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Dude. He went for 21 and 16 and shot 50% from the floor. Jared Sullinger is not the reason Ohio State lost this game. Jared Sullinger is one of the 5 best players in the country, conservatively.

Absolutely. I don't think anyone is advocating that coaches should blindly "fire up excel" to make their decisions, but they also should be aware of the data. I think it is pretty clear that going for it on 4th down is under-utilized because of conventional wisdom. Coaches should know this, and...

-1.5 points is an average. Sometimes the team will make a 99 yard drive. Sometimes they'll give up a safety. Sometimes they'll go 3 and out and give the other team great field position. There are many possibilities, but on average (in NFL 1st quarters...) it's worth -1.5 points. Romer's analysis...

The Berkeley economist David Romer wrote a paper about the merits of going for it on 4th down, available here for you nerds: http://elsa.berkeley.edu/users/dromer/papers/nber9024.pdf The conclusion is that coaches very often do not make the rational decision on 4th down. (That is, rational in...

He couldn't make a putt, couldn't hit a fairway, and was consistently disappointed with his play. And he finished second! At the Masters, against the best competition in the world! Does anyone else find this unreal? People (including Tiger himself) have ridiculous expectations of Tiger, where...

As far as I know, Joe Bauserman is still on the team. He is probably listed as "lost" because he played baseball for a couple of years before coming back to OSU and doesn't count against our scholarships now.

The ACT is simply another standardized test that you can use to get into college. Which test people take is largely linked to area. For instance, I was the only person in my class (in rural Ohio) to take the SAT, while I understand it is fairly unheard of to take the ACT on the coasts. It's to...

FSN Ohio is carrying the game in my area (at least, that's what it says on the Guide). I'm in North-Central Ohio, Time Warner. I think FSN has had a few OSU games already here, the others have been on ONN, or CBS.

Welcome to the Buckeyes James! I think the NFL draft has pretty well demonstrated that there is no better place for the training of top-notch defensive backs than tOSU. Great choice!

I had a 3.8 and a 1560 SAT (old test) in high school. That's well above the average for OSU though. The great thing about OSU is that it's big, so more spots available, but there are still opportunities like more selective schools. However, the Columbus campus has gotten harder and harder to get...

I'm a bit torn about the possibility of Troy going to the Browns. On one hand, it's a great publicity move by the Browns: the hometown and state-wide hero staying home (similar to Lebron, but even closer to home). On the other hand, I wouldn't wish being in the Browns organization on my least...

I'd say Pitcock has a much better chance of being in the first round than Smith. I think Smith will also go late first, but Pitcock is a lock. He's a freak athlete, and Kiper has him 7th on his big board, which is usually a decent representation of where people usually go if I'm not mistaken.

I think that it will take a miracle at this point for Troy to not win the Heisman. For all the talk about Brady Quinn being a product of hype, the OSU hype machine is nothing to sneeze at. We do, after all, have the largest alumni base in the country. Not that I think Smith is undeserving, I do...

Just to emphasize how impressive being a Rhodes scholar (or merely a candidate), only 32 Rhodes scholarships are awarded to US students every year. If any student from OSU receives a Rhodes scholarship, it is a big deal. Especially impressive considering the pressures of being on a major...

The spring game is April 23rd at 1:30.

Of course this will be a great matchup, that is why the rivalry is so amazing. Every year is a great matchup, it seems that the team that is having the "down" year (by our standards) is actually the more dangerous one. I think Michigan's offense will at the last tread water from last year...

I think that is a pretty fair assessment of the Indians, who I am very excited about this year. Talking about Juan Gonzalez as a difference maker though... well, I'll believe it when I see it. He's already hurt himself this spring (strained hamstring I think), and we got him for next to nothing...