COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s defensive failures in The Game were loud, jarring, an impossible to ignore. By contrast, the Buckeyes’ offensive letdowns were more subtle. No pick-sixes or scoop-and-score fumbles. No wide-open drops in the middle of the field. Not even the edge-rushing swarm on which Michigan thrived a year earlier in Ann Arbor. On the surface, the numbers don’t make much sense. Ohio State put up nearly 500 yards of offense, averaged a respectable 4.9 yards per carry and pushed both of its top two receivers to 100-yard games. Yet it also scored only three second-half points and finished with its lowest-scoring game of the season since the opener against Notre Dame. No question, this was the game Jaxon Smith-Njigba’s absence stood out the most. TreVeyon Henderson watching from the sideline and Miyan Williams’ obvious limitations also lowered the offense’s ceiling. Yet Michigan’s non-stars still made big…
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