I pose this question only because the guys at Eleven Warriors staked claim to the more obvious, “Are you sick of hearing about Terrelle Pryor?”
Within the last 36ish hours, a relatively insignificant length of time when compared to the year’s worth of strain this young man has put on the collective conscious of Buckeye Nation, [...]
January 31, 2008
Categories: LOST, Terrelle Pryor, recruiting . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
After a rough stretch earlier in the month, the basketball Bucks are back to cruising in the W- column, mostly thanks to the play of “old man Butler.” Jamar Butler, one of three seniors on the roster, is having the season of his life, averaging more than 15 points while leading the Big Ten in [...]
January 30, 2008
Categories: Hoops . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
Wheeling, WVa.’s ECHL Hockey franchise, the Wheeling Nailers, is hosting a “Shred Rich Rodriguez” night on Saturday.
This is legit.
The Nailers, who have the most creative marketing guys in the league behind whoever thought of The Columbus Chill’s ill-advised “Drop a pass with Ken-Yon Rambo” night, are offering discounted tickets to:
Any fan that brings in [...]
January 29, 2008
Categories: Rich Rodriguez, WVU . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
The Onion’s take on Ohio State’s spring graduation ceremony
A press release issued earlier this week by The Ohio State University details the school’s success in issuing degrees to former student-athletes. A report published by the National Consortium of Academics and Sports [...]
January 27, 2008
Categories: Alumni . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
Matt Wilhelm had a break-out year with the Chargers, but not good enough to edge out A.J. Hawk for a starting position on CFN’s list.
In another one of CFN’s trademark ‘more than anyone should ever care to know about college football’-features, they’ve listed the Ohio St. alumni team near the top of their “NFL Alumni [...]
January 27, 2008
Categories: Alumni . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
As Bob Hunter reported in Friday’s Dispatch, Kirk Herbstreit is on the move.Herbstreit, his wife and four kids plan on relocating to Connecticut, presumably to be closer to ESPN studios and hopefully appear in more of their clever commercials.
Herbie, a Centerville native, moved to built a MTV Cribs-worthy house near Old Arlington a few years [...]
January 27, 2008
Categories: ESPN . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
Kind of, only it was a Camaro that U.C.L.A. gave Charles Jefferson (Forrest Whitaker).
Two Fast Times references in the same week?
Homeboys over at Zombie Nation (PSU) and the venerable MGoBlog (you know who) have unearthed this non-story.
Al-leg-ed-ly, Tress and some staff were caught doing some shady dealings with a one Ted Sarniak, a playboy-type out [...]
January 24, 2008
Categories: Michigan, Terrelle Pryor . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
Say all you want about Notre Dame’s fall from grace, but there’s no denying it’s brand strength. An unmatched TV deal with NBC, claim to a national fan-base and, now, a stranglehold on the Army All American Bowl?
The guys over at Every Day Should be Saturday seem to think so.
This article presents a pretty strong [...]
January 24, 2008
Categories: Notre Dame, recruiting . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
Anyone who has ever watched the awkward coda to the college football season, known as the Senior Bowl, knows it’s nothing more than a glorified mini-combine and schedule-filler for the pre-Super Bowl downtime.
Much like the Army All-American Bowl, the Senior Bowl boasts large rosters and promises to constantly rotate players onto the field. It is [...]
January 22, 2008
Categories: Kirk barton, LSU, NFL Draft, Texas, USC . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment
RichRod employs the old “hand-size game” when his skills as a conversationalist fail him. A similar technique is used to distract infants.
Mini-celeberty and reigning pimp of recruiting service editors everywhere, Terrelle Pryor, made his official visit to Michigan this past weekend.The boy wonder brought his traveling circus with him, which now includes obscure NFL-er, [...]
January 21, 2008
Categories: Michigan, Rich Rodriguez, Terrelle Pryor, recruiting . . Author: Dave . Comments: Leave a Comment