Observations on Saturday’s Ohio State-Michigan State game by Joey Kaufman: The game at hand • Short-attention span synopsis: The Buckeyes ace their road test with another Big Ten beatdown. Points came by air rather than ground. C.J. Stroud’s Heisman Trophy push revs up. Consider it a midseason stride. Michigan State has dipped in weight classes. • Pregame buzz: With Michigan State riding a months-long losing streak, falling outside the top-25 to end the potential of matchup of ranked teams, the narrative largely surrounded whether the Spartans could reprise their role as spoilers. They had ended undefeated Ohio State seasons before, often as heavy underdogs. See: 1974, 1998, 2013 or 2015. • Spread the wealth? Favored by as many as 27.5 points in some sportsbooks, Ohio State was the heaviest favorite it had been over Michigan State in nearly a quarter century, matching the 27.5-point spread from 1998. The Buckeyes were covering…
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