Thirteen is an unlucky number.
That's a common truth widely accepted by most people. And 13 years ago today, you were probably feeling pretty unlucky.
You were likely waking up with one of the worst football hangovers (and possibly, actual hangovers) of your life. You had spent the previous evening watching your Ohio State Buckeyes enter a national title game as heavy favorites, only to exit on the losing end of a disastrous 41-14 outcome.
For Ohio State fans of the modern era, it was one of the most (if not the most) brutal losses you've ever experienced – right up there with that 1998 defeat to Michigan State.