
>> Kirk: THAT'S TWICE.
HE'S A SENIOR.
>> Brent: THEY HAVE SOME NEW
PERSONNEL UP FRONT AND IT'S BEEN
THEIR MOST CONSISTENT OFFENSIVE
LINE.
BIG, STRONG OFFENSIVE LINEMEN
AND TALENTED RUNNING BACKS, BUT
AS WE'RE SEEING TONIGHT, STAVE
IS MAKING ENOUGH PLAY THROUGH
THE AIRS ON THE PLAY ACTION TO
HELP THEM.
>> Kirk: THAT'S HOW GOOD HE IS.
SECOND DOWN AND SEVEN.
AND HERE COMES WOOD.
TOP LEFT.
THEY SAW SOMETHING AND NOW
BECAUSE THEY DID NOT GET A
TIME-OUT, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
A THIRD DOWN AND LONG UP AGAINST
THIS BUCKEYE DEFENSE.
>> Brent: THIS IS WHAT THEY
WANTED TO AVOID, THIRD DOWN AND
LONG SITUATIONS.
EVERYBODY WITH OHIO STATE
DEFENSE AWARE OF JARED
ABBREDERIS AND HIS ABILITY TO
MAKE PLAYS.
GIVE WISCONSIN AND GARY ANDERSEN
CREDIT, MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS
AND BREAKING SOME TENDENCY,
TRYING TO GIVE THE BALL TO OTHER
FOLKS IN THESE SITUATIONS.
>> Kirk: NEED TO REACH THE THIRD
FOR A FIRST DOWN.
BUCKEYES SHOW BLITZ.
STAVE IN THE MIDDLE.
FIRES FOR ABBREDERIS, GREAT
CATCH BY ABBREDERIS, TOUCHDOWN
BADGE
BADGERS!
OH, WHAT A GRAB UNDER PRESSURE.
>> Brent: THIRD DOWN.
THEY WANT TO GO TO NUMBER FOUR.
LOOK WHO HE'S GOING UP AGAINST.
BRADLEY ROBY.
HE'S LOCKED UP.
HE DOESN'T GET MUCH SEPARATION.
THAT BALL WAS PERFECTLY THROWN
BY STAVE.
AN AREA HE'S BEEN WORKING SO
HARD.
THE BALL WAS JUST PERFECTLY
THROWN THERE ON THIRD DOWN BY
STAVE.
>> Kirk: I THOUGHT HE HAD A
ONE-HANDED CATCH WITH ROBY ALL
OVER HIM.
36 YARDS.
THAT WAS A THIRD AND SIX.
TACKS ON THE EXTRA POINT.
THIS YOUNGSTER IS A GAMER.
>> Brent: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
NEVER GAVE UP ON THE ROUTE.
PERFECT THROW AND A GREAT CATCH.
>> Kirk: THE
>> Kirk: THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
BUS IS HERE IN COLUMBUS AND A
REMINDER THAT TAILGATE WEEK
FIRED UP BY KINGSFORD CHARCOAL,
COMING UP NEXT WEEK IN EVANSTON,
ILLINOIS.
NORTHWESTERN AND OHIO STATE.
WHAT A GAME.
>> Brent: LET'S GO BACK.
YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, GETTING
HELD THERE BY ROBY.
LOOKED LIKE A ONE-HANDED CATCH.
HE DOES GET THE LEFT-HAND BACK
TO HELP HIM OUT.
BUT JARED ABBREDERIS, POUND FOR
POUND, ONE OF THE BEST RECEIVERS
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
>> Kirk: DONTRE WILSON AND
JORDAN HALL BACK FOR THE
BUCKEYES.
FIELDED AT THE FIVE BY WILSON.
THE FRESHMAN, SPINS.
AND TO THE 26 YARD LINE.
>> Brent: NICE RETURN.
>> Kirk: WELL, THERE'S YOUR TWO
QUARTERBACKS AND BECAUSE OF
INJURY, KENNY GUITON FROM THE
SAN DIEGO STATE GAME.
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> Brent: IT'S A BIG DEBATE, BUT
BRAXTON MILLER'S TEAM CLEARLY,
FOR ANYBODY ON THE INSIDE OF
THIS PROGRAM, A GUY WHO DESERVES
A TON OF CREDIT, A CAPTAIN,
ALWAYS HAS A PODSATIVE ATTITUDE.
URBAN MEYER SAYS HE'D LOVE TO
HAVE HIM AS A GA.
>> Kirk: POWERS FOR 12 YARDS AND
FIRST DOWN.
>> Brent: THIS IS THE BACK
THEY'VE MISSED.
JORDAN HALL'S DONE A NICE JOB,
BUT NOT JUST THE QUICKNESS, BUT
HE HAS SUCH A FEEL FOR THIS
OFFENSE AND HOW THEY WANT TO
ATTACK.
NOT JUST THE QUICKNESS, BUT THE
HOUR TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
-- POWER TO GO ALONG WITH IT.
>> Kirk: FALSE START AGAIN.
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 78, FIVE YARD
PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> Kirk: CHECK IT DOWN BELOW
WITH HEATHER ***.
>> Heather: TALKED TO BRAXTON
MILLER, HE TOLD ME HE'S WEARING
THE PLAYMAKER KNEE BRACE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT IT
WAS COVERED UP.
IT'S A SLEEVE WITH HINGES ON
BOTH SIDES THAT KEEPS HIM FROM
HYPEREXTENDING.
HE SAID IT'S THE ONE AREA THAT
STILL BOTHERS HIM WHEN IT
OVERSTRAIGHTENS, GUYS.
>> Kirk: BORLAND, NUMBER 44, IN
ON THAT TACKLE, WHAT ELSE IS
NEW?
>> Brent: HE'S GOING TO BE
INVOLVED IN A LOT OF TACKLES IN
THE MIDDLE OF THAT DEFENSE.
WHETHER IT'S HEATHER'S REPORT,
BRAXTON MILLER RUNNING THE
FOOTBALL.
ALREADY SIX CARRIES HERE IN THE
FIRST QUARTER.
>> Kirk: SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN AND SHORT.
COREY BROWN, THE RECEIVER THAT
TIME AND PENIEL JEAN MAKING THE
STOP FOR THE BADGERS.
>> Brent: RIGHT NOW PX IS
PLAYING A DEFENSE, THEY'RE OFF
ON THEIR CORNERS AND RECEIVERS,
RESPECTFUL OF THE DEEP BALL,
MAKING OHIO STATE TRY TO EXECUTE
IN FRONT, AND THEN A THEY'VE GOT
A GAME TACKLE.
>> Kirk: MILLER BACK TO PASS ON
THIRD DOWN.
AND IT'S FIRST AND TEN FOR THE
BUCKEYES AS THEY LOOK AGAIN WITH
COREY BROWN, THE SENIOR FROM
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> Brent: WATCH BOR LAND.
HE'S OUTSIDE, INSIDE, READING
THE QUARTERBACK'S EYES, GOT OVER
THERE JUST A LITTLE BIT LATE.
THERE'S WHERE BRAXTON MILLER IS
TRYING TO MAKE STRIDES.
HIS PRIMARY RECEIVER WAS
COVERED, HE CAME OFF HIM,
PATIENTLY SAT IN THE POCKET AND
FOUND HIS OPEN MAN FOR THE FIRST
DOWN.
BRAXTON, READ OPTION PULLS IT
BACK AND THROWS OUT OF THERE.
COMPLETE NOW TO WILSON, THE
FRESHMAN AND OUT OF BOUNDS AS
THE BUCKEYES THREATEN AGAIN.
>> Brent: THEY HAD CARLOS HYDE
AND DONTRE WILSON IN THE BACK
FIELD.
THEY JUST SLID HIM OUT, ANOTHER
WHEEL ROUTE, RUNNING INTO THE
BOUNDARY AND THEN YOU CUT DOWN
THE FIELD.
HE GOT LOST IN COVERAGE IN A
PRETTY EASY READ AND THROW THAT
TIME FOR BRAXTON.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON IS 5 OF 6 HERE
IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
HE'S THROWN FOR ONE TOUCHDOWN.
JUST SHY OF THE 25 YARD LINE.
PLAY ACTION, STRIKE FOR THE END
ZONE, TOUCHDOWN!
HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN STRIKE OF
THE NIGHT.
THIS TIME IT'S DEVIN SMITH, THE
JUNIOR FROM MASS LIN, OHIO.
>> Brent: THAT'S THE CHANCE YOU
HAVE TO TAKE TO TRY TO STOP THE
RUNNING GAME, LEAVE YOUR CORNERS
ON AN ISLAND.
URBAN MEYER RECOGNIZES THAT.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
>> Brent: DEEP BALL THERE TO
SMITH.
THE CORNER DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A
CHANCE TO LOCATE THE FOOTBALL.
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>> Brent: HE DID THROW IT.
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> Kirk: 44 SECONDS REMAINING IN
THE FIRST QUARTER.
BIG 10 OPENER FOR OHIO STATE AND
THE SECOND BIG 10 GAME FOR THE
BADGERS WHO HEBEAT UP ON PURDUE
LAST WEEK IN MADISON.
BADGERS WILL HAVE NEXT WEEK OFF
AND AWAIT THE WILD CATS.
BRAXTON MILLER OFF TO A RED HOT
START.
HE'S 6 OF 7, 97 YARDS AND TWO
TOUCHDOWNS.
AND KYLE IS OUT ACROSS THE 20
YARD LINE.
>> Brent: PLAY ACTION TO HYDE,
FREEZES THE LINE BACKERS, THE
SAFETIES.
MUSSON IS UP THERE, NOW IT'S TOO
LATE, LEFT JEAN ON AN ISLAND.
LOOK WHERE THE BALL IS THROWN,
AWAY FROM JEAN.
INTENTIONALLY.
HE KNOWS HE HAS HIM DOWNFIELD,
THROWS IT AWAY TOWARDS THE
SIDELINES, AND JEAN NEVER SAW
THE FOOTBALL.
BY THE TIME HE SAW IT, IT WAS
ALREADY IN THE ARMS OF DEVIN
SMITH.
>> Kirk: JAMES WHITE.
HE'S THE ACTIVE LEADING RUSHER
IN THE NATION.
1,000 YARDS WITH HIS CAREER WITH
THE BADGERS.
PLAY ACTION, FIRES TO A WIDE
OPEN ABBREDERIS.
THEY TURN HIM LOOSE, 35, 30, 25,
FOOTLOOSE AND FINALLY OUT OF
BOUNDS.
HE WAS IN A RACE WITH C.J.
BARNETT.
>> Brent: THE PLAY ACTION
FREEZES THE LINE BACKERS AND
SAFETIES.
YOU SEE THEY STILL HAVE THEIR
NOSE UP THERE.
FREDRICK GOES RIGHT BY THE
SAFETY.
OHIO STATE STILL IN A DEFENSE TO
TAKE AWAY THE RUNNING GAME AND
THEY'RE LEAVING THEMSELVES IN A
VERY VULNERABLE POSITION.
PLAY ACTION, LOOK AT THE LINE
BACKERS COME UP.
HEADS ARE SWIVELING, LOOKING
EVERYWHERE.
THEY CAN'T GET BACK.
EVERYBODY AT THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
ALL THEY HEARD ABOUT JAMES WHITE
AND MELVIN GORDON, THEY'RE GOING
TO FORCE WISCONSIN TO THROW.
WISCONSIN'S DONE THEIR HOMEWORK.
STAVE 6 OF 8.
>> Kirk: AND 64 OF THOSE YARDS
ON THAT PASS PLAY.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT STAVE?
>> Brent: NO WAY.
>> Kirk: WE'LL BE BACK AFTER
THIS MESSAGE AND A WORD FROM OUR
LOCAL ABC STATIONS.
>> Kirk: WELCOME BACK TO ESPN
SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
PRESENTED BY WINDOWS.
THE SECOND QUARTER AND WHILE YOU
WERE AWAY JOHN COOPER AND THE
1993 BUCKEYE TEAM INTRODUCED.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
MELVIN GORDON NOW TO OPEN THE
SECOND QUARTER AS A RUNNING
BACK.
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 74, FIVE YARD
PENALTY, FIRST DOWN.
>> Kirk: COSTIGAN.
>> Brent: THIS IS THE LOUDEST
PART OF THE STADIUM.
AND HE ANTICIPATED THE SNAP
COUNT, TRIED TO GET AN EARLY
JUMP THERE.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF ERRORS
WISCONSIN NEEDS TO AVOID.
BUT WISCONSIN GOT DOWN SEVEN,
CAME BACK WITH AN ANSWER.
DOWN SEVEN AGAIN, ANOTHER BIG
OPPORTUNITY FOR ABBREDERIS TO
TRY TO GET MORE POINTS ON THE
BOARD HERE.
>> Kirk: BEHIND THE LEFT SIDE.
SEE IF THEY CAN GET SOMETHING
GOING DOWN HERE.
BRYANT UP TO HELP ON THE STOP OF
GORDON.
MELVIN GORDON CAME INTO THIS
GAME AVERAGING 11.8 YARDS A
RUSH.
YOU HEARD ME RIGHT.
WELL, HERE TONIGHT, AS HE GOES
OFF, AFTER BEING BANGED UP, HE'S
RUSHED FOR 21 YARDS WITH SIX
CARRIES, A LITTLE OVER THREE
YARDS A CARRY, SO A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT KIND OF DEFENSE THAT
HE'S LOOKING AT HERE.
AND JAMES WHITE REPLACES HIM.
PLAY ACTION, WHITE'S COVERED.
END ZONE, FIRES.
ABBREDERIS IS OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Brent: THIS TIME, PLAY ACTION
AGAIN, OF COURSE THAT'S WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO.
ABBREDERIS WORKS ON A DOUBLE
MOVE, GETS TO THE OUTSIDE RIGHT
THERE.
HE THROW ITS NOW, HE'S GOT A
CHANCE.
HE'S LATE WITH THE FOOTBALL.
HE WAITED TO SEE AN OPENING AND
THEN HE THREW.
IF HE COULD HAVE JUST THROWN IT
A LITTLE BIT EARLY, ABBREDERIS
HAD HIM BEAT TO THE CORNER.
>> Kirk: TAKE ANOTHER LOOK NOW
AT GORDON GOING OUT OF THE GAME.
>> Brent: THE HELMET OF
CHRISTIAN BRYANT.
>> Kirk: THIRD DOWN AND 11.
GOING TO FLEX THAT RIGHT
SHOULDER, FIRES.
ABBREDERIS THE TARGET.
ROBY TRACKING ABBREDERIS.
THE COACH SAID WE WANT
ONE-ON-ONE.
WE WANT ROBY ON ABBREDERIS.
>> Brent: WELL, RIGHT NOW THE
ADVANTAGE IN THAT MATCH-UP GOES
TO WISCONSIN.
ABBREDERIS HAS MADE SOME BIG
PLAYS IN THIS GAME.
ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMERS IN THE
COUNTRY.
GOT TO THE INSIDE THAT TIME.
>> Kirk: KYLE FRENCH WILL TAKE
THIS 32-YARD FIELD GOAL.
TOO FAR LEFT.
>> Kirk: ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT IN
COLUMBUS, BUCKEYES LEAD 14-7 AND
HEATHER *** IS DOWN BELOW WITH
THE CHOSEN ONE, LeBRON JAMES.
>> Heather: THANKS SO MUCH.
I THINK THE BIGGEST BUCKEYE FAN
I'VE EVER SEEN.
HIGH FIVING PLAYERS.
YOU'VE BEEN ON THE SIDELINE.
YOU TALKED TO THE TEAM
BEFOREHAND.
WHAT KIND OF ADVICE DID YOU GIVE
THEM?
>> JUST LET THEM UNDERSTAND HOW
IMPORTANT TEAM IS.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT TEAM.
MAYBE ONE INDIVIDUAL OVER
ANOTHER, BUT IN ORDER TO GET THE
ULTIMATE GOAL, IT'S A TEAM.
THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO RELATE
TO THE KIDS.
>> Heather: A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW
YOU WERE QUITE THE FOOTBALL STAR
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT TO GET OUT
THERE AND PLAY?
>> I LOVE THIS SPORT.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID I LOVE THIS
SPORT MORE THAN BASKETBALL.
SO IT JUST GETS ME GOING, TAKES
ME BACK TO FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
JUST BEING HERE TO SUPPORT THIS
UNBELIEVABLE UNIVERSITY, THIS
FOOTBALL TEAM, COACH URBAN MEYER
WELCOMED ME WITH OPEN ARMS AND
I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> Heather: YOU GO TO THE
BAHAMAS ON MONDAY TO OPEN UP
TRAINING CAMP.
WHAT'S THE PRIORITY FOR THE HEAT
THIS YEAR?
>> FOR US, IT'S A PROCESS.
WE CAN'T SKIP -- WE HAVE TO TAKE
EACH AND EVERY DAY LIKE IT'S OUR
LAST.
WE STAY HEALTHY AND GIVE
OURSELVES A GOOD CHANCE TO WIN.
>> Heather: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU
GOT MARRIED ON SEPTEMBER 14th.
HOW WAS THE BIG DAY?
>> IT WAS AWESOME.
A BIG CELEBRATION.
