CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports college football reporter George Schroeder breaks down the Red River Showdown between the Sooners and Longhorns. USA TODAY Sports Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett against UNLV.(Photo: Joseph Maiorana, USA TODAY Sports) The great demise of Ohio State’s offense was only slightly exaggerated. It was the Fiesta Bowl in January that stood out, a 31-0 shutout loss to Clemson that humbled the entire program from Urban Meyer on down, but the issues predated that single defeat, as painful as it was. In the final two games of the 2016 regular season, Ohio State managed just a combined 640 yards on a measly 4.3 yards per play in narrow rivalry wins against Michigan State and Michigan. A month earlier, the Buckeyes’ offense fumbled away a loss at Penn State. Think back to 2015, when the Spartans’ defense put the clamps down in a 17-14 win. It was…
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