Columbus, OH - The Ohio State Buckeyes arrived back to campus late last night after completing a perfect season with a 31-8 victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the BCS Title Game. The Buckeyes dominated the game end to end led by Heisman winning running back Greg Matthews who ran for 3 scores and 188 yards. 'This was a special group. Outside of Greg and our loaded offensive line, there were alot of question marks heading into the season. i feel that our defense especially rose to the challenge and helped us get to this point.' said Jones after the win, his 6th National Title in as many years as a D1 coach.
The Buckeyes placed 8 players on the All-American list and an impressive 19 on the All-Big Ten team. 'We had a bunch of guys raise their level of play. Going forward, although we lose a lot of talent, what we're bringing back and bringing in will certainly raise the overall level of talent on this team. We may once again have the best running back in the country in Curt Thomas and our defense may be as talented as any I've had the pleasure to be around.' said Jones.
The future looks great for Ohio State who inked 9 five star players and 8 four stars. Among the stars are 2 five star quarterbacks. Senior running back Curt Thomas should pick up right where the departing Heisman winner Matthews left off. Thomas is a burner, he won't shake as many tackles as the uber talented Matthews did, but if he gets the corner, there are few at this level that have a chance to catch him.
Going forward, we'll provide game recaps for each of the Buckeyes games as they look to repeat as National Champions in a very tough Big Ten that placed 5 teams in the preseason top 15. Ohio State also has tough road games at 3rd ranked Oklahoma and at 12th ranked Oklahoma State.
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