The Weekend Read

Three down, five to go
The great thing about bowl season is, in these remaining contests, five teams can take a huge step towards re-solidifying the Big Ten as a respectable, if not top conference in the increasingly level college football landscape. And they (“they” including me) say the college football post-season is meaningless.Consider that [...]

‘Eye Candy

“Now let us never speak of it again”Says a battle-tested Marge Simpson after her family’s dangerously eventful trip to Itchy and Scratchy Land (which included a stop at ‘Adult Island’ and T.G.I. McScratchy’s Fundrinkery.) Little did she know she was speaking on behalf of Ohio sports fans in the year 2007–or as it’s referred to [...]

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ESPN finds clever new interpretation of SEC acronym
Not much to be said here. Tressel actually gives a comment that could be translated as *gasp* self-promoting and B-Hart continues to illustrate why he’d be much more intimidating if he didn’t talk or remove his helmet and pads.

Terrelle Pyror on Rivals Radio: TP sounds like he really [...]

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A time to count our blessings (loot)
With Christmas now a thing of the past and before the good bowl games start, it’s time to inventory OSU’s haul:

No NCAA sanctions for the “violation” reported in this recycled story that had ESPN drooling for a day or so.
Josh Jenkins officially de-commits from WVU. Swallow the left-overs [...]

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The “Evil Empire:” Perhaps in a galaxy not so far, far awayMy dad sent me this link. Interesting, if not unsubstantiated comparison by Melissa Hoppert of the Times.
Have the Ohio State Buckeyes become the next Yankees, a successful team that has failed miserably recently in the postseason?
…But just like for the Yankees, after winning [...]

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Donald’s back! (maybe)
…and it feels like he never left. The sophomore CB’s ears must have been burning all day while the local media fumbled over reports slowly leaking from the OSU Athletic Dept. Here is the final word at time of publishing. Unfortunately, Eugene Clifford seems to have secured himself a spot at B-Dubs on [...]

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Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp he is not, but this season Todd Boeckman earned a reputation as a quiet force and looked damn smooth in doing so.Until the last two games, that is. Amassing 4 INTS and only 20 completions in 8 quarters of play, Boecks looked more like the bumbling Ed Wood than the swashbuckling Jack [...]

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“Don’t start with B-Hart”
If SI’s Austin Murphy likes anything better than his Nordic track jackets, it’s rhyming with bogus nicknames. Even without the slightly effeminate boy band moniker slapped on Hartline, these kinds of articles have to make OSU fans a bit nauseous. You can’t blame the players and coaches for defending their talent, but [...]

Spend the big Buck$ on…

A piece of the future, only $5!
In what can only be called a shameless attempt to separate a fool from his money, The Dispatch is doing its best to handicap the Buckeyes. While we all are very familiar with the emblematic post-Miami victory front page, even that has its notable flaws (an undeniable reminder that [...]

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The right “man” for the job

Sure, the nearly month long (if you don’t include the three months between the Appy St. and Ohio St. games) search for Michigan’s next head coach has ended, but don’t fret, the bleeding continues. Both CFN and Mitch Albom are less than ecstatic about the hire. Expectations are understandably high [...]