Football is not a game that lends itself to perfection. It is a game of 22 players moving with speed and violence. Chaos and mistakes are inevitable. “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence,” Vince Lombardi once said of his sport. The 101,858 fans at Ohio Stadium on Saturday for No. 4 Ohio State’s 56-7 victory on Senior Day over No. 7 Michigan State might beg to differ. This was as close to football perfection as anyone would ever hope to witness, at least when the Buckeyes’ starters were in the game. This was an annihilation on the order of Ohio State’s 59-0 win over Wisconsin in the 2014 Big Ten championship game that propelled the Buckeyes into the College Football Playoff and eventually the national title. Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson runs away from Michigan State defenders. Quarterback C.J. Stroud completed 32…
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