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Blade college sports coverage: 11/12

Football

Ohio State plays angrily, crushes No. 13 MSU

COLUMBUS — Seven days of dissection and well-deserved criticism came to a rolling boil Saturday at Ohio Stadium.

Ohio State was angry, and the Buckeyes played like it.

In a squabble for first place in the Big Ten’s East Division, No. 11 Ohio State bullied No. 13 Michigan State from the start and never let up in a 48-3 victory. The Buckeyes’ running game bludgeoned the top rushing defense in the Big Ten and their defense overwhelmed MSU’s offense. FULL STORY u25a0 OSU NOTEBOOK: BUCKEYES RUN WILD

Briggs: Ohio State offers reminder of what might have been

COLUMBUS — I’m not sure if Ohio State’s wire-to-wire liquidation of Michigan State was more exhilarating or dispiriting.