When Ezekiel Elliott finally returned his AT&T Stadium locker following Ohio State's 42-20 victory against Oregon to win the inaugural College Football Playoff Jan. 12, one of the first topics he discussed was how great the Buckeye offensive line performed in front of him against the Ducks.
"I think everyone in the stadium knew that we were going to run the ball," Elliott said. "I think in the third quarter I was feeling it come on. I was feeling the O-Line getting better and better and I just knew they were going to have trouble stopping the run and Coach (Tom) Herman was seeing the same thing.