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1st and 10 for Ohio State – 11:04 left. Hardy gains 1 yard on the carry – Sanderson and Durham on the stop. Horton drops back to pass and floats it to Howard, but Bubba Flynn crushes the WR as the ball arrives to force the incompletion. 3rd and 9. Illegal use of the hands, OSU – 3rd and 19. Horton fades back to pass to Mercury Schneider, but Bubba Flynn is blitzing and blocks the ball at the line. 4th and 19. 36 yard punt, 6 yard return. 9:58 left.

1st and 10 for the Wolfpack at their own 36. Spragan passes to Forbes, but it’s dropped. 2nd and 10. Spragan to Kenneth Wertz – Giangrave of OSU defends the pass. 3rd and 10. Spragan again attempts a pass, looks away from double coverage and connects with Clark for 8 yards. 4th and 2, 9:16 left. Do we go for it from our own 44? Nope…38 yard punt, 5 yard return. 1st and 10 OSU at their own 23. 9:09 left.

A long pass to Cochran is completed for 27 yards (2nd big pass of the day). 1st and 10 at midfield. Mercury Schneider gains 7 off the right guard. 2nd and 3. Horton takes it himself and gains 7 of his own. 1st down at the 36. A trap to Horton nets 3, but add 15 due to unnecessary roughness by the Wolfpack. It looks like the frustration is starting to set in. An offtackle run by Horton nets a loss of a yard – Schmaltz and Sanderson get the stop. 2nd and 11. Schneider gains 3 up the middle. 3rd and 8. A counter to by Schneider finds a big hole and he’s finally dragged down at the 2 after a gain of 14. 1st and goal at the NC State 2.  False start on OSU. 1st and goal at the 7. A trap by Hardy loses a yard. 2nd and goal at the 8. Horton takes it himself and gains six, but he’s eventually stopped by Sanderson ( I can’t wait to see how many tackles Herman has). 3rd and goal at the 2. Horton goes around the left end, finds a hole and scores the TD. Ohio State 24, N.C. State 7, 4:07 left in the game.