Buckeyes focus on Eastern Michigan

It’s easy for teams such as Ohio State to get excited about playing a ranked opponent, a league foe or a big rival.

Yet for the second week in a row the second-ranked Buckeyes must focus on a heavy underdog that is just hoping to avoid getting squashed.

The Buckeyes appeared to be fully attentive to overmatched Ohio University on Saturday, a game which kicked off a string of four straight matchups against teams with a decided disadvantage in talent. This week’s opponent, Eastern Michigan, which has its last 15 games, is a 421‚Ñ2-point underdog.

Read the story in Tuesday’s Vindicator.