Ohio State's rematch with Virginia Tech's been circled on the proverbial calendar of Buckeye fans ever since that fateful night under the lights at Ohio Stadium, where they couldn't figure out the 46 Bear Cover 0 defense and fell to the Hokies, 35-21.
That's why news of the suspensions of four players — defensive end Joey Bosa, H-backs Dontre Wilson and Jalin Marshall and wide receiver Corey Smith — for the Labor Day Night clash in Blacksburg, Va., floundered across college football like a screeching tire.
"Then you got other potentials. You got a big kid named Josh Perry that can do some things for us if we decide to change up our defense a little bit.