Two roads diverged in a metaphoric wood in West Lafayette, Ind. on Saturday, as the Ohio State Buckeyes were embarrassed by the Purdue Boilermakers, 49-20, in their most devastating defeat since the Iowa Hawkeyes beat them 55-24 a little over 11 months ago; which was a little over 10 months after the Clemson Tigers beat them 31-0. In fact, apropos of nothing, those three defeats are the three largest in Urban Meyer’s entire head coaching career, and they’ve all come in a span of less than 22 months.
For better or for worse, this latest edition of embarrassing Buckeye football came as the team heads into a bye week, meaning that they have nearly two full weeks before they are able to take to the field and begin to rebuild what is left of their season.