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FIESTA BOWL AUDIBLE
By Kyle Nagel
Dayton Daily News
Issue: OSU football '06.
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<!-- inset --> <!--begintext--> In the spirit of a completed season, and considering that I was blown away by how well Ohio State played in its 34-20 Fiesta Bowl victory against Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl, I thought I would fast-forward to predict the Top 5 things we'll be saying about the OSU football team during the 2006 season:
• 5. Anthony Gonzalez has become one of the best big-play receivers in OSU history. Late in the fourth quarter on Monday, Gonzalez caught a 15-yard pass on 3rd-and-11 from a scrambling Troy Smith. It was reminiscent of Gonzalez' jumping, bending catch against Michigan that set up the winning OSU touchdown.
• 4. Two OSU running backs rush for 600 yards. The quick, darting Antonio Pittman again passes 1,000 yards, and 6-foot-1, 225-pound bruising freshman Chris Wells opens his OSU career with more than 600 yards.
• 3. Ted Ginn Jr. totals 15 TDs — 10 receiving, three rushing and two on punt returns. But, wanting to do more, Ginn declares he will return for his senior season to join new starting QB Todd Boeckman.
• 2. Troy Smith finishes second in the Heisman voting. Unfortunately, Notre Dame's Brady Quinn was just a little bit better and won by the third-smallest margin in Heisman voting history.
• 1. Auburn wins the national championship in a 34-28 victory against Ohio State. Smith finishes his OSU career with 280 passing yards but is stopped on a scramble at the 3-yard line as time expires.
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