Ohio State Football: 3 takeaways from comeback win vs. Wisconsin

Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s Big Ten title game between No. 1 Ohio State football and the No. 12 Wisconsin Badgers.

The Ohio State Buckeyes overcame a 21-7 halftime deficit to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers to win the Big Ten Championship. The Buckeyes scored 27 unanswered points to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers and punch their ticket to the College Football Playoff.

The Badgers jumped out early against the Buckeyes, but couldn’t sustain the effort, and were shut out in the second-half en route to a 34-21 loss to the Buckeyes.

Here are three more takeaways from the game.

3. It’s a four-quarter game

Anytime one team has a decided advantage on paper and the other team starts off fast, you always wonder if the lesser team has what it takes to keep it up for four quarters.

Tonight, the lesser team did not. The Wisconsin Badgers are no slouches, that’s for sure. However, they don’t have the horses in the barn the the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Buckeyes have the speed and talent advantage. The Badgers do an outstanding job of identifying and developing their kind of players for their system, but the Buckeyes have the four and five-star athletes.

Could the Badgers keep up their performance for four quarters? We found out the answer was no.

The Badgers got off to a really good start in the first half of the game. The Badgers went 83 yards on their first possession of the game to score a touchdown. After trading punts, the Badgers went 80 yards to go up 14-0. After trading scores before halftime, the Badgers amassed a 21-7 lead.

The second half was a different story. The Buckeyes came out of the locker room and scored a touchdown on the first possession of the second half. The Badgers could get nothing going in the second half. They were shut out and gained 281-163 in the second half. The Buckeyes proved why they are one of the nation’s best.