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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Before Ohio State could move on to next weekends showdown with Michigan, the Buckeyes had to deal with a different nemesis.As usual, Michigan State gave Urban Meyers team all it could handle.Mike Weber ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and No. 2 Ohio State held off Michigan State 17-16 on Saturday after the upset-minded Spartans missed a 2-point conversion with 4:41 remaining.Tough day at the office right there, Meyer said. Well take the win against a team that we know very well and on the road in November. Were 10-1 and getting ready for rivalry week.Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 2 AP) can now focus on Michigan, but only after withstanding a spirited challenge from a Michigan State team that derailed the Buckeyes national title bids in two of the previous three seasons. The Spartans (3-8, 1-7) were down 17-10 when LJ Scott scored on a 1-yard run with 4:41 to play. Michigan State went for the lead, but Tyler OConnors pass on the 2-point conversion attempt was intercepted in the end zone.All week long Id said that, hey, if we get close at the end of the game, were going for 2, and were going to take an aggressive approach and play to win the football game rather than to tie, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. They had us covered up on that particular play, so good job by them.The Spartans got the ball back one more time, at their own 20 with 2:04 remaining. Tyquan Lewis sacked OConnor on the first play, and then Gareon Conley intercepted him on the second.Scott ran for 160 yards and also scored on a 64-yard catch-and-run in the first minute of the game, but the Ohio State defense didnt allow much more after that. J.T. Barrett threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Curtis Samuel in the first quarter, and the game was tied at 10 at halftime.Webers 4-yard TD run in the third gave the Buckeyes the lead for good.THE TAKEAWAYOhio State: The Buckeyes had to claw their way to this win, but it was still a sweet one against the team that has given them more trouble than any in recent seasons. Michigan State beat Ohio State in the 2013 Big Ten title game and again late in the regular season last year. Ohio States stellar pass defense was the difference. OConnor and Damion Terry were a combined 8 of 21 with two interceptions for the Spartans.Michigan State: Dantonios team threw everything it had at Ohio State, executing a successful fake punt in the fourth quarter and later going for 2 when an extra point would have tied it. The Spartans fell just short in the end, unable to establish any consistent offensive threats aside from Scott.The 2-point conversion may be second-guessed in the days to come, but OConnor said the team was on board with it.We dont play for second place, obviously, OConnor said. Everybody was all in on going for it.POLL IMPLICATIONSOhio State: The Buckeyes trailed only top-ranked Alabama coming into this weekend, but the bigger concern for them is their playoff position. Even if Ohio State beats Michigan, it could lose a head-to-head tiebreaker with Penn State for the division title.TOUGH SLEDDINGMichigan State managed only 127 yards passing, over half of it on one play. Ohio State wasnt very productive through the air either. Barrett went 10 of 22 for 86 yards on a windy day that included sporadic snow flurries. The Spartans, who had only seven sacks coming into the game, had three against Ohio State.MILESTONEWeber became the third Ohio State freshman to reach 1,000 yards rushing. Robert Smith (1990) and Maurice Clarett (2002) were the other two.It means a lot, he said. It was a goal that I had set at the beginning of the year. My offensive line executed and made it happen.GREAT SCOTTScott had 236 total yards, including a highlight-reel play in the third quarter when he hurdled an Ohio State defender near the sideline.UP NEXTOhio State: The Buckeyes have lost only once in their last 12 meetings with Michigan. Ohio State will be at home next weekend, where it has not lost to Michigan since 2000.Michigan State: The Spartans play at Penn State next weekend, meaning they could have another chance to play spoiler in the Big Ten title race.Adidas NMD R1 White . The 17-year-old native of Marystown, N.L., pulled out of Skate Canada International last month in Saint John, N.B., with the same problem. Fake NMD R1 For Sale . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. 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Kiriasis and brakeman Franziska Fritz finished two runs in one minute 55.41 seconds -- a mere 0.01 seconds ahead of Meyers and Lolo Jones, who likely bolstered her Olympic hopes by helping give USA-1 a huge push in the second heat.DAVIE, Fla. -- Miami Dolphins defensive line coach Terrell Williams was engaged in conversation on the field following practice Friday when end Cameron Wake came up from behind and playfully draped a large, sweaty arm around his coachs neck.Williams smiled and kept talking, but soon decided to pull rank on Wake.Get out of here, Williams barked with a thrust of his shoulders that sent the 263-pound Wake stumbling away.The coach, a former college nose guard, can clearly still hold his own in the trenches. Thats good, because hes dealing with more than 4,000 pounds of talent in training camp, sorting out a unit that may be the strength of the team.Miamis front four includes three four-time Pro Bowlers -- Wake, end Mario Williams and tackle Ndamukong Suh. Others expected to have prominent roles include tackles Earl Mitchell and Jordan Phillips and ends Andre Branch and Jason Jones. Former No. 3 overall pick Dion Jordan has received conditional reinstatement following a 15-month suspension, and youngsters Terrence Fede and Chris McCain might also be part of the mix.Terrell Williams, who is in his fifth year as an NFL coach, said he has never had such depth.Were trying to figure out where all these guys fit in, he said. Its going to be interesting when we start playing preseason games.A week into camp, with the first exhibition game still a week away, first-year coach Adam Gase said the depth in the defensive line is already apparent.It feels like no matter what group is in there, theyre up the field challenging the offensive line, Gase said. I was standing right behind the quarterbacks thinking, `I dont know how they see. Those guys are so long and tall and physical. Youre seeing glimpses of color as far as the receiver, and to complete balls -- its great work for our quarterbacks, because I dont know if were going to see anybody as long as our defensive linemen.The Dolphins figure the front four will have an advantage by rotating linemen throughout a game.We know in this league most of the games are won in the fourth quarter, Terrell Williams said. If we can score some points and get up on some people, wwe can roll them in in waves.ddddddddddddWhile players compete for roles, theyre also learning a new scheme. Veteran coach Jim Washburn has joined the staff as senior defensive assistant-pass rush specialist, and he is deploying the wide nine package, which he developed and used with considerable success in Detroit.The scheme is designed to create more favorable pass-rush angles, but Williams said personnel is still the key to success.I dont care if youre in a 3-4, a wide nine, a 6-2, Williams said. Whatever it is, its about who is lining up and kicking the guys butt in front of him.The Dolphins didnt do that so well last year, when they ranked 21st against the run, 27th in sacks and 28th against the pass.They then lost ends Olivier Vernon and Derrick Shelby in free agency, but added Mario Williams, Branch and Jones, and Wake has returned after missing the second half of last season with a torn Achilles tendon.There are question marks regarding all of the Pro Bowlers. Wake is not yet fully healthy, Mario Williams play declined in Buffalo last season and Suh wasnt a big playmaker in his first season with the Dolphins a year ago.Training camp is a time to start answering the questions.The sky is definitely the limit for us, Mario Williams said. There is a lot of talent across the board, and the most important thing with talent is you have to have continuity, and we have to learn how to play together and play off of one another.Game notesRB Kenyan Drake pulled up lame at the end of practice. Drake, a third-round pick with a long injury history, hurt his hamstring in June minicamp. ... RB Jay Ajayi (knee) returned to practice. ... Suh (back) sat out as a precaution, but his injury isnt considered serious. Also out were WR DeVante Parker (hamstring) and RB Isaiah Pead (hamstring).---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Steven Wine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Steve-Wine . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/steven-wine ' ' '