While dumbly perusing ESPN.com over my lunch, I came across a story on the Big Ten conference blog reassessing the bloggers' preseason predictions of each team.  When I got down to the spot after Northwestern and before Penn State, I noticed there was no blurb for Ohio State.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/108628/reassessing-the-b1g-after-six-weeks

As a result, I hereby proclaim the Buckeyes as the new Independent power (eff off, Notre Dame).  Discuss.