At some point late in the second quarter, if it wasn’t clear before, the talent gap became apparent. Ohio State and Indiana were locked in a close game on the scoreboard, but it was clear that the Buckeyes had the Hoosiers on the ropes after the visitors committed just one too many errors to rebound from — notably,

There are at least three scenarios in which Indiana football can still make the Big Ten championship if it loses to Ohio State.

On the first stop, OSU went into the shotgun on fourth-and-inches at the 2 only to find out that slow-developing plays have a way of blowing up in short yardage. On the second stop, quarterback Will Howard forced a throw to Jelani Thurman, and it was intercepted at the 11 with the score tied 7-7.