The Ohio State ... security at our house. School was really bad,” R.J. said. “I didn’t really leave the house much ’til after the Tennessee game (three weeks after the Michigan game ...

ATLANTA -- Out of its lowest moment of the season came clarity for the Ohio State ... the Michigan loss. The pain of the defeat vocalized in that meeting, knowing beating Michigan was a big ...

ATLANTA — This sprawling college football season carried on for so long that Ohio State outlasted its humiliation. Look at the Buckeyes now, accomplished and redeemed, their gnarly Michigan scar ...

It may have struck some as desperate at the moment, a way of trying to steal the tiniest of shine away from Michigan's big moment, but what it really signaled was how all-in Ohio State would be ...