The Buckeyes have been without Carnell Tate for three straight games, with the sophomore wideout watching from the sidelines against Purdue, UCLA, and Rutgers. He even went through warm-ups in West Lafayette before tapping out after “feeling something.”

Ryan Day hasn’t released the details yet, but everything suggests Tate’s issue is minor. By all accounts, he could’ve suited up the last two weeks. Instead, Tate played it smart, keeping himself on ice to be 100% for the only game that really matters this week: The Game.

Now it’s Thanksgiving, and we’re officially in rivalry-week crunch time. In just 48 hours, Ohio State heads north to Ann Arbor with an undefeated 11-0 record. With a spot in the Big Ten title game on the line.

More importantly? They’re trying to snap a four-game skid to

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