Rusty Miller
COLUMBUS - A football season is parsed out in segments: preconference and conference, home and away, big games and not-so-big games.
Sometimes, a season is even divided by a team's changing fortunes.
Just seven days ago, all was doom and gloom around the Ohio State campus. The Buckeyes had just lost to Penn State, their national title hopes vaporized and their Big Ten aspirations on life support.







