Outback Bowl Central – Ohio State Buckeyes
12/31/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
Dec. 31, 2000
%^$Visit the Outback Bowl Central page for important links, game audio, live stats, photo galleries, merchandise, and team-by-team matchups.
%^$The Ohio State Buckeyes and the%^$ South Carolina Gamecocks will%^$ meet for the first time ever on the%^$ football field at 11 a.m., Jan. 1, at%^$ the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.%^$
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Ohio State finished the regular%^$ season with an 8-3 mark and was%^$ 5-3 in Big Ten play, narrowly%^$ missing out on a share of the%^$ conference title. The Buckeyes%^$ are ranked 18th in the latest%^$ ESPN/USA Today poll and are%^$ 19th in the most recent%^$ Associated Press rankings. South%^$ Carolina finished its season with a%^$ 7-4 record and was 5-3 in%^$ Southeastern Conference play.
