In his first-ever college game, Malaki Branham made the game-winning assist to Zed Key in the final seconds of Tuesday's 67-66 Ohio State win over Akron.
Ohio State would make the College Football Playoff if the season ended today, but the Buckeyes now have to beat three straight top-20 teams to end the regular season.
Ohio State avoided a season-opening loss to Akron with a game-winning layup from Zed Key with 0.2 seconds left to win a 67-66 contest over the Zips Tuesday.
C.J. Stroud, TreVeyon Henderson, Denzel Burke and Tyleik Williams make Ohio State the only school with four candidates for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award.
Ryan Day had plenty of positive things to say Tuesday about the recent development of Quinn Ewers, who is “starting to look more comfortable” at Ohio State.
Jack Miller will remain suspended from team activities until at least the end of the week as Ohio State continues to gather information before deciding how to move forward.
Ryan Day says Quinn Ewers is getting more comfortable in the Buckeye program, expects Garrett Wilson to return against Purdue and discusses Jack Miller's suspension.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba's 15 catches broke an all-time record, Noah Ruggles still hasn't missed a kick and Tyreke Smith is red hot, but the Ohio State offense struggled again.
Denzel Ward pick-sixes Joe Burrow, Justin Fields nearly leads a game-winning drive after a Cam Heyward interception and Jonathon Cooper gets his first two NFL sacks.
