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Upsets get Ohio State's attention
Staying focused is the key to not fumbling away games against opponents, Tressel says.
By Kyle Nagel
Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
COLUMBUS ? Sure, football coaches had been telling Brian Hartline's teams for years not to overlook the weaker opponents.
"You don't always see it," said Hartline, an Ohio State sophomore receiver, "but in the past couple weeks we've definitely seen it."
Every few weeks this college football season, another upset has occurred that seems to become one of the greatest in history. First, it was Appalachian State's victory against Michigan in the season opener. Next, it was 37-point underdog Syracuse knocking off Louisville. Then last Saturday, Stanford, nearly a six-touchdown underdog, beat USC by a point in Los Angeles.
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