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OK, Smudger, you have another participant in the Buckey Planet pick'em group. Let's see if we can get a groundswell before the first match!

Sammy has definitely supplanted Jessica Davenport as my favorite female Buckeye hoopster. Does anyone else find here style of play at least a little reminiscent of Jason Kidd? Obviously they both have amazing creativity in their ball handling skills and have that apparently...

I thought victories over Colorado and Sparty were for MAC teams. :tongue2: Hey if you can find no solace after a game like that, I can't criticize your perspective. This is Ohio State football; everyone involved should be held to a higher standard. The high expectations fans place on the...

My Top 5 Moral Victories (wait does it matter if I give my post a title?) As I watched this game I felt my heart slowly rise with anticipation for 50+ minutes of game play, then rapidly sink with a familiar dread. It has taken me several hours to revive my spirits and regain my sense of...

If 2007 was the year of coming in second for tOSU, then you can always hope that 2008 shows a reversal of fortune. It was a hard fought game, and the Buckeyes had a real chance to win it. The game was in our neck of the woods, and it would have been nice to attend a national championship...

I've gotten kind of acclimated to seeing tOSU wearing the white jerseys for bowl games, so I'll stick with that. Plus, I think it plays well into the fact the LSU will pretty much be the home team and in the eyes of many the favorite.

Les Miles long expected return to his alma mater seems to be all but certain at this point. First we're getting reports (of the completely unreliable internet rumor variety), saying that Miles is already making his goodbyes. Then we have more substantial stories that LSU defensive coordinator Bo...

As a bit of follow up, I thought I would share some of post-game coverage the local media is doing down here in the Chapel Hill area. They are mildly concerned that the Tarheels had a poor offensive performance, for them at least, especially during the first half. The main focus has been that...

We've heard about some of Ivan Maisel's comments made on Cowherd's show. Of course it's pretty hard to post audio clips on a locker room cork board. Thankfully Maisel did the Buckeyes the favor of putting it in print. Most of the good stuff is in the sidebars. Some has been mentioned already...

No arguments from me on most of that. I acknowledged that it was a different era and pointed out how long its been since Yoovem was a truly dominant program. If we held a game between this year's Buckeye 3rd string and Yost's best team it would be a blowout for tOSU. The only thing that would...

I want to say the PHX Suns. If only because all the "Are they finally tough enough to go all the way?" stories have become as tiresome as the "Can Dallas play enough defense to win in playoffs?" stories we used to be bombarded with. It seems like having Steve Nash on your roster lead to...

I've noticed several posts breaking down the all-time series record or just the record in The Game over various points in time. The general sentiment on this board (for obvious reasons) is to toss out the early stages of this rivalry when Yoovem was simply a more established football power and...

I think too many people (not on this board, just out there in the general punditocracy) have convinced themselves that Coach Sweater Vest and the Buckeyes cannot stop the spread. From what I've seen the last few years this team does not have an Achilles' heel, and if they did, it certainly...

I don't want to help turn this into the "Colin Cowherd is an Idiot" thread. But he's one of the few people I get in North Carolina who covers national college football. So I am well versed in his failings. I was pretty irked to see that he's decided to elevate two loss UGA to No. 2 in his...

Who said is not the years in your life that matter but the life in your years? A similar principle applies here. Either you can read this to understand by back story a little, or we can both agree that there is no good reason for a Buckeye to take up with Yoovem. I'm a traitor and I know it. I...

I never went to Ashley's myself, but heard nothing but good things. The Arbor Brewing Co. is the real deal, a solid option, but I have no idea what it gets like on game day. Scorekeepers (or Skeeps) is a decent if unimpressive sports bar. Closer to campus The Brown Jug and Good Time Charley's...

Ouch! I completely respect the need to protect these boards on this of all weeks.:wink2: My coin flip before the season begins is the only way I can fairly determine who to root for, without becoming some pathetic front runner that just supports whoever is doing better or whoever winds up...

Thanks for that. I remembered 2003 being another year where Ohio State refused to leave the NC picture despite protests from fans and pundits. Just imagine the utter BCS apocalypse if The Game came out differently and we had tOSU vs. Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl for the title with NEITHER USC or...

Does anyone know when the last time The Game was for the Big Ten Championship straight up with no national implications involved? We saw what it's like to play on the largest of stages for the highest of stakes last year. I wonder when was the last time it was this personal, just a pure, brutal...

I'm not entirely certain what to say here, but I feel obliged to post something after so long. I obviously am a rare bird with ties to both Yoovem and Tosu. It all goes back to the fact that my father went to Ohio State and one of my grandfathers went to Michigan. Growing up The Game was one of...