Ohio State GameDay+ | Odds are good backups are targeting this game

Bill Rabinowitz The Columbus Dispatch @brdispatch Excited about this UNLV game? It’s not Indiana, the season opener against a Big Ten opponent that has scared Ohio State in recent years. It’s not Oklahoma, an obvious marquee matchup. It’s not even Army, which had the appeal of being a service academy with a scheme that can give opponents fits. This is Nevada-Las Vegas, a Mountain West Conference team with a mostly undistinguished history and that lost to Football Championship Subdivision Howard in its season opener before beating Idaho. Let’s not kid ourselves. This is a game for starters to take care of business, show some improvement and get ready for the rest of the Big Ten schedule starting next week. But for Buckeyes backups, this game could be huge. If you gave them truth serum, UNLV might be the game they’ve at least mentally circled on the calendar. When your team…

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