COLUMBUS – What looked like a turning point for Ohio University in its match-up with Ohio State on Saturday night might actually have been the moment when OSU took the first step toward dominating the game the way it was expected to.

On the surface, Ohio State’s 37-9 win had the appearance of a blowout. But it wasn’t always that way.

No. 1-ranked OSU scored a touchdown on only one of its four trips to the red zone (inside the 20-yard line) in the first half, settled for field goals on two of those trips, and finished the first half with aturnover on a Julian Sayin interception.

OSU had a massive 278 yards to 28 yards total offense advantage at halftime but only had a 13-3 lead to show for it.

Then Ohio got a 67-yard touchdown pass from Parker Navarro to Chase Hendricks to make it a 13-

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