The scoreboard will show that Ohio State lost the Fiesta Bowl on Quan Cosby's touchdown with 16 seconds to play. But football games are won or lost over the entire sixty minutes, and Jesse Lamovsky says the Buckeyes lost this one in the first half, a half they controlled in terms of yardage, field position, and time-of-possession, but finished with only a skinny 6-3 lead to show for it. Jesse talks about the missed opportunities that did in the Buckeyes.

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Monday night's Fiesta Bowl matching the #3 Texas Longhorns against the #10 Ohio State Buckeyes has everything any BCS Bowl committee could hope for...storied programs, marquee coaches, All-American players, and compelling storylines all over the place. The Buckeyes return once again to the desert, carrying the tattered Big Ten banner and a two game BCS losing streak into battle against a Texas team with their own point to prove. Buckeye Dan previews tonight's big game.

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Monday night's Fiesta Bowl matching the #3 Texas Longhorns against the #10 Ohio State Buckeyes has everything any BCS Bowl committee could hope for...storied programs, marquee coaches, All-American players, and compelling storylines all over the place. The Buckeyes return once again to the desert, carrying the tattered Big Ten banner and a two game BCS losing streak into battle against a Texas team with their own point to prove. Buckeye Dan previews tonight's big game.

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Ohio State and Texas started playing football in the 19th Century, but they would not meet on the field until the 21st Century. It took 112 years to schedule the incredible home and home sequence that saw Vince Young lead the Longhorns to a road victory in Columbus on his way to a national title and Troy Smith lead his Buckeyes to a victory in Austin on his way to a Heisman Trophy; fortunately we only had to wait two years for the rubber match. Furls gives us his thoughts on tonight's epic showdown in Glendale, AZ.

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