July 3, 2026

If Ohio State had a letdown against Indiana, it's because the Buckeyes were tired: Analysis

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State arrived home from State College a week ago at 3:30 Sunday morning, which is just the kind of thing that will mess with your body clock. So why were the Buckeyes maybe not clicking at every moment in Saturday’s 49-23 win over Indiana at home? They were tired. Or, at least they were tired early in the week. This isn’t new. This isn’t specific to Ohio State, not in a world where teenagers are flown across the country at all hours of the night some weekends to meet the demands of TV, and then have to go to class on Monday. But Indiana won at Rutgers last week in a game that started at noon. Ohio State won at Penn State in a game that started at 7:30 p.m. And, by the way, Penn State is good at football and Rutgers is terrible. So ……

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