Buckeyes’ message: Don’t count us out

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Ohio State players know many of you have been enjoying this.

After a decade of dominance in the Big Ten, the Buckeyes’ backslide both on and off the field in recent months has brought delight to folks around the country. The suspensions, the departures, the NCAA issues and, most recently, the losses have created one giant Scarlet and Gray snowball, rolling down the mountain.

“A lot of people,” cornerback Travis Howard said, “are waiting for us to fold.”

They’re still waiting.

Ohio State reached a crossroads Saturday at Memorial Stadium. After collapsing the week before at Nebraska, the Buckeyes were in danger of slipping to 0-3 in the Big Ten and below the .500 mark for the first time since 1999 (and this late in the year for the first time since 1988). Coach Luke…
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