Whenever Ohio State loses a football game, it tends to cast a cloud of doom and gloom over Columbus. That’s in large part because the Buckeyes don’t lose very often. Ohio State has only lost nine games in Urban Meyer’s six-plus seasons as head coach, so defeat isn’t something that anyone around the program is used to dealing with – not only its coaches and players, but also its fans. Even so, the Buckeyes typically don’t only bounce back, but play better, after a midseason loss occurs – even when it’s a lopsided loss to an opponent they shouldn’t have lost to at all. Saturday’s 49-20 loss to unranked Purdue was an ugly game for Ohio State, and there’s certainly reason to have doubts about the Buckeyes, whose defense has struggled all year while they have also been hampered by a lack of running game and struggles in the red…
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