No Braxton Miller? No problem.
We're continuing to look back at some strange recent times for Ohio State football. We dug into the 2011 Illinois game that had a happy ending on the scoreboard but was a tough one to sit through. In 2005, the Buckeyes played host to Vince Young in a classic matchup that ended in heartbreak.
On Sept. 14 of 2013, Urban Meyer and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes traveled 2,400 miles to take on a California Golden Bears team that had already tasted defeat on the young season. Two weeks prior, Pat Fizgerald's Wildcats left town with a 44-30 win over first-year head coach Sonny Dykes.