The uphill climb and plunging descent of a thrilling roller-coaster ride takes just a little bit longer than Ohio State sophomore Duane Washington needed to characterize the Buckeyes’ entire season so far in just one word. “Wow,” Washington said, pausing for 11 seconds, before continuing with, “I would say, ‘fun,’ or either, like, um…” pausing again for six seconds, “yeah, I would probably say fun, or another word for fun.” Tedious? Frustrating? Puzzling? All seem applicable, but OSU won’t embrace any of those adjectives because they convey equal portions of self-pity and desperation, neither of which the Buckeyes (16-8, 6-7 Big Ten) can afford with work left to do and ample time left to do it as Purdue (14-11, 7-7) enters Value City Arena for a noon Saturday tip. (Fox). They all fit, although not all are embraceable because they convey some sense or self-pity or desperation and the Buckeyes…
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