On a day when the No. 1 team in the country eked out a 21-20 win over an unranked opponent, it seems we may crown a new No. 1 on Sunday. In spanking Nebraska 48-7 in Lincoln, No. 5 Ohio State made the case for it to be them. Though the end result was a 41-point victory, the reality is the game wasn’t as close as the final score. The Buckeyes led 38-0 at halftime, and it would’ve been 45-0 had Justin Fields not overthrown an open Chris Olave streaking toward the end zone in the final minute of the first half. (Hey, quarterbacks coach Mike Yurcich has to have something to yell at him about, right?) Other than that, Fields was near perfect. He connected on 15-of-21 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns while rushing 12 times for 72 yards and another score. J.K. Dobbins didn’t score, but he did rack up 177 yards on 24 carries. Master Teague…
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