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Ohio State lost to Michigan State to put its Big Ten East and College Football Playoff chances on life support, due in part to a weak offensive performance. Oddly, star running back Ezekiel Elliott only got 11 carries, and he railed on his coaches for that in the postgame press conference.
In case you were wondering if Zeke Elliott was being taken out context or something. https://t.co/c7DopZmPOK pic.twitter.com/RwXRJuHAzy
— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) November 22, 2015
Elliott: "I deserve more than 11 carries. I really do. I can't speak for the playcaller. I don't know what was going on."
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) November 22, 2015
#Buckeyes running back Ezekiel Elliott:"coaching staff didn't put us in position to win. That's a team (Michigan State) we should beat." WOW
— Rick Pizzo (@BTNRickPizzo) November 22, 2015
Elliott was so upset that he claims he's not coming back to Columbus for his senior season.
Ezekiel Elliott: "Honestly, that was my last game at the Shoe. There's no chance I'm coming back next year."
— Austin Ward (@AWardESPN) November 22, 2015
Enjoyed my last buckeye walk. Gonna miss all the fans who had a couple too many trying to break my hand with the high fives
— EzekielElliott#⃣1⃣5⃣ (@EzekielElliott) November 22, 2015
Cardale Jones also announced that he's leaving this year. Ohio State still has a regular season game to play at Michigan. For his part, OSU linebacker Darron Lee seemed to agree with Elliott.
Truth hurts like this loss bruh https://t.co/ydJPKfCGKX
— Darron Lee (@DLeeMG8) November 22, 2015
To be fair to Ohio State's coaches, Elliott's health could have been a perfectly legitimate reason why he didn't get more carries.
Elliott had a leg infection and was in the hospital for three days this week. Said he was depressed, didn't think he'd play, was crying.
— Ryan Lewis (@RyanLewisABJ) November 22, 2015
Here's the video.
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