Ohio State has 3 games left, but only 1 really matters

There are three games left on Ohio State’s regular-season schedule, but as far as I’m concerned, only one of them truly matters; only one of them has the power to define what I will remember about this increasingly maddening season. And, as is so often the case, it is the last one.

Before anybody gets all chest-puffy in the comments, of course I want the Buckeyes to beat Northwestern and Nebraska; I will be insanely salty if they don’t. But after watching the back-to-back disasters against USC and Oregon that have all but eliminated the Buckeyes from playoff contention, I cannot pretend that every remaining Saturday carries the same emotional weight. There is only one game left that I will…