East Lansing — Among surprises Michigan State dropped on Ohio State Saturday, beyond a 17-14 final score, was MSU’s quarterback shuttle of Tyler O’Connor and Damion Terry.
This wasn’t by design. The Spartans had to shelve their top gun, Connor Cook, because of a bad right shoulder. And what should have made a 14-point underdog even more stressed instead became part of Saturday’s drama at Ohio Stadium, which was good enough to have pulled the heaviest television audience for any college football game this season.
It was tough to measure precisely the effect O’Connor and Terry had on Ohio State.