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Healthy Wells and Pryor help OSU hand Badgers first home loss since '05
By Colin Fly
Associated Press
Published on Sunday, Oct 05, 2008
MADISON, WIS.: Terrelle Pryor ran for an 11-yard touchdown with 1:08 left and Chris ''Beanie'' Wells had 168 yards rushing and a score as Ohio State's new double-threat backfield led the 14th-ranked Buckeyes to a 20-17 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin on Saturday.
The last time the Buckeyes (4-1, 2-0 Big Ten) played a marquee game under the lights, they got pounded by Southern California last month. Wells didn't play in that game, and Pryor, the talented freshman, wasn't the starter.
With Wells healthy and Pryor getting comfortable at quarterback, Ohio State looks like a much different team.
Pryor, 19, kept his poise, leading Ohio State on two fourth-quarter scoring drives, snapping Wisconsin's 16-game home winning streak that evened coach Jim Tressel's record to 3-3 against the Badgers (3-2, 0-2).
Pryor did it on the game-winning drive both through the air and on the ground.
Trailing 17-13, Pryor twice found trusted receiver Brian Hartline for big gains, even though Hartline fumbled on the second completion for 27 yards and needed teammate Brian Robiskie's recovery to keep possession at the Wisconsin 35.
Wells, who has been wearing a lineman's shoe to protect his injured foot, gained 13 yards on three carries, and Pryor added another first down on a third-and-1 sneak from the 15 with under 2 minutes to play.
Pryor, who finished with 144 yards passing and 20 yards rushing, then ran an option with Wells flared out wide. But he chose to keep it himself and reached the end zone after Wisconsin's defense looked confused by the formation.
Wisconsin quarterback Allan Evridge, who needed to play efficiently to give the Badgers a chance, committed his second turnover when Malcolm Jenkins intercepted his pass to
seal the game with 53 seconds left.
Pryor, who made his share of head-scratching freshman plays and refused to throw a pass away when under duress, moved the Buckeyes in position to take its first lead since the first half, settling for Ryan Pretorius' 34-yard field goal with just under 11 minutes to play to make it 13-10.
Wisconsin, needing to rebound after a demoralizing loss to Michigan, answered with a quick drive capped on third-and-goal from the 1 when P.J. Hill, who finished with 63 yards on 16 carries, powered through linebacker Ross Homan to give Wisconsin a 17-13 lead.
But Pryor proved to be the difference, snapping the Badgers' 11-game winning streak at night and handing them their first loss at Camp Randall Stadium since Nov. 12, 2005, against Iowa.
Wells scored on a 33-yard run on Ohio State's opening possession by just running through helpless safety Shane Carter, who was dragged to the end zone, and the Buckeyes appeared ready to blow out the Badgers.
But Pryor tossed an up-for-grabs throw down the sideline minutes later that was intercepted by Allen Langford.
Wisconsin tied it 7-7 when Evridge threw a 9-yard TD pass in the second quarter that capped a 15-play, 91-yard drive, and Wisconsin took its first lead 10-7 off Philip Welch's 20-yard field goal at the half.
Ohio State tied the game on its opening possession of the second half when Wells gained 54 yards by avoiding two would-be tacklers and racing down the sideline to the Wisconsin 26.
Pryor then completed a third-down pass to keep the drive alive and ran to the 2, setting up first-and-goal before the Buckeyes' drive stalled and they settled for Pretorius' 21-yard field goal to tie the game at 10-all.
MADISON, WIS.: Terrelle Pryor ran for an 11-yard touchdown with 1:08 left and Chris ''Beanie'' Wells had 168 yards rushing and a score as Ohio State's new double-threat backfield led the 14th-ranked Buckeyes to a 20-17 victory over No. 18 Wisconsin on Saturday.
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Naples, FL
Posted 08:45 AM, 10/05/2008
Thrilled the Buckeyes won but please tell me why, when their weakness on defense is lack of a pass rush and their strength is a great linebacking corps and shutdown corners, we virttually never blitz and play a zone pass defense???!!! These strengths need to be used as weapons. LBs need to blitz and our corners need to go 1 on 1. When we finally used man to man coverage in the fourth quarter Wisonsin was stopped. Why does it take 3.5 quarters for the coaches to figure this out?!
Port Saint Lucie, Fl
Posted 04:31 PM, 10/05/2008
Weak up the middle vs.the run and not much of a pass rush.Offensivly they should improve once they get their rythum,develop an identity and Pryor gains experience. He was hesitant in the "red zone" a couple of times and it cost them points
