The Buckeye Battle Cry: Ohio State News and Commentary » Long Beach State http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com An Ohio State blog for the Buckeye fan in all of us. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 BBN Basketball LiveBlog: Long Beach State http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/12/bbn-basketball-liveblog-long-beach-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbn-basketball-liveblog-long-beach-state http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/12/bbn-basketball-liveblog-long-beