COLUMBUS, Ohio — Context with the Ohio State Buckeyes can prove difficult. At times, their talent is so out-of-whack, you lose the ability to gauge the rest of college football against them. Last September, Ohio State went on the road with an incredibly young team and throttled Oklahoma 45-24 in a game that wasn’t that close. It looked like the Buckeyes, who were supposedly rebuilding, whipped a team that wasn’t as dynamic as everyone thought. Yet, by the end of the season, that Oklahoma offense had two of the five Heisman finalists, in quarterback Baker Mayfield and receiver Dede Westbrook. And running back Joe Mixon seems to keep gaining more intrigue as an NFL Draft prospect, with some analysts viewing him as a legitimate option for the Browns with the first pick in the second round. Mixon’s off-field issues aside, I don’t see it. Not from what I saw. Just…
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