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Brendon White's Late-Season Emergence Will Help Ohio State Overhaul Its Beleaguered Secondary

Ohio State was confident when it took its seven game winning streak and No. 2 ranking to West Lafayette, Indiana for a primetime matchup against a three-loss Purdue squad last October.

The Buckeyes had a pair of big-stage road wins under their belts against far superior competition in Penn State and TCU (Arlington, Texas wasn't a neutral site and you can meet me in the comments if you're feeling tough and want to fight). All they needed to do was take care of business to reach a much-needed bye week.

Then David Blough and Rondale Moore happened.