Much will change as 2004 looms in Columbus. Expecting Maurice Clarett to again be a non-factor - quote this: he has already played his last game as a Buckeye - the backfield will be full of seniors as they break in sophomore QB Justin Zwick. Expect Zwick's adaptability to be the team's biggest pivot. The second biggest change will entail OSU's super run-stopping corps as only two of the front-seven (hopefully) return. Though fourth nationally in net punting, the 2003 return games rarely gave Ohio Sate any field position advantages. The secondary will be strong, so at least one building block will be there for coach Tressel as spring ball awaits. The offensive line, allowing over 30 sacks and pushing for only 3.3 yards per run try, returns only two (to be) juniors, so newbie Zwick has his work cut out for him. WR Jenkins departs, but Holmes should be close to his equal as the Michigan game showed. Yet Tressel has to choose to throw more than 42% of the time, or the Buckeye's foes will begin to succeed where they have recently only come close. Non-cons Marshall and (at) North Carolina State make for early tests that will bode well for the Big Ten slate sure to slam this revamped group. Expect a (barely) top 20 finish by the end, with peaks and valleys the likes of which we haven't seen from Ohio's capital representative in recent years.