TO HAVE YOUR GREATEST LOVE AND
YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE,
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU KNOW, IT WENT TOO FAST, I'LL
TELL YOU THAT.
>> Heather: THE HONEYMOON IS
OVER, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU ON THE HARD WOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> Kirk: AND THEY JUST DOCKED
HIM A FEW GRAND FOR SAYING HE
LIKED FOOTBALL BETTER THAN
BASKETBALL.
WHAT A SUPERSTAR.
HE'S GIVEN AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY
BACK TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL, HE'S
BOUGHT UNIFORMS FOR ALL THE KIDS
UP THERE.
HE STAYS IN TOUCH WITH THE KIDS.
WHEN THEY GET GOOD GRADES, HE
SENDS OUT AN E-MAIL AND CON
GRATALATES THEM.
EVEN WHEN HE LEFT THE CATS, HE
MAINTAINED THAT RELATIONSHIP.
HE USED TO SELL OUT THE CENTER
FROM HIS FRESHMAN YEAR UP TO HIS
SENIOR YEAR.
>> Kirk: FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
MILLER GOES DEEP, INCOMPLETE.
IT WILL BE SECOND DOWN AND LONG.
EVAN SPENCER WHO CAUGHT ONE OF
THE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, WAS
WORKING AGAINST THE FRESHMAN
SHELTON, WHO IS ALSO FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE.
WE GOT A LOT OF YOUNGSTERS OUT
OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
>> Brent: STRIDE FOR STRIDE,
HE'S HAD A COUPLE PLAYS WHERE
RECEIVERS HAVE GOT BEHIND HIM.
HE'S A TRUE FRESHMAN ON AN
ISLAND TO GET THE VETERAN PLAYER
DEVIN SMITH.
HE'S GOT TO BE ABLE TO HOLD UP
TONIGHT.
THAT TIME STRIDE FOR STRIDE,
TRYING TO GET DEEP TO KNOCK THAT
BALL AWAY.
>> Kirk: SEE IF THEY CAN COME
BACK NOW ON SECOND.
NUMBER 34, NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT.
GONE FOR 50 YARDS ALREADY IN THE
FIRST HALF.
THAT'S FIGURE TO BRING UP ABOUT
A THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.
>> Brent: WISCONSIN DOING A GOOD
JOB OF ROTATING DEFENSIVE
LINEMEN AND TRYING TO STAY FRESH
AGAINST THIS TEMPO.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON MILLER SHORT OF
THE FIRST DOWN.
SUPERB TACKLE BY CONOR O'NEILL,
A FIFTH YEAR SENIOR FROM DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA.
>> Brent: URBAN MEYER HAS GONE
FOURTH DOWNS THIS YEAR AND HAS
MADE TEN OF THEM.
DOESN'T HESITATE AT ALL.
SENDS OUT THE EXTRA TIGHT END --
OH, WE GOT A FLAG DOWN.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR
HERE.
>> Kirk: WHEN THEY START TO DO
THAT, FOLKS, THEY THINK THERE
ARE TOO MANY MEN ON THE FIELD.
>> Brent: YEAH.
>> Kirk: I THINK YOU READ GARY'S
LIPS.
THERE WERE 12 MEN.
>> Brent: FLAG COMES IN LATE.
>> Referee: THERE'S NO FOUL ON
THE PLAY FOR ILLEGAL
SUBSTITUTION.
FOURTH DOWN.
>> Brent: GARY ANDERSEN COULD
HAVE STATED HIS CASE THERE.
>> Kirk: MUST BEWARE OF URBAN
MEYER AND THE FAKE PUNTS.
THEY'RE ACROSS MIDFIELD AND I
KNOW SOME GUYS WOULD NOT SAY
THAT, BUT HE'S NOT EVEN GOING TO
WORRY ABOUT THE PUNTER.
>> Brent: THAT'S RIGHT.
10 OF 12 COMES INTO TONIGHT.
>> Kirk: HERE WE GO.
IN A HARD COUNT, MOTION.
>> Brent: DISCIPLINE BY
WISCONSIN, THEY DIDN'T JUMP.
REMEMBER, HE'S CALLING FOR IT
ALREADY IN FOUR GAMES, 12 TIMES
ON FOURTH DOWN.
GREAT JOB BY WISCONSIN HOLDING
THEIR SPOT THERE.
>> Kirk: I THINK COACH ANDERSEN
IS OUT THERE REMINDING THEM,
JUST BECAUSE THEY BACKED OFF OF
THAT, MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALERT OUT
THERE.
THERE'S BEEN SOME UNBELIEVABLE
FAKE PUNTS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE BADGERS WENT ONE UP ON GOT
BORLAND AND HANDED IT TO HIM
WITH EVERYBODY MOVING TO THE
LEFT, AND HE THREW FOR A FIRST
DOWN COMING OVER TO THE RIGHT.
THERE WAS ANOTHER YOUNGSTER WHO
POOCH PUNTED TO A TEAMMATE
BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
NOW THERE'S THE FAKE PUNT ABOUT
BORLAND EARLIER.
WE'VE SEEN DIRECT SNAPS, WE'VE
SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
LET'S SEE WHAT URBAN HAS UP HIS
SLEEVE TONIGHT.
HE'S VERY MUCH IN CHARGE OF
SPECIAL TEAMS AND HAS BEEN AT
BOWLING GREEN, UTAH, FLORIDA,
AND NOW HERE AT OHIO STATE.
>> Brent: HE HAD TO GO FOR A FEW
OF HIS SECRETS.
>> Kirk: GOING TO PUNT IT AWAY.
FAIR CATCH.
A SHORTHANDED ONE.
BACK AT THE EIGHT.
THE CHAMPION GOES TO THE ROSE
BOWL.
BUCKEYES WANT TO GO TO THE ROSE
>> Kirk: WELL, HERE IN COLUMBUS,
OHIO, OUR SCENE AT OHIO STATE,
OPENED BACK IN 1922.
NOW SEATS MORE THAN 105,000.
EVERY SEAT OCCUPIED HERE TONIGHT
FOR THE SHOWDOWN AGAINST THE
BADGERS.
WE'LL MOVE TO ANOTHER --
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
JAMES WHITE IS NOW IN AS COACH
ANDERSEN'S RUNNING BACK.
GO
GORD
GORDON'S BACK IN THE GAME.
STAVE COMPLETE AND NOT MUCH ROOM
FOR JAMES WHITE.
HIT BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE
FOR A LOSS THAT TIME.
SPENCE WAS IN THERE DEFENSIVELY.
>> Brent: THEY DROPPED SPENCE,
ONE OF THEIR BETTER PASS
RUSHERS, DROPPED HIM IN
COVERAGE.
REMEMBER, HE'S A BIG DEFENSIVE
END THAT RUSHES QUARTERBACKS,
255 POUNDS.
THE COVERAGE CALLED FOR HIM TO
DROP.
CLEARLY SAW THE SCREEN BEING
DESIGNED.
IT WAS THERE, TO BE ABLE TO
SNIFF IT OUT.
>> Kirk: SECOND AND 12.
GORDON, GETS A CREASE, FIRST
DOWN.
TO THE 23 YARD LINE AND OUT OF
BOUNDS, MELVIN GORDON.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE HAD PEN
TRAGE
TRATION, THEY JUST GOT LOST.
A DESIGN CUTBACK AND GORDON HAS
GREAT VISION.
ANDY LUDWIG NOTICES OHIO STATE
PRESSURING, THEY GOT IN THERE
QUICK, BUT DID NOT ADJUST.
MAYBE UNDERESTIMATED THE
QUICKNESS THAT TIME OF MELVIN
GORDON, THE SOPHOMORE.
>> Kirk: JAMES WHITE IN THERE
BEHIND VOLTZ AND LET US CHECK IN
WITH ROBERT FLORES FOR AN
UPDATE.
>> THIS WEEK FLOYD MAYWEATHER
SAID HE BET $3,000 ON A&M TO
BEAT ARKANSAS.
THINGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE
TIGHT.
ALEX KOLER THE TOUCHDOWN RUN.
NUMBER TEN A&M, 31-27 OVER
ARKANSAS.
>> Kirk: IF HE GAVE THE POINTS,
HE'S IN TROUBLE.
MELVIN GORDON.
PLAY ACTION.
STAVE LOOKING DOWNFIELD.
AND HE'*** ON THE RELEASE.
IF IT WAS A FUMBLE, IT WAS
COVERED UP.
MICHAEL BENNETT WAS IN ON TOP OF
HIM.
AND COSTIGAN, THE RIGHT GUARD, I
BELIEVE, NUMBER 54, GOT ON THAT
LOOSE FOOTBALL.
>> Brent: THAT BALL WAS OUT.
MICHAEL BENNETT HAS HAD A BIG
NIGHT.
WHEN HE'S ISOLATED, LOOK AT HIM
FIGHT TO GET THROUGH THERE.
HE GOT TO THAT FOOTBALL BEFORE
IT GOT OUT OF THE HANDS OF
STAVE.
AN ALERT DEFENSIVE LINEMAN.
HOW ABOUT COSTIGAN AIRBORNE TO
BRING THAT ONE DOWN.
GOT
>> Kirk: THIRD DOWN AND 11.
JAMES WHITE'S THE RUNNING BACK.
STAVE STEPS AWAY FROM PRESSURE
AND COMPLETES THE PASS TO
ABBREDERIS.
THAT IS BEAUTIFUL QUARTERBACKING
WORK.
ANDY LUDWIG DID A GREAT JOB
TEACHING THIS YOUNGSTER, IF YOU
FEEL IT, STEP UP IN IT.
AND THIS IS HARD TO DO, FOLKS,
WHEN YOU WATCH THIS REPLAY.
>> Referee: NUMBER 61.
>> Kirk: IT WAS REALLY A NICE
PLAY.
>> Brent: EVEN WHEN YOU KNOW
IT'S COMING, OHIO STATE KNOWS
STAVE IS GOING TO THROW THE BALL
TO ABBREDERIS ON THIRD DOWN.
BUT THE LEFT TACKLE ROCKS UP
WITH NOAH SPENCE.
NOAH SPENCE USES HIS SPEED TO
GET AROUND THE CORNER.
YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT TACKLE
TRYING TO GET OUT THERE.
CAN'T GET OUT THERE QUICK
ENOUGH.
HE HOOKS IT.
REFEREE CALLED A HOLDING CALL.
>> Kirk: YEAH, GOOD CALL.
THIRD DOWN AND 21.
STILL LOOKING OUT, HE'S GOING TO
TAKE OFF.
THEY GOT THE FIRST DOWN, BUT HE
DIDN'T MAKE THE BIG MISTAKE DOWN
THERE.
JOSHUA THE LINE BACKER WORKING
DEFENSIVELY FOR THE BUCKEYES.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE RUSHING
THREE AND DROPPING EIGHT.
THEY HAD THREE VERY DEEP ON
THIRD AND LONG AND FIVE
UNDERNEATH.
NOWHERE TO GO WITH THE FOOTBALL.
SO HE JUST PUSHED FOR AS MANY
YARDS AS HE CAN.
>> Kirk: DREW MEYER BACK DEEP.
LOOSE BALL!
BADGERS HAVE GOT IT.
BUT REMEMBER, THERE IS A PENALTY
FLAG.
BADGERS POUNCED ON THE LOOSE
BALL.
BUT NOW THE KEY DECISION.
>> Referee: ILLEGAL FORMATION,
FIVE MEN IN THE BACK FIELD, BITE
OFFENSE, FIVE YARD PENALTY FROM
THE PREVIOUS SPOT.
IT WILL BE FIRST DOWN.
>> Brent: AND CHRIS BORLAND, WHO
WAS LINED UP AS A WING, WAS
ACTUALLY BACK IN THE BACK FIELD.
FIVE MEN IN THE BACK FIELD.
THE PUNTER AND THREE PERSONAL
PROTECTORS AND THEN BORLAND WAY
TO THE RIGHT.
LINED UP A BIT TOO FAR OFF THE
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> Kirk: A VERY COSTLY MISTAKE.
BECAUSE IT DIDN'T INFLUENCE WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE OTHER END AT
ALL.
>> Brent: NOT AT ALL.
BEEN A FEW MISTAKES HERE FROM
THE BADGERS.
THE MISSED FIELD GOAL DEEP IN
OHIO STATE'S TERRITORY.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
>> Kirk: CATCHES IT.
CROSSES MIDFIELD.
AND DOWN TO THE 46-YARD
>> Kirk: IT'S 14-7, OHIO.
YOU GOT MY AFLAC CARD?
>> Brent: I CERTAINLY DO.
AFTER EIGHT YEARS --
>> Kirk: WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A
MINUTE.
>> Brent: BUT YOU'RE IN
COLUMBUS.
YOU'RE EIGHT YEARS.
I GOT TO ASK ONE QUESTION.
IN THE AFLAC TRIVIA QUESTION,
NAME THREE OF THE MOST FAMOUS
45'S IN BUCKEYE HISTORY.
>> Kirk: GEORGE, GOOGLE IT
QUICKLY!
[ LAUGHTER ]
7:17 LEFT AND HERE COTHEY COME.
DOWN TO THE 43 YARD LINE.
COULDN'T FIND ANYBODY.
>> Brent: HE GOT PRESSURED THAT
TIME.
GIVE WISCONSIN SOME CREDIT.
HE HAD SOME PEOPLE DOWNFIELD.
THE FRESHMAN DONTRE WILSON WAS
MATCHED UP WITH BORLAND AND GOT
BY HIM.
BUT THEY HAD PRESSURE.
DIPPEL, THE BACKUP DEFENSIVE END
BEATING HIS MAN OVER THE TOP,
GOT THE PRESSURE AND MADE
BRAXTON GET OUT OF THE POCKET.
>> Kirk: HERE'S CARLOS HYDE.
SECOND DOWN AND FIVE.
HE DANCES FOR IT.
>> Brent: WHEN THIS OFFENSE IS
CLICKING AND THEY HAVE THE
RUNNING GAME GOING WITH HYDE,
THEY CAN THROW THE BALL
DOWNFIELD, GET IT OUT QUICK.
THE REASON THAT BALL IS THROWN,
THAT'S AN ALERT BY MILLER.
ARMSTRONG WAS CHEATING A LITTLE
BIT TOO CLOSE TO THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE IN THE BOX.
BECAUSE OF THAT MILLER ABORTED
THE FAKE, GOT THE BALL OUT.
THAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL WHERE
MILLER AND THIS OFFENSE HAS BEEN
ABLE TO GET IN HIS SECOND YEAR
IN THE SYSTEM.
>> Kirk: PLAY ACTION.
HE'S GOING TO TAKE OFF.
AND HE'S THROWN DOWN FOR A LOSS
THAT TIME.
HERRING, THE REDSHIRT JUNIOR.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE TRIES TO GO
DOWN AND GET ARMSTRONG.
GIVE HIM CREDIT HERE, HE'S
LOCKED UP WITH PHILLY BROWN,
DOESN'T FALL FOR A SHORT ROUTE.
A HESITATION MOVE AND HE'S ABLE
TO CATCH UP WITH HIM.
TWO DEFENDERS THERE.
MILLER, FOR A SECOND TIME IN A
ROW, NO ONE TO GO TO DOWNFIELD.
WISCONSIN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ON
OFFENSE AND ALSO WITH DEFENSE.
>> Kirk: FOUR WIDE RECEIVERS ON
THIS SECOND AND 12 FOR THE
BUCKEYES.
AND SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Brent: THAT IS A TIGHT
WINDOW.
MILLER DID EVERYTHING HE COULD
DO LOOK THE SAFETIES OFF.
NOT SO MUCH HILLARY.
WHEN YOU'RE GOING INTO THE TEETH
OF THE DEFENSE, GOOD JOB OF
FOCUSING ON THE FOOTBALL AND
GIVING THEM A CHANCE ON THIRD
DOWN AND SHORT.
>> Kirk: USING THE PISTOL.
PLAY ACTION.
THROW DOWN THE MIDDLE,
INCOMPLETE.
HILLARY WITH OUTSTANDING
COVERAGE THAT TIME.
AND NOT FOOLED ON THE PLAY
ACTION.
SO GIVE NUMBER FIVE CREDIT.
>> Brent: GIVE NUMBER FIVE
CREDIT, HE HELD OUT ALL BY
HIMSELF, THE SAFETY THAT TIME,
McEVOY COMES UP AND BECAUSE OF
THAT, THE CROWD SAYING, IT WAS A
LITTLE BIT OF A PASS
INTERFERENCE, BUT I THINK
HILLARY OUT THERE BY HIMSELF,
BALL'S UP HIGH, BECAUSE HE'S
ABLE TO SPOT IT, EQUAL CHANCE TO
FIGHT FOR THE BALL AND FIGHT
WITH EACH OTHER.
>> Kirk: THE FIELD GOAL UNIT IS
OUT ON THE FIELD.
DREW BASIL.
>> Brent: ALL RIGHT.
YOUR TIME IS UP, MY FRIEND.
>> Kirk: OKAY.
OH, I THOUGHT --
>> Brent: DUCK, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING?
>> Kirk: I'M GOING OUT AND EAT
DUCK AFTER THIS GAME IS OVER.
I'M TELLING YOU NOW, YOU'RE A
DEAD DUCK.
