To this day, Archie Griffin is the only two time winner of the Heisman Trophy. He also never lost to Michigan during his four year reign of terror at Ohio State. He is one of the most decorated college athletes of all-time, and and probably the second most famous athlete in Ohio State history (second only to Jesse Owens). So who's #1? We'll find out soon as Furls rundown of the 10 greatest Buckeye football players ever winds down.

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#2 on our list of the greatest seasons of Ohio State football is 1968, the last perfect National Championship season before the Tressel era.

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Though it's a little bit premature - we still have another season before we can call it a decade - but since it's still August, college football season is still a month away, and Buckeye Dan Wismar has our 2009 Ohio State Buckeyes covered from stem to stern, Jesse steps in today to take a look back at this almost-finished decade in college football, to discuss the bests, worsts, progressions, regressions and trends that have marked the last nine years in the game.

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This is the fourth in a series of position group previews for the 2009 Buckeyes


There may have been some question at the end of last year as to who was the "feature" player in the Ohio State offense, between Beanie Wells and Terrelle Pryor, but the 2009 Buckeyes have no such questions. Jim Tressel's offense will flow through the hands of his scintillating sophomore quarterback, and this year it's clear the Buckeyes' offensive fortunes will be defined largely by Pryor's performance.

If 2008 taught us anything, it was that you don't always get the Buckeye team you expect to see based on the preseason press clippings, but there's a growing excitement in Columbus this summer that Terrelle Pryor is 100% ready to take over as the undisputed leader of the Ohio State Buckeyes. That's in part because he'll tell you as much every chance he gets. But it's also because coaches and teammates can see that Pryor is bringing a renewed dedication, a fierce will to win, a focused work ethic and a leader's confidence to the 2009 team...all as complement to what has already proven to be a very special set of physical tools. Remember?

If the savvier, more experienced, mechanically-improved Terrelle Pryor can put it all together in 2009, he knows he has a versatile supporting cast of running backs and receivers to give him the additional weapons he needs. And if the coaching staff's offseason efforts to make the most of the budding star they have under center pay off sooner instead of later, the Buckeyes' offense will be as explosive as any we have seen at Ohio State in the Tressel era.

Joe Bauserman returns as a strong-armed, experienced backup to Pryor, and the Bucks have incoming freshman Kenny Guiton as the third quarterback on the roster. Bauserman is a 23-year old sophomore (he played pro baseball for three years) who knows the whole offense, and can run Tressel's system. But even talking about backup quarterbacks takes us into territory we don't want to ponder. Unless it's garbage time, Bauserman and Guiton can make like the Maytag man.

As a unit, the running backs for the Buckeyes in 2009 will be a faster group than last year, but they'll surely miss Beanie's 5.8 yards per carry average, and the 'thunder and lightning' speed-power combination that helped him achieve it. Sophomore Dan Herron will be the starter at running back...not a small back at about 205 lbs this season, but still at least 30 pounds lighter than the tank that was Beanie. Herron proved himself as heir apparent to the starting tailback job with a strong finish to 2008, flashing speed and toughness against Michigan and Texas in the last two games of the season.

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