The final minutes of the telecast of Ohio State’s drubbing of Michigan on Thanksgiving weekend offered a glimpse into its rollercoaster season. As players and coaches walked off the Ohio Stadium field following the usual post-game handshakes, the two FOX broadcasters gushed over the Buckeyes’ 62-39 triumph. “I’ll tell you what,” said Joel Klatt, the color analyst. “All season long, we wondered what the full capabilities of the Ohio State Buckeyes were.” “We’ve been talking about it for the first time we saw ’em,” play-by-play man Gus Johnson remarked. “Guess what, we just saw it,” Klatt said. In its penultimate game, Ohio State was at its best, rolling its bitter rival for the seventh consecutive season under Urban Meyer and scoring the second most points since its season opener, an offensive onslaught at the expense of the Wolverines, who had boasted the nation’s top-ranked defense for most of the season.…
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