saw its undefeated season come to an end with a 45-23 lo s to Michigan on Saturday. It marked the Wolverines second straight win in the series and their first victory in Columbus in 22 years.Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud threw for 349 yards and two touchdowns in defeat, but also to sed a pair of fourth-quarter interceptions, while his counterpart, J.J. McCarthy, finished the game with 263 yards and three touchdowns through the air.More News From Sports Illustrated: | | Linebacker Tommy Eichenberg led Ohio State with seven tackles, but the Buckeyes defense gave up 216 yards on the ground to running back Donovan Edwards, including 75- and 85-yard touchdown runs that turned a 31-23 game into a blowout.With that said, local and national college football analysts shared some of their thoughts on the game, and has compiled some of the best reactions below:There is no way to sugarcoat it the Buckeyes got absolutely dominated by rival Michigan at home in the games biggest regular-season contest. There is an outside playoff chance for the Buckeyes, but they dont control their own destiny anymore.The beatdown in the Bus turns the tables on this great rivalry. Michigan is in charge now. Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh has emphatically taken over after his finest moment yet at his alma mater.His team shrugged off injuries to key players, Leighton Vander Esch T Shirts weathered an early storm, gained confidence and instilled doubt in Ohio State, wore down the opponent and turned a close upset into a second straight rout of the program that once tormented him. The tougher, more resilient, more focused team won.Michigan is a tough matchup for the Buckeyes. A revenge game turned into a reckoning for Ohio State instead, but this isn't a (John) Cooper situation yet. That era stretched from the Poll Era through the infancy of the BCS era, and those upset lo ses to Michigan ended national-title seasons especially through a particularly painful stretch from 1995-97.(Ryan) Day is in his fourth season as head coach. He has a 45-5 record a 90 percent winning percentage with a recruiting pipeline that pushes out more than enough seen-on-Sunday-talent acro s the NFL. It's just for the first time since Cooper, the Buckeyes have a worthy adversary in Michigan.After falling to Michigan for the second straight year, Ohio State must wait a week to see if it lands a playoff berth as an at-large team. The Buckeyes have wins against Notre Dame (home) and Penn State (road) in their favor, but their second-half shrivel against Michigan DeMarcus Ware Jersey certainly hurts their profile.If Ohio State mi ses the playoff, it will land a New Year's Six bowl spot, although Stroudsaid he isn't sure if he would play in a non-CFP game. Ohio State should regain some healthy bodies at running back for the postseason, but the team's immediate concern is figuring out what went so wrong on defense in the Michigan lo s.The beauty of the showdown Saturday between No. 2Ohio Stateand No. 3Michiganis that it was not simply a matchup of playoff contenders in a heated rivalry game, but such a stark contrast in styles.Ohio State is the sports car, all flash and speed with more skill position talent than the average Big Ten team has in a decade. Michigan is a Jeep, a rugged machine designed for brute force. The Wolverines win not by sprinting past opponents, but by running over them.While Ohio State was unable to maneuver the foothills in its souped-up sports car, Michigan showed it can sling it around the field, then run it down your throat. And while the Buckeyes were knocked from their place atop the list of contenders for Georgia's throne, Michigan may well have delivered a statement that reverberates beyond Big Ten country. This team is for real.Ohio State gave up 21 points in the fourth quarter and 530 total yards Roger Staubach T Shirts to a Michigan team that isn't exactly known for its explosive offense. Going into the weekend, it seemed like the loser of this game would still have a legit chance at making the CFP, but that might not be the case after that 45-23 beatdown.The clock has officially begun ticking on Day. A warmth is just beginning to spread on his seat. That's what happens atOhio Statewhen fans and administrators, a few hours after being on the precipice of a likely Big Ten championship and berth in theCollege FootballPlayoff, see the No. 2 Buckeyes get Dak Prescott Hoodies Sweatshirts outplayed for a second straight season by their chief rival in one of college football's most hotly contested regular-season games.That's what happens when No. 3Michiganoutmans you in nearly every phase of the game while severely out-coaching you in the proce s.The Buckeyes fell to the hated Team Up North 45-23, blowing a 20-17 halftime lead to lose The Game in Columbus for the first time since 2000.Theres no way to sugarcoat it. All season, both teams knew this was going to be the play-in game to the Big Ten championship game and College Football Playoff. It was all Ohio State thought about after losing to Michigan last year. Now it will have to think about a blowout at home for another year, and it has nobody to blame but itself.Ohio State had a chance to take control of the game in the first half when the defense forced two straight three-and-outs, but the offense couldnt get anything going. But despite how poorly Ohio State played, it led by three points at halftime. Nobody came to play in the second half. The defense was terrible. The offense was out of rhythm. Day lost his aggre sivene s as a play caller, and Michigan took advantage.Michigan had a good game plan and executed, but the Buckeyes will look back and believe they had every chance to take the game. They just never did.Scroll to ContinueThe Wolverines earned an awful lot of respect with another dominant second-half display intheir 45-23 rout of No. 2 Ohio State. Last years game in the snow in Ann Arbor was a referendum on toughne s and physical football. This one felt more like a 7-on-7 game at times and was decided by explosive plays. Michigan gained 428 of its 530 yards on nine plays. McCarthytook a big-time step in his maturation in leading the programs first win in Columbus since 2000 and doing so without the help of running backBlake Corum. And once again, anOhio Stateteam with a roster purportedly built to win a national championship couldnt keep up in its most important game.Welcome to Jim Harbaughs previous life, Ryan Day. This is the way Dak Prescott Jersey things go at the top of college footballs food chain. If you cant win the most important game on your schedule, there will be questions about whether you are the right man for the job.For the second straight season,Harbaughs Mich