Well, that was interesting, and, honestly, somewhat depressing. Not as depressing as a loss, but Ohio State coming out of Evanston with a 21-7 over a one-win Northwestern team isn’t going to impress anyone.
But, it could have been worse. The Buckeyes could have very well not been able to find anything that worked in the wind and rain and found a way to give the Wildcats their win of the century. Instead, OSU ran its record to 9-0 and kept all of its stratospheric goals in the clouds and attainable.
But, there are clearly some things to work on after another lackluster showing, and we are here to bring both the good and bad to light as we do after every game.
Here are five things we think we learned after Ohio State found a way to survive the elements, mindset, and effort against Northwestern.