The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Bob Hunter Column: Ohio State Learns Victory is Best Way to Get Crowd Control
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By Bob Hunter, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 4--EAST LANSING, Mich. -- One hour and 20 minutes before the game, Greg Oden was on the floor by himself, shooting free throws. The students in the Iz-zone were already out there, doing their thing.
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&quot;I don&#39;t know what to say. You have to give Ohio State a lot of credit. They&#39;re a good football team. I&#39;m proud of them (the players); they fought back to give us an opportunity to win but we didn&#39;t get it done at the end.
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No. 1 Ohio State gets a scare, but avoids being yet another upset victim, overcoming a handful of third quarter mishaps to hold off Michigan State, 24-17.
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No. 1 Ohio State got a scare, but avoided being yet another upset victim. The Buckeyes built a comfortable lead and then gave up two touchdowns off turnovers late in the third quarter Â and almost lost another fumble deep in their own territory on the next play Â to slip past Michigan State 24-17 on Saturday.
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By RUSTY MILLER  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Greg Oden's first collegiate start was almost perfect.  The 7-foot freshman made all eight of his shots from the field and taller, deeper Ohio State controlled inside in the fifth-ranked Buckeyes' 78-57 victory over Cleveland State on Saturday.
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Ohio State still has that last-minute magic. Mike Nugent's 55-yard field goal as time expired gave the ninth-ranked Buckeyes a 24-21 victory over Marshall on Saturday.
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At least one Election Day prediction turned out to be right: Ohio was the king of the swing states. Correctly forecasting which way the Buckeye State would turn &#151; and why &#151; was another matter.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sports Network) - Mike Nugent's 55-yard  field goal as time expired lifted the ninth-ranked Ohio State  Buckeyes to a dramatic 24-21 win over the pesky Marshall  Thundering Herd in the first-ever meeting between the teams.
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DALLAS -- These are the kind of games Ohio State has to enjoy, because the Buckeyes will have no postseason. Tony Stockman had 23 points, with three five-pointers in a stretch in which the Buckeyes regained
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Ohio State is looking at an easy October schedule, and that might be hard to handle for the top-ranked Buckeyes.
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The Revolution used to specialize in setting up crowds for disappointment. In the team's first season, a victory over Columbus in the final match of the season would have qualified the Revolution for a playoff berth, and a crowd of 38,633 arrived in anticipation at Foxboro Stadium. But a Brian McBride goal off an Alexi Lalas turnover gave the Crew ...
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An avalanche of hype has hit No. 1 Wisconsin and second-ranked Ohio State heading into their Sunday showdown for supremacy in the Big Ten. Both teams are trying to dig their way out of it.
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Some athletes thrive off the energy their fans provide during home games. Mike Hart is just the opposite. Michigan's running back knows he'll be the enemy Saturday at Ohio State &#151; yet he's looking forward to the experience.
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By Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jan. 31--It was a challenging week for the Ohio State men's basketball team before death arrived to make everything else seem trivial. The small matter of a game, however, is something the Buckeyes must confront tonight.
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Ohio State dominated time of possession with a bruising ground game and was led by four touchdown passes from quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender Troy Smith.
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Leave it to Texas coach Mack Brown to put just the right spin on the first ``Game of the Century" of the 2006 season, tonight's battle between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Texas at Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
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Seven-footer Greg Oden gets all the attention for No. 3 Ohio State. Maybe the shortest Buckeye deserves some of the focus.