ST. MARYS – Anthony Schlegel sees a lot of similarities between the 2006 Ohio State football team and this year’s Buckeyes. He just hopes the comparisons stop at some point. “It’s very similar to 2006 but you don’t want the outcome of 2006 (losing to Florida in the national championship game),” the former OSU linebacker said when he spoke at a St. Marys Rotary Club meeting on Wednesday. This year’s Buckeyes have won their first four games by big margins despite having 16 first-year starters. In 2006, OSU had nine new starters on defense and was undefeated going into the BCS national championship game. But it did have eight returning starters on offense, including Troy Smith, Ted Ginn Jr., Anthony Gonzalez and Antonio Pittman. “I see a lot of similarities,” Schlegel said. “We lost a lot of people – five first-round picks and nine overall – just like they did last year. At the end of the day there are a lot of similarities.” Schlegel, a middle linebacker, was one of the 2005 senior starters on Ohio State’s defense who had to be replaced. After transferring from Air Force, he started for two years between Bobby Carpenter and A.J. Hawk…
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