COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is one of five major college football teams with three defensive touchdowns this season. Ohio State is also one of only three teams to give up three plays of 70 yards or more. That might drive you nuts. But it’s also thrilling. You get Nick Bosa and Dre’Mont Jones menacing quarterbacks at one moment, and the secondary futilely chasing opponents through the open field the next. Is that so wrong? Can that be a winning tradeoff for the Buckeyes? Ohio State is a break and break defense through three games, at one moment breaking opponents with a pass rush that turns pressure into points, and the next moment breaking themselves by creating free lanes and opportunities for the opposition. Opponents have run 200 plays in three games. Eight have gained at least 30 yards. Nineteen have been tackles for loss by Ohio State. So that’s…
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