Bill Livingston had a nice column recently about how lucky we are to be Buckeyes. In it he examines the role of power football and J T in the success we have enjoyed and the level to which the Ohio State program has risen. Four Big Ten Schools are starting the season ranked in SI's top eleven, and Bill asks, "...after the heat haze burns off, and the leaves turn every hillside into a day-long sunset, and the ground grows hard and cold, who among them will still be standing?"
How's that for painting a lead in!
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