Buckeyes Look to Buck the Trend

With just weeks until the official start of summer football workouts the pressure is on at the Woody Hayes Athletic Complex in Columbus, Ohio.  T he Buckeyes have started each of the last two seasons ranked in the top five, only to face the chants of “overrated!” as they left the field after each year’s bowl games.  This is not consistent with the legacy of a very proud and storied Ohio State football program. The expectations have been lowered a notch with most pre-season polls ranking then between eight and tenth this year. These lower expectations could bode well for the Bucks if they can manage to have a strong showing against Navy and a win against a University of Southern California team that will be favored coming into the horseshoe in September. While there is not a great degree of pressure on head coach,Jim Tressel, as long as he continues to beat down arch-rival Michigan and remain in the BCS title picture every year—there is are a few members of ... (link)