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Tate: Ohio State loss still carries positives

CHAMPAIGN — As kids a million years before Little League, we met at the lot and chose sides.

One for you and the next-best player on my side. It was fair.

For football teams in the Big Ten, there’s nothing fair about playing Ohio State these days. And it’s mighty unsettling for those on the wrong end of the lopsided talent distribution in college football.

The Buckeyes have won a ridiculous 30 straight conference games. Urban Meyer is so loaded that they could send a dozen players into the NFL draft if Ezekiel Elliott, Joey Bosa and other juniors come out early.