COLUMBUS: Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott told reporters last week he has watched his 85-yard touchdown run against Alabama in the Sugar Bowl probably 1,000 times. It’s a moment that will follow him as long as he lives, or until he does something similar in 2015 — and he very well might.
Wide receiver Michael Thomas, now a 6-foot-3, 210-pound redshirt junior, had his own viral moment in that game. With 19 seconds left in the first half and Ohio State trailing 21-13, Cardale Jones handed the ball off to Jalin Marshall, who flipped the ball to Evan Spencer, who found Thomas in the front corner of the end zone.