Two roads diverged in a metaphoric wood in West Lafayette, Ind. on Saturday, as the Ohio State Buckeyes were embarrassed by the Purdue Boilermakers, 49-20, in their most devastating defeat since the Iowa Hawkeyes beat them 55-24 a little over 11 months ago; which was a little over 10 months after the Clemson Tigers beat them 31-0. In fact, apropos of nothing, those three defeats are the three largest in Urban Meyer’s entire head coaching career, and they’ve all come in a span of less than 22 months. For better or for worse, this latest edition of embarrassing Buckeye football came as the team heads into a bye week, meaning that they have nearly two full weeks before they are able to take to the field and begin to rebuild what is left of their season. Unlike last year when Ohio State was humiliated on national television by Iowa, this…
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