November 17, 2024

Monday measure: Ohio State has become the Clemson of the Big Ten

In recent years, there hasn’t been a team more dominant against its own conference competition than Clemson in the ACC.  Ohio State under Ryan Day is beginning to infringe on that territory.  Clemson has won 28 consecutive games against conference opponents dating back to the 2017 season. And that includes its wins in the ACC title game. Ohio State is approaching that level of dominance in the Big Ten. After Saturday night’s road win over Penn State, Ohio State is up to 16 straight victories over Big Ten foes.  Under Urban Meyer, it was an expectation that the Buckeyes would slip up once along the way during its Big Ten schedule. It happened every year between 2015 and 2018, including surprise blowout losses to teams like Iowa and Purdue. With Day leading the program, though, the Buckeyes have avoided those lapses while widening the gap between them and the rest…

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