ESPN took a look back at all of college football’s national champions of the past 20 years, ranking them accordingly. Coming in dead last on the list an No. 21 was Ohio State’s 2002 National Championship squad, which was the first team ever to go 14-0, beat five ranked teams, snapped a team’s 31-game winning streak in the title game, and saw 19 players drafted in either the 2003 or 2004 NFL Drafts. Here’s the the full rationale from ESPN.com: No one would label the 2002 Buckeyes dominant, despite five wins by 24 points or more and a defense that allowed only 64 points in the second half all season. Ohio State’s signature moment before the famous pass interference call in the title game was a fourth-down touchdown pass from Craig Krenzel to Michael Jenkins that gave the team a 10-6 win over a 4-5 Purdue team. Holy Buckeye, indeed. The Purdue…
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