COLUMBUS, Ohio — So The Game will close out the season, Ohio State and Nebraska can seal their burgeoning Big Ten kinship in the opener and the middle of the Buckeyes schedule is a wasteland. Doug Lesmerises covered the OSU-Michigan placement already. So here are some thoughts on the rest of the schedule released Saturday morning. • Playing that Penn State game early may be crucial — and not merely for the Big Ten TV partners who want balance. We don’t know if every team will navigate this eight-game plan without interruption. The lack of open weeks means the Big Ten will not have postponements, only cancellations. If Ohio State reaches the end of the season and has only played, say, six games, it may need an early win of real consequence to boost its College Football Playoff resume. Same goes for the Nittany Lions, obviously, though I do not…
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