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Rich Barnes-USA TODAY SportsCan the Buckeyes get back on track against a struggling Penn State team?

Three weeks ago, a palatable sense of optimism was creeping back into Ohio State's season. The Buckeyes had just knocked off Northwestern, on the road, to win their seventh game in a row. The string from early season upsets and missed opportunities had started to fade a bit, and Ohio State's computer profile had begun to rehabilitate. Sure, their Big Ten victories were against struggling Illinois and Minnesota teams, but if Ohio State could just hang around over the next few games, their NCAA hopes were suddenly looking alive again.

The last few weeks have not been kind to that sense of…