I SAID ARCHIE GRIFFIN.
>> Brent: WHO IS THAT THIRD ONE?
THAT'S MY DAD.
LOOK AT THIS.
AND LATER COACHED WITH ***
HAYES.
THAT'S ANDY KATZENMOYER.
>> Brent: I SAW THIS ON THE BIG
10 NETWORK AGAINST THE INDIANA
HOOSIERS RIGHT HERE IN OHIO
STADIUM.
SEPTEMBER 30, 1960.
>> Kirk: WOW, JIM TIRE.
>> Brent: TOM METY BACK ON THAT.
>> Kirk: GOOD QUESTION.
45 YARDS NOW, HERE'S YOUR FIELD
GOAL.
BROUGHT IT IN BEAUTIFULLY AT THE
END.
>> Kirk: WELCOME BACK TO
COLUMBUS.
BUCKEYES LEAD BY TEN.
LET'S LOOK AT OUR PACIFIC LIFE
GAME SUMMARY.
>> Brent: TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF WISCONSIN'S
PASSING GAME.
STAVE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
EVENTUALLY YOU THINK IF YOU'RE A
WISCONSIN FAN, IT CAN OPEN UP
GORDON AND WHITE.
THEY'LL LOOK TO DO THAT IN THE
SECOND HALF.
FOR OHIO STATE, IT'S BEEN ABOUT
BIG PLAYS EARLY IN THE GAME WITH
BRAXTON MILLER THROWING THE BALL
DOWNFIELD AND COMING UP WITH A
COUPLE OF TOUCHDOWNS.
BUT BOTH TEAMS SETTLING IN AND
ADJUSTING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE
DEFENSE.
TRYING TO SLOW DOWN BRAXTON
MILLER.
>> Kirk: FROM THE EIGHT YARD
LINE.
OUT TO THE 23.
NFL SUNDAY COMING UP TOMORROW.
CHRIS BERMAN AND THE GANG
PROVIDE ALL THE NEWS AND UPDATES
FROM STADIUMS AROUND THE LEAGUE.
THEY'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
BUCCANEERS QUARTERBACK JOSH
FREEMAN, WHO LOST HIS JOB THIS
WEEK.
HE'LL TALK ABOUT HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH COACH GREG
SCHIANO.
THEN CATCH FANTASY FOOTBALL AT
11:00 A.M.
GET YOUR TEAM READY FOR THE
WEEKEND.
JAMES WHITE AND MELVIN GORDON ON
THE FIELD.
FLOOZ THE FLY SWEEP.
STAVE BACK, COMPLETE.
AND THAT'S SAM ARNESON, THE
TIGHT END.
>> Brent: GOOD PROTECTION.
YOU MENTIONED IT, JEFF SWEET.
WATCH HOW MUCH THEY'RE ALERT TO
GORDON COMING IN MOTION.
WATCH HOW IT AFFECTS THE
COVERAGE FROM OHIO STATE AND HOW
THEY HAVE TO RESPECT THAT.
YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE LOCKED IN,
WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
IT OPENS UP A BIG VOID.
HE USED HIS EYES THAT TIME TO
TRY TO MOVE THE OUTSIDE LINE
BACKER SHAZIER, MOVED HIM
OUTSIDE AND THREW THE BALL TO
THE TIGHT END.
>> Kirk: FIRST DOWN.
THERE'S GORDON STRAIGHT AHEAD,
THREE, FOUR YARDS ON THAT CARRY.
THAT WILL BRING UP SECOND DOWN.
ALL THE GREAT RUNNING BACKS,
THAT THEY'VE HAD, AND LOOK AT
WHO'S THE FASTEST AT 1,000
YARDS.
>> Brent: LOOK AT THAT LIST OF
RUNNING BACKS.
THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT ARE
KNOWN FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.
WISCONSIN NOT JUST OFFENSIVE
LINEMAN, SOME GREAT RUNNING
BACKS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST
20, 25 YEARS.
>> Kirk: DID HE GET THE FIRST
DOWN?
HE DID.
IN OHIO STATE TERRITORY.
>> Brent: WE SAW BRAXTON MILLER
ABORT A HANDOFF AND GET THE BALL
OUT QUICKLY TO A RECEIVER.
THIS TIME IT'S STAVE WHO SEES
ROBY OFF LATE IN THE FIRST HALF,
SOFT COVERAGE, THEY'RE RUNNING A
RUNNING PLAY.
HE JUST COMES OUT AND GETS THE
BALL AS QUICKLY AS HE CAN TO HIS
MAIN RECEIVER AND GOT THAT FIRST
DOWN.
>> Kirk: THE WISCONSIN COACHING
STAFF IS TRYING TO BRING THIS
CLOCK DOWN ON THIS DRIVE.
THEY WANT TO SCORE BEFORE THE
END OF THIS DRIVE.
THEY'D LIKE TO DO IT NEAR THE
END OF THE FIRST HALF.
PLAY ACTION, STAVE, ROLLS, MAN
OPEN, ABBREDERIS GOES UP IN THE
AIR FOR ANOTHER CATCH.
PAIR OF THE BEST HANDS IN THE
BIG 10, FOLKS, RIGHT THERE.
>> Brent: THEY CONTINUE TO GO
WITH THEIR TWO TIGHT END LOOK.
IT PUTS ROBY OUT THERE BY
HIMSELF.
OUT AND UP, ROBY HAS HIS EYES IN
THE BACK FIELD, HE GETS LOST,
AMAZING ADJUSTMENT BY
ABBREDERIS.
HE WAS BEAT, BALL IS
UNDER-THROWN.
THIS IS WHY HE'S ONE OF THE
BEST, OUTSTANDING ACROBATIC
CATCH BY ABBREDERIS.
>> Kirk: 159 YARDS AND SIX
CATCHES TONIGHT.
THAT'S GORDON THE BALL CARRIER
AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> Brent: THIS IS WORTH ANOTHER
LOOK.
ABBREDERIS, LOCATES THE
FOOTBALL, NOT ONLY DOES HE GO UP
AND ADJUST TO HIGH POINT THE
BALL, BUT THE CONCENTRATION TO
BE ABLE TO HOLD ON TO IT, YEAH,
THAT'S A FIRST DOWN.
>> Kirk: GOING TO GET A LOOK BY
NFL TEAMS HAS SLOT RECEIVER.
>> Brent: HE BETTER.
>> Kirk: HE'S GOT THAT ABILITY.
JAMES WHITE.
STAVE GIVES GREAT PROTECTION.
DOUBLE COVERAGE THAT TIME.
>> Brent: ROBY HAD HELP.
>> Kirk: BARNETT WAS OVER THERE
WITH HIM, THE SAFETY, AND THEY
DOUBLED UP NUMBER FOUR.
>> Brent: THIS IS GOING TO BE AN
INTERESTING MATCH-UP, HE'S
CLOSEST THERE IN THE SLOT TO THE
BALL.
AND ROBY'S GETTING AWAY WITH
SOME.
ALL NIGHT HE'S BEEN USING HIS
HANDS, TRYING TO STAY CLOSE.
HE GRABS ON TO THE JERSEY THERE,
GETS AWAY WITH IT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MATCH-UP
IN THE SECOND HALF.
HOW DOES OHIO STATE ADJUST?
>> Kirk: UNDER A MINUTE AND A
HALF NOW.
THIRD DOWN AND 11.
END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN!
BEAUTIFUL GRAB BY SAM ARNESON,
THE JUNIOR TIGHT END.
WHAT A BIG MOMENT FOR THE
BADGERS HERE AT THE END OF THE
FIRST HALF.
>> Brent: SEVEN PLAYS, 76 YARDS,
A LITTLE OVER THREE MINUTES.
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT, CAN THEY
GET IN FIELD GOAL RANGE?
THEY'RE ATTACKING TONIGHT.
GET THE TOUCHDOWN, GREAT
CONCENTRATION BY ARNESON.
GOES UP AND MAKES IT.
SPREAD OHIO STATE'S DEFENSE OUT.
TWO TIGHT END LOOK.
THEY SPREAD THEM OUT AND
ATTACKED BACK TO THE MIDDLE OF
THE BUCKEYE DEFENSE.
>> Kirk: THE GAME PLAN IS
BECOMING COMPLETELY CLEAR.
Y'ALL THOUGHT WE CAME TO RUN.
STAVE'S THROWN FOR 210 YARDS
TONIGHT AGAINST THAT BUCKEYE
SECONDARY.
TACK ON THE EXTRA POINT, AND
IT'S A THREE-POINT GAME.
>> Brent: WE KNEW COMING IN,
THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO
THROW, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY
KNEW THEY'D HAVE THIS MUCH
SUCCESS.
WHAT A GREAT CATCH BY ARNESON.
LOOK HOW THEY SPREAD HIM OUT
WITH ALL THESE WIDE RECEIVERS.
HERE IS THE TIGHT END AGAINST
TWO SAFETIES IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE FIELD.
HE'S ABLE TO SPREAD THE OHIO
STATE DEFENSE OUT.
THE LINE BACKER -- THAT TIME IT
WAS JOSHUA PERRY.
STAVE'S IN RHYTHM, PUTS THE BALL
OUT, TWO GREAT CATCHES ON THIS
DRIVE BY WISCONSIN.
THE FIRST ONE BY ABBREDERIS AND
THAT TIME BY ARNESON TO HOLD ON
TO THAT FOOTBALL AFTER HE'***
BY BRYANT.
>> Kirk: STAY TUNED FOR THE
CAPITAL ONE HALF-TIME REPORT
FROM A BUSY DAY OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL.
CAN ALABAMA PITCH A SHUT-OUT AT
OLE MISS?
SIX MINUTES TO GO, THEY LEAD
16-0.
JOHN AND JESSE WILL UPDATE YOU
ON THAT STORY.
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE CLEMSON
OFFENSE.
FIELDED ON THE EIGHT YARD LINE.
THEY'RE AT THE 28 YARD LINE.
GOT TO WATCH THIS ONE.
YES, INDEED, RYAN TANNEHILL AND
THE DOLPHINS ARE UNDEFEATED,
FOLKS.
NO SURPRISE WITH DREW BREES AND
THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS.
BUT I WENT TO SEE THE DOLPHINS
AND OF COURSE BRIAN HARTLINE IS
THEIR KEY RECEIVER, WITH WALLACE
STRETCHING THE FIELD NOW, WHAT A
PICKUP HE WAS FROM THE STEELERS.
HEART LINE, YOU TALK ABOUT A
FELLOW WITH A GOOD SET OF HANDS.
>> Brent: A LOT LIKE ABBREDERIS
IN COLLEGE, THAT STYLE OF WIDE
RECEIVER.
JUST SIGNED AN EXTENSION,
LONG-TERM DEAL.
HE'S THE GO-TO GUY FOR
TANNEHILL.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON MILLER KEEPING
IT.
ON THE GROUND.
>> Brent: TWO TOUTS IN 1:17, A
DESIGN DRAW, TRYING TO THINK
ABOUT GETTING A FIRST DOWN.
THE CLOCK WAS STOPPED.
HE'S DOWN CLEARLY BEFORE THE
BALL CAME OUT.
>> Kirk: SNAP TO BRAXTON, FIRES
BACK OVER THE MIDDLE AND THAT IS
COMPLETE AND SHORT OF THE FIRST
DOWN.
CARLOS HYDE, THE RECEIVER THAT
TIME, OUT OF THE BACK FIELD, AND
TIME COMING DOWN THERE, INSIDE
OF A MINUTE.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
INCOMPLETE.
IT'S THIRD DOWN AND SIX.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
>> Brent: BADGERS ARE TRYING TO
MAKE MILLER PROVE THAT HE CAN
READ COVERAGE.
IT'S ONE THING TO THROW AGAINST
MAN TOMAN DOWNFIELD, ABOUT YOU
WHEN THEY RUSH THREE AND DROP
EIGHT, YOU GOT TO READ A LOT OF
WHITE JERSEYS.
HE MADE A GREAT READ ON THE
DEFENDER IN COVERAGE, PUT THE
BALL WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE, BUT
BROWN NOT ABLE TO HANG ON TO IT.
>> Kirk: BREAKS FOR THE FIRST
DOWN.
AT THE BADGER 43 YARD LINE.
CLOCK STOPS WHILE THEY MOVE THE
CHAINS.
>> Brent: STILL HAD THE TWO
TIME-OUTS.
BRAXTON MILLER SHOWING THE KNEE
LOOKS LIKE IT'S RECOVERED.
FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN HIM ALL
NIGHT REALLY RUNNING WITH
PURPOSE.
>> Kirk: GOING DEEP DOWN THE
SIDELINE, INCOMPLETE.
GREAT COVERAGE THAT TIME.
WOW, WHAT AN UPSIDE THIS
FRESHMAN HAS.
HE GOT BEAT EARLY BY DEVIN
SMITH, AND HE'S COME BACK AND
GIVEN THE RECEIVER, THIS TIME
ENOUGH OF A CUSHION TO GIVE
HIMSELF A CHANCE, THAT'S
ACTUALLY SPENCER TRYING TO GET
VERTICAL.
WATCH SHELTON TRY TO TIME THIS
UP.
SPENCE ARE DOES EVERYTHING HE
CAN TO KEEP SHELTON AWAY FROM
THAT.
BUT WE'VE SEEN NOW, ON THE DEEP
THROWS, NOT GETTING BEAT DEEP.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
>> Kirk: SO HERE'S BRAXTON AND
THERE'S A PENALTY FLAG.
>> Referee: FALSE START.
>> Brent: EVAN SPENCER RAN ON TO
THE FIELD FROM THE SIDELINE AT
THE LAST SECOND, CROSSED RIGHT
IN FRONT OF THE REFEREE AND WAS
TRYING TO GET LINED UP WHEN
BRAXTON MILLER SNAPPED THE BALL.
>> Kirk: FORMER BADGER COACH
BRETT BEAL MA TRAILS TEXAS A&M,
LATE IN THE THIRD QUARTER IN
THAT ONE.
BEAL MA IN A SHOOT-OUT WITH
JOHNNY MANZIEL.
>> Brent: SEEMS LIKE TEXAS A&M
IS GOING TO BE IN A LOT OF
SHOOTOUTS THIS YEAR.
>> Kirk: FLORIDA'S LEADING
KENTUCKY, 24-7.
THAT GAME IS IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
SECOND DOWN AND 15.
BRAXTON MILLER BEING CHASED.
DANCES BACK, GREAT RUNNING
5IB89, 5IB
ABILITY AND HE'S SHORT OF THE
SPOT.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE USED ONE OF
THEIR TWO TIME-OUTS.
WISCONSIN NOT ONLY GOOD COVERAGE
DOWNFIELD, BUT THEIR NUMBER ONE
GOAL AS A DEFENSE, WAS
PREVENTING BRAXTON MILLER FROM
IMPROVIS
IMPROVISING.
THEY'RE WINNING THE POINT OF
ATTACK.
CHRIS BORLAND IS A MIDDLE LINE
BACKER, AT 5'11", 246 POUNDS,
HE'S GETTING AS MUCH BETTER ON
BRAXTON AS ANYBODY.
FORCING MILLER TO RUN.
HE GOT A LOT OF WHITE JERSEYS
TRYING TO KEEP HIM CONTAINED AND
NOT LETTING HIM HIT THAT BIG
PLAY.
>> Kirk: EARLIER IN THE WEEK,
SOME OF THE MISSISSIPPI PLAYERS
SAID WE CAN SCORE ON THOSE
FELLAS IN TUSCALOOSA.
HOW'S THAT WORKING OUT?
>> GOOSE EGG.
THEY'VE HAD CHANCES, BUT YOU GOT
TO EXECUTE.
YOU GOT TO PUT IT INTO THE END
ZONE.
THEY'VE BEEN IN ALABAMA TWO OR
THREE TIMES AND COME AWAY WITH
ZERO POINTS.
BY THE WAY, REMEMBER YOU SAID,
DOES THE SEC PLAY DEFENSE?
GOT ONE TEAM THAT REALLY DOES.
>> Kirk: THIRD DOWN AND SEVEN.
NOW BRAXTON LOOKING DOWN LONG
FIELD.
THREW IT, ALMOST INTERCEPTED.
SHELTON COULDN'T HANG ON.
HE HAD A SHOT AND A PICK THAT
TIME.
AND COULDN'T HANG ON.
>> Brent: WE'RE SEEING A TRUE
FRESHMAN GROWING UP BEFORE OUR
EYES TONIGHT.
FOLKS AT MADISON HAVE TO BE
PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT HOW THIS
TRUE FRESHMAN HAS HELD UP.
WE SAW HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE FIELD AGAINST DEVIN SPENCER.
THIS TIME HE'S NOT ABLE TO COME
UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION.
BUT THE BALL IS UNDER-THROWN,
POORLY THROWN, AND SHELTON IS AT
LEAST IN POSITION TO BE ABLE TO
MAKE A PLAY ON IT AGAIN.
>> Kirk: AND ON FOURTH DOWN
BRAXTON MILLER.
TOUCHDOWN BUCKEYES!
COREY BROWN.
THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FIRST
HALF, AND COREY BROWN CATCHES A
40-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS THROWN BY
BRAXTON MILLER.
NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPLAY.
>> Brent: HE PUT THAT ON A LINE
TO GIVE COREY BROWN A CHANCE TO
BE ABLE TO CATCH HIS FOOTBALL.
IF HE PUTS A LITTLE BIT OF A
TOUCH ON IT, THE DEFENDER'S ABLE
TO COME OVER THERE.
A MENTAL LAPSE, WISCONSIN, ON
THIS LAST PLAY, AND A GOOD PLAY
FOR BRAXTON MILLER AND OHIO
STATE.
>> Kirk: IT WAS FOURTH AND
SEVEN.
AND COREY BROWN, YOUNG MAN WHO
LOVES TO PLAY FOOTBALL, THE
COACH HAS TOLD US.
HIS NICKNAME, PHILLY.
>> Brent: THAT'S RIGHT, PHILLY
BROWN JUST GOES RIGHT THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THE DEFENSE.
AND THE CORNER ON THE OUTSIDE,
AND THE SAFETY.
LOOK AT THE CORNER HERE, HERE'S
THE SAFETY.
HE'LL SPLIT THEM IN HALF.
WHEN HE GETS THROUGH, THAT'S A
MISTAKE.
THE SAFETY IS LATE OVER THE
FOOTBALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
FIELD.
BRAXTON RECOGNIZES IT AND LOOK
AT THE ARM STRENGTH HERE, TIGHT
SPIRAL, BALL IS LOW, ABLE TO GET
IT IN THERE QUICKLY AS HE CAN.
THREW THAT BALL IN A HURRY.
>> Kirk: SO BRAXTON MILLER
THROWS THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN
THE FIRST HALF.
AND STAVE THROWS TWO.
WE HAVE FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES
HERE.
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS
FOOTBALL GAME.
>> Brent: JUST A BREAKDOWN IN
COVERAGE BY THE WISCONSIN SAFETY
AND PHILLY BROWN IN POSITION.
>> Kirk: CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
SECOND HALF OF THIS ONE.
BUCKEYES ENJOYING A TEN-POINT
LEAD AT THE INTERMISSION.
ON THE RETURN OF QUARTERBACK
BRAXTON MILLER.
ABBREDERIS AND THE REST OF THE
BADGERS WILL REGROUP AND BATTLE
BACK.
LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH HEATHER
*** AND COACH ANDERSEN.
>> Heather: THANKS SO MUCH.
HOW DID THAT TOUCHDOWN PASS BY
THE BUCKEYES CHANGE YOUR
APPROACH?
>> MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT'S NOT JUST THE ONLY ONE.
THERE WERE TWO LONG PASSES,
MISSED FIELD GOAL.
NOT GOING TO WIN IF YOU DON'T
TAKE CARE OF THE BALL.
GOOD THINGS ON OFFENSE, GOT TO
MAKE BIG PLAYS.
>> Heather: BADGERS THIRD IN THE
NATION IN RUSHING, BUT TONIGHT
IT'S PASSING GAME THAT SHINES.
WHAT KIND OF OFFENSIVE BALANCE
DO YOU NEED TO SEE IN THE SECOND
HALF?
>> THE KEY IS, GET IN THE RED
ZONE, SCORE SOME TOUCHDOWNS.
CAN'T MISS FIELD GOALS.
CAN'T GIVE UP FREEBIES.
>> Heather: APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU.
>> Kirk: HE TALKED ABOUT MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES.
DROPPED THAT INTERCEPTION RIGHT
BEFORE THE TOUCHDOWN.
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MORE ♪
♪ EVERYBODY EVERYBODY ♪
>> Kirk: WE'RE BACK AND OHIO
STATE WILL RECEIVE THE SECOND
HALF KICKOFF.
THEY LEAD WISCONSIN 24-14, BY
TEN HERE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS BRAXTON
MILLER HAS ALWAYS BEEN CAPABLE
OF MAKING BIG PLAYS.
THE CLOSE GAMES LAST YEAR AND AT
THE END OF THE FIRST HALF,
NOTHING BIGGER THAN THAT
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Brent: HE KEPT SOME PLAYS
ALIVE AND NONE BIGGER THAN THAT
ONE.
THE WISCONSIN CORNER GETS LOST.
GETS CONFUSED.
IT'S FOURTH DOWN.
FIELDS GOING TO THE OUTSIDE,
CATCHES HIS EYE JUST LONG ENOUGH
TO ALLOW PHILLY BROWN TO GO BY
HIM.
HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEEP
THIRD WHICH MEANS NOTHING GETS
BEHIND YOU.
THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY
SOUTHWARD COULD COME OVER AND
MAKE THAT PLAY.
THE CORNER BIT ON THE UNDERROUTE
INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT PHILLY
BROWN.
THAT WAS COSTLY END TO THE FIRST
HALF.
>> Kirk: INTERESTING TO SEE HOW
THE BADGERS RESPOND.
WILL THEY BE ABLE TO GET THE
RUNNING GAME GOING?
RUSHED FOR ONLY 50 YARDS IN THE
FIRST HALF.
BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.
IT'S BUCKEYE FOOTBALL TO START
THE SECOND HALF.
TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PACIFIC LIFE
GAME SUMMARY AND LET US COMPARE
THE TWO QUARTERBACKS.
FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES TOTAL.
>> Brent: WE KNEW COMING IN,
STAVE WOULD HAVE TO THROW THE
FOOTBALL AND THEY MADE THAT
ADJUSTMENT.
LOOK FOR THAT TO CONTINUE.
SEE HOW OHIO STATE TRIES TO STOP
ABBREDERIS.
MILLER'S THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES
AND TRY GET THE BALL BEHIND
MAN-TO-MAN COVERAGE AND MAKE BIG
PLAYS IN THE PASSING GAME.
>> FLIP TO THE OUTSIDE TO COREY
BROWN AND THEY'RE UP ABOUT SIX
YARDS AS WE CHECK IN WITH
HEATH
HEATHER.
>> Heather: URBAN MIEYMEYER, TOE
WE'VE NOT DEFENDED THE PASSING
GAME WELL.
HE SAID IT COMES DOWN TO
FUNDAMENTALS, WE MUST TACKLE
BETTER IN THE SECOND HALF IF WE
WANT TO WIN.
>> Kirk: AND LIKE TO ESTABLISH A
LITTLE DAYLIGHT WITH A SCORING
DRIVE HERE ON THE OPENING DRIVE
OF THE SECOND HALF.
THEY PICK UP A FIRST DOWN.
PRETTY EASY PICK, SOON AS MILLER
SPOTS THE CORNER OFF THAT FAR.
>> FREE REIN THERE TO BE ABLE TO
PULL THAT TRIGGER AND GET THE
BALL ON THE PERIMETER AS QUICK
AS HE CAN.
THIS IS ALL PART OF ATTACKING
HORIZONTALLY, GETTING THE BALL
OUTSIDE, MAKING THE LINE BACKERS
AWARE THEY NEED TO GO BACK TO
ATTACKING ON THE INSIDE THE
WISCONSIN DEFENSE.
>> Kirk: CARLOS.
SLIDING OFF THE LEFT SIDE.
JEFF HEUERMAN A SENIOR.
AND COREY LINSLEY AND HEALTHY
TONIGHT.
HE'S THE BUCKEYE CENTER.
MARCUS HALL AND TAYLOR DECKER ON
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
>> Brent: THE STYLE OF OFFENSE
PUTS A LOT ON THE LINE BACKERS
AND SAFETY TO TRY TO LOCATE
THEIR READS.
>> Kirk: THIRD AND SHORT COMING
UP FOR THE BUCS.
>> Brent: WISCONSIN, ONE AREA
THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS YEAR,
NOT JUST THIS GAME, THEIR FRONT
SEVEN.
LOT OF EXPERIENCE UP FRONT, WITH
ALLEN, MULDOON, BORLAND
ANCHORING THOSE LINE BACKERS.
>> Brent: BIG BLOCK BY NORWELL
LEADING HIS BACK AROUND THE
RIGHT SIDE.
CARLOS HYDE HAS THE POWER
HIMSELF TO BE ABLE TO RUN
THROUGH ON THOSE SHORT YARDAGE
SITUATIONS.
OHIO STATE AGAIN KIND OF NICKEL
AND DIMING HERE EARLY.
DON'T BE SURPRISE IF THEY TRY TO
ATTACK DOWNFIELD.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON GOING TO KEEP
IT.
HE'S IN TO HIS OWN MAN, HYDE,
THE RUNNING BACK GOES DOWN ON
THE PLAY AND MULDOON BLEW THAT
THING UP, AND CARLOS WAS ON THE
GROUND AND HE TRIPPED OVER HIM.
BRAXTON RUSHED FOR OVER 1,200
YARDS, RUSHED FOR 13 TOUCHDOWNS,
THAT'S WHEN HE WAS BIG 10 PLAYER
OF THE YEAR AND FINISHED FIFTH
IN THE HEISMAN, AS HIS TEAM WENT
12-0.
URBAN MEYER, 16-0 AS A BUCKEYE
COACH.
BRAXTON RUSHES AGAIN, ANOTHER
FIRST DOWN.
THEY'LL MOVE THE CHAINS.
THEY'RE NOW IN BADGER TERRITORY
AND STARTING TO HAMMER AWAY.
>> Brent: NOW WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE BRAXTON MILLER RUN THE
FOOTBALL.
THE DIFFERENCE COMING OFF THE
SPRAINED ACL, THERE WAS TALK,
WOULD HE BE IN THERE WEEK, I
THINK THEY EASED HIM INTO THE
FIRST HALF AS FAR AS PLAY
SELECTION.
HE RAN WHEN HE HAD TO, TOWARD
THE END OF THE FIRST HALF TO
KEEP SOME PLAYS ALIVE.
HE'S COME OUT TO START THE
SECOND, AND THERE'S SOME DESIGN
RUNS AND OPTIONS TO GET THE BALL
IN HIS HANDS AND LET HIM USE HIS
FEET.
>> Kirk: WILSON IS IN AS A
RUNNING BACK.
PLAY FAKE TO HIM.
DEEP DOWN THE FIELD, DIVING,
YES, HE GRABBED IT, I BELIEVE.
INSTANT REPLAY WILL HAVE TO
JUSTIFY WHAT I SAW.
IT IS BEING MARKED DOWN AT ABOUT
THE ONE YARD LINE.
LET'S SEE IF IT HITS THE
SURFACE.
>> Brent: IT SURE DID.
GREAT FOCUS BY EVAN SPENCER.
TREMENDOUS.
EXTENDED HIMSELF.
BALL WAS IN THE AIR, NEVER LOSES
HIS FOCUS.
>> Kirk: THE CROWD IS TRYING TO
INFLUENCE INSTANT REPLAY.
SORRY, BUT THE WINDOW IS CLOSED.
THEY'RE SHOWING THESE PLAYS MORE
AND MORE IN THE STADIUM TO GIVE
THE FANS THE EXPERIENCE THAT
THEY WOULD HAVE AT HOME.
WHY NOT SHOW THEM THE INSTANT
REPLAY.
A VERY GOOD IDEA.
WE SEE IT ALL ACROSS THE BIG 10
STADIUMS THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE BEST LOOK, SHOWS THE
FOOTBALL HITTING THE TURF, POPS
UP OFF THE GROUND, GREAT EFFORT
BY SPENCER, HIS DAD, COACH,
PLAYED OHIO STATE, COACHED IN
THE NFL FOR A LONG TIME, FOR THE
CHICAGO BEARS.
HE'S THINKING ABOUT THE NFL.
HE'S DOWN, HE'S STILL TRYING TO
GO INTO THE END ZONE.
BUT THIS ONE WILL COME BACK.
DAN CAPRON, THE REFEREE.
I'M SURE --
>> Referee: AFTER FURTHER
REVIEW, RULING ON THE FIELD IS
CONFIRMED, INCOMPLETE PASS,
SECOND DOWN.
>> Kirk: I REALLY THOUGHT THE
ONE OFFICIAL CALLED IT COMPLETE.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, WHEN I
LOOKED DOWN THERE.
BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD CALL.
THAT WAS NOT A COMPLETED PASS.
GO BACK TO SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
>> Brent: SOMETIMES WITH THE
REPLAY, YOU FORGET THE DISTANCE.
THEY TOOK A SHOT DOWNFIELD,
BRINGS UP A SECOND AND TEN.
BRING IN THE SPEEDSTER, THE TRUE
FRESHMAN, DONTRE WILSON.
WILSON OUT OF THERE AND BRAXTON
WILL TAKE OFF.
CHRIS BORLAND, NUMBER 44 WAS IN
ON THE QUARTERBACK.
>> Brent: SO TOUGH WHEN YOU HAVE
A SPREAD ATTACK AND A
QUARTERBACK THAT CAN RUN AND
THROW.
BRAXTON MILLER HAS TAILBACK
ABILITY AT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.
SO IT BECOMES A NUMBERS GAME.
WHEN YOU HAVE A YOUNG FRESHMAN
LIKE DONTRE WILSON WHO CAN
ELECTRICIFY THE CROWD, YOU HAVE
TO RESPECT THAT.
THEN THEY GO BACK TO MILLER AND
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NUMBERS IN THE
BOX.
BUT WISCONSIN HOLDING FIRM.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON BACK TO THROW
ON THIRD DOWN, DEEP INTO THE END
ZONE, INCOMPLETE.
DEVIN SMITH, HAS ONE OF THE
THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, WAS THE
TARGET.
SHELTON, THAT GOOD-LOOKING
FRESHMAN WAS RIGHT THERE.
>> Brent: AGAIN THESE CORNERS
ARE BEING ASKED TO HOLD UP ON
ISLANDS.
BOY, IT'S OFF THE FINGERTIPS.
THE BALL IS THROWN RIGHT THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT HIS
HEAD AROUND LATE THERE AND
COULDN'T FIND THE FOOTBALL UNTIL
THE LAST MOMENT.
DEVIN SMITH USUALLY MAKES THAT
CATCH.
THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN THAT HE
DROPPED.
>> Kirk: THE AGONY.
FOURTH DOWN.
JOHNSTON.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
IT'S GOING TO ROLL DOWN AT THE
SIX YARD LINE.
TOUGH FIELD POSITION FOR STAVE
AND THE BADGERS, BUT THAT'S
WHERE
>> Kirk: THE FINAL, THE COACH'S
TROPHY PRESENTED BY DR. PEPPER,
WILL BE AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF
THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON
JANUARY 6th, THE ROSE BOWL IN
PASADENA.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE
PLAYED IN THE ROSE BOWL STADIUM.
HOME TO THE ROSE BOWL ITSELF,
AND THE SEC WILL BE HOPING TO
EXTEND THAT STRING OF
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
MELVIN GORDON IN AS THE RUNNING
BACK BEHIND THE FULLBACK.
SEE IF THEY CAN GET IT GOING, AS
HE BLITZED.
>> Brent: FIRST HALF ADJUSTMENTS
FOR WISCONSIN, IT WAS THE PLAY
ACTION PASS THAT REALLY GOT THEM
IN SYNC AND ALLOWED STAVE TO
HAVE A BIG FIRST HALF.
OHIO STATE IS GEARED UP TO STOP
THE RUNNING BACKS, SO THEY'RE
DINKING AND DUNKING AND TAKING
SHOTS DOWNFIELD.
SAM ARNESON WITH A TOUCHDOWN
TOWARD THE END OF THE FIRST HALF
BUT THE PASSING GAME HAS BEEN
SETTING UP THEIR RUNNING GAME
AND GETTING THEM INTO RHYTHM.
FUMBLE!
>> Kirk: THERE'S A FLAG.
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 79, HALF THE
DISTANCE FROM THE GOAL, SECOND
DOWN.
>> Kirk: NOW, THIS CAN BE ONE OF
THE NOISIEST STADIUMS IN THE
COUNTRY.
NOTHING IS EASY, FOR A VISITING
TEAM DOWN HERE WHEN THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET THE SNAP COUNT
GOING.
REMEMBER YOUNG DAN VOLTZ HAS HAD
TO STEP IN AT CENTER.
ALLEN IS OUT WITH AN INJURY, AND
IT CAN BE LOUD AND LOUDER HERE
AT THE HORSESHOE.
SECOND DOWN AND 11.
OUTSIDE, WOZNIAK, THE TIGHT END.
>> Brent: TEN MEN THAT TIME AT
THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.
AND WISCONSIN PLAYED PRETTY WELL
IN THE FIRST HALF.
YOU HEARD THE INTERVIEW WITH
GARY ANDERSEN AND HEATHER ***,
LOOK AT THESE MISTAKES.
HE SAID IF WE'RE GOING TO WIN A
BIG GAME LIKE THIS, WE CAN'T
HAVE THESE KIND OF MISTAKES AND
EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF
HERE WITH A VICTORY.
>> Kirk: ON THIRD AND SIX, STAVE
SHAKES AWAY FROM ONE DEFENDER,
SHAKES TWO, BUT THEN HE'S
SURROUNDED AND SHORT OF THE
FIRST DOWN.
BADGERS FORCED TO PUNT.
>> Brent: MICHAEL BENNETT, THE
JR OUT OF CENTERVILLE, OHIO,
WITH A GREAT MOVE ON THE INSIDE.
