After their Week 1 dismantling of Virginia Tech down in Blacksburg, College Football Nation couldn’t contain itself when it came to our collective praise of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Though the Buckeyes weren’t flawless that evening, they were certainly the better team in the end, and there were a few moments of brilliance—absolute brilliance—during those 60 minutes that convinced pretty much all of us that, just based on athleticism and other-worldly skill alone, the Buckeyes were going to be close to impossible to stop. We saw a team with not one, but two Heisman-quality quarterbacks. Oh, and a Heisman-quality tailback, too. We saw a team with NFL talent dotted all over the defense, a team that had successfully (or so we thought) transitioned Braxton Miller from an All-Big Ten quarterback to a potentially All-Big Ten H-Back, and a team that, quite conveniently, was going to take the field every single week knowing that it was being led by one of the greatest coaches the game had ever seen. The Buckeyes, we thought, were unbeatable. Fast forward a few weeks and I think can now agree: We were wrong. While the Buckeyes are currently unbeaten, they most certainly are beatable—and unless they find a way to reclaim their sense of identity and purpose, there is simply no way they’ll be hoisting the national championship trophy come January. [embedded content] On Saturday in Bloomington, the Buckeyes struggled—and struggled mightily—to put away an Indiana team that, while also undefeated, simply should not have even been able to keep things close against Urban Meyer and gang. This wasn’t just a game that the Buckeyes should have won, it was a game that, in reality, they should have won easily. And that’s no knock against the Hoosiers, either…
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