New Years' Day in 2006 was the last day that Ohio State has won a BCS bowl game, a 34-20 blowout over Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.

Since then, Ohio State has been blown out in shocking fashion one year, overmatched and overrun the next, and fell one minute short of pulling a huge upset on the national bowl spotlight.

But Buckeye Nation has high hopes that the tide will finally turn and 2009 can be the start of something great.

The Rose Bowl will be their first since 1997, and the Buckeyes' fifth straight BCS bowl appearance.

Standing in the way of turning things around seem to be the polar opposite of Ohio State, a program centered around defense and protecting the football.

Oregon is a high-powered ...

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