Ohio State will have to wait another week to find out if a Big Ten team can truly test its mettle this season. On second thought, maybe more like a month.
The Buckeyes made minced meat from the Badgers in Saturday’s 52-21 blowout. With Rutgers, a reeling Michigan State team and the offensively challenged Iowa Hawkeyes on tap after that, we could see smooth sailing for the scarlet and gray until late October.
But let’s not peer past Week 4 just yet, as we look at the litany of Buckeyes who boosted their stock and the programs heading in the wrong direction as things heat up at the end of September.