Ohio State passed its final and toughest test without Urban Meyer in what ended up being a convincing 40–28 win over No. 15 TCU on Saturday in Arlington, Texas. For a while, it didn’t seem like the Buckeyes would come out of this primetime battled unscathed, struggling to keep up with the Horned Frogs’ tempo and trailing by one at halftime. But the Big Ten favorites rallied, with a big boost from their defense and special teams, and now Meyer gets his program back with a perfect 3–0 record. When this college football season started, Ohio State was a popular choice to win its conference and make it to the College Football Playoff, with a roster talented enough to run with the likes of Alabama, Georgia and Clemson. Then as the third Saturday of the season went off the rails elsewhere with similarly-hyped top-10 teams Auburn and Wisconsin taking their…
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