WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ohio State doesn’t have a peer in the Big Ten, and a game happening 540 miles east of its 34-10 win over Purdue proved it.
The Buckeyes weren’t perfect against the Boilermakers. They were also missing some key pieces, with Ian Moore replacing Phillip Daniels at right tackle and Carnell Tate being replaced in the aggregate at wide receiver. Then you add in the amount of tinkering they did offensively, and you get a game that was never in doubt, but not always the most exciting thing to watch.
OSU has chosen a methodical approach to the regular season, tinkering with things offensively and often choosing efficiency over explosiveness. That’s been by design to get through the regular season. The idea of what everyone thinks this often can be, and at times has shown it will be, is coming. Just give it two more weeks…