The Buckeye Battle Cry: FanShots

Notre Dame's take on expansion

2010-03-11T15:32:36Z

Notre Dame's take on expansion

Sounds like they are dead set on staying independant, and I could care less.

Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli charged with theft

2010-03-11T02:55:16Z

Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli charged with theft

Reality - Masoli was charged with theft from an incident in January at a fraternity house.

What Oregon fans will say - Those Oregon prosecutors are going to be shocked when this comes to trial. They've never seen speed like this before. The case will be over by halftime.

Wolverines caught humping trees in California... seriously

2010-03-10T13:54:18Z

Wolverines caught humping trees in California... seriously

check it out, the story even comes with pictures!

Samantha Prahalis in the NY Times

2010-03-08T21:49:16Z

Samantha Prahalis in the NY Times

OSU Women's Basketball Guard Samantha Prahalis makes the New York Times. Worth a read.

SI's Mandel: Evan Turner is POY

2010-03-05T18:22:10Z

SI's Mandel: Evan Turner is POY

SI's Stewart Mandel, a great college football and basketball writer, explains today why he thinks Evan Turner should win Player of the Year this season. It's part of a debate with Andy Staples who says the award should go to John Wall of Kentucky. Mandel breaks down the statistical advantage that Turner has over Wall and everyone else in the country. Not only is he the best player this season, but Turner is putting up numbers not seen in college basketball in many years. He may not be the #1 pick in the NBA draft like Wall will be -- although he may be right behind -- but he's certainly had the better season statistically and is more valuable to his team. That makes him the clear favorite for POY.

100% Pure Awesomeness

2010-03-01T20:04:24Z

100% Pure Awesomeness

A special message for _ichigan fans out there.

Disaster strikes in Oregon again

2010-02-22T16:17:30Z

Disaster strikes in Oregon again

Wow...I thought the offseason of a 4-loss OSU season was bad...

USC, NCAA begin talks

2010-02-19T16:29:56Z

USC, NCAA begin talks

The hearing will continue today, and through tomorrow. This means Mr. Henderson will make his decision very soon. Lets hope he makes the right one.

We're not going to actually hear anything for weeks, probably. But still, it's fun to see the Trojans sweat.

I'm putting up "flyers" this week, Buckeye nation can we spread this video around and get another...

2010-02-18T02:19:13Z

I'm putting up "flyers" this week, Buckeye nation can we spread this video around and get another Buckeye on national tv please!!

Buckeyes recieve 19th commit in 2010 class

2010-02-11T17:42:50Z

Buckeyes recieve 19th commit in 2010 class

Adam Griffin, son of Buckeye great Archie Griffin, becomes the 19th member of the 2010 class

Smurf Turf no longer the only painted field

2010-01-29T22:37:02Z

Smurf Turf no longer the only painted field

Who's next? OH! OH! OH! Can we paint our field Grey?

Evan Turner's historic season

2010-01-28T18:26:27Z

Evan Turner's historic season

SI.com's Andy Glockner says the Player of the Year debate shouldn't even be close; Evan Turner is having one of the best seasons in the modern history of college basketball. Turner has a chance to average 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists a game, which is a very rare feat in college basketball. Historical stats aren't readily available to check, but it's believed that Larry Bird at Indiana St. was the last player to accomplish that feat (and he didn't play major competition like Turner has).

Glockner also uses more sohpisticated stats to compare Turner to the other leading POY candidates -- John Wall, Damion James, and Wesley Johnson -- and he is clearly above all three. He says that basically Turner is a combination of the best traits of those three players: Johnson's shooting, Wall's dishing and James' rebounding.

While John Wall is having a great season and certainly deserves consideration for the award, if Turner continues to put up numbers like this then he should be the runaway winner as Player of the Year.

Can it get much worse for Oregon?

2010-01-25T22:17:55Z

Can it get much worse for Oregon?

Just another blemish on a top football program.

For a good laugh

2010-01-13T22:36:25Z

For a good laugh

Mark Titus.

Mr. Rainmaker.

Joe Montgomery to sue Ohio State

2010-01-12T18:29:08Z

Joe Montgomery to sue Ohio State

I thought you guys might like this piece of news. Of course, it is far from good news, but still.

Early Top 25 for 2010

2010-01-09T01:32:29Z

Early Top 25 for 2010

ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach has his very early top 25 for next season posted and Ohio State is at #2, right behind national champion Alabama. The Tide will lose some significant pieces on defense to the NFL (Cody, Arenas, and probably McClain) but will return most of their offense, including Mark Ingram and Julio Jones. The Buckeyes are also losing some good players on defense (but thankfully not Heyward and Chekwa) and have all but two starters returning on offense. Hopefully the win over Oregon will give us some national respect again and we have an early game against Miami to get a big nonconference win.

Boise St., Oregon, and Texas round out his top 5. Iowa comes in at 9 and Wisconsin at 10, so he has three Big Ten teams in his top 10 (just like this year's final AP poll). Penn St., who loses quaterback Daryll Clark and quite a few defenders, is the only other Big Ten team at 19. Penn St. also has a nonconference game at Alabama next season so they have a chance to help the Buckeyes out by knocking them off (although I'm not going to hold my breath for that one).

It's still very early, obviously, and many things will happen in the next 8 months which could change these rankings, but it's good to see OSU back up there near the top where we belong!

Pete Carroll is the guy Seahawks are targeting. It is expected to happen, according to sources....

2010-01-08T20:22:54Z

Pete Carroll is the guy Seahawks are targeting. It is expected to happen, according to sources. Just reported to ESPN 10 minutes ago.

Via Chris Mortensen on Twitter

Looks like he is getting out before the probation hits. I wonder if he'll take the grad student to Seattle with him?

tressel's clock nazi offense is madening (via Addicted to Quack)

2010-01-02T20:41:15Z

tressel's clock nazi offense is madening (via Addicted to Quack)

How beautifully frustrating is Tressel-Ball when it works? Go Bucks!

Scoreboard, for you Oregon bitches!

2010-01-02T17:37:42Z

Scoreboard, for you Oregon bitches!