JUST TREMENDOUS QUICKNESS.
THAT TIME HE WENT BY VOLTZ
INITIALLY, THE RIGHT GUARD
COSTIGAN DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A
CHANCE, GIVE STAVE A CHANCE TO
KEEP THAT PLAY ALIVE, IT WAS THE
QUICKNESS OF MICHAEL BENNETT.
>> DREW MEYER AND COREY BROWN
STANDING AT MIDFIELD FOR THE
BUCKEYES.
BUCKEYES HAVE HAD BETTER FIELD
POSITION ALL GAME LONG, AND THEY
CERTAINLY DO HERE.
WORKING INSIDE THE 50 YARD LINE.
D
BANK, YOUR MONEY NEEDS AN ALLY.
>> Kirk: THE EASY LIVING DELI,
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR EATERIES
ON THE OHIO STATE CAMPUS.
YOU SAW HIM THERE WITH HIS
LOVELY WIFE.
HE WAS NAMED TO THE BUCKEYES ALL
CENTRAL TEAM IN 2000.
WHEN YOU GO INTO VISIT HIM, ASK
FOR THE SPECIAL.
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
HERE COMES CARLOS HYDE.
>> Brent: THAT'S YOUR FIRST
STOP.
>> Kirk: GOT TO GO SEE HIM.
HE PREPARED BOXED LUNCHES NOT
FOR JUST OHIO STATE AFTER THE
GAME, BUT WISCONSIN.
>> Brent: YEAH.
>> Kirk: THEY'RE TAKING THE BOX
LUNCH ON TO THE PLANE.
HE SAID COME ON, YOU CAN'T BE
MAKING SANDWICHES FOR THE
BADGERS.
HE SAID I CAN MAKE A SANDWICH,
BUT WITHOUT THE LOVE.
OH, WHAT A WONDERFUL CHARACTER.
YOU TALK OHIO STATE FOOTBALL,
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
THE TEAM, GO THERE AND CHAT HIM
UP.
HERE COMES BRAXTON MILLER, PICK
UP OF ABOUT FOUR YARDS.
>> WATCH HIM FLOW WITH THE
DEFENSE.
GETS THROUGH ALL THAT TRAFFIC IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE OHIO STATE
OFFENSE LINE.
OHIO STATE IS TRYING TO GET TO
THE SECOND LEVEL, BUT WHEN THE
BUCKEYES TRY TO RUN THE
FOOTBALL, GOOD JOB GETTING AWAY
FROM THE LINEMEN AND FLOWING TO
THE FOOTBALL.
>> Kirk: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
AND NO THROW HERE.
HE'S GOING TO RUN.
DOES HE GET IT?
NO, HE DOES NOT.
THAT WAS MICHAEL CAPUTO FROM
PENNSYLVANIA.
>> Brent: THEY USED HIM AS A
SAFETY.
THEY WALKED HIM UP CLOSE TO THE
LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BECAUSE OF
BRAXTON MILLER.
THAT TIME HE SPIED BRAXTON ON
THIRD DOWN AND MADE THE PLAY.
>> THEREA BIG STOP BY THE BADGE.
FOLKS, HE'S GOT INSTINCTS.
I KNOW HE'S NOT THE PHYSICAL
SPECIMEN OF NFL LINE BACKERS,
BUT DOES ANYBODY PLUG MORE THAN
HIM?
>> Brent: GIVE CREDIT TO
WISCONSIN'S DEFENSIVE LINE.
TYLER DIPPEL ATE UP THE LINEMAN
IN FRONT OF HIM.
ANOTHER LINE BACKER ABLE TO
>> Kirk: WISCONSIN TAKES OVER ON
DOWNS BECAUSE OF NUMBER 44.
11 TACKLES.
>> Brent: 11 TACKLES, SEVEN
SOLO, MAKES THE BIG STOP ON
FOURTH DOWN.
GOES RIGHT OVER THE SIDELINE TO
TALK TO HIS TEAM ABOUT GUYS, WE
ARE STILL IN THIS GAME.
WE CAN STOP THESE GUYS.
>> Kirk: NOW IT'S THE OFFENSE'S
TURN, TRAILING BY TEN.
PLAY ACTION, HE'S IN TROUBLE.
SACKED.
THROWN FOR A LOSS BY CURTIS
GRANT.
>> Brent: THEY'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR HIM TO COME ON.
HE'S COMES RIGHT THROUGH ON THE
BLITZ, OHIO STATE IMPRESSIVE ON
FIRST AND TEN, LITTLE BIT OF A
MISCOMMUNICATION AND HE WASN'T
ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE QUICK
ENOUGH.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE DIDN'T SEE
HIM UNTIL THE LAST SECOND, BUT A
MISCUE UP FRONT FREES HIM UP TO
MAKE A BIG PLAY.
THAT'S THEIR ADJUSTMENT TO THE
PLAY ACTION ON FIRST AND TEN BY
THE BADGERS.
>> Kirk: NOW IT'S SECOND AND 19.
SOMEBODY BETTER WATCH NUMBER
FOUR.
AND IT WILL BE ROBY.
LOOKING IN THAT DIRECTION,
FIRING, INTERCEPTED, PICKED OFF
BY ROBY.
ROBY BACKED OFF, MADE THE PICK,
BUCKEYES ARE IN BUSINESS.
>> Brent: STAVE GOT PRESSURE
FROM ADOLPHUS WASHINGTON, AND
STAVE PANICKED, THERE WAS A
MISCOMMUNICATION OFF THE O THE
LEFT.
LOOK AT WASHINGTON BATTLING TO
GET PRESSURE.
I THINK HE JUST THREW IT AND
HOPED.
THE FRESHMAN IS RUNNING WITH HIS
BACK TO HIM.
BUT HE JUST THROWS IT AND
ERICKSON WAS NEVER EVEN LOOKING
FOR THE FOOTBALL.
AN EASY INTERCEPTION THAT TIME
FOR ROBY.
>> Kirk: LET'S SEE IF URBAN
MEYER ELECTS TO GO FOR THE THROW
AFTER THE TURNOVER.
HANDED OFF, HE CUTS BACK,
BEAUTIFUL.
OUT AT THE 20.
FREELANCING.
THE FRESHMAN FROM TEXAS ON THE
COMEBACK.
>> Brent: HE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON
THIS, HOW ABOUT THE BLOCK BY
BRAXTON MILLER, HE KEEPS THE
PLAY ALIVE, RIGHT THERE, YOU
THINK HE'S OKAY WITH THAT LEFT
KNEE?
PRETTY GOOD TEAMMATE TO FREE UP
THE FRESHMAN.
>> Kirk: FIRST AND TEN.
BRAXTON WILL RUN IT HIMSELF.
SLOWED HIM UP IN TIME.
AND TANNER McEVOY CLEANS IT UP.
>> Brent: THIS GOES OVER WELL IN
THE FILM ROOM.
SHOWING AN UNSELFISH ATTITUDE, A
QUARTERBACK WHO GETS SO MUCH
ATTENTION, SHOWING THE ABILITY
TO NOT ONLY BLOCK, BUT A
WILLINGNESS TO BLOCK TO PICK UP
VALUABLE YARDS IN THIS GAME.
>> Kirk: SECOND DOWN AND TEN FOR
MILLER AND THE BUCKEYES.
NOW IT WILL BE THIRD DOWN.
LISTENING FOR
THE PLAY CALL.
QUARTERBACK COACH TOM HERMAN
UPSTAIRS.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
NOW IT'S UP TO THE CENTER TO
CALL THE SNAP COUNT FOR THE
BUCKEYES.
FIRED TO THE RIGHT, COMPLETE,
FIRST DOWN.
FIRST AND GOAL, AND A FINE
EFFORT BY DEVIN SMITH.
WHAT HAPPENS URBAN MEYER HAS
ALWAYS USED THE CLAP.
HE FEELS FROM TACKLE TO
TACKLE -- HE HAVE AN INJURED
BADGER DOWN -- YOU CAN HEAR IT.
BUT IT'S UP TO THE CENTER TO GET
HIS HEAD UP AS YOU WATCH THE
REPLAY.
>> Brent: THE BALL GOES HIGH ON
THIRD DOWN AND TREMENDOUS,
TREMENDOUS CATCH, SHOWING PRETTY
GOOD LEAPING ABILITY BY SMITH.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU NEED A GUY
WHO IS INTELLIGENT, CAN MAKE THE
RIGHT CALL.
THEY HAVE THAT IN COREY LINSLEY
AND THE BALL THAT TIME IS HIGH,
BUT A VERY GOOD CATCH BY DEVIN
SMITH.
>> Kirk: THE OTHER SIDE OF IT,
YOUR CENTER HAS TO HAVE A BIG
VOICE.
THEY FEEL THAT COREY LINSLEY
DOES, BUT HE ACTUALLY CALLS THE
COUNT.
THE REASON URBAN WENT TO THIS,
SO THEY CAN LOOK AT THE LINE
BACKER AND NOT HAVE HIS HEAD
DOWN.
HERE'S LINSLLINSLEY.
HE WILL WATCH FOR THE CLAP OF
THE HANDS AND THEN HE WILL BARK
IT OUT.
THROWS THE SNAP, ROLLING TO THE
LEFT.
DID I SEE 44 ON THE TOP?
>> Brent: IF SOMEBODY'S RUNNING
WITH THE FOOTBALL, YOU'RE GOING
TO SEE THE INSTINCTIVE LINE
BACKER SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE
OF IT.
HERE THEY GO WITH THE HURRY-UP.
>> Kirk: HE IS STOOD UP IN THE
HOLE BY YOU KNOW WHO.
OH, WOW.
>> Brent: AGAIN, WISCONSIN'S
DEFENSIVE LINE EATS UP ALL OF
THE LINEMEN, AND THEY DO THAT
INTENTIONALLY TO FREE UP BORLAND
FOR THAT KIND OF HIT RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S CARLOS HYDE, RUNNING AT
235 POUNDS.
YOU TALK ABOUT POP, BEING
EXPLOSIVE AS A LINE BACKER,
THAT'S CHRIS BORLAND.
>> Kirk: NOW IT'S THIRD AND GOAL
FOR THE BUCKEYES.
KEPT IT, THREW IT INTO THE END
ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.
BEAUTIFUL PLAY ACTION.
COREY BROWN CAUGHT IT.
HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE
NIGHT AND FOUR TOUCHDOWN PASSES
FOR BRAXTON MILLER, GREAT PLAY
ACTION ON THAT PLAY.
>> Brent: I THINK THAT WAS A
PLAY THAT WAS IMPROVISED BY
BRAXTON MILLER.
SO MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN
THIS OFFENSE, NOT JUST READING
THE ZONE OR HANDING IT OFF OR
KEEPING IT, INSTEAD OF PITCHING
AN OPTION, IT'S A PASS.
GOOD THING THEY WERE ON THE SAME
PAGE, BECAUSE THERE WAS CLOSE TO
BEING DICEY FOR OHIO STATE ON
THIRD AND GOAL.
>> Kirk: SO THE INTERCEPTION LED
TO THE TOUCHDOWN, AS YOU TAKE A
LOOK.
THE YOUNG MAN'S SECOND TOUCHDOWN
CATCH OF THE GAME.
>> Kirk: AERIAL COVERAGE
PROVIDED BY GOOD YEAR.
EVERYTHING GOODYEAR HAS LEARNED
MAKING TIRES THAT GO THE
DISTANCE INSPIRES WHAT THEY
BRING INTO YOURS.
BADGERS UP AGAINST IT NOW,
41-13.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
>> Brent: GO BACK TO THIS
TOUCHDOWN AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS
THAT BRAXTON MILLER HAS.
HERE'S PHILLY BROWN, BUT THE
READ IS RIGHT HERE.
WHAT HE HAS TO MAKE AS A
DETERMINATION, IF THE SAFETY
COMMITS INSIDE SOUTHWARD, HE'S
GOT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN
ADJUSTMENT AND GIVE THE BALL TO
THE OUTSIDE.
WISCONSIN DEFENDED IT WELL, BUT
THE SAFETY CAME OFF OF THE
RECEIVER AND THAT'S THE MAIN
REASON THEY ENDED UP TRYING TO
SQUEEZE IT IN THERE TO PHILLY
BROWN.
SO IF SOUTHWARD WOULD HAVE
STAYED ON PHILLY BROWN, THAT
PLAY WOULD HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP BY
WISCONSIN.
>> Kirk: SO GARY ANDERSEN'S
BADGERS, TRAILING 31-14.
MELVIN GORDON, THE RUNNING BACK.
GO FOR EIGHT YARDS.
GARY LEFT A SON BEHIND AT UTAH
STATE.
KEEGAN ANDERSEN, AND LAST NIGHT
FOR UTAH STATE.
HERE HE IS SLIPPING OUT OF THE
BACK FIELD AND THERE HE'S BEING
HIT BY CHUCKIE KEETON FOR AN
EASY TOUCHDOWN.
THEY PULL AWAY FROM SAN JOSE.
AND THERE'S POPS RIGHT THERE,
VERY PROUD OF WHAT THE YOUNG MAN
IS ACCOMPLISHING, BACK WITH THE
TEAM THAT HE LEFT BEHIND.
AND NOW THEY CLASH FOR THE FIRST
DOWN.
BLAST AHEAD TO ROBERT FLORES.
>> CHECK OUT THIS TACO BELL
MOMENT.
LATE IN THE GAME BETWEEN GEORGIA
AND LSU.
AARON MURRAY, JUSTIN SCOTT
WESLEY, GO AHEAD SCORE.
GEORGIA BEATING LSU 44-41.
MURRAY WITH FIVE TOTAL
TOUCHDOWNS.
>> Kirk: BIG, BIG DAY FOR THE
DOGS.
FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
PLAY ACTION, STAVE GOING HARD TO
THE LEFT.
INCOMPLETE.
AND A PENALTY FLAG WILL COME
DOWN.
ABBREDERIS, THE INTENDED
RECEIVER AND ROBY PERHAPS A
LITTLE TOO TIGHT ON HIM THIS
TIME.
>> Brent: THEY'VE COMPLETED THAT
PASS WHERE HE ROLLS OUT, 15, 20
YARDS OUT OFF OF THE PLAY
ACTION.
AND THEY BURNT ROBY WITH THAT.
THIS TIME HE SITS ON THE ROUTE
AND TRIES TO JUMP IT, AND HE GOT
THERE JUST A LITTLE BIT
PREMATURELY.
>> Referee: PASS INTERFERENCE
DEFENSE NUMBER ONE, AUTOMATIC
FIRST DOWN.
>> Brent: HE'S ISOLATED OUT
THERE.
HE'S BEEN OUT THERE ALL BY
HIMSELF.
HE JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT TOO
CLOSE, TOO QUICKLY.
YOU SEE HIM HOOKING THE ARM
THERE.
THE CROWD DOESN'T GET THAT
VANTAGE POINT, BUT YOU CAN SEE
HE GOT IN THERE EARLY, BUT HE'S
BEEN GRABBING HIS JERSEY AND
GRABBING ON TO HIS ARM ALL
NIGHT.
THAT TIME THEY CALLED HIM FOR
IT.
>> Kirk: FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
AND THAT WAS WHITE.
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AND IT'S A
GOOD ONE.
IT WILL BE RYAN TANNEHILL AND
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS AGAINST DREW
BREES AND THE NEW ORLEANS SAINT,
BATTLE OF THE UNBEATENS.
BY THE WAY, CAN I MAKE A REQUEST
TO CHRIS BERMAN AND THE GANG,
FOR A STORY ONE OF THESE WEEKS?
>> Brent: YEAH.
>> Kirk: SOMEBODY TELL ME WHY
THE JAGUARS HAVEN'T SIGNED TIM
TEBOW.
I KNOW, HANG ON, IF YOU'RE GOING
TO GIVE AWAY FREE BEER AND SIGN
A CONTRACT WITH TEBOW, YOU'LL
FILL THAT STADIUM DOWN THERE.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT?
>> Brent: ABSOLUTELY.
[ ALL SPEAK AT ONCE ]
>> Kirk: YOU KNOW, LISTEN, I'M
NOT GOING TO MAKE A BIG ARGUMENT
ABOUT TIM TEBOW, BUT WHEN YOU
TALK TO URBAN MEYER, HE CAN'T
FIGURE IT OUT EITHER.
ALL THE YOUNGSTER HAS DONE -- BY
THE WAY, LAST TIME HE DID PLAY
AT QUARTERBACK, THE DENVER
BRONCOS WENT TO THE PLAYOFFS.
EVENTUALLY GOT BLOWN OUT.
I KNOW, HE'S HAVING TROUBLE WITH
HIS LONG DELIVERY.
BUT IF I'M JACKSONVILLE, CAN'T
FILL THE STADIUM, I'M SIGNING
TEBOW.
STAVE BACK NOW, FIRED DOWNFIELD,
INCOMPLETE.
>> Brent: THAT'S A
MISCOMMUNICATION.
THEY HAD SOME RECEIVERS OPEN
DOWNFIELD.
THAT TIME YOU COULD ALMOST SEE
SAM ARNESON LOOKING BACK AND
SAYING, MY BAD.
STAVE WAS THROWING IN ONE SPOT.
