COLUMBUS, Ohio — At this very site more than two months ago, in the place they call the Horseshoe, when the weather was much warmer and the college football landscape much more unpredictable, the Oregon Ducks waltzed in here to produce what still is considered to be the best victory of the 2021 season: Oregon 35, Ohio State 28.
On that very same field on Saturday, amid the chill of a Midwestern November day, the Horseshoe served us up another best this season: a butt-kicking.
The best butt-kicking.
Maybe the best, most stunning butt-kicking involving such highly-ranked teams in college football history: No.