You read the storylines all week long. Would the Buckeyes even be able to play for a Big Ten title this year? Are they worth of being a Top 4 team in the country? Did their national championship hopes crumble this week with CoVID infiltrating the locker room? Then game day arrived and the Buckeyes announced they would be without five starters, 17 scholarship players and 23 players overall (for a variety of reasons, CoVID-19 among them). Could Justin Fields lead an offense behind an offensive line that had played so little together? Could the defense perform at a high level without their leader Tuf Borland and without starting safety Josh Proctor? How would they play with head coach Ryan Day and three other coaches in East Lansing? Ohio State needed to make a statement that they could handle adversity with the eyes of the country watching closely. And what…
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