Nick Siciliano walked down the ramp in the corner of
Memorial Stadium and arrived on the stadium’s artificial turf
moments after the Ohio State football team may have saved
its season with a 17-7 win at Illinois.
Passing by the media who had assembled...
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Nick Siciliano walked down the ramp in the corner of
Memorial Stadium and arrived on the stadium’s artificial turf
moments after the Ohio State football team may have saved
its season with a 17-7 win at Illinois.
Passing by the media who had assembled on the playing
surface to wait to get to what would be a much more upbeat
locker room than in weeks past, the OSU quarterbacks
coach let out a deep sigh and said, “Just win, baby.
”
That the Oct.
15 win inspired such relief illustrated just
how different this Ohio State season has been.
Victories were almost routine the past six seasons as the
Buckeyes ripped off a record-tying sextet of consecutive Big
Ten titles, but the team found itself in the unfamiliar position
of sporting an 0-2 league record going into the matchup in
Champaign against the No.
16 Fighting Illini.
The specter of going into the team’s open week below
the .
500 mark for the first time this late in the season since
1988 – not to mention at
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