Ohio State-Michigan live updates (2024)

No. 3 Michigan handed No. 2 Ohio State its first loss of the season Saturday, advancing to the Big Ten championship game with a tightly contested 30-24 win. Here’s what you need to know:

Michigan running back Blake Corum put up 88 yards and two touchdowns, while quarterback J.J. McCarthy went 16-of-20 passing for 148 yards and a touchdown.

Ohio State QB Kyle McCord was 18-of-30 for 271 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions. Marvin Harrison Jr. had five receptions for 118 yards and a TD, while TreVeyon Henderson rushed for 60 yards and a score.

Wolverines star right guard Zak Zinter was carted off the field with an apparent leg injury in the third quarter and taken to the hospital.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was absent from the sideline for the final game of his suspension imposed by the Big Ten as punishment for the team’s scouting and sign-stealing scandal. The Wolverines (12-0) will meet the 10-2 Iowa Hawkeyes in the conference championship next Saturday.

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It’s over.

This game, this era, this battle to set the narrative in college football’s most intense rivalry — all of it ended Saturday when Rod Moore, a three-star recruit from Clayton, Ohio, cradled an interception to seal No. 3 Michigan’s 30-24 victory against No. 2 Ohio State.

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The disappointment was obvious on Ryan Day’s face as he sat down for his postgame news conference.

It was an all-too-familiar position for the Ohio State coach, who was tasked with addressing reporters after his third consecutive loss to Michigan, this time 30-24. The difference this year is that Saturday felt like a must-win game for both Day and his legacy.

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The Big Ten tried to punish Michigan for its sign-stealing caper by suspending Jim Harbaugh for the Wolverines’ most important stretch of the season. Michigan initially attempted to sue, alleging “irreparable harm” if the players didn’t have their head coach on the sideline.

But now, we can look back and say that neither the punishment nor the counterargument held any validity. Third-ranked Michigan did not need Harbaugh to get to 12-0 and the cusp of the College Football Playoff — because the Wolverines had Sherrone Freaking Moore.

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Down six with the ball on the road in the Big House with a chance to win one of the biggest editions of the greatest rivalry in college football, Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord had his offense moving. A few big passes to Marvin Harrison Jr. and Julian Fleming got the Buckeyes into Michigan territory with a chance to take the rivalry back in dramatic fashion. Every second ticking off the clock felt like a minute.

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Sherrone Moore told Michigan’s offense he wasn’t going to coach the game scared and they weren’t going to play the game scared.

Not sure what was said on the other side of the fence.

Rod Moore, an Ohio native and former three-star recruit, reflecting on making a game-clinching interception in what he called "one of the biggest games in college football history."

"I was on the field like, 'I just called game. I did that.'"

Michigan opened with two three-and-outs and then scored on six of seven drives the rest of the way.

Sherrone Moore: good coach

Michigan will face Iowa for the Big Ten championship for the second time in three years. The Wolverines have won the last three matchups while the Hawkeyes had won five of the previous six.

Ohio State is a great team for 11.5 games each regular season. But that 0.5 is all that matters.

Michigan has outscored Ohio State 72-31 in the second half over the last three games.