COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five reasons the Northwestern Wildcats (4-3, 3-1 Big Ten) will beat the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1, 3-1) on Saturday in Ohio Stadium. 1. How will Ohio State respond to a loss? Whoever makes the copies inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center has been busy this week. There are “Beat Northwestern” signs plastered all over the place. Someone even went the extra mile of covering up all but one of the games on Ohio State’s schedule poster with red construction paper. The only visible game? That’s right, Northwestern. How’d you guess? This is a peek at Urban Meyer, master motivator. The route he’s gone with trying to get the Buckeyes to move on from a loss at Penn State last week is to focus the microscope as tightly as he can on Saturday’s game against the Wildcats. Did all of that sound familiar? That’s because you read the five reasons Ohio State will beat Northwestern. Meyer’s methods for motivating his team have remained steady all week. But what if they don’t work? There’s a funny thing happening when it comes to describing Ohio State as a “young” football team. Meyer said not to use that description…
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