It was a bad call and in retrospect Urban probably knows that he should have given the ball to Carlos Hyde.
I understand Braxton Miller is an excellent runner, but when it is 4th and 1 and you have a 235 pound RB who rarely gets stopped for negative yardage, you man up and run a power play.
Urban tried to get cute and that is one of the reasons OSU won’t be playing for National Championship.
“That fourth-and-two,” Meyer said in a quiet moment, “is going to bother me.”
With 5:46 remaining in the game, the ball at the Spartans’ 39-yard line and Ohio State trailing 27-24, Meyer called a timeout. He took over play-calling duties from offensive coordinator Tom Herman and decided on a lead run for quarterback Braxton Miller to the short side of the field. The Buckeyes had scored on the same play in the third quarter, and Meyer recalled how they had used it to run out the clock in a 17-16 victory over Michigan State last year. But with the season, their winning streak and a spot in Pasadena on the line, Miller couldn’t turn the corner.
“It was my call,” Meyer said. “I wanted to put the ball in the hands of the best player.”