By Bill Livingston (The Plain Dealer) — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Braxton Miller stood under center, on the edge of the Florida red zone, in the last half-minute of the first half Monday. The Gators crept toward the line of scrimmage, moving within chomping range, showing blitz, showing “block us if you can” to Ohio State.

Time and again, the Buckeyes couldn’t. That was how the curtain rang down on the dismal show that was a scandal-plagued 6-7 season. The Buckeyes lost, 24-17, in the Gator Bowl, and it wasn’t that close.

The failing was partly because Miller, a true freshman, didn’t audible out of the menace he saw coming. It was because the Ohio State pass protection was at times overmatched. It was also because Miller had no nuance in his snap count.

“He jumped the snap,” Miller said of Florida nose tackle Jaye Howard, who also jumped Miller like the perpetrator of an ambush…….

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