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Ohio State’s win over Miami (OH), in analytical context

The main question everyone has following the kind of win Ohio State had against Miami is whether we can really take anything away from that kind of mismatch.

Sure, Ohio State’s six second-quarter touchdowns were two more than any team has scored in a single quarter this season (if you’re curious, there were 20 instances of a team scoring four touchdowns in a single quarter; Ohio State’s four in the first quarter against Florida Atlantic was one). And yes, Ohio State’s nearly +40 percent success rate margin is… something.

But does that really mean anything for predicting how well Ohio State will do against Wisconsin (who looks like the class of the Big Ten, along with Ohio State) or Penn State, or even Nebraska this week?