Facing third-and-11 from the Northwestern 16-yard line on the opening drive of the 2018 Big Ten Championship Game, Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins dropped back to find himself under pressure from defensive end Earnest Brown. Brown got an arm around the “7” on Haskins’ jersey, but the signal caller ran out of his grasp to his right before reversing back to buy more time. Haskins, running toward the right sideline, effortlessly flicked a ball right over the turned back of linebacker Nate Hall and into the waiting arms of Terry McLaurin.
That would be an unfortunate harbinger for the Wildcat defense.