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Karma is what happens when you do something you shouldn't oughta done, like running your mouth about how so-and-so sucks, and then having so-and-so stick it to you by punching in one last touchdown after the issue had long been decided.

That happened last week, in Columbus, Ohio, when Ryan Day and the Ohio State Buckeyes decided to school Indiana coach Curt Cignetti about why you don't say "Ohio State sucks," because Ohio State will remember it. And so the Buckeyes scored one last touchdown with seconds to play, and a 31-15 Indiana loss became a 38-15 Indiana loss.

And yesterday, also in Columbus, Ohio?

Ryan Day and the Buckeyes got theirs.

They were beaten again by their bitterest rival, Michigan, this time by the Woody/Bo score of 13-10. It was the fourth straight time the Wolverines had beaten the Buckeyes -- and this was the worst of all, because Michigan came in a beige 6-5, and the Buckeyes were 10-1 and ranked second in the nation.

By all rights, they should have pounded lumps on the Wolverines. Instead, they lost, and then got into an embarrassing brawl with the Michigans that security had to use pepper spray to break up.

(About that: Why were both teams still on the field? And what sort of brainiacs does Michigan have on its roster these days, considering two of them thought it would be a good idea to plant a giant "M" flag at midfield with the entire Ohio State team milling about? Of course the Buckeyes took offense. Which of course ignited the whole brouhaha.)

Anyway ...

Back to Ryan Day, the Buckeyes, and karma.

If karma paid back Cignetti last week, then karma paid back Day and the Buckeyes yesterday. You run your mouth, it comes back on you. You disrespect an opponent because the opponent ran his mouth, it also comes back on you.

Remember Will Howard, the Ohio State quarterback who taunted Cignetti -- aka, Coach Cig -- by pantomiming putting out a cigarette on the sideline as the game ended last week?

Yesterday he threw a touchdown pass. But he also threw two picks to contribute to the Buckeyes' loss.

Karma.

As for Indiana ...

Well, the Hoosiers embarrassed their own rival last night, laminating the worst Purdue team in recent memory 66-0. It was the first shutout of the Purdues for the Hoosiers since 1945, and Indiana's largest margin of victory in a Big Ten game ever. And it was like watching Joey Chestnut play with his food. 

The Hoosiers outgained Purdue 582 yards to 67. They out first-downed the Boilers 30-5. Kurtis Rourke threw six touchdown passes; Elijah Sarratt caught eight balls for a school record 165 yards; and, like Ohio State the week before, Indiana shamelessly ran it up on their helpless rival, with Rourke still slinging it deep in the game and Cignetti dialing up a fake punt for a first down with the score 38-0 and the game long over.

Then they took a knee at the end -- which looked like mercy, but which felt more like rubbing it in given the circumstances ("See? We didn't make it 73-0 like we coulda").

Which makes me wonder what misfortune will befall the 11-1 Hoosiers in the upcoming College Football Playoff, in which they surely will be included now. 

Because, you know: Karma.