User blog:ACMex22/Week 13 Projections - Michigan @ Ohio State

Michigan narrowly passed Ohio State for a 31-28 victory at the Horseshoe. The Buckeyes opened the game scoring first when Braxton Miller threw a 33 yard pass TD to Devin Smith with 1:29 left in the first quarter.

Michigan scored their first points of the afternoon when Brendan Gibbons kicked 44 yard field goal. The Buckeyes again traveled down the field when Braxton Miller connected to Devin Smith again for a 7 yard score. The Wolverines did manage to kick another field goal to put the score at 14-6.

Despite trailing entering the half, the Wolverines regrouped a scored 15 points in the third quarter. With a Devin Gardner 6 Yard pass to Roy Roundtree and a 2 point conversation to even it out at 14 all. With less than a minute to go Gardner found Jeremy Jackson in the end zone for 8 yard TD pass to get the Wolverines first lead of the day.

Even the Michigan defense found how to put points on the board with safety. Stephen Hopkins ran in a short TD to put Michigan at a score of 31-14. But Ohio State didn't fall short and Braxton Miller ran in one. And yet again Miller found Smith for another TD.

Michigan tried to put the game out of reach but Gibbons failed a 48 yard field goal. With that the Buckeyes got the ball with plenty of time to go down and score, but it was not to be. As the Buckeyes came in at a 4th down and 7, Miller failed to complete a pass intended for Smith. Gardner took two kneel downs to finalize their victory at 31-28.