COLUMBUS, Ohio — What Ohio State football showed in an easy Week 2 win over the Bearcats, 42-0: • Forget the big plays. What quarterback Justin Fields showed Saturday was a mix of rhythm and control when the play was there, and the ability to be dynamic when it wasn’t. What he did in structure stood out. Fields threw 16 first-half passes and only two were incomplete — a throwaway and a drop by K.J. Hill after he absorbed a major hit on the sideline. The big plays early against Florida Atlantic last week meant the Buckeyes didn’t need to put together drives. The 28-0 lead in the opener came on drives of four plays, two plays, three plays and four plays. And of course you’d take that. But Saturday’s six touchdown drives took five, six, two, eight, nine and nine plays. If Week 1 was Fields taking advantage when…
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