+ SECTION S, PAGE S2 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008 + 2007 OHIO STATE RESULTS Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Oct. 27 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 OSU 38, OSU 20, OSU 33, OSU 58, OSU 30, OSU 23, OSU 48, OSU 24, OSU 37, OSU 38, Illinois 28, OSU 14, YSU 6 Akron 2 Wash. 14 N’western 7 Minnesota 7 Purdue 7 Kent St. 3 Mich. St. 17 Penn St. 17 Wisc. 17 OSU 21 Michigan 3 Big Ten champion 1 Chris ‘Beanie’ Wells, OSU running back 86 Number of touchdowns OSU scoring percent- OSU freshman wide age in the red zone, go- receiver Dane Sanzen- ing 38 for 44 chances. bacher, a Central Cath- olic grad and Toledo native, scored. 111 Number of fi rst-quarter points, the most in any quarter, scored by the 7 Buckeyes. Number of retired Buckeyes jersey dis- played at Ohio Sat- dium: Archie Griffi n (45), Vic Janowicz (31), 73-15 Howard Cassady (22), Coach Jim Tressel’s Les Horvath (22), Eddie record at Ohio State, George (27), Chip Har- including winnning a ley (47), Bob Willis (99). national championship in 2002 season. 735,773 10 Number of fans who Touchdowns caught watched seven home by wide receiver Brian games at Ohio Sta- Robiskie, who had 50 dium. catches for 885 yards. 4,765 Amount of yardage the 13 Buckeyes have com- Ohio State coach Jim piled this season in 827 Tressel sent in the plays, for an average of paperwork for 13 of his 5.8 yards per play. third-year players to re- ceive evaluations from NFL scouts on where those Buckeyes might go in this spring’s draft. 20 OSU did not release the Before losing to Illinois names of those play- in Columbus, the Buck- ers. eyes had won a Big Ten-record 20 consecu- tive conference games and 28 straight in the regular season. 13 Number of team-lead- REUTERS ing sacks linebacker Class: Sophomore Season rushing statistics 31-24 Vernon Gholston re- Height: 6-foot-1 Youngstown State Michigan State corded this season. Weight: 235 pounds 16 attempts, 46 yards, 2 TDs 31 attempts, 221 yards, 1 TD Akron at Penn State 41-14 Hometown: Akron 20 attempts, 143 yards, 0 TD 25 attempts, 133 yards, 0 TD at Washington Wisconsin The top score was High school: Garfi eld 24 attempts, 135 yards, 1 TD 21 attempts, 169 yards, 3 TDs Northwestern Illinois OSU’s overtime win over 12 attempts, 100 yards, 1 TD 20 attempts, 76 yards, 2 TDs Miami in Tempe, Ariz., at Minnesota at Michigan in the BCS title game in 17 of 21 24 attempts, 135 yards, 2 TDs 39 rushes, 222 yards, 2 TDs 2003. The bottom score at Purdue OSU kicker Ryan Pre- 18 attempts, 85 yards, 0 TD Totals: 254 rushes, 1,463 yards, 14 TDs was the score of OSU’s Kent State loss to Florida last year torius fi eld goals made, 4 attempts, 17 yards, 1 TD including a long of 50 in Glendale, Ariz., in the yards. BCS title game. Bowl history: Ohio State Depth chart: Ohio State OFFENSE DEFENSE Ohio State Bowl History Pos. Player Ht./Wt. Yr. Pos. Player Ht./Wt. Yr. Record: 18-20 LT 75 Alex Boone 6-8, 313 Jr. DE 97 Cameron Heyward 6-6, 282 Fr. Jan. 8, 2007: BCS national championship — Florida 41, Ohio State 14 73 Josh Kerr 6-5, 276 Fr. 9 Rob Rose 6-5, 294 So. Jan. 2, 2006: Fiesta Bowl—Ohio State 34, Notre Dame 20 LG 71 Steve Rehring 6-8, 345 Jr. DT 84 Doug Worthington 6-7, 271 So. Dec. 29, 2004: Alamo Bowl—Ohio State 33, Oklahoma State 7 78 Dan Dye 6-3, 277 Sr. 93 Nader Abdallah 6-5 297 Jr. Jan. 2, 2004: Fiesta Bowl —Ohio State 35, Kansas State 28 C 64 Jim Cordle 6-4, 302 So. DT 92 Todd Denlinger 6-3, 286 So. Jan. 3, 2003: Fiesta Bowl—Ohio State 31, Miami 24, 2OT 66 Andrew Moses 6-3, 272 So. 72 Dexter Larimore 6-3, 304 Fr. Jan. 1, 2002: Outback Bowl—South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28 RG 63 Ben Person 6-4, 321 Jr. DE 50 Vernon Gholston 6-4, 264 Jr. Jan. 1, 2001: Outback Bowl—South Carolina 24, Ohio State 7 77 Connor Smith 6-5, 317 Fr. 78 Alex Barrow 6-5, 275 Jr. Jan. 1, 1999: Sugar Bowl—Ohio State 24, Texas A&M 14 RT 74 Kirk Barton 6-6, 300 Sr. LB 1 Marcus Freeman 6-2, 236 Jr. Jan. 1, 1998: Sugar Bowl—Florida State 31, Ohio State 14 70 Bryant Browning 6-4, 311 Fr. 36 Brian Rolle 5-11, 212 Fr. Jan. 1, 1997: Rose Bowl—Ohio State 20, Arizona State 17 TE 88 Rory Nicol 6-5, 250 Jr. LB 33 James Laurinaitis 6-3, 240 Jr. Jan. 1, 1996: Citrus Bowl—Tennessee 20, Ohio State 14 86 Jake Ballard 6-7, 255 So. 38 Austin Spitler 6-3, 234 So. Jan. 2, 1995: Citrus Bowl—Alabama 24, Ohio State 17 WR 80 Brian Robiskie 6-3, 196 Jr. LB 6 Larry Grant 6-3, 226 Sr. Dec. 30, 1993: Holiday Bowl—Ohio State 28, Brigham Young 21 12 Dane Sanzenbacher 5-11, 178 Fr. 26 Tyler Moeller 6-1, 203 Fr. Jan. 1, 1993: Citrus Bowl—Georgia 21, Ohio State 14 QB 17 Todd Boeckman 6-5, 243 Jr. CB 2 Malcolm Jenkins 6-1, 208 Jr. Jan. 1, 1992: Hall of Fame Bowl—Syracuse 24, Ohio State 17 7 Antonio Henton 6-2, 232 So. 13 Andre Amos 6-1, 179 So. Jan. 1, 1990: Hall of Fame Bowl—Auburn 31, Ohio State 14 TB 28 Chris Wells 6-1, 235 So. FC 20 Donald Washington 6-1, 188 So. Dec. 27, 1990: Liberty Bowl—Air Force 23, Ohio State 11 34 Maurice Wells 5-10, 195 Jr. 5 Chimdi Chekwa 6-1, 185 Fr. Jan. 1, 1987: Cotton Bowl—Ohio State 28, Texas A&M 12 FB 49 Dionte Johnson 6-0, 242 Sr. SS 4 Kurt Coleman 5-11, 187 So. Dec. 28, 1985: Citrus Bowl—Ohio State 10, Brigham Young 7 16 Trever Robinson 6-0, 225 Sr. 3 Jamario O’Neal 6-1, 199 Jr. Jan. 1, 1985: Rose Bowl—Southern Cal 20, Ohio State 17 WR 9 Brian Hartline 6-3, 180 So. FS 21 Anderson Russell 6-0, 205 So. Jan. 2, 1984: Fiesta Bowl—Ohio State 28, Pittsburgh 23 4 Ray Small 6-0, 182 So. 8 Aaron Gant 6-0, 201 So. Dec. 17, 1982: Holiday Bowl—Ohio State 47, Brigham Young 17 Dec. 30, 1981: Liberty Bowl—Ohio State 31, Navy 28 SPECIALISTS Dec. 26, 1980: Fiesta Bowl—Penn State 31, Ohio State 19 K 85 Ryan Pretorius 5-9, 175 Jr. Jan. 1, 1980: Rose Bowl—Southern Cal 17, Ohio State 16 20 Aaron Pettrey 6-1, 193 So. Dec. 29, 1978: Gator Bowl—Clemson 17, Ohio State 15 LS 56 Dimitrios Makridis 6-1, 208 Sr. Jan. 2, 1978: Sugar Bowl—Alabama 35, Ohio State 6 61 Jackson Haas 6-3, 228 Sr. Jan. 1, 1977: Orange Bowl—Ohio State 27, Colorado 10 P 15 A.J. Trapasso 6-1, 224 Jr. Jan. 1, 1976: Rose Bowl—UCLA 23, Ohio State 17 PR 9 Brian Hartline 6-3, 180 So. Jan. 1, 1975: Rose Bowl—Southern Cal 18, Ohio State 17 4 Ray Small 6-0, 182 So. Jan. 1, 1974: Rose Bowl—Ohio State 42, Southern Cal 21 KR 4 Ray Small 6-0, 182 So. Jan. 1, 1973: Rose Bowl—Southern Cal 42, Ohio State 17 34 Maurice Wells 5-10, 195 Jr. Jan. 1, 1971: Rose Bowl—Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 Jan. 1, 1969: Rose Bowl—Ohio State 27, Southern Cal 16 Jan. 1, 1958: Rose Bowl—Ohio State 10, Oregon 7 Jan. 1, 1955: Rose Bowl—Ohio State 20, Southern Cal 7 Jan. 2, 1950: Rose Bowl—Ohio State 17, California 14 + Jan. 1, 1921: Rose Bowl—California 28, Ohio State 0 + C MtYll Bl k 010708_RP5_DLY__SS2 1 1/6/2008, 9:56:01 PM + THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 2008 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION S, PAGE S3 + 2007 LSU RESULTS Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Aug. 30 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 23 LSU 45, LSU 48, LSU 44, LSU 28, LSU 34, LSU 28, Kentucky 43, LSU 30, LSU 41, LSU 58, LSU 41, Arkansas 50, Miss. St. 0 Va. Tech 7 Mid. Tenn. 0 S. Car. 16 Tulane 9 Florida 24 LSU 37 Auburn 24 Alabama 34 La. Tech 10 Ole Miss 24 LSU 48 SEC championship game Game 13 Nov. 23: LSU 21, Tennessee 14 7 Jacob Hester, LSU running back 16-3 Team-leading sack total Tigers fumbled 16 by defensive lineman times through the sea- Kirston Pittman. son, but lost only three. 10 25 of 32 LSU players earn All- Number of kicks LSU SEC recognition from placekicker Colt Da- the league coaches. vid made. He has a The fi rst-team selec- long kick of 49 yards, tions are defensive had one blocked, and tackle Glenn Dorsey, scored 139 points.