... State Buckeyes are competing for national championships, playing in BCS bowls, and winning conference championships.

They are a football pipeline to the pros with 48 players on current NFL rosters. But the luster has dulled in recent years, highlighted by crushing defeats in BCS championship games.

To provide a fair assessment, it is more important to view how Ohio State ranked in the polls, and competed in bowl games during each decade over the last 40 years, the era of modern college football.

Is Ohio State overrated, or is its storied past merely overshadowed by its play in recent bowls?<...

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