Bill Rabinowitz The Columbus Dispatch @brdispatch Ohio State and Michigan State meet Saturday with identical records. Who would have predicted that at the start of this season? The Buckeyes were Big Ten favorites and a leading contender to return to the College Football Playoff. Michigan State was coming off a 3-9 season and endured an offseason dominated by a sexual-assault investigation. Join the conversation at Facebook.com/BuckeyeXtra and connect with us on Twitter @BuckeyeXtra Yet after last week, in which the Buckeyes were shockingly routed 55-24 by Iowa and the Spartans slipped by Penn State on a last-second field goal, both teams are 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten. The winner will have a clear path to representing the East Division in the Big Ten title game. For the Buckeyes, the question is: Is that enough incentive? The Iowa loss was dispiriting in a number of ways. J.T. Barrett threw…
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