GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NCAAF: WISCONSIN (7-2) at OHIO ST (9-0)

NCAAF: WISCONSIN at OHIO ST

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WISCONSIN 3 0 14 0 17
OHIO ST (1) 7 3 7 21 38 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: OHIO ST - TD, BRIAN ROBISKIE 30 YD PASS FROM
TODD BOECKMAN (RYAN PRETORIUS
KICK), 2:45. OHIO ST 7-0
WISCONSIN - FG, TAYLOR MEHLHAFF 21 YD, 10:11.
OHIO ST 7-3
2ND QUARTER: OHIO ST - FG, RYAN PRETORIUS 27 YD, 14:54.
OHIO ST 10-3
3RD QUARTER: WISCONSIN - TD, TRAVIS BECKUM 28 YD PASS FROM
TYLER DONOVAN (TAYLOR MEHLHAFF
KICK), 2:23. WISCONSIN 10-10
WISCONSIN - TD, CHRIS PRESSLEY 2 YD PASS FROM
TYLER DONOVAN (TAYLOR MEHLHAFF
KICK), 8:07. WISCONSIN 17-10
OHIO ST - TD, CHRIS WELLS 31 YD RUN (RYAN
PRETORIUS KICK), 12:19.
WISCONSIN 17-17
4TH QUARTER: OHIO ST - TD, CHRIS WELLS 30 YD RUN (RYAN
PRETORIUS KICK), 0:42. OHIO ST
24-17
OHIO ST - TD, BRIAN ROBISKIE 8 YD PASS FROM
TODD BOECKMAN (RYAN PRETORIUS
KICK), 4:55. OHIO ST 31-17
OHIO ST - TD, CHRIS WELLS 23 YD RUN (RYAN
PRETORIUS KICK), 11:44. OHIO
ST 38-17</div>

 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Ticker) -- Top-ranked Ohio State set a Big TenConference record and continued its march toward the BCSchampionship game on Saturday.


Chris Wells scored three second-half touchdowns and ran for 169yards as Ohio State overcame a challenge from Wisconsin to naildown a 38-17 victory.


Todd Boeckman threw a pair of touchdown passes to Brian Robiskieas Ohio State established a new Big Ten record with its 20thconsecutive conference win.


Breaking a record that had been held by bitter-rivel Michiganfrom 1990-92, the Buckeyes (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten), have not lost agame in the Big Ten since falling to Penn State on October 8,2005.


"Something we can take out of this game is the fact that therewas a lot of adversity, there was a big momentum shift there inthe third quarter," said Ohio State middle linebacker JamesLaurinaitis, who had a career-high 19 tackles. "I think ourteam was poised and just kept going and that's something you cantake out of it."


Ohio State found itself trailing the Badgers (7-3, 3-3) by a17-10 count midway through the third quarter, but touchdownsruns of 31, 30 and 23 by Wells spoiled the upset bid.

The sophomore, called "Beanie" by his teammates, surpassed 1,000yards rushing for the season and has rushed rushed for 523yards on 77 carries in his last three games.


"It starts up front and our guys did a good job up front and ourquarterback did a good job getting us the right looks," OhioState coach Jim Tressel said. "And Beanie was breaking tacklesat the second level.


"When you have all that going for you, you're going to seizeback control of the game and I think that's what that did. Whenwe began to be able to run a little bit more, we seized controlof the game.


Ohio State came out of gate strong, as Boeckman connected withRobiskie for a 30-yard score less than three minutes into thegame. The Buckeyes however, failed to get into the end zone, orthe red zone, the remainder of the half and held just a 10-3lead through two quarters.


The Badgers knotted the game at 10-10 with an impressive 92-yarddrive to start the second half. After keeping the drive alivewith a 50-yard pass play to Paul Hubbard on a 3rd-and-3,quarterback Tyler Donovan capped it with a 28-yard scoringstrike to Travis Beckum.


It was the first offensive touchdown that Ohio State allowed athome this season and the second wasn't far behind.

After forcing a three-and-out, the Badgers' offense went back towork as Donovan, on a 3rd-and-16, found Beckum for a 46-yardgain to the Buckeyes four.


Moments later, Donovan floated a two-yard touchdown pass toChris Pressley on third down to give the Badgers their firstlead at 17-10.


Donovan finished 17-of-29 for 238 yards with two touchdowns andno interceptions while Beckum hauled in nine passes for 140yards.


On the ensuing drive, the Buckeyes woke up as Wells completed a10-play, 80-yard drive with the first of his three scores. Heput Ohio State ahead for good with a nearly identical lookingtouchdown in the opening moments of the fourth quarter.

"One play can define a season, so you just have to keep fightingand play your best," said Boeckman, who finished 17-of-28 for166 yards with no interceptions. "When we got down in the thirdquarter, our whole offense looked at each other and we madesome plays. We got the job done today."


Trailing 24-17 with just over 12 minutes to play in regulation,Wisconsin gambled with a fake punt. But Laurinaitis was notfooled and dragged down punter Ken DeBauche on his own 25.

The Badgers also faked a punt in the first quarter, picking up afirst down when DeBauche completed a 31-yard pass to PaulStandring.


"The second one, I was surprised as well, but that's what fakepunts do is they surprise you and hopefully you do yourexecution and can stop them," Tressel said.


Set up with prime field position, Ohio State scored momentslater when Boeckman hooked up with Robiskie on an eight-yardtouchdown.


"We barked at our guys all week to go into today's game with anattitude to win," Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema said. "Wepracticed and prepared to not be intimidated by the atmosphereof this place. Our team played well overall but it was notenough ... Ohio State persevered."