After looking last week at how past Ohio State football teams responded upon dropping back-to-back games versus Michigan, today we shift to examining how the Buckeyes bounced back after losing the final two games of the previous season. Luckily for Ohio State fans, the Buckeyes have only dropped at least the final two games of a season 16 times in the 72 years since Woody Hayes arrived in Columbus and most of those were decades ago. Speaking of Woody, he lost at least back-to-back games to end a season five times in 28 seasons. It happed to Earle Bruce-led teams only once in nine years. John Cooper? Seven times in 13 seasons. Since Cooper was fired following the 2000 season, the Buckeyes have only lost at least back-to-back games to close a season three times. Coop’s successor, Jim Tressel, never lost the last two games of any season during his 10-year run…
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