Nothing tends to make sports fans forget a team more quickly than finishing in second place. Just ask the Colorado Rockies or the Cleveland Cavaliers. And as the Ohio State Buckeyes have learned, if you do it twice in a row, you start wishing people would forget you, instead of ridiculing and disrespecting you. However, this season, the Buckeyes will have a chance to silence their critics early in the season, as they travel out to the LA Coliseum for an epic tilt with the USC Trojans. Dan Wismar peeks ahead to that game for us in his latest piece.

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The Buckeyes return all their running backs from a season ago. Beanie Wells, Maurice Wells, Brandon Saine, and "Boom" Herron. And Beanie is arguably the marquee player on Jim Tressel's 2008 Buckeyes, a team well stocked with future NFL talent.  Dan Wismar takes a thorough look at the Buckeye runners in the latest installment of his position by position look at the '08 team.

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Things could hardly be looking better for Jim Tressel when he surveys his quarterback situation going into the 2008 season. The Bucks will open against YSU on August 30 with the 2007 First Team All-Big Ten quarterback starting, a backup with the maturity of a senior and the eligibility of a freshman, plus the most highly recruited player in the nation coming in as a true freshman to begin putting his mark on the OSU offense.  Dan the Man Wismar takes a look at the Ohio State signal callers in the second installment of his position by position look at this years Buckeyes.

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It's less than two months until the Ohio State 2008 season opener against Youngstown State on August 30, so it's time to start taking a look at the personnel we'll be seeing on the field this Fall for the Buckeyes. Over the next several weeks, Dan Wismar will run down the position groupings for us, starting with today's summary of the offensive line personnel. 

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