ARNESON STOPPED IN ZONE COVERAGE
IN ANOTHER.
THEY JUST MISSED ON IT.
OHIO STATE'S STACKING THE LINE
AND WISCONSIN'S HAD SOME SUCCESS
TAKING SHOTS DOWNFIELD.
THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY THERE,
BUT AGAIN, THE MISCOMMUNICATION
BY THE QUARTERBACK AND THE BIG
TIGHT END.
>> Kirk: SECOND DOWN AND TEN.
TO THE RIGHT.
AS WE COME TO THE END OF THE
THIRD QUARTER.
BUCKEYES DOMINATED THAT QUARTER.
THEY LEAD IT 31-14, AND THERE'S
AN INJURED BADGER DOWN ON THE
FIELD RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL CHECK THAT OUT.
>> Brent: MAYBE GORDON.
>> Kirk: AND WE'LL BE BACK AFTER
THIS MESSAGE.
AND A WORD FROM YOUR LOCAL ABC
STATIONS.
>> WELCOME BACK TO ESPN SATURDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL PRESENTED BY
WINDOWS.
>> Kirk: 31-14 AS WE START THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
MELVIN GORDON UP ON THE FAR SIDE
AFTER HE WAS SHAKEN UP.
>> Brent: YEAH, BATTLING FOR AS
MANY YARDS AS HE COULD PICK UP.
HERE'S THE INITIAL CONTACT FROM
GRANT.
JUST EXTENDED HIMSELF AND PERRY
COMES IN RIGHT THERE, HE WAS
HOLDING HIS LEFT LEG AS HE WENT
TO THE SIDELINE, BUT HE DID WALK
OFF, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
>> Kirk: SO JAMES WHITE IS THE
RUNNING BACK BEHIND STAVE.
THIRD DOWN AND FIVE.
TRYING TO GO LEFT AND HE IS
SLOWED DOWN.
WASHINGTON.
AND THERE'S A FLAG ON THE PLAY.
>> Brent: WISCONSIN MOVED.
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 49, FIVE YARD
PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> Kirk: THAT'S ARNESON MOVING
AND LET'S CHECK IN WITH HEATHER.
>> Heather: THE WISCONSIN
TRAINING STAFF CONTINUE TO
EVALUATE MELVIN GORDON'S LOWER
LEFT LEG.
THEY HAD HIM ON THE BENCH,
TALKED TO HIM, NOW HE'S UP
TESTING IT, PUTTING WEIGHT ON
THAT LEG, SEE IF HE CAN GO.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY'RE STILL
EVALUATING AND HAVEN'T MADE A
DECISION ABOUT HIS FUTURE IN
THIS GAME.
ALSO JORDAN FREDRICK RIGHT NOW
IS QUESTIONABLE AS WELL.
SO THE BADGER OFFENSE,
STRUGGLING.
>> Kirk: THIRD AND TEN NOW.
CAN HE GET THE FIRST DOWN?
CANNOT.
MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR IT HERE.
>> Brent: THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO GO FOR IT.
DOWN 17, INTO THE FOURTH
QUARTER.
PRETTY BIG PLAY HERE.
GETS UNDERNEATH COVERAGE, ALMOST
PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN BEFORE
PERRY BROUGHT HIM DOWN.
OHIO STATE HAS TAKEN EVERYTHING
AWAY DEEP.
STAVE HAD TO THROW IT
UNDERNEATH.
>> Kirk: DEREK WATT WILL BE THE
FULLBACK.
WHITE IS BEHIND HIM ON FOURTH
AND TWO.
HERE'S WHITE.
SEE WHERE IT'S SPOTTED.
LINE JUDGE COMING FROM THIS
DIRECTION INDICATES HE MIGHT
HAVE PICKED IT UP.
OFFICIALS' TIME-OUT.
THEY'LL BRING THE CHAINS OUT.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE DEFENSIVE
LINE GOING UP AGAINST PROBABLY
THE MOST PHYSICAL OFFENSIVE LINE
THEY'LL FACE ALL YEAR.
THEY LOST SIX OF THEIR STARTING
SEVEN.
RYAN SHAZIER THE ONLY ONE THAT
RETURNED THIS YEAR.
>> Kirk: BIG FIRST DOWN WHEN
YOU'RE TRAILING BY THREE SCORES
EARLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
>> Brent: YEAH, THEY HAD TO ROLL
THE DICE THERE AND TAKE A
CHANCE.
THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD PUSH
THERE.
OHIO STATE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO
BE TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT WITH
JAMES WHITE, BUT NOW YOU GO BACK
TO THE PLAY ACTION GAME.
ABBREDERIS WILL BE UP AT THE TOP
OF THE SCREEN.
THEY'VE NOT HAD ANY LUCK AT ALL
THIS SECOND HALF AT GETTING HIM
THE FOOTBALL.
SEE IF THEY CAN NOW AFTER A PICK
UP OF THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Kirk: ROBY IS ONE-ON-ONE.
TIGHTENS UP ON HIM.
STAVE LOOKS BACK IN THAT
DIRECTION.
PENALTY FLAG IS DOWN.
ABBREDERIS WITH AN INCOMPLETE
PASS ON THE FIELD, BUT THERE'S A
PENALTY FLAG THROWN IN THE
DEFENSIVE BACK FIELD.
>> Brent: THEY MAY HAVE GOTTEN
HIM AGAIN FOR HOLDING.
ABBREDERIS GRABBING ARMS.
YEAH, GOT HIM AGAIN.
THE DOUBLE MOVE THAT HE'S
SETTING HIM UP WITH, AND HE'S
HOLDING ON TO HIS JERSEY.
WHEN HE TRIES TO GET SEPARATION,
THAT BALL IF IT'S THROWN ON TIME
AND HIGHER, THAT'S A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Kirk: BADGERS MOVE TO THE 17
YARD LINE WITH THIS FIRST DOWN.
>> Brent: THAT SAME SPOT.
THEY LEAVE ROBY ISOLATED.
>> Kirk: HE'S OUTSIDE, TOUCHDOWN
BADGERS!
>> Brent: GREAT VISION AND A
GREAT BLOCK BY THE FULLBACK,
DEREK WATT.
THE CORNER -- BRIAN GRANT, DEEP
AN -- ON HIM, 34, WATT, WILL
TAKE HIM OUT OF THE PLAY.
POOR ANGLE BY CHRISTIAN BRYANT,
AND A HUGE RUNNING LANE TO THE
OUTSIDE FOR JAMES WHITE.
BUT GRANT THE CORNER HAS TO HOLD
FIRM THERE AND TRY TO FORCE THAT
BALL BACK TO THE INSIDE WHERE
THE REST OF HIS DEFENSE IS.
>> Kirk: 17 YARD TOUCHDOWN.
BADGERS DOWN BY TWO SCORES.
LOTS OF TIME LEFT HERE IN THE
FOURTH QUARTER.
THE SENIOR FROM SOUTH FLOROVIDE
BY GOODYEAR.
GOODYEAR, MORE DRIVEN.
BEAUTIFUL NIGHT HERE IN
COLUMBUS, OHIO.
OVER 100,000 FANS PACKED THE
HORSESHOE.
BUCKEYES UP BY TEN, 31-21.
BIG FOURTH DOWN PLAY.
FIELDED AT THE 15 YARD LINE BY
WILSON.
AND WILSON WITH GREAT GO AHEAD.
AT THE 37 YARD LINE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PACIFIC
LIFE GAME SUMMARY.
BUCKEYE DEFENSIVE FRONT DONE A
PRETTY GOOD JOB.
>> Brent: YEAH, THEY HAVE.
DOING A GOOD JOB FIGHTING OFF
BLOCKS.
THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF
RUNNING ROOM FOR GORDON AND
WHITE.
IT'S MADE WISCONSIN ATTACK IN
DIFFERENT AREAS.
OHIO STATE WHEN THEY'VE HAD THE
BALL, MILLER, ESPECIALLY EARLY
IN THE GAME, MAKING BIG PLAYS.
THIS WAS THE BIGGEST ONE BEFORE
THE HALF, HITTING PHILLY BROWN
BEFORE THE HALF, PUTTING OHIO
STATE UP BY TEN.
AND AS YOU SAID, THIS GAME IS
FAR FROM BEING OVER.
SEE IF OHIO STATE CONTINUES TO
BE AGGRESSIVE OR TRY TO WORK THE
CLOCK HERE.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON, DESIGN PLAY.
THE 14 YARD GAIN.
FIRST DOWN.
AND THE FRESHMAN PULLING AWAY.
>> Brent: BRAXTON MILLER
ACTUALLY DID A SMART THING, A
VETERAN MOVE.
HE GRABBED HIS HEAD AND THE HEAD
OF A FRESHMAN, TRIED TO PULL
HIM, ONCE HE GOT OUT OF BOUNDS,
ALMOST TRYING TO GET THE CALL.
VETERAN CRAFTY MOVE THERE BY
MILLER.
>> Kirk: FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
>> Brent: PENETRATION.
VETERAN DEFENSE IN ALLEN.
HE CAN HAMMER PAT MULDOON.
THEY'VE ADJUSTED TO A 3-4 THIS
YEAR, GARY ANDERSEN COMING IN.
FOUR LINE BACKERS, THREE
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.
IT'S AN ACTIVE BUNCH, LED BY
CHRIS BORLAND.
>> Kirk: BORLAND WAS TRYING TO
GET THERE AND COULD NOT.
SPUN AWAY AND THEY PICKED UP
ABOUT FOUR YARDS.
THAT WAS HEUERMAN, NUMBER 86.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE, THE GROWTH
HAS NOT JUST WITH BRAXTON
MILLER.
TALK ABOUT THIS OFFENSE A YEAR
AGO, WITH TOM HERMAN AS THE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BRAXTON
AND URBAN MEYER, IT WAS REALLY
BRAXTON MILLER RUNNING AND
CARLOS HYDE RUNNING AND
OCCASIONALLY TAKING A DEEP SHOT.
SO MUCH MORE VERSATILE NOW WITH
TIGHT ENDS AND THE YOUNG
FRESHMAN, WILSON, THE RECEIVERS
IN THE GROUP HAVE IMPROVED.
THEY CAN ATTACK YOU IN A LOT OF
DIFFERENT AREAS.
>> Kirk: GOOD PROTECTION, FIRES
FOR THE FIRST DOWN TO DEVIN
SMITH.
>> Brent: THE SPEED OF DEVIN
SMITH, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU AND
I SEE THIS, COLLEGE FOOTBALL,
THIRD DOWN, GIVING THEM AN EIGHT
TO TEN YARD CUSHION, AND THEN
YOU'RE BAILING.
ON FIRST AND TEN, THEY MIGHT
TAKE A SHOT, THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT SHELTON MIGHT WANT TO
CONSIDER TIGHTENING UP THE
COVERAGE, WITH ESPECIALLY LATE
IN THE GAME WHEN YOU'RE DOWN BY
TEN.
YOU CAN'T MAKE IT THAT EASY FOR
BRAXTON MILLER'S RECEIVER.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON MILLER AGAIN.
BUCKEYES WORKING ON THAT CLOCK
RIGHT NOW.
>> OVER ON ESPN, STANFORD TAKING
CONTROL OVER WASHINGTON STATE IN
SEATTLE.
KEVIN HOGAN TO KEVIN CAJUSTE,
WORKED A COUPLE OF TIME.
17-3 EARLY SECOND QUARTER.
>> Kirk: INTERESTING NOW,
BECAUSE THE VOTERS IN THE
VARIOUS POLLS THAT ARE USED,
THIS THE FINAL YEAR OF THE BCS,
YOU GOT A LOT OF TEAMS JOCKEYING
FOR THE NUMBER TWO SPOT.
OREGON, OF COURSE, OHIO STATE,
CLEMSON, STANFORD'S IN THAT MIX.
HYDE IS STOPPED.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT NOT JUST THAT
YOU WIN THE GAMES, WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THAT NUMBER, BUT HOW
YOU WIN THE GAME, AND DID YOU
IMPRESS THE COACHES AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE
HARRIS BOWL AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
>> Brent: AND ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU PLAY IN CERTAIN CONFERENCES
WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET
SOME OF THOSE MOMENTS AND BIG
TIME OPPONENTS.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
>> Kirk: INSIDE OF TEN MINUTES
NOW ON THIS THIRD AND FOUR.
>> Brent: INTERESTING IF BRAXTON
MILLER TRIES TO RUN HERE FOR
OHIO STATE.
>> Kirk: HE SLIPS AND HE'S DOWN
AT THE 35 YARD LINE.
>> Brent: A BIG STOP.
YES, SIR.
>> Kirk: FOR THE BADGERS.
PRESSURE FROM WARREN HERRING.
>> Brent: WATCH HIM GO AROUND
THE VETERAN CENTER LINSLEY,
GREAT QUICKNESS AND AGAIN,
THEY'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF
ROTATING, DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE
LINEMEN.
THEY HAVE TWO DEEP ACROSS THE
BOARD, BEEN ABLE TO STAY FRESH
AND AGAINST OHIO STATE'S TEMPO,
YOU SEE A BACKUP NOSE GUARD
COMING IN, APPLYING SOME
PRESSURE.
GREAT DEPTH UP FRONT.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, URBAN MEYER
LIKES TO GO FOR IT, BUT THAT
TOOK HIM OUT OF FIELD GOAL
RANGE.
>> Kirk: THE BALL IS ON THE 35
YARD LINE.
IT IS FOURTH DOWN AND 11.
HE'S TALKING TO --
>> Referee: FOURTH DOWN.
>> Kirk: NOW HE'S TALKING TO
SOME OF THE SPECIALISTS DOWN
THERE.
REMEMBER, IF THEY PUNT IT,
THEY'D LOVE TO POOCH THIS AND
TRY TO GET IT DOWN INSIDE THE
TEN YARD LINE, IF THIS IS WHAT
HE WANTS TO DO RIGHT HERE.
HE'S GOT THE PUNT TEAM ON THE
FIELD NOW.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE THE
BADGERS THIS FIELD POSITION, BUT
HE WANTS TO BURY THEM ON THIS IF
THEY CAN.
ABBREDERIS IS BACK DEEP.
FAIR CATCH AT ABOUT THE EIGHT
WHAT'S YOUR POLICY?
AND TACO BELL.
SOMETIMES YOU GOT ON LIVE MAS.
>> Kirk: THE GODFATHER OF OHIO
STATE FOOTBALL, *** HAYES, THE
CLICK CENTER NAMED FOR HIM.
LOOKING DOWN FROM BLIMP LIVE AT
THE PRACTICE FACILITY, WHICH HAS
BEEN EXPANDED.
THE SOFTBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER
STADIUMS HERE.
THE BADGERS HAVE BEEN LETHAL
TONIGHT.
[ CROWD NOISE/INAUDIBLE ]
THAT WAS FOR ABOUT A YARD AND HE
IS THROWN BACK BY SHAZIER.
NASCAR DRIVERS CONTINUE TO DRIVE
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
MATT KEN SETH, HE'S LINKED IN
HIS POINTS LEAD.
DON'T MISS THE SPRINT CUP SERIES
TOMORROW AT DOVER AT 1:00 P.M.
EASTERN.
>> Brent: WE'VE NOT SEEN MELVIN
GORDON BACK IN THE LINE-UP SINCE
HE WENT OUT.
JAMES WHITE HAS BEEN CARRYING
THE BULK OF THE LOAD.
BUT JUST TO REMIND FOLKS, WHEN
THEY MOVE THE BALL, IT'S BEEN
THROUGH THE AIR.
>> Kirk: THEY'LL GO TO THE AIR
RIGHT NOW AND ABBREDERIS MAKES
IT THIRD AND SHORT.
WE GO DOWN BELOW.
ABBREDERIS IS NOW SHAKEN UP.
WITH GORDON ON THE SIDELINE, NOW
ABBREDERIS SLOW GETTING UP.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH HEATHER.
>> Heather: THIS BADGER OFFENSE
STRUGGLING.
GARY ANDERSEN SAID SEIZE THE
OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE.
JORDAN FREDRICK, THE WIDE
RECEIVER, IS OUT FOR THE GAME,
WITH WHAT THEY'RE CALLING A HEAD
INJURY.
MELVIN GORDON HAS ICE ON THE
LEFT KNEE.
HE'S DOUBTFUL FOR RETURN AND
I'LL KEEP MY EYE ON ABBREDERIS
FOR YOU GUYS.
>> Kirk: THIRD DOWN AND TWO.
HE'S A LITTLE BIT SLOW ON
GETTING TO THE MESH POINT, I
THOUGHT.
HAD A FULLBACK WHO TOOK OFF.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE YOU WANTED A
LONG HANDOFF ON THAT PLAY, AND
HE'S A LITTLE BIT SHORT RIGHT
THERE.
GOT TO GO DOWN A COUPLE OF
SCORES.
STILL HAVE 7:11, WHICH IS A LOT
OF TIME.
PUNTER ON THE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
>> Brent: STEPPED ON THE FIELD
AND JUST WAVING HIS HANDS.
DO NOT RUSH IT AND ROUGH HIM.
