Joey Bosa (97) and the Ohio State Buckeyes have had trouble reaching the bar set during last season’s run to a national championship.(Photo: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports) COLUMBUS – For better or worse, the regular season grinds to a halt for the Ohio State Buckeyes in Ann Arbor. Coach Urban Meyer’s decision to name this year’s mission “The Grind” — after “The Chase” led to a 2014 national championship — has proven more prophetic than he would have wished. The 10-1 Buckeyes have had to grind to vanquish even the biggest of underdogs, the hope being they were simply playing down to the level of their competition. But when they finally played their first ranked opponent last week in Michigan State, the results — without rehashing the ugly details — were disastrous. Now we wait to see if the Buckeyes will be too hung over to rebound in Saturday’s High Noon showdown against reborn archrival Michgian. “There’s two ways we can take this loss,” defensive end Joey Bosa said. “We can feel sorry for ourselves and not come back and work and lose the rest of our games this season, which, obviously, none of us want to do. Or we can come back and use it as motivation like last year (when the 14-1 Buckeyes overcame a loss in Week 2) to get better. “Crazier things have happened. We have no idea what could happen. …
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