Dominant. Commanding. Authoritative. Transcendent.
Ohio State welcomed the No. 7 team in the country Saturday and delivered on senior defensive tackle Haskell Garrett's pregame promise to "whoop their ass." The Buckeyes delivered a 56-7 beating of Michigan State in a statement game on Senior Day.
Michigan State never had a prayer after an opening quarter in which C.J. Stroud threw a trio of touchdown passes and the Buckeye defense held Heisman contender Kenneth Walker III to just 24 yards of rushing while totally smothering the Spartan wide receivers.
On a day when Georgia beat up on an FCS team, Alabama had all it could handle from Arkansas and Oregon lost to Utah on the road, the game in Columbus proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Ohio State is the No.