>> Kirk: COREY BROWN, TAKES A
BOUNCE, AND HAD THEY FAILED,
THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE
BUCKEYES JUST A GIMME FIELD
POSITION DOWN THERE, AND GARY
>> Kirk: WANT TO REMIND YOU
ABOUT SUNDAY NFL COUNTDOWN
SUNDAY AT 10:00 A.M.
THE NFL GOES OVER TO LONDON,
PITTSBURGH WILL BE PLAYING IN
THAT GAME AGAINST MINNESOTA.
LOT OF CHATTER THIS WEEK ABOUT
PUTTING AN EXPANSION TEAM IN
LONDON.
I GOT A BETTER IDEA.
LET'S PUT ONE IN LOS ANGELES.
WHO SHOULD START FOR YOUR
FANTASY TEAM?
YOU CAN CHECK THAT OUT TOMORROW
MORNING TOO.
FIRST DOWN AND TEN.
BRAXTON KEEPS IT.
THAT IS A LOSS.
>> Brent: BRAXTON MILLER IS
GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL, TRY
TO KEEP THE CLOCK MOVING.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH
CHRIS BORLAND.
HE'S ALL OVER THE FIELD,
ATTACKING DOWN HILL.
CARLOS HYDE IS GOING TO SEE
CHRIS BORLAND IN HIS NIGHTMARES
TONIGHT.
HE'S BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE 34
EVERY SINGLE TIME WHETHER IT'S
BEEN PASS PROTECTION OR OPENING
UP RUNNING LANES FOR BRAXTON
MILLER.
>> Kirk: SECOND DOWN AND 12.
THIRD DOWN.
THIS OF COURSE THE LAST TIME
THESE TWO SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO
PLAY EACH OTHER, BECAUSE NEXT
YEAR, TWO NEW DIVISION, EAST AND
WEST.
RUTGERS AND MARYLAND JOIN THE
BIG 10.
OHIO STATE WILL BE IN THE EAST.
MICHIGAN WILL COME.
PENN STATE AND INDIANA.
AND WISCONSIN GOES OVER TO
NOTICE, IOWA, MINNESOTA,
NEBRASKA, NORTHERN, AND PURDUE.
>> Brent: RUTGERS BEAT ARKANSAS
LAST WEEK AT HOME AND MARYLAND
IS OFF TO A GREAT START.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED FOR
WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
EAST IS VERY STRONG.
>> Kirk: AND LOTS OF TV SETS.
THIRD DOWN AND EIGHT.
BRAXTON MILLER HANDING OFF NOW.
STEPS TOWARD THE FIRST DOWN
MARKER FOR THE BUCKEYES.
>> Brent: THIS IS REALLY A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF WHAT CARLOS HYDE CAN
DO.
BOUNCES IT RIGHT THERE.
AGAIN, HE HAS TREMENDOUS FEET
FOR HIS SIZE.
HE'S GOING TO COME UP, IT LOOKS
LIKE, SHORT OF THE FIRST DOWN,
BUT HE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON THE
PLAY AND JUST TRY TO JAM IT IN
THERE FOR TWO TO THREE YARDS.
HE BOUNCED IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
HE GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
AND THE BADGERS NEEDED A THREE
AND OUT, THEY NEEDED TO GET THE
BALL BACK TO STAVE, UNDER FIVE
MINUTES LEFT, SEE IF THEY CAN
GET A TOUCHDOWN.
>> Kirk: ABBREDERIS IS BACK DEEP
AGAIN.
THE SURE-HANDED ONE.
AT ABOUT THE 12 YARD LINE ON
THIS FOURTH AND SHORT.
FAIR CATCH.
MAKES SURE AT THE 11 YARD LINE.
AGAIN, BADGERS ARE
>> Kirk: LAST WISCONSIN WIN AT
COLUMBUS, BACK IN 2001.
ANTHONY DAVIS CUT INTO A 17
POINT LEAD IN THE SECOND
QUARTER.
NICK DAVIS CAUGHT THIS SCORING
PASS IN THE THIRD, MADE IT
17-14.
WITH THE GAME TIED LATE IN THE
FOURTH, FIELD GOAL WITH TWO
MINUTES LEFT, BADGERS WIN IT AT
THE HORSESHOE.
>> Brent: FIRST YEAR THEY WON
THE NATIONAL TITLE THE VERY NEXT
YEAR.
BADGERS ALWAYS SEEM TO PLAY WELL
IN COLUMBUS.
>> Kirk: NOT ONLY DO THEY NEED
TO PLAY WELL, THEY NEED TO PLAY
QUICKLY.
THEY'RE DOWN TWO SCORES AND THEY
HAVE 4:38 REMAINING.
SETS THE SCREEN ON FIRST DOWN
WITH WRIGHT, GOOD CALL UPSTAIRS,
ROBY MAKES THE TACKLE.
FIRST DOWN.
>> Brent: FIRST DOWN OF COURSE
STOPS THE CLOCK.
IT'S A GOOD CALL.
YOU CAN SEE THEY ALMOST GOT TO
HIM A HUGE HIT.
ROBY'S BEEN BETTER IN RUN
SUPPORT AND COMING UP TO TACKLE
THAN HE HAS BEEN IN COVERAGE
TONIGHT.
>> Kirk: STEPPING UP AGAIN,
INCOMPLETE AND ALMOST
INTERCEPTED.
HE HAS THROWN ONE INTERCEPTION
WHICH RESULTED IN A TOUCHDOWN.
REMINDER TO STAY TUNED AFTER THE
GAME FOR YOUR LATE LOCAL NEWS ON
MOST ABC STATIONS.
BE SURE TO TURN TO ESPN NEWS FOR
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY IN
SPORTS.
STAVE SHOWED AN ABILITY TO MOVE
HIS TEAM DOWN THE FIELD AGAINST
ARIZONA STATE LATE AND OF COURSE
THEY HAD A CONTROVERSIAL CALL,
BUT HE EXECUTED, MADE SOME
THROWS, SO HE'S BEEN IN THIS
KIND OF SITUATION ALREADY THIS
YEAR.
>> Kirk: FIRING, ABBREDERIS
WRAPS IT UP AGAIN, BUT SHORT OF
THE FIRST DOWN.
ABBREDERIS TONIGHT HAS CAUGHT
EIGHT BALLS FOR 171 YARDS, AND A
TOUCHDOWN.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE HAS PLAYED
A TON OF MAN COVERAGE TONIGHT
WITH ROBY ON ABBREDERIS.
NOW BECAUSE OF THE SCORE OF THE
GAME AND THE TIME OF THE GAME,
PLAYING SOME ZONE TO TRY TO
PREVENT THE BIG PLAY AND ALSO
TRYING OF COURSE TO NOT GIVE
NICK STAVE HAVE TO READ
COVERAGE.
>> Kirk: EXACTLY.
YOU SAW ROBY BACK OFF, DON'T LET
HIM BEHIND AS THE BADGERS --
>> Referee: FALSE START,
OFFENSE, NUMBER 49, FIVE YARD
PENALTY, THIRD DOWN.
>> Brent: HE'S HAD A ROUGH NIGHT
TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE
CARBON DIOXIDE IS EASAFFECTING ,
BUT HE'S HAD A FEW FALSE START
PENALTIES.
THAT'S HIS SECOND ONE ALREADY IN
THE GAME.
I THINK IT'S THE TIMING OF THE
MISCUES FROM WISCONSIN THAT'S
REALLY HURT THEM.
>> Kirk: ALSO MADE A FINE
TOUCHDOWN.
THIRD DOWN AND NINE FOR THE
BADGERS.
GOT A FOUR-DOWN CLOCK FOR SURE
NOW.
DON'T NEED IT.
FIRST DOWN ABBREDERIS.
>> Brent: DOES A GOOD JOB
FINDING THE HOLE IN THE ZONE, HE
KNOWS HE'S ABOUT TO GET HIT BY
JOSHUA PERRY.
SEE HOW HE GETS DOWN RIGHT
BEFORE HE'S ABLE TO POTENTIALLY
BE HIT BY 37.
>> Kirk: COMPLETE.
ABBREDERIS.
>> Referee: CHARGED TIME-OUT,
OHIO STATE.
THEIR FIRST TIME-OUT OF THE
HALF.
THI
30-SECOND TIME-OUT.
>> Kirk: SO OHIO STATE LEADING
WISCONSIN BY TEN.
2:52 TO GO.
WE AWAIT TO SEE HOW MANY POINTS
THE DUCKS ARE GOING TO SCORE.
CLEMSON WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE
TODAY IN THAT WIN OVER WAKE.
>> Brent: AND GEORGIA JUST
BECAUSE OF WHO THEY HAVE HAD TO
PLAY THIS YEAR, ON THE ROAD
AGAINST CLEMSON EARLY, LOST A
CLOSE ONE, BEAT SOUTH CAROLINA,
ENDED UP BEATING LSU, SO IT'S A
GOOD POINT AND A POINT TO BE
TALKED ABOUT EVERY WEEK.
IT'S NOT JUST EARLY IN THE YEAR
ABOUT WINNING GAMES.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO SEE HOW
YOU LOOK.
BECAUSE THEY'RE COMPARING
SCHEDULES, THEY'RE COMPARING,
WELL, THEY ONLY DID THIS IN THAT
GAME, SO EVERY GAME YOU PLAY IN
COLLEGE FOOTBALL, AS WE KNOW,
MATTERS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN.
CAN'T WAIT.
>> Kirk: BUCKEYES, WILD CATS.
GARY BARNETT, THE NORTHWESTERN
COACH IS WORKING NETWORK RADIO
HERE TODAY AS THE ANALYST.
HE LED THE WILD CATS TO THE ROSE
BOWL BACK IN '95 AND WAS WITHOUT
HIS OUTSTANDING LINE BACKER, PAT
FITZGERALD.
>> Brent: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU CALLED A GAME THERE?
THERE'S GARY BARNETT.
HIS ARMS ARE FOLDED, STANDING
NEXT TO THE FELLOW WITH THE
BINOCULARS, WHO IS SPOTTING FOR
GARY AS HE AGES GRACEFULLY.
I DID A GREAT
MICHIGAN-NORTHWESTERN GAME.
>> Brent: WITH THOMAS?
>> Kirk: YES.
>> Brent: BUNCH OF OVERTIME.
>> Kirk: TERRIFIC FOOTBALL GAME.
>> Brent: GAME DAY HEADED THERE?
>> Kirk: WILD CATS WILL BE
THERE.
THERE'S ABBREDERIS OUT OF
BOUNDS.
>> Brent: THIS TIME HE PUT IT UP
HIGH FOR ABBREDERIS.
READING THE FLAT DEFENDER.
SEE HOW THE FLAT DEFENDER, ROBY
SITS ON THE UNDERNEATH ROUTE.
LOOK AT THE HUGE HOLE BEHIND
HIM.
AN EASY READ, GOOD THROW, PUT IT
UP HIGH TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
ABBREDERIS.
SAME ROUTE.
>> Kirk: YOUR OVERALL IMPRESSION
OF STAVE TONIGHT?
>> Brent: I THINK HE'S GREAT.
I CAN SEE WHY THE COACHES HAVE
FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIS BIG ARM.
HE'S A SOPHOMORE, LET'S REMEMBER
THAT.
HE'S STILL A YOUNG QUARTERBACK.
6'5", 225, HE'S GOING TO GET
BETTER AND BETTER, AND I THINK
THE THING IS, OTHER THAN JARED
ABBREDERIS AND THE TIGHT ENDS,
THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT TO WORK
WITH AT WIDE RECEIVER.
MAKES IT VERY TOUGH ON HIM.
BUT THEY PUT A GREAT PLAN
TOGETHER TO TAKE THE PRESSURE
OFF THE RUNNING GAME.
>> Kirk: SEEMS OBVIOUS THEY'LL
GO DOWN THE STRETCH WITH WHITE,
LET GORDON TAKE THE REST OF THE
NIGHT OFF, AFTER THE KNEE
SUSTAINED THAT INJURY.
THERE'S ERICKSON, A REDSHIRT
FRESHMAN FROM WISCONSIN.
>> Brent: WOZNIAK WENT DEEP AND
OPENED UP ENOUGH ROOM THERE FOR
THE FIRST DOWN.
>> Kirk: INCOMPLETE.
>> Brent: NO MAN'S LAND.
THAT'S A TOUGH CATCH.
A TASK FOR A RECEIVER LET ALONE
A TIGHT END.
YOU KNOW A SAFETY OR LINE BACKER
IS GOING TO CLOSE IN ON HIM IN A
HURRY.
HE MAY HAVE HEARD SOME FOOT
STEPS HERE.
>> Kirk: BIG ANSWER BY THE FRONT
FOR THE BUCKEYES HERE TONIGHT.
LUKE FICKELL AND THE GUYS HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB.
THEY WERE AVERAGING ABOUT 350
YARDS A GAME COMING INTO THIS.
THEY'VE BEEN IN THE ARENA
AGAINST ARIZONA STATE AND
PURDUE, SO THE BUCKEYE FRONT
ANSWERED QUESTIONS TODAY.
GRABBED!
AND THEN DROPPED IN THE END
ZONE.
INCOMPLETE PASS.
THAT WAS POWELL, THE NICKEL BACK
ON DEFENSE.
>> Brent: POWELL DOES A GREAT
JOB, BUT I THINK ERICKSON WILL
START TO EMERGE.
BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, THE
BALL IS THROWN PERFECTLY, GOOD
CONCENTRATION, BUT POWELL, OF
COURSE THE GROUND EVENTUALLY
DISLODGING THE FOOTBALL.
THAT'S A FRESHMAN, ERICKSON,
TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY THERE.
>> Kirk: BEFORE THE SNAP.
>> Referee: CHARGE TIME-OUT,
OHIO STATE, THEIR SECOND
TIME-OUT OF THE HALF.
30-SECOND TIME-OUT.
>> Kirk: LET'S GO QUICKLY TO
ROBERT FLORES.
>> AT&T ALL AMERICA PLAYER OF
THE WEEK.
TAJ BOYD, 311 YARDS PASSING,
THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
ALSO ANOTHER ONE ON THE GROUND
AS CLEMSON BEAT UP WAKE FOREST,
56-7.
YOU CAN TEXT VOTE TO 34763.
BRENT?
>> Kirk: ALL RIGHT, ROBERT AND
THE GANG WILL BE HEADED YOUR WAY
AFTER THE GAME.
STAY TUNED FOR THE FORD WRAP-UP.
THIS BY FAR, THE BEST WEEKEND IN
TERMS OF COMPETITIVE MATCH-UPS
AND SOME SURPRISES.
MISSISSIPPI AFTER SAYING THEY
COULD SCORE ON ALABAMA, THEY GOT
A BIG GOOSE EGG UP THERE IN
TUSCALOOSA.
MAYBE NICK SABAN IS FINALLY
HAPPY WITH THE DEFENSE.
>> Brent: YOU KNOW, THAT
TIME-OUT BY URBAN MEYER, YOU GOT
TO BELIEVE HE'S THINKING OF,
WHAT CAN WE DO TO ABBREDERIS?
PUT A QUARTER ON HIM UNDERNEATH,
SAFETY ON HIM OVER TOP.
YOU KNOW THEY'LL LOOK TO GET THE
BALL TO NUMBER FOUR.
IF YOU'RE WISCONSIN, YOU DON'T
EXECUTE HERE, YOU'RE DOWN TEN,
YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT MAYBE AT
LEAST TAKING A SHOT AT A FIELD
GOAL.
>> Kirk: THERE'S NO QUESTION.
>> Brent: LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
HERE.
>> Kirk: PRESSURE.
INCOMPLETE.
AND HERE IS THE DECISION FOR
GARY ANDERSEN AND THE BADGERS.
YOU'VE GOT TO KICK HERE.
YOU'RE DOWN TWO SCORES.
YOU DON'T EVEN HESITATE.
ON FOURTH AND TEN.
>> Brent: HE'S GOT TO DO THIS
AND HE STILL HAS HIS THREE
TIME-OUTS.
KYLE FRENCH MISSED ONE EARLIER.
>> Kirk: THIS IS A 42-YARDER,
THIS IS FROM THE LEFT HALF.
HAS HE GOT IT?
HE DOES INDEED.
PUTS THEM WITHIN ONE SCORE.
A CLUTCH FIELD GOAL FOR THE
REDSHIRT JUNIOR FROM WISCONSIN.
31-24.
NOW YOUR ON-SIDE KICK.
>> Brent: YOU THINK ABOUT
ON-SIDEKICK, YOU HAVE THREE
TIME-OUTS REMAINING.
>> Kirk: DID YOU SEE THE ONE
ON-SIDEKICK, WAS IT HIGH SCHOOL
OR COLLEGE, I SAW IT ON
"SPORTSCENTER," THE YOUNGSTER
CAME UP AND DID THE SOCCER,
KICKED IT BEHIND HIM.
YOU KNOW?
AND I SAID WHOA!
AND THEY RECOVERED.
>> Brent: DID THEY?
>> Kirk: YEAH.
THE RECEIVING TEAM SAID, WHAT'S
THIS?
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
>> Brent: I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
>> Kirk: YOUTUBE THAT BABY.
>> Brent: I'LL HAVE TO CHECK
THAT OUT.
JOEL STAVE AND ABBREDERIS HERE.
