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OSU jumps into mix
Buckeyes begin task of melding elements for another title pursuit
Sunday, August 3, 2008 3:28 AM
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
In the past six years, Jim Tressel coached one Ohio State team to a national championship, took two more to the national title game and has won three straight Big Ten titles. His 2008 Buckeyes are picked to do at least some -- if not all -- of the above. With Butkus Award-winning-linebacker James Laurinaitis and a Heisman Trophy candidate in running back Chris "Beanie" Wells, they're loaded. Twenty starters return, if you count kicker Ryan Pretorius and punter A.J. Trapasso.
They're favored to win an unprecedented third consecutive outright Big Ten title. The first major poll -- the USA Today coaches poll, part of the Bowl Championship Series formula -- had them No. 3 behind Georgia and Southern Cal last week.
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