It's 2002. As Ohio State kept finding ways to win on the football field, head coach Jim Tressel made his team a promise: If the Buckeyes managed to cap the season with a national championship, he'd get cornrows.
It was certainly a big if. But the Buckeyes kept winning.
Tressel's team started fast at 3-0 before eking out a win against Cincinnati in late September. They followed with three easy wins over Indiana, Northwestern and San Jose State. Then came another nail-biter, but the Buckeyes escaped Wisconsin on the road, 19–14. Another close game would follow, a 13–7 win over Penn State, before a blowout win over No.