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No. 14 Ohio St holds off No. 20 Michigan St 17-16

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Michigan State's Keith Mumphrey is knocked off his feet by Ohio State's Rod Smith after missing a pass Saturday during the second quarter.

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Urban Meyer's first Big Ten game as Ohio State coach turned out to be a classic welcome to the conference. His quarterback got shaken up twice, but Braxton Miller kept coming back on the field, and in the end the Buckeyes played just well enough defensively to come away with a bruising victory. "This was a war. This was two sledgehammers going at each other," Meyer said.

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