MililaniBuckeye said:
			
		
	
	
		
		
			Ken Dorsey was 38-1 as a starter when we beat Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.
		
		
	 
 All the bucks from that team in the Fiesta Bowl will be playing in 2 weeks as well.
 
 
 
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On a team stocked with 18 returning starters, it's        perhaps surprising that six-ranked Ohio State        -- with a glittering tradition of great tailbacks -- will go with a        largely untested player at one of football's most critical positions.[/font]
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The preseason football magazines point out that the Buckeyes have        experience at almost every spot in the lineup -- save one. They question        whether a group of unknowns can carry the load.     [/font]
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      "That's a good feeling. That means there's not much attention on you,"        said Antonio Pittman, expected to be on the field for the opening snap        of the Buckeyes' opener a week from Saturday against Miami (Ohio).     [/font]
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      "And when we come out the first games and we're rushing for good        yardage, then it's an eye-opener," he said.     [/font]
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      Pittman, a sophomore who was second on the team with 381 yards a year        ago, gets the edge over freshmen Erik Haw and Maurice Wells, and        part-time fullback Brandon Schnittker. Don't be surprised if all see        action, at least until one of them breaks away from the crush to take        over the position.     [/font]
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      A year ago, the Buckeyes were led in rushing by the since-graduated        Lydell Ross, who picked up a meager 475 yards -- the fewest by Ohio        State's top rusher since Vince Workman had 470 in 1987.     [/font]
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      "We've got something to prove, basically," said Haw, who redshirted last        year. "All the magazines, they talk this and they talk that, but when it        comes down to it, you just basically have to get the job done."     [/font]
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      In an 8-4 season a year ago, the Buckeyes ran up big rushing numbers on        lesser teams but struggled to advance the ball on the ground against        others.     [/font]
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      Ross and Co. averaged 172 yards, more than a rushing TD a game and 4.3        yards in the wins. In the losses, they mustered 92 yards a game, scored        twice and averaged 3.0 yards a carry.     [/font]
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      Even more troubling, Ohio State's 1,745 net yards marked the second year        in a row the Buckeyes had not gained more than 1,800 in a season -- the        first time that's happened in 16 years.     [/font]
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      Only four times since 1966 have they failed to top the 1,800-yard mark        for a season. As recently as the 2002 national championship year, the        Buckeyes rang up almost 900 yards more than that.     [/font]
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      Subtract Ross from last year's dismal stats and it appears the Buckeyes        might have to rely on Ted Ginn Jr. and their air attack even more than        they did a year ago. But coach Jim Tressel believes things have changed        for the better at tailback.     [/font]
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      "Antonio Pittman had an excellent spring and he's followed it up thus        far with a very good fall," Tressel said. "Erik Haw looks a little bit        better right now than he did in the spring; maybe he's letting loose a        little bit, maybe he was a little nervous. Maurice Wells is looking        great."     [/font]
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      Pittman (5-foot-11, 195 pounds), Haw (6-1, 212), Wells (5-10, 185) and        Schnittker (6-2, 250) offer a range of speed, cutting ability and size.        Pittman is the most versatile, Haw is most effective between the        tackles, Wells reminds some of mercurial former Florida State star        Warrick Dunn, and Schnittker is the bruiser of the group.     [/font]
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      "We'll all get a shot this year," said Wells, who gained 6,000 yards as        a Florida high school player.     [/font]
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