Potential Playoff spot can wait, Ohio State tackles Michigan first


CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg breaks down the hottest college football headlines for Week 13. USA TODAY Sports Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Urban Meyer.(Photo: Greg Bartram, USA TODAY Sports) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Urban Meyer had two reasons to celebrate following Saturday’s rain-soaked win against Illinois. The first: Ohio State’s victory clinched the East Division of the Big Ten Conference, securing a spot in early December’s conference title game and achieving one of the program’s annual preseason goals — to play for, and then win, a Big Ten championship. And then there was the second: Michigan had lost to Wisconsin. How long did the festivities last? It was just “pretty quick,” Meyer admitted postgame, still toweling dry. But it was nonetheless a celebration on two fronts, as the Buckeyes smiled at their rival’s misfortune and reveled in stabilizing a season that seemed destined for disappointment following the team’s lopsided…

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