Last Saturday night, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the Cornhuskers had a chance to re-introduce themselves to the nation after a long period of mediocrity. They had second-year coach and local legend Scott Frost. They had a vociferous hometown crowd. They had a night game that was also the featured game on ESPN Gameday. They had lots of things going for them -- and they were absolutely crushed. The Buckeyes rolled by 41 points -- the largest margin in history for a visiting team at ESPN Gameday -- and it wasn't that close.
Let's review the bidding on this OSU team. Here's what they've done so far (home teams listed first):
08/31: Ohio St. 45 - 21 Florida Atlantic
09/07: Ohio St. 42 - 0 Cincinnati
09/14: Indiana 10 - 51 Ohio St.
09/21: Ohio St. 76 - 5 Miami (Ohio)
09/28: Nebraska 7 - 48 Ohio St.
For those of you keeping track at home, OSU has outscored its five opponents by a total score of 262-43. Even this figure doesn't really capture OSU's dominance, as I think they could have scored even more points in several of those games if they had really wanted.
So Nebraska will have to wait for a return to national prominence, and the Bucks keep the Big Gold Trophy.
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