Well, that one didn’t come quite as easily as some expected.
Ohio State, a three-touchdown favorite, eked out a 42-35 home victory with Indiana coming up short despite closing a 35-7 second-half deficit to make it a one-score game with the ball in the final minute. Ryan Day’s team avoided catastrophe and, with plenty of things to work on in the remainder of the regular season, will head into the upcoming week as an unbeaten team that still controls its own College Football Playoff destiny.
“We got a ways to go,” Day said.