Joey Kaufman | Buckeye Xtra The Ohio State football team may have beaten the Hoosiers by 41 points last year and hasn’t lost to them since 1988, but this IU team is different. Objectively, Indiana is the best team the No. 3 Buckeyes will face in the regular season. The No. 9 Hoosiers sit atop the Big Ten East at 4-0 thanks to the cancellation of last week’s Ohio State-Maryland game because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Terrapins. First place is unfamiliar territory for IU, which has won only two Big Ten championships, the last in 1967. How can Ohio State do what Penn State, Michigan State, Michigan and Rutgers couldn’t and beat the Hoosiers? Here’s how: Turnover battle Through four weeks, no Big Ten team has forced more turnovers than Indiana, and the takeaways have been huge for the Hoosiers in their unbeaten start. A third of their…
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