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Article: Hungry Buckeyes Say This Year Is Different; Ohio State Returns, but as Underdog
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- The Washington Post
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- January 6, 2008
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Reprinted from yesterday's editions
Facing a three-touchdown deficit in last year's national
championship game, Ohio State left tackle Alex Boone glanced at
teammate Troy Smith and noticed how calm and cool he looked. If the
Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback was not panicked, Boone did not
feel he needed to worry.
Reality set in only when Boone looked at the scoreboard in the
fourth quarter: "I was just like, 'Wow, what are we doing here?' "
One year after that humbling 41-14 loss to Florida, Ohio State is
back in the national championship game, but the Buckeyes say they
have an entirely different mind-set and have learned several lessons
from last year's embarrassing blowout.
Unlike the ...