Curtis Samuel swept in for a 15-yard touchdown after Ohio State barely converted a fourth-and-one play, and the second-ranked Buckeyes beat No. 3 Michigan, 30-27, in double overtime Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, to win one of the greatest games in the history of one of college football’s greatest rivalries. Facing fourth and one from the 16, Ohio State Coach Urban Meyer decided not to kick a potential game-tying field goal with a kicker who had already missed two short ones in regulation. J.T. Barrett kept it on fourth down and slammed into the back of his blocker, A.J. Alexander, right at the line to gain. The first-down call stood up to video review. “That was not a first down,” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said. “I’m bitterly disappointed with the officiating today.” On the next play, Samuel, who had made a swerving, change-of-direction run to set up the fourth-and-one play, found a lane and…
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