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1. 2016: No. 2 Ohio State defeats No. 3 Michigan in OT

Coming into this game both teams had one loss and were fighting to get into the College Football Playoff.

While this one is so recent I could recite it by memory, here is the recap according to ESPN.

After a scoreless first quarter, Michigan scored first on a 28-yard field goal. Ohio State defensive back Malik Hooker then gave the Buckeyes their first TD on a 16-yard pick-six, but Michigan scored a TD on a Khalid Hill one-yard run, making it 10-7 going into halftime.

Hill then caught an eight-yard TD pass from Wilton Speight in the third quarter, making it 17-7 Michigan, but a Mike Weber TD run made it 17-14 with 1:06 left in the third.

The teams were then scoreless in the fourth quarter until Ohio State kicker Tyler Durbin tied it with a 23-yard field goal with one second left to force overtime.

The Buckeyes only needed two plays to score in the first OT as Curtis Samuel ran it 18 yards to the Michigan seven-yard-line, and then quarterback J.T. Barrett ran it seven yards for a TD to make it 24-17. Michigan then tied it up though, as they used seven plays and ultimately scored on a fourth-and-goal play when Speight found Amara Darboh from five yards out, making it 24-24 and forcing a second OT.

Ohio State held Michigan to a field goal in the second overtime, making it 27-24 and they had a chance to win the game with a TD.

After a sack on Barrett made it third-down-and-nine for the Buckeyes, Barrett completed the pass to Curtis Samuel for eight yards, making it fourth-and-one. OSU elected to go for it and Barrett then picked up the first down on a one-yard rush that many Michigan fans questioned if he actually got or not. Samuel then ran it 15 yards on the next play into the end zone for the walk-off TD, making it 30-27.

The Buckeyes then went on to make the College Football Playoff that season.

In that game, Barrett was 15-of-32 through the air for 124 yards and an interception but also ran it 30 times for 125 yards. Samuel ran it seven times for 54 yards. Speight went 23-of-36 through the air for Michigan for 219 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. De’Veon Smith ran it 21 times for 60 yards while Darboh had eight catches for 68 yards and a touchdown.

Let’s hope that this game is not as close this year and the Buckeyes win by a lot, but either way I know that I will have a lot of nerves leading up to Saturday.