
NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 01: Head coach Urban Meyer of the Ohio State Buckeyes shouts on the sidelines against the Alabama Crimson Tide during the All State Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 1, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)Ohio State punter Drue Chrisman had one of the most-impressive special teams games in recent memory during the Buckeyes’ win over Michigan State on Saturday.Chrisman, truly, led Ohio State to a big victory against Michigan State at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.The Buckeyes’ punter finished the game with nine punts, a long of 53 yards and an average punt of 37.8 yards. He had five punts downed inside the 10-yard line, including ones at the six-, five-, three-, two-, and one-yard line. It was a ridiculous performance.Urban Meyer said after the game that he couldn’t remember a more impactful game from a punter.“We’ve had some great ones over the years but I think Drue and the little Australian was pretty good at it too.“When you’re facing a great team and a great defense and you just can’t get back. And then all of a sudden you flip the field. If you remember, they missed a field goal and that kind of flipped it. Instead of us being backed up, we were on the 30-yard line and then we started playing on an even field.”Apparently, though, Chrisman’s performance was not good enough to win Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.That honor went to Indiana kicker Logan Justus, who hit a game-winning field goal.The #B1GFootball Special Teams Player of the Week is @IndianaFootball K Logan Justus, who kicked a game-winning FG from 42 yards out with 2:32 remaining against Maryland. https://t.co/04bqbsoFsp pic.twitter.com/5FftLwl5kX— Big Ten Football (@B1Gfootball) November 12, 2018Ohio State fans are not happy. pic.twitter.com/4teoaICfRh— Mark Pantoni (@markpantoni) November 12, 2018Drue Chrisman like pic.twitter.com/Q6Rc8QoG39— Sean Klosterman (@Sean_Klosterman) November 12, 2018I hate Ohio State too, fam, but this is a horrible take. Made a 42 yard kick? Cool. Multiple punts downed inside the 5 leading to a safety and a fumble recovery for a TD in a game your offense did nothing? That’s weekly award winning.— GoBlue Bis (@Detroit_Bis) November 12, 2018Ohio State fans are right. The honor should’ve gone to Chrisman – easily.
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