COLUMBUS, Ohio — After rain and cloudy skies alternated throughout the morning, the sun pierced the clouds and painted the east end of Ohio Stadium with 10:14 remaining in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s matchup between No. 10 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan. The rays served as the ultimate afterglow as the Buckeyes dominated the Wolverines 62-39 in a seismic blowout at The Shoe that registered from the Big Ten pecking order to the College Football Playoff conversation heading into Championship Weekend. The storm — one that included the firing of assistant coach Zach Smith, the three-game suspension of coach Urban Meyer, the departure of star defensive end Nick Bosa and the general frustration that the Buckeyes were an underperforming powerhouse in for a reckoning against the Wolverines — finally evaporated. Ohio State had broken through like the five-star armada Meyer expected to see all season. SN LIVE BLOG:…
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