THAYER MUNFORD

With so much to look forward to, surely the former Ohio State defensive end has started to get over that loss to Michigan last November, right? They were among the first Buckeyes in a decade to end their careers with a loss in The Game. I never want to have that feeling of me letting down not only the team or letting down this great state of Ohio, the fans or my coaches. “But after Ohio State, after Michigan, we said all right, it’s cool and all. These Buckeyes will no longer have a countdown in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center to remind them how long until the next Michigan game comes.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Michigan pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson helped punch his ticket to the Heisman Trophy ceremony with a three-sack outburst in The Game against Ohio State. “I’ve been getting that question all the time,” he told MLive on Thursday at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. I want it all,’” Hutchinson said while appearing on the “Green Light” podcast hosted by former NFL star Chris Long. So basically, my first two years were Chase Young and Nick Bosa. Another pass rusher, Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux, is also under consideration for the pick.

Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young and Alabama teammates Will Anderson Jr. and Jameson Williams have been selected All-Americans by The Associated Press.

Notre Dame and Iowa State each has three players on The Associated Press preseason All-America team.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day says the quarterback competition featuring three candidates will carry over into fall camp.

Fields led Ohio State to a 6-0 record and the No. 7 Indiana (6-1) to its highest ranking since 1967, knocking off three ranked teams along the way. Its only loss was 42-35 at Ohio State in a game that went down to the final play. u-QB — Justin Fields, Ohio State, 6-3, 228, Jr., Kennesaw, Georgia. C — Josh Myers, Ohio State, 6-5, 312, Jr., Miamisburg, Ohio.

3 Ohio State to a 52-12 win over Michigan State on Saturday. Michigan State (2-4, 2-4) was coming off a win over another undefeated team — Northwestern — but the Spartans were overmatched Saturday. “Outings like this are not acceptable, and I don't care who we're playing," Michigan State coach Mel Tucker said. They punted on fourth-and-1 in the first quarter — and again on fourth down in Ohio State territory early in the third. Michigan State wraps up the regular season at Penn State.