Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker summed up Ohio State's 56-7 destruction of his team yesterday in Ohio Stadium quite succinctly:
"They get up on you and get the crowd into it and then it's a wrap."
That's exactly what happened as Ryan Day's offense scored touchdowns on its first seven possessions to build a 49-0 halftime lead while Ohio State's defense feasted on a Spartan attack not built to play from behind.
With quarterback C.J. Stroud dialed in to a degree we'd not seen before, his trio of elite receivers - Chris Olave, Garrett Wilson and Jaxon Smith-Njigba - went nuts on the Spartans combining for 22 catches on 24 targets for 342 yards and five touchdowns.