COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s 2016 victory over Michigan holds a unique place in this fierce rivalry. © cleveland.com/TNS Buckeye Talk No. 2 vs. No. 3. The only overtime edition of The Game. J.T. Barrett’s contested fourth-down spot in the second overtime. Curtis Samuel’s game-clinching touchdown run on the next play. Yet as we revisited the game for another Buckeye Talk ReTalkables, we noticed how many ways that game adds perspective to the Nov. 25 game in Ann Arbor. So much has changed over the past six seasons. Recommended Buckeyes stories • Ohio State won that day despite a borderline disfunctional performance from its offense. That game, and the shutout playoff loss to Clemson that followed, helped bring Ryan Day to Columbus. The transition to a new kind of quarterback had actually already begun, as Joe Burrow and Dwayne Haskins were both already on that 2016 roster. But Day’s…
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