LOS ANGELES — Will Howard had one of the best games of his career when Ohio State traveled to Oregon in October. He passed for 326 yards, one shy of a career high, had two touchdowns and completed 80 percent of his attempts. And yet his memories of the game trigger nightmares of the final play.
Trailing by one with six seconds left and Ohio State on the Oregon 43-yard line, he took the snap with a plan to throw to Carnell Tate on the boundary, giving him space to get out of bounds. But Howard didn’t like the coverage and scrambled. He slid at the 26-yard line, one second late. Ohio State couldn’t call a timeout to kick a game-winning field goal.
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