 According to observers such as "USA Today", the match-up between the Longhorns and the OSU Buckeyes was one of the most-anticipated games of the 2005 season.Teams have become increasingly conservative in scheduling non-conference opponents of a high caliber, so a meeting of the number 2 and number 4 teams in the country is unusual this early in the season.Due to the high level of anticipation, ESPN chose the game for the location of its weekly College GameDay broadcast.