Well it's been a long summer, but at last it's finally here. College football finally kicks off the 2009 season this week.

It's been an offseason full of questions and unsolved mysteries for a team that has been to the BCS for the past four seasons.

Ohio State welcomes the Navy Midshipmen to the Horseshoe on Saturday, a truly unorthodox opponent before the non-conference game of the year against the USC Trojans.

After crushing losses, the Buckeyes have been the subject of alot (sometimes warranted, sometimes not) national criticism, likened at times to a MAC school.

Regardless of the situation, Ohio State brings back a squad missing its two defensive mainstays in James Laurinaitis and Malcolm Jenkins, along wi...

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