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Buckeyes are Big Ten's lone title contender

By Bruce Hooley
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

After unbeaten Ohio State and one-loss Michigan were depantsed in BCS bowls last season, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany was hoping for a better start to the 2007 season. Unfortunately, his conference couldn't make it out of the first week unscathed. Michigan, ranked fifth in the preseason, became the first top-five team ever to lose to a Division I-AA opponent when Appalachian State upset the Wolverines in Week 1. Just to prove that was no fluke, Michigan got rolled the next week by visiting O ...

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