COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Gophers football team played both Michigan and Ohio State this season, leaving coach P.J. Fleck as a good person to ask about which Big Ten East Division power is better. “What color Ferrari would you like, a red one or a white one?” Fleck responded. Saturday in front of 104,019 at Ohio Stadium, that red Ferrari — the second-ranked Buckeyes — raced past the Gophers 37-3 behind a dominant second half, setting up next week’s showdown with the white Ferrari, No. 3 Michigan, which beat Minnesota 52-10 on Oct. 7. For the Gophers, Saturday’s loss wasn’t surprising — they were 27½ -point underdogs — but still showed that it’s tough to stay in a race when you have a low-horsepower vehicle that’s leaking oil and struggling to get to the finish line. “We’ve got to be way better,” said Fleck, whose team lost its third consecutive…
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