Urban Meyer credits Greg Schiano for suckering Penn St into that terrible last play call:
"The Nittany Lions got the ball back with 2:03 left and a real shot to write their own storybook ending.
That dream died when Sanders was dragged down in the backfield on fourth-and-5 by Chase Young with 1:16 on the clock.
The play call — a zone read in which quarterback Trace McSorley chose to give the ball to Sanders rather than keep it — caught many observers by surprise, but not the Ohio State coaches.
“The quarterback is their guy, obviously,” Meyer said of the senior. “He’s a winner. He’s a competitor and he’s a great, great player, so the conversation was that somehow they’re going to get him involved in that play. And so (defensive coordinator Greg Schiano) came up to me and said, ‘We’re going to burn a timeout. Let’s see what they’re in.’ Right before the snap we did and I could hear over the headsets, ‘They’re going to try to get a zone read and get the quarterback the ball.’”
Of course Schiano's scheme showed a 'crease' up the middle, but they were stunting into it knowing McSorley would hand off, thinking the stunting LB was covering him outside.
Brilliant !
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spo...meback-win-penn-state/QFwiRAtK3ajiV3lkMjkRuJ/