\n| Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The Buckeyes squeaked, and I mean squeaked, past Northwestern last night. \u00a0I\u2019ve never understood coaches. \u00a0Urban Meyer stuck with Braxton Miller even though Miller was clearly not on top of his game. \u00a0Two fumbles and an interception, not to mention a disastrously thrown ball to an open receiver in the end zone that killed the chance for a touchdown. \u00a0Yet he would not even take him out for a while to cool. \u00a0Thankfully, two very close (and reviewed) calls went for OSU and we barely made it. \u00a0The score suggests differently, but that was due to the Wildcats\u2019 attempt to a multiple-lateral move to make a desperate touchdown in the last seconds. \u00a0One of the players threw it past their own and into the OSU end zone, allowing the Bucks to add six after the clock stopped. \u00a0If Mr. Urban says we will sink or swim with Braxton, that\u2019s up to him. \u00a0But if we play that way against any team with any serious credentials, we won\u2019t have a nut of a chance. \u00a0And that\u2019s not to take away from Northwestern.<\/p>\n Kudos to Northwestern BTW. \u00a0Had it been any other team they were playing, I would have rooted for them. 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