COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Twenty-nine years ago a college kid made some comments that rankled people, and what happened in a game helped change how those comments would be viewed historically.
Guaranteeing a win against your rival and criticizing your own coaches aren't quite the same thing. But there's a Jim Harbaugh lesson to be learned for Ezekiel Elliott. One of those lessons is that winning changes everything.
Back to the present.
Ohio State figured Elliott's postgame comments from Saturday to be a one-day story this week, as everyone caught up with the running back's weekend complaints after the Buckeyes first loss in 24 games and Urban Meyer had the chance to address that for the first time.