Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said his team went from "devastated to crushed to pissed" to "moving forward" after its 31-16 loss to Oklahoma last Saturday.
The Buckeyes had to get to the "moving forward" stage quickly because of who they are playing this Saturday.
Typically, a team like Ohio State might be able to use the week before a non-conference game against a non-Power 5 opponent to focus on addressing its issues from a loss the previous week. That’s not the case, however, when that non-Power 5 opponent is a service academy.
While Army is a 30-point underdog for Saturday’s game at Ohio Stadium, the Black Knights deploy unusual schemes that could challenge the Buckeyes on both sides of the ball, forcing the Buckeyes to take a different approach to preparing for Saturday’s game than they do for any other game.