On a mild Tempe, Arizona night in January, 2003, Ohio State’s defensive line brought a college football dynasty to its knees. The No. 2-ranked Buckeyes were heavy underdogs to top-ranked Miami, which came into the BCS National Championship Game riding a 34-game winning streak and looking to defend the title it captured the previous year. The outcome was supposed to be a foregone conclusion. Former Miami running back Clinton Portis and a number of Hurricanes alumni planned a celebratory party before the game had even kicked off. The Buckeye defensive front had a different outcome in mind, and that became immediately clear on Miami’s first offensive snap, when defensive end Will Smith blew by the Hurricanes offensive line and sacked Ken Dorsey with one arm. It was just the ninth time Dorsey had been sacked all season. By the end of the night, Ohio State’s defensive line harassed the Miami signal-caller so thoroughly that he collapsed…
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