THIS ISN'T A FLUKE WITH
ABBREDERIS.
STAVE'S DONE EVERYTHING HE CAN,
EVEN WHEN OHIO STATE KNOWS THAT
ABBREDERIS IS STIGOING TO GET T
FOOTBALL, HE'S STILL KEPT THE
BADGERS IN THIS GAME.
ONE-POSSESSION GAME.
>> Kirk: GOOD HANDS FOLKS ON THE
FIELD FOR THE BUCS.
CAN'T OVERLOAD ONE SIDE,
REMEMBER?
MUST TRAVEL TEN YARDS.
SO ANDREW ENDICOTT, A FRESHMAN,
IS GOING TO KICK THIS OFF.
KYLE FRENCH, LET ME CHECK THIS.
THEY'LL GO TO KYLE FRENCH.
POOCHES IT, ROBY OUT OF BOUNDS,
TAPPED OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Brent: THAT WAS ALMOST --
>> Kirk: OH, WOW.
>> Brent: I WAS -- CHRIS BORLAND
IS DOWN TRYING TO COVER THIS AND
THEN GO THE OTHER WAY.
>> Kirk: HE TOUCHED THAT BALL.
>> Brent: HE SURE DID.
>> Kirk: AND OF COURSE IT
TRAVELED TEN YARDS.
IF THE BADGERS COULD HAVE
RECOVERED IT IN BOUNDS, BUT THAT
BALL HAS NOW BEEN TOUCHED BY
ROBY AND OUT OF BOUNDS.
>> Brent: YEAH, HE TOUCHDOWN THE
BALL WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> Referee: THE BALL WAS
TOUCHDOWN BY OHIO STATE PRIOR TO
GOING OUT OF BOUNDS.
RESET THE GAME CLOCK FOR 2:03,
OHIO'S BALL, FIRST AND TEN.
>> Brent: HE'S GOING TO ASSUME
URBAN MEYER WILL RUN THE BALL
THREE TIMES.
THEY HAVE TO COME UP WITH A
STOP.
HOW ABOUT THE ENGLISH ON THIS
BALL?
IF HE DOESN'T GET A HAND ON
THAT, IT BOUNCES RIGHT BACK
TOWARD THE COVERAGE TEAM.
>> Kirk: LUKE FICKELL.
>> Referee: NUMBER TEN, FIRST
DOWN.
>> Brent: OHIO STATE THINKING
ABOUT ONE FIRST DOWN.
WISCONSIN IS THINKING, THREE AND
OUT, GET THE BALL BACK AND SEE
IF THEY HAVE A CHANCE.
>> Kirk: YOU CAN SEE THE TWO
TIGHT END FORMATION.
ALLEN WITH HYDE AND HE MUSCLES
HIM ON FIRST DOWN.
NOW THE CLOCK IS STOPPED ON THAT
TIME-OUT.
WELL, LSU-GEORGIA, A HIGH
SCORING, HIGH FLYING FOOTBALL
AND THE DOGS HOLD ON AND WIN IT.
BAMA SHUTS OUT OLE MISS, A TEAM
THAT BRAGGED ALL WEEK THAT THEY
COULD SCORE ON.
AND CLEMSON MAULS WAKE FOREST.
>> Brent: WHAT ARE THEY TALKING
ABOUT?
>> Kirk: WHY ARE THEY SENDING
THOSE TWEETS?
WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?
>> Brent: OH, MAN.
>> Kirk: THERE'S THE TWO
QUARTERBACKS IN THAT SEC
SHOWDOWN.
BOTH PLAYED AWFULLY WELL.
44-41.
85 POINTS.
GOT DOWN AND THROUGH THE HEDGES
IN ATHENS.
AND THEY'RE MOST IMPRESSED BY
THE DOGS AND THEIR RESUME RIGHT
NOW, SO WE'LL SEE HOW HIGH THEY
JUMP.
SECOND DOWN AND SIX.
>> Brent: GAME IS COMING DOWN TO
SIX YARDS HERE ON THESE NEXT TWO
PLAYS.
>> Kirk: TOUGH ON TOUGH.
BRAXTON RECOVERS IT, IT'S GOING
TO BE THROWN FOR A LOSS.
>> Brent: TIME-OUT FOR
WISCONSIN.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE BADGERS
NEEDED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT SURPRISED
BRAXTON MILLER.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT.
HE COULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE
THE PLAY.
WISCONSIN IS THINKING ABOUT THAT
BALL GETTING BY HIM AND
RECOVERING IT.
BUCKEYES FORTUNATE BRAXTON
MILLER GOT A HAND ON IT UP IN
THE AIR AND WAS ABLE TO SECURE
IT.
ACTUALLY GOT BACK TO THIRD DOWN
AND TEN.
YOU'RE URBAN MEYER, AND TOM
HERMAN, YOU KNOW WISCONSIN HAS
THE ONE TIME-OUT LEFT, AND YOU
GOT A JUNIOR QUARTERBACK, WHO IS
A THREE-YEAR STARTER, HAS THE
ABILITY, IF HE LIKES THE PASS,
HE CAN THROW IT.
IF HE DOESN'T LIKE IT, HE CAN
PULL IT DOWN AND IMPROVISE, AT
THE VERY LEAST, JUST GET DOWN.
DO YOU TAKE A CHANCE, OR DO YOU
JUST RUN IT, MAKE THEM USE THEIR
LAST TIME-OUT AND PUNT IT AWAY.
>> Kirk: WELL, YOU KEEP THE
CLOCK RUNNING AND BRING IT DOWN
TO ABOUT 1:45.
>> Brent: IT'S A RISK.
MAYBE GIVE THEM THE OPTION, IF
THIS RECEIVER IS OPEN, TAKE IT.
IF NOT, JUST EAT IT.
>> Kirk: THEY NEED A FULL TEN
YARDS HERE.
BRAXTON LINING UP ALONE BACK
THERE.
>> Brent: WISCONSIN IS CONFUSED.
OUTSIDE.
IF HE CAN, HE'S SURROUNDED AND
NOW THE BUCKEYES WILL PUNT IT
AWAY WITH 1:40 ON THE CLOCK.
SO THE BADGERS EXHAUST THEIR
TIME-OUTS.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TOP TEN.
WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THOSE
TEAMS JOCKEYING.
OREGON OUT 27-0.
LIGHT RAIN FALLING IN EUGENE, WE
ARE TOLD.
CLEMSON WITH A BIG WIN.
OHIO STATE TRYING TO HANG ON
HERE.
STANFORD UP 17-3.
LSU IS GOING TO FALL.
LOUISVILLE IS IDLE.
HATS OFF TO BOSTON COLLEGE, WHAT
A GAME THEY PLAYED AGAINST THE
NOLS.
THEY MADE THEM REACH DEEP.
GEORGIA WITH THE IMPRESSIVE WIN.
TEXAS A&M AND JOHNNY FOOTBALL,
45-33 OVER ARKANSAS.
FOURTH DOWN AND SIX.
>> Brent: ABBREDERIS WILL COME
IN.
>> Kirk: REMEMBER BACK EARLY
WHEN WE WONDERED IF GARY
ANDERSEN WOULD PUNT IT AWAY, HE
DID.
AND NOW HE'S GOING TO GET A
BEAUTIFUL PUNT.
ABBREDERIS IS DRIVEN BACK,
CATCHES IT, SHAKES A WOULD-BE
TACKLER AND IS DOWN AT THE TEN
YARD LINE.
1:29 AND NO TIME-OUTS.
OF COURSE ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT
THE NASCAR TOMORROW AT DOVER.
MATT KENSETH, 2 FOR 2 IN THE
CHASE.
TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THAT LEAD.
JIMMIE JOHNSON LURKING.
THEY'RE AT DOVER TOMORROW AT
1:00 P.M. EASTERN.
>> Brent: TALKED EARLIER ABOUT
STAVE AND THIS OFFENSE, PUT IN
THIS SITUATION EARLY IN THE YEAR
AGAINST ARIZONA STATE, AND IN IT
EARLIER THIS GAME.
NO TIME-OUTS.
NOW IT'S ABOUT FIRST DOWNS AND
TRYING TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS.
OHIO STATE WANTS TO KEEP
WISCONSIN IN BOUNDS TO KEEP THE
CLOCK MOVING.
>> Kirk: FIRST DOWN.
TIPPED, INCOMPLETE.
SECOND AND TEN.
>> Brent: GREAT PRESSURE FROM
OHIO STATE.
SHAZIER GOT IN THERE AND I DON'T
KNOW IF THIS MADE THE BALL --
THREW IT A LITTLE BIT BEHIND
ERICKSON.
SHAZIER WAS CLOSING IN ON HIM IN
A HURRY.
THE LAST THING STAVE KNOWS HE
CAN DO WITHOUT ANY TIME-OUTS IS
TAKE A SACK.
BUT HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL TRYING
TO FORCE THE FOOTBALL IN
RECOVERY.
STAVE ABLE TO SHOVEL IT OFF TO
THE RIGHT, FUMBLES, AND IT'S
POUNCED ON BY THE QUARTERBACK.
JOEL STAVE WITH THE CLOCK
RUNNING AND THIRD DOWN COMING UP
HERE.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY AND
GET IT UP THERE.
>> Brent: THERE WASN'T ENOUGH
URGENCY FROM WISCONSIN.
STAVE HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM
THAT?
THEY GOT TO GET TO THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TIME-OUTS.
GET IT TOGETHER ON THE FIELD
HERE.
WASTING TIME.
>> Kirk: THIRD AND 17, STAVE
DROPS IT OFF UNDERNEATH TO
WHITE.
WHITE IS SHORT.
STILL RUNNING AND THEY HAVE A
FOURTH DOWN COMING UP.
>> Brent: THIS IS REALLY POOR
EXECUTION BY WISCONSIN HERE.
THE BUCKEYE PLAYER OF ALL THINGS
GOES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN.
CHRISTIAN BRYANT.
>> Kirk: STOPS THE CLOCK.
>> Brent: THEY HAD WISCONSIN ON
THE ROPES THERE.
AFTER THAT ALMOST SACK, AND THEN
THE FUMBLE.
AND THEY KIND OF LOOKED AROUND
AT EACH OTHER.
THE CLOCK IS GOING, TICK TICK
TICK TICK TICK.
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD HAVE
ALLOWED WISCONSIN TO REGROUP WAS
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AN INJURY.
>> Kirk: I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
BACK, YOU COME ALONG NOW TO THE
END OF THE ARIZONA STATE GAME,
ONE OF THE WORST PIECES OF
OFFICIATING I'VE SEEN IN A LONG
TIME.
GOES TO CENTER, HE GIVES IT UP.
YOU KILL THE CLOCK WHEN YOU GIVE
IT UP.
INSTEAD ARIZONA STATE YELLS
FUMBLE.
WELL, YOU KILL IT RIGHT THERE,
EVEN IF YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A
FUMBLE, YOU SEND IT UP TO
INSTANT REPLAY.
THEY NEVER KILL IT.
AND THE BADGERS RUN OUT OF TIME.
THEY'RE DENIED A CHANCE TO WIN
THAT GAME.
HOLY TERRIBLE DECISION.
>> Brent: THAT WAS A MESS.
IT WAS AWKWARD WHEN WE WENT
DOWN, BUT IF YOU LOOK FOR THE
END ZONE HE DID MAKE IMPACT WITH
THE KNEE.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
IF YOU GIVE IT UP, IT'S OVER.
NOW TONIGHT, NOW HE'S ON THE
OFFICIALS.
GET THEM OFF THE BALL.
GET THE BUCKEYES BACK UP.
>> Brent: AND WISCONSIN PLAYERS
AS WELL, GOT TO HAVE SOME
URGENCY THEMSELVES.
>> Kirk: HE'S ON THE SIDE JUDGE,
GET HIM OFF THAT FOOTBALL.
>> Brent: YOU GO BACK TO THAT
PLAY AND OHIO STATE IS TRYING TO
COME UP WITH THE FUMBLE, CHASING
WHITE, THE BALL IS ON THE
GROUND.
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT
NOW, BOOM, YOU GOT TO GET UP.
IF YOU THINK THEY'RE LAYING ON
TOP OF YOUR PLAYER, JUST HAS TO
BE A BUILT-IN CLOCK.
YOU GOT TO KNOW AFTER A PLAY
LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T HAVE A
TIME-OUT.
YOU GOT TO GET BACK TO THE LINE
OF SCRIMMAGE.
>> Kirk: FOURTH DOWN.
26 SECONDS.
INCOMPLETE.
THE BUCKEYES WIN.
>> Brent: GRANT JUMPS THAT
ROUTE.
LOOKED LIKE DUCKWORTH LET THAT
BALL SLIP THROUGH HIS HANDS, BUT
THAT WAS NICE QUICKNESS BY DORAN
GRANT.
>> Kirk: SO WE FOUND OUT WHAT
URBAN MEYER INTENDED TO DO WITH
THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION.
THIS IS BRAXTON MILLER'S TEAM.
I WANT TO WIN THE GAME, WE'RE
GOING THE DISTANCE WITH HIM.
AND URBAN MEYER AND GOING TO
MOVE TO 17-0 AS THE HEAD COACH
AT OHIO STATE.
SHAKE HANDS WITH GARY ANDERSEN.
DEFENSIVE LINE COACH OUT OF
UTAH.
LONGEST WIN STREAK IN THE
COUNTRY.
STANFORD HOPING TO PUSH THEIR'S
TO 12 TONIGHT.
ALABAMA, ALREADY A WINNER.
NORTHWESTERN'S OFF THIS WEEK.
WE'LL SEE THEM NEXT WEEK AGAINST
OHIO STATE.
LET'S GO DOWN TO HEATHER *** AND
URBAN MEYER.
>> Heather: SEEMS LIKE EVERY
YEAR IN THE SERIES, THE GAMES
ARE ALWAYS CLOSE.
TONIGHT WAS NO DIFFERENT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE DIFFERENCE
WAS?
>> WELL, WE STOPPED THE RUN.
YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF TEAM,
VERY TALENTED TEAM, 25-20, TWO
OF THE BEST BACKS THAT WE'LL SEE
FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.
STOPPED THE RUN, WE LIKE TO
CLOSE A LITTLE BETTER, BUT WE'LL
TAKE IT MAN, 5-0.
>> Heather: ABSOLUTELY.
SO MUCH TALK COMING INTO THIS
GAME, IT WAS BEING BILLED AS
YOUR FIRST TRUE TEST OF THE
SEASON.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR
TEAM TONIGHT?
>> IT'S A VERY GOOD TEAM AGAINST
A RANKED OPPONENT.
LET'S GO ON AND GET NUMBER SIX.
>> Kirk: BRAXTON MILLER CAME
BACK.
HE'S HE MEANT TO THE TEAM?
>> HE'S A TALENTED GUY, NICE
JOB.
HE PLAYED WELL.
>> Heather: GO TALK TO YOUR
QUARTERBACK.
WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE TO BE BACK
ON THE FIELD?
>> I'M JUST BLESSED.
ALL THE GLORY TO GOD, PLAYING
WITH MY TREATMEEAMMATES.
HAD A GOOD SCHEME AND WORKED OUT
PRETTY GOOD.
>> Heather: HOW DID THE KNEE
HOLD UP?
>> FELT GOOD.
IT WAS A GOOD WIN.
>> Heather: WILL YOU CONTINUE TO
WEAR THAT BRACE IN THE FUTURE?
>> OH, YEAH.
I GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
>> Heather: WE TALKED YESTERDAY
ABOUT IT'S NOT ONLY THE RETURN
FOR YOU, BUT ALSO FOR CARLOS
HYDE AND HOW EXCITED YOU WERE TO
PLAY WITH YOUR RUNNING BACK.
HOW DID THE TEAM GEL WITH THE
TWO OF YOU BACK ON THE FIELD
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS
YEAR?
>> IT FELT LIKE LAST YEAR.
DIDN'T MISS A BEAT.
COUPLE CARRIES AND HE BLOCKED
GOOD.
WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD WIN AND
JUST THANKFUL TO GOD.
>> Heather: IMPRESSIVE
PERFORMANCE OUT THERE, BRAXTON,
WELCOME BACK.
>> THANKS.
>> Kirk: SO THERE YOU HAVE IT,
THE BUCKEYES WIN BY SEVEN.
>> Brent: YOU COULD TELL FROM
HIS ATTITUDE THERE, THAT THEY'LL
GO BACK TO THE FILM ROOM, YOU
TRY TO GET BETTER.
IT'S A WIN AGAINST A GRITTY
WISCONSIN TEAM.
BUCKEYES HAD BIG PLAYS EARLY
WITH FOUR TOUCHDOWNS.
AND BRAXTON MILLER, ANY TIME YOU
CAN LEARN FROM A VICTORY, YOU'RE
HAPPY AS A HEAD COACH AND
THEY'LL TRY TO GET BETTER FOR
NEXT WEEK AS THEY TAKE ON THE
WILD CATS.
>> Kirk: STILL UNDEFEATED.
AND HEADED TO NORTHWESTERN.
BATTLE OF TWO BIG 10 UNBEATENS
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT ON ABC AT
8:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
31-24 OUR FINAL TONIGHT.
BRAXTON MILLER, 17-25, 198 YARDS