The 3-2 Bowling Green Falcons with coach Gregg Brandon met the top-ranked, 5-0 Ohio State Buckeyes & coach Jim Tressel hoping to build on near-upset they had in 2003.  The Buckeyes proved too talented & posted a 35-7 workmanlike victory over the Falcons.  Ohio State's Heisman Trophy winning, All-American QB Troy Smith led the Buckeyes with 3 touchdown passes but the game was much more about Ohio State taking advantage of excellent field position the Falcons gave to them as the avoided punting to the Buckeyes' return tandem of All-Big Ten WR Ted Ginn, Jr. & WR Anthony Gonzalez.  The Buckeyes opened with a 9-play, 64-yard drive capped by a 3-yard touchdown pass from Smith to TE Rory Nicol.  Smith completed all 5 of his pass attempts on the drive for 44 yards & it seemed clear that the Falcons did not have the talent or experience to match-up with the Ohio State offense.  Bowling Green's hope of staying in the game took a hit when PK Sean Ellis' 50-yard field goal attempt was blocked by Ohio State's CB Kurt Coleman.  The Buckeyes went 53 yards in 9 plays with the highlight a spectacular run on a broken play by Smith.  Faced with a 3^rd down & 26 to go from the Bowling Green 42-yard line, Smith lined-up in shotgun formation.  A low snap that Smith bobbled threw off any timing the play had but Smith moved to his right before circling back to his left.  Finding no one open downfield, the quarterback broke back across to his right racing 34 for yards for a 1^st down.  Ohio State's RB Antonio Pittman scored from the 8-yard line on the next play giving the Buckeyes a 14-0 lead.  Early in the 2^nd quarter, Bowling Green had their only turnover of the game; an interception of QB Anthony Turner by Ohio State's DE Vernon Gholston on a deflected pass giving the Buckeyes the ball at the Bowling Green 21-yard line.  Smith completed 2 passes before Pittman scored on his second 8-yard touchdown run of the game as the Buckeyes pushed the lead to 21-0.  The 3^rd quarter moved quickly as the Falcons tried to rally against the top-ranked Buckeyes.  Taking the 2^nd half kick-off, Bowling Green drove 85 yards in 15 plays using 8:39 of game time before scoring on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Turner to WR Corey Partridge.  Ohio State responded with their own time consuming drive as they went 70 yards in 14 plays using 7:18 of game time.  The score came on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Smith to WR Ray Small on the 3^rd play of the final quarter & put the Buckeyes back in control at 28-7.  The final Ohio State points came after Bowling Green's P Alonso Rojas, the MAC's leading punter, finally kicked to the Buckeyes' return threats as Ginn, Jr. returned the 48-yard punt 21 yards to the Ohio State 43-yard line.  On the next play, Smith hit Ginn, Jr., who had raced by the Falcon's defensive backs, in stride for a 57-yard touchdown pass as the 0:21 drive sealed Bowling Green's fate.  Smith finished with 191 yards passing completing 17 of his 20 pass attempts for 3 touchdowns while Ginn, Jr. added 10 catches for 122 yards to his score.  For the Falcons, Turner threw for 179 yards with a touchdown but an interception while Rojas averaged just 29 yards per punt, after averaging almost 38 yards per punt coming into the game, which kept the Falcons behind in the field position game all day.  The Falcons finished the season 4-8 while the Buckeyes finished 12-1, Big Ten Champions & ranked 2^nd nationally.  Bowling Green has not played for The Belt again.