COLUMBUS — Luke Fickell, flanked by two security guards but otherwise alone, walked down the tunnel to the turf about an hour before his Cincinnati Bearcats played the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday. He had made the walk hundreds of times on the other side of Ohio Stadium. This time the walk began at the visitor’s locker room. » PHOTOS: Buckeyes vs. Bearcats If Fickell felt like a stranger in his former home, he must have felt more comfortable when he saw his former coach, John Cooper, on the field. They talked before Fickell took the field to prepare with his team. Hours later, there was no comfort at all for Fickell, who played for the Buckeyes from 1992-96 and spent 16 seasons at the school as a coach. The Bearcats lost 42-0 to the Buckeyes. “They just ruined any type of sentimental thought you might have had,” Fickell said. “It was emotional.…
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