What Ohio State Fans Should Make of Virginia Tech’s Loss to ECU

Fresh off of a 35-21 defeat at the hands of Virginia Tech, Urban Meyer described Ohio State’s 66-0 thrashing of Kent State on Saturday as “just what the doctor ordered.” But even after taking their medicine, the Buckeyes were admittedly still dealing with symptoms stemming from their first loss of the season.

“You still have a sick feeling in your stomach about last week,” Meyer said.

If that’s true, then Ohio State’s nausea likely only increased upon learning that its tormentors a week ago had just finished suffering an embarrassing loss of their own. After catapulting back into national relevance, the Hokies followed up their big win in Columbus with a 28-21 home loss to East Carolina on Saturday, in a game that saw Virginia Tech fall behind the Pirates, 21-0, in the first quarter.

Transitive property may not relate to football, but any argument the Buckeyes had that their lone loss of the season thus far wasn’t that bad likely just went out the window. The Hokies may be talented, but Saturday showed that they’re still a flawed team—and yet they remain just one week removed from outplaying Ohio State on its own home turf.

That shouldn’t sit well with the Buckeyes, who did everything that they could to put last weekend’s loss in their rearview mirror. Quarterback J.T. Barrett tied a school record with six touchdown passes while spearheading an offensive attack that accumulated 628 yards, as the Ohio State defense held the overmatched Golden Flashes to 126…

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