Urban Meyer said the most important thing from his Ohio State team's 24-20 victory against Northwestern was his players "nutted up" when they absolutely had to in order to leave Ohio Stadium with a victory. No greater example of that came than during the game's final drive.
Armed with three timeouts and facing a 4th-and-goal from the 16-yard line after a holding penalty and incomplete pass, Pat Fitzgerald chose to kick a field goal to cut Ohio State's lead to four. He said after the game the penalty made him kick—if the Wildcats faced 4th-and-goal from the 5, he was going for it.