Buckeyes!

Drive, Drive on down the field,
Men of the scarlet and gray;
Don't let them through that line,
We've got to win this game today,

If you would have told me at this season's start that my Ohio State Buckeyes would contend for the NCAA football playoffs, I would have scoffed.

Sure, we had a good lineup, but there were too many questions on my team.

Too many new faces, including a new head coach and a transfer quarterback.

We had lost too many players to the NFL draft.

A win this season at Nebraska was nice, but they may have revealed themselves to be pretenders.

Beating a staunch Michigan State squad with a stellar defense was sweet, but the Spartans, too, have faded.

My Buckeye defense has been tougher than an all-night diner steak.

The offense scores at will.

Recently, the Bucks dismantled a Wisconsin team in the rain in Columbus.

Still I tried not to get my hopes up.

A talented Penn State team soon will visit the Horseshoe.

We better be ready.