Tressel Losing Some of His Star's Glow in Ohio

The fans in Columbus are some of the most fickle in all of sports. Not only was Saturday's game with Troy not a sellout, the Buckeyes were booed at times for their poor offensive production. How bad was the Southern California 35-3 loss ? It snapped a 141 game streak of the Buckeyes scoring at least one touchdown, dating back to a 13-9 loss to Michigan in 1996. The 32 point loss was the largest of the Jim Tressel Era and the biggest blowout suffered by the Buckeyes since John Cooper's boys lost to No. 1 Penn State in 1994.
Tressel and Woody Hayes now have the same number of losses by 32 points or more as Ohio State Coach : One. Hayes' only similar blowout in 28 years was a 41-6 loss at No.2 Purdue in 1967. How quickly fans forget!