WELCOME TO THE BIG TIME--Sports Illustrated cover boy Andy Katzenmoyer puts a hit on Toledo's Wasean Tait during the first half of the top-ranked Buckeye's 49-0 shutout of the Rockets, at Ohio Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

THE MICHAEL WILEY SHOW--Ohio State tailback Michael Wiley runs for a 21 yard touchdown in the top-ranked Buckeyes 35-14 win over the twenty-first ranked Missouri Tigers, at Ohio Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Sept. 19, 1998. Wiley rushed for a career-high 210 yards and scored twice. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

BIG PLAY GUY--Ohio State linebacker Jerry Rudzinski (35) forces the ball out of Penn State quarterback Kevin Thompson's (16) hand then recovers the fumble in the end-zone for the top-ranked Buckeyes go ahead touchdown in their 27-9 win over the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions, at Ohio Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

HE DIGGS DEFENSE--Ohio State linebacker Na'il Diggs (32) makes life misrable for Minnesota quarterback Andy Persby (11) during the number one-ranked Buckeye's 45-15 thrashing of the Gophers, at Ohio Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Oct. 17, 1998. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PAYDIRT, BOSTON STYLE--Ohio State's David Boston heads for the end-zone, with one of his 2-TD receptions, in the Buckeye's 31-16 pasting of Michigan, at Ohio Stadium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998. Boston caught 10 passes for 217 yards, which is a record for a receiver against the Wolverines. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)