There is little doubt about Ohio State's status in college football. Head coach Ryan Day 's team won the national championship a year ago with a spectacular run through the expanded playoff system. The current version of the team looks like it may be at an even higher level than the championship team.

That does not mean the Buckeyes are a sure thing to win a second consecutive national championship. The days in college football when a team had to be at its best from start to finish appear to be over. In many ways, teams that start the season in peak form and try to carry it through a 12-game regular season, a conference championship game and three or four playoff games are at a disadvantage. The pressure of having to play perfect football will wear most teams down.

That may have been

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