INDIANAPOLIS – For a multitude of reasons, Ohio State needed Trey Sermon to be at his best in Saturday’s Big Ten Championship Game.
And boy, was his best something special.
In a game where Justin Fields suffered a thumb injury and threw for a career-low 114 yards, Master Teague left the game with an undisclosed injury after just two carries and star receiver Chris Olave was unavailable to play, Ohio State had to lean on Sermon to run the ball repeatedly in order to win the game. And Sermon answered the bell by delivering a performance that was entirely unprecedented in Ohio State history.