331 rushing yards doesn't just happen.
It's the product of many things, like talent, opportunity, skill, and a healthy measure of luck all aligning in such a way that a guy like Trey Sermon (who many of us had written off early in the season), can come out and put together a ridiculously amazing afternoon of football.
My very first Ohio State football memory is Eddie George against Illinois, setting the record that Trey Sermon broke last night. College Football Playoff and Big Ten Championship aside, that's the kind of thing that makes sports fun; I can draw a direct psychic line from my ten year old self to now, connected by a scarlet and gray thread that stretches back far before my lifetime and will hopefully continue on long after I'm gone.
That it happened in such an important game, when Ohio State was on the ropes, makes it all the better.
THE TEAM
Thankful to be healthy and have an opportunity of a lifetime to play for Ohio State in a championship game. I am truly appreciative for all the phenomenal sacrifices people took to make this happen. Proud to say we are BIG Ten Champs again!
— Blake Haubeil (@blakehaubeil95) December 19, 2020
ZONE6 x B1G CHAMPS pic.twitter.com/hNFlWEHMHc
— Billy Fessler (@BillyFessler) December 19, 2020
4 of them things but this one felt special. Love this team !
— Marcus Williamson (@WW_Marcus) December 19, 2020
Crazy to think I committed to Ohio state 2 years ago today time flies man
— Zachary Uchiha (@zacharrison_) December 19, 2020
Big Ten Champs pic.twitter.com/NZZCDwXGBg
— Dawand Jones (@dawandj79) December 19, 2020
Man oh man. Ive never been part of a game like that. All the ups and downs makes coming out on top that much better. No one can take this from the gang! #BackToBack #B1Gchamp
— Garrett Wilson (@GarrettWilson_V) December 19, 2020
TREY SERMON !!!!!
— Teradja itchell (@teeraaw__) December 19, 2020
JUSTIN HILLIARD !!!!
— Teradja itchell (@teeraaw__) December 19, 2020
Love this team! B1G TEN CHAMPS
— Tyreke Smith (@T_23_baller) December 19, 2020
— Chris Olave (@chrisolave_) December 19, 2020
THE ALUMNI
Yessir go crazy! @treyera
— Carlos Hyde (@elguapo) December 19, 2020
History repeats itself! #GoBucks https://t.co/rRpE0D9hXL
— Jeff Okudah (@jeffokudah) December 19, 2020
@treyera Congratulations on breaking the single-game rushing record!! Eat, young man, Eat!!!
— Eddie George (@EddieGeorge2727) December 19, 2020
Give 8 the ball and when he get tired... call timeout
— Raekwon McMillan (@Kwon_daTRUTH) December 19, 2020
HAVE to let him break the record!!!
— Maurice Clarett (@ReeseClarett13) December 19, 2020
This is why I rely on twitter for my news and info. If you had any question on what OSU should do on offense... pic.twitter.com/AmdHEUOyAA
— Chimdi Chekwa (@ChimChek) December 19, 2020
LETS GO!!!!!!!! BIG TIME PLAY JOSH
— Parris Campbell (@PCampbell21) December 19, 2020
Man I wish we had more games to watch Sermon and what he really could do for us. Love what Im seeing today!!!! #balling
— Beanie Wells (@BeanieWells26) December 19, 2020
— Johnnie L. Dixon III (@YoungKing_JD5) December 19, 2020
DAMMIT IT'S TRUE
GO Bucks pic.twitter.com/0MKgN28dpa
— Justin Hilliard (@JHilliard47) December 19, 2020
THE REST
TREY SERMON TAKE A BOW! You earned that!!! #GoBucks The Best Thing About 6-0...
— LeBron James (@KingJames) December 19, 2020
It is a GREAT day to be a Buckeye!
— gene smith (@OSU_AD) December 20, 2020
Congratulations @OhioStateFB & @OhioStateHoops pic.twitter.com/0MMlds49Aj
It doesn't surprise anyone at Ben Davis that Dawand figured out where the camera was. pic.twitter.com/aUyCyZSnqR
— Kevin Vanderbush (@CoachVanderbush) December 19, 2020
TREY SERMON CAME TO PLAY
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) December 19, 2020
He set an Ohio State single-game record AND Big Ten Championship record with 331 rushing yards pic.twitter.com/EeHYg9sVrL
Big time play by Josh Proctor. pic.twitter.com/UlxKkmcdxC
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) December 19, 2020
FIGHT TO THE END#GoBuckeyes pic.twitter.com/9OyAh66SvW
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) December 19, 2020
Celebration time for the Buckeyes. pic.twitter.com/DWN12BzfYy
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) December 19, 2020
2017:
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) December 19, 2020
2018:
2019:
2020:
Congrats on a fourth straight #B1GFCG , @OhioStateFB. pic.twitter.com/d2I5ilUJxu
And that'll do it! Undefeated, unbowed, unbent, unbroken, unbossed, etc. Now we wait to see what the rest of Ohio State's postseason will look like, but I have the sneaking suspicion that it'll involve a familiar foe. Until then!
