Blade
EVERY OPPONENT A WORTHY ONE
Kent State won't get second-class treatment from Buckeyes
By MATT MARKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER
COLUMBUS - Consider that Ohio State is ranked No. 3 in the nation and Kent State has not received a single vote in the poll. Consider that the Buckeyes are the two-time defending champions of the Big Ten Conference and leading the league again, and Kent State likely has played its way out of contention in the Mid-American Conference title race by the first week of October. Consider that Ohio State has not lost to an opponent from within the state since a 7-6 loss to Oberlin in 1921, and that the last time the Golden Flashes came here, the Buckeyes handed them a sound 51-17 pounding in 2002.
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