In the next two weeks, they will find out just how good they really are. The Buckeyes are the defending champions and Rose Bowl winners, but there are at least four other legitimate challengers this year, including Penn State, Michigan and Michigan State. And none of those teams has started as fast as Iowa. They've got Tim Dwight, who they were going to push for the Heisman. And now they're trying to push Tavian Banks, I guess.
Banks probably has more yards rushing than our whole football team does.
He'll enter Ohio Stadium leading the nation with 837 rushing yards and a 208.8-yard average. OSU has 612. He'll be taking handoffs from quarterback Matt Sherman, who ranks second nationally in passing efficiency. Almost lost in the dust generated by Banks is the presence of Dwight, kick returner par excellence and big-play receiver. He single-handedly lifted Iowa back into the game with the Buckeyes last year with two touchdowns in the second half.