By: Holly Anderson (sbnation.com) — A much-anticipated matchup between the second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and the 12th-ranked Miami-Florida Hurricanes will ensue in Columbus on Saturday afternoon.
As expected, Miami cruised to victory over Florida A&M in the opener, besting the overmatched Rattlers by a 45-0 final. The Hurricanes played that game on Thursday, September 2nd, so they have had just as much time as the Buckeyes to prepare for this week’s showdown. Miami was a program in despair when Randy Shannon took over four years ago, but the well-regarded coach has restored the ‘Canes to respectability. In 2009, Shannon guided his team to the program’s best mark since the 2005 at 9-4, including 5-3 versus ACC competition.
“Games are games, and they go and come,” said Shannon, failing to buy into the hype of this showdown. “You just have to enjoy the times you play in them and keep moving on.”
As for Ohio State, it cruised to a 45-7 victory over Marshall last Thursday to kick off a campaign full of lofty expectations.
“It’s going to be a more difficult world next week,” Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said, acknowledging the spike in competition that Miami represents.
The Buckeyes are now 10-0 in season openers under Tressel, and they have won 55 consecutive regular season non-conference home games against unranked teams. They are one of just three teams to post 10 or more wins in five consecutive seasons and are loaded on both sides of the ball this year.
Ohio State has won two of the three all-time meetings with Miami, including a thrilling victory in 2003 that decided the national championship…..
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