Ohio State has compiled six perfect seasons through the course of its glorious football history, but not even Michigan’s fiercest group of Wolverines presented a challenge as mountainous as this latest opponent. To get where they want to go in 2020 — the College Football Playoff — the Buckeyes now must be competitively and medically perfect. With the Big Ten announcing Wednesday its football teams will contest eight games starting Oct. 24 and leading toward a Dec. 19 Big Ten Championship, the Buckeyes must be both lucky and good on the field of play and wherever its players might encounter the novel coronavirus in their daily lives. Flip through your calendars and see what flows from that late-October start date: eight weekends to complete eight regular-season games before the title game. No margin for error. MORE: College football Week 3 picks against the spread We already have seen college football games postponed elsewhere…
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