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An Ohio State-ment game
Senior linebacker James Laurinaitis looks at the Fiesta Bowl match against Texas on Monday as a way to throw off the stink of the previous two bowl games, BCS title games losses to Florida and LSU.
“We know we have talent,” said Laurinaitis, whose brother, Joey, is a Dayton police officer.
“We’ve had the talent the last few years, but maybe didn’t have the maturity. Guys sort of losing their heads, personal fouls, penalties. There were a few call-back touchdowns, and things start to unfold. It’s a maturity thing, keep battling.”
Laurinaitis, a three-year starter, has had 121 tackles in each of the last two seasons.
He believes the final minutes of a 20-17 victory over Wisconsin showed this team’s character, when the Buckeyes overcame a Wisconsin touchdown with 6:31 remaining with one of their own with 1:08 left.
“They scored late in the fourth quarter and the team could have thought ‘here we go again,’” Laurinaitis said.
“We were mentally tough and fought through it. We’re really excited about the chance to go out there (Monday) and show what this team is truly capable of.”
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By arn anderson
January 3, 2009 9:12 AM | Link to this
He believes the final minutes of a 20-17 victory over Wisconsin showed this team’s character, when the Buckeyes overcame a Wisconsin touchdown with 6:31 remaining with one of their own with 1:08 left. like wisconsin is any good,typical buckeye, admit it, you’re team is always overrated, you are a good big ten team and thats about it, tressel needs to go back to youngstown and pal around with mo clarret.