Nittany Lions - Braxton Miller Helps Ohio State Stay Unbeaten Penn State - Gabriel Baumgaertner

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. The Penn State crowed roared plus Saliva's "Click, Click, Boom!" blared in the Beaver Stadium presenters immediately after defensive conclusion Sean Stanley cracked Ohio State's Carlos Hyde driving the series associated with scrimmage. Trailing 14-10 along with 3:30 left over inside the next quarter, the particular Nittany Lions desired a stop on third-and-goal from your one-yard line.

The challenge was Hyde decided not to contain the ball.

Quarterback Braxton Miller faked released the whole university student section, most of the push field in addition to absolutely your arena DJ prior to dodging two extra Nittany Lion defenders plus leaping around not one but two more on the stop area to offer Ohio State a 21-10 lead. If it had not been the sweetest one-yard run of the year, it may well happen to be essentially the most critical in the Buckeyes' quest for a good undefeated season.

"Oh all of us focus on that, we've got a new drill," Meyer explained that has a broad smile following on from the game. "It's called 'make eleven persons forget in addition to dive across.'"

Miller ended up being far from perfect, nonetheless Ohio State's record however is usually immediately after their Heisman encouraged dominated the second 1 / 2 in the Buckeyes' 35-23 enlighten Penn State. Despite his / her quick hiccups, Miller's two third-quarter touchdown works plus backbreaking 72-yard touchdown excrete to help Jake Stoneburner probably solidified their Heisman candidacy blocking some sort of November collapse.

"I was just missing some straightforward includes to be able to start, I ended up being truly excited," Miller said. "The game eventually slowed down. I just simply appreciate this atmosphere, it's easy to get into it."

And he made your momentum-shifting participate in in which no-one else within school football could make.

"Braxton is compared to a new video-game player," offensive lineman Marcus Hall said. "He's the particular person everyone get whenever you result in a player. He does amazing equipment in making your work a great deal of easier."

Miller spent the beginning involving Saturday's game overthrowing receivers, reading and absorbing hits from Penn State linebackers and also struggling to guide that Buckeyes past midfield. He appeared fazed simply by what Meyer identified as "a big-league atmosphere." Playing when in front of a lot more than 100,000 whitened tops using a pure smattering of scarlet along with gray, Miller struggled while using sound along with a great potent Nittany Lions ' defense.

But including he's completed all season, Miller performed a critical play in a vital time the later part of with the best half.

Down 7-0 with 2:10 leftover inside next quarter, Miller went on your shotgun snap, faked some sort of handoff that will managing back again Rod Smith as well as anxiously waited for the breathing in advance of following his blockers plus getting thirty-three yards downfield on the Penn State six-yard line. Hyde, exactly who Hall called "our Jerome Bettis," scored the 1st Buckeye touchdown just some plays later.