Krenzel, who finished his Ohio State career 24-3 as a starter, matched his career high with four touchdown passes — two apiece to Michael Jenkins and Santonio Holmes — and No. 7 Ohio State held off No. 8 Kansas State 35-28 on Friday night.
Roberson got the start despite a sexual-assault accusation by a woman early Wednesday, an incident that tarnished Kansas State’s first Bowl Championship Series trip. He was awful early, but brought the Wildcats back from deficits of 21-0 and 35-14.
After a 3-for-13 start, Roberson completed 20 of 52 passes for 294 yards and one interception. He ran for 32 yards.
Ohio State (11-2) led 35-14 entering the fourth quarter, but Kansas State scored twice. Maurice Mack’s 37-yard kickoff return to the Ohio State 46 and Roberson’s 19-yard pass to James Terry helped set up Ayo Saba’s 3-yard run.
Roberson threw 24 yards to Davin Dennis to the Ohio State 15, and after a facemask penalty Roberson sneaked over from the 1 to cut it to 35-28 with 2:47 left.
Kansas State (11-4) got the onside kick, but was called for a false start. Ohio State’s Bobby Carpenter recovered the second onside kick and the Buckeyes held on.
