COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State football team is a 14.5-point favorite against Wisconsin this week, but the weather could impact just how much offense we see. Despite that, we at cleveland.com still feel that the Buckeyes should win this game handily. The matchup features the two best defenses in the country, at least on paper. This game is expected to prove which team is actually dominant on that side of the ball and which has benefited from a favorable schedule. The argument can and has been made that neither team has played much competition up to this point. That won’t be the case after Saturday. Ohio State has won five-straight games against the Badgers, including two in the Big Ten Championship in 2014 and 2017. Many of the key players on both teams were freshmen in 2017 — especially for the Buckeyes — with running backs J.K. Dobbins and…
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