[Bette]

The 2008 Buckeyes are being given a prestigious preseason billing. A strong offense and defense with 18 returning starters.
The fly in the ointment besides a trip to USC in week 3?
The most highly-anticipated, most overtly talented Ohio State teams during the past 40 years have all derailed the train on the way to the coronation.

It happened in 1969, 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1998.
Five times Ohio State has had preseason No. 1-ranked teams -- 1969, 1970, 1980, 1998 and 2006. None of them finished No. 1, save for a National Football Foundation crown for the 1970 squad, in a vote taken before the bowl games.
After back to back national championship losses, what's in the future for the Buckeyes this time?

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Do they break the curse this year??

[azrael492]

Not unless they have players with more speed. They got exposed the last 2 years by bigger faster teams.