After Master Teague was ruled to be down at the 1-yard line on what initially appeared to be an 8-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter of Saturday’s game at Rutgers, it opened up an opportunity for one of Ohio State’s unsung heroes to score a touchdown instead.
Following an offsides penalty against Rutgers that brought the ball even closer to the end zone, the Buckeyes put a jumbo package in the game with three tight ends – one of which was offensive lineman Donovan Jackson – and a fullback. But instead of handing the ball off to Teague to run behind all those big bodies, Ryan Day dialed up a pass play to the fullback, Mitch Rossi, who was left wide open to catch a pass in the end zone for the first touchdown of his Ohio State career.