Nine months. That’s how long it’s been since Jim Knowles packed up his playbook, left Columbus with a championship ring, and took his defensive schemes to Penn State. But this weekend, the former Buckeye brain returns to Ohio Stadium only this time wearing blue and white. The irony is that his Nittany Lion defense has coughed up 119 points in four Big Ten losses, a far cry from the dominance he engineered alongside Ryan Day . But there’s one question looming that blends sentiment with rivalry and respect with resentment.

“ Should Ohio State pay homage to Jim Knowles on Saturday ?” That’s the question Tom Orr, Buckeye Huddle’s podcaster, threw on X on October 28. He didn’t mince words in his postgame segment. “ This will not happen. And I understand that this will

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