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THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL DEPARTMENT

By Bruce Feldman and Ted Bauer

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

GETTING DEFENSIVE What's that old saying? Something about defense winning championships? USC subscribes to that theory—although it always helps to have (as one scout estimates) six future first-round draft picks in the lineup. Ohio State buys into that old maxim too, and may be the only team with a better D than USC. Then again, the Ohio State defense was pretty great the past two years, when the Buckeyes lost by a combined 41 points in consecutive BCS title games. That gives Ohio ...

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