... take the field representing not only their university but an entire conference that has fallen from grace. Not long ago the Big 10 was considered a premier football conference, but through its own failures it has become a national punchline.

First among failures has been my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes, who have turned in several excellent regular seasons but have failed to beat a top 10 ranked team since 2006. Since then the Buckeyes have been living a football program's worst nightmare, embarrassing itself against top teams on a consistent basis.

By nature college football is cyclical and a new generation of Buckeyes is taking the field, a generation that came very close to ending the Top 10 blues with a narrow 21-24 defeat ag...

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