COLUMBUS, Ohio — For nearly three months, the Ohio State football team had stomped through its schedule like a ruthless cyborg, an army of scarlet and gray automatons executing play upon play upon play with little regard for the opponent or scoreboard. And that, really, has been the only knock on the Buckeyes — that they had not had their mettle tested like the other national championship contenders. Clemson had to overcome a jittery moment at North Carolina. Louisiana State withstood a litany of formidable opponents, including its nemesis Alabama. The other contenders — like Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah — have had to recover from defeat. But Ohio State had treated each week as an opportunity to crush the many mediocre teams on its schedule and dismantle the few decent ones. Nobody had lost to them by fewer than 24 points. That all changed on Saturday when the…
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