Observations on Saturday’s Ohio State-Rutgers game by Joey Kaufman: The game at hand • Short-attention span synopsis: An annual beatdown of Rutgers. But no quick-strike offense. A scoring onslaught lacked the passing flavor in favor of a bowling ball back. The biggest fireworks came late from that little sideline skirmish. • Pregame buzz: Time for a change of scenery? The Buckeyes were playing a fifth straight game at Ohio Stadium, matching their longest-ever homestand after also playing five in a row at the Horseshoe in 2003 and 1999. A meeting with an oft-overmatched Big Ten East bottom dweller wasn’t to add any more anticipation, either. OSU Headlines newsletter:Sign up for our daily newsletter on Ohio State sports • Spread the wealth? A 40-point favorite, Ohio State has been no stranger to covering some gargantuan point spreads in its brief series against Rutgers, which joined the Big Ten in 2014. OSU did so in…
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