A grade card on Ohio State’s 41-7 win over Purdue, which kept the Buckeyes unbeaten at the midway point of their regular season: OFFENSE: B+ Ohio State talked about starting fast and did that when it scored touchdowns three of the first four times it had the football and it was nearly four times in a row. OSU’s 497 yards of total offense was more than 100 yards above its total output in either of its first two Big Ten games this season. Quarterback Kyle McCord (16 of 28 for 276 yards, 3 touchdown passes) and his No. 1 target Marvin Harrison Jr. (6 catches for 105 yards, 1 touchdown) led the offense as usual. But injuries and the search for a way to improve Ohio State’s running game put the spotlight on two players not very many people would have expected before the game. The first unexpected moment came…
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