Countdown To Kickoff: Orlando Pace

There is only ONE day separating Buckeye Nation from Kickoff of the 2018 Buckeye football season. People rarely do long enough countdowns to include the greatest to ever wear the #75. And Mr. Pancake Block is also on my Mt. Rushmore for Ohio State football so Orlando Pace gets the nod today. I have only owned three jerseys in my life, No. 45 (the Big Kat), No. 15(duh) and No. 75 while Pace was flattening people.

USA Today High School All-American (1993), Outland Trophy (1996), UPI Lineman of the Year (1996), 2-time Lombardi Award (1995, 1996), 2-time Unanimous All-American (1995, 1996). A 2013 inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame. He played 13 seasons in the NFL with a Super Bowl championship (XXXIV), was a 7-time Pro Bowl selection (1999–2005), a 3-time first team All-Pro (1999, 2001, 2003), a second team All-Pro (2000), and a member of the NFL 2000s All-Decade Team. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in 2016

Pace is one of a handful of linemen from Ohio State that made some noise in the Heisman voting while playing and will always be remembered for his pancakes.