When Larry Johnson realized in the third quarter that Ohio State was on track to win Saturday’s game at Michigan State, a tear came to his eye.
When Ryan Day, watching from his home in Ohio, saw his players dump a bucket of Gatorade on Johnson after the Buckeyes had sealed a 52-12 victory, a tear came to his eye, too.
After Ohio State’s previous game against Illinois was canceled and the Buckeyes continued to face uncertainty about whether they’d even get to play this week, they earned their most decisive win of the season in East Lansing on Saturday, even without a large group of unavailable players and four of their full-time coaches – including Day who was unable to travel with the team after testing positive for COVID-19.