Curtis Samuel swept in for a 15-yard touchdown after Ohio State barely converted a fourth-and-1 and the second-ranked Buckeyes beat No3 Michigan 30-27 in double overtime Saturday to win one of the greatest games in the history of one of college football’s greatest rivalries. Facing fourth-and-1 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. JT Barrett kept it on fourth down and slammed into the back of his blocker, AJ 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-1, found a lane and raced into the end zone…
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