If you've been a Buckeye football fan for over 60 years like I have, you have seen loaded Buckeye teams roll through the season undefeated, ranked in the Top 3, needing just one more win to claim the National Title.....and then lose the final game.
A few years, what seemed like an unbeatable team would take an average team for granted and suffer a shocking upset. They'd regroup after the loss and win the final games, but that one upset loss would delegate the team to finish No. 3 in the final polls. If winning was preordained, we wouldn't have to play the games. Championship teams peak at the right time, and get lucky.
Most of those great teams had All-Big Ten, All-American cornerbacks. Will the lack of elite CBs be the Achilles Heel of this year's championship run?
Our hearts have been broken so many times. we worry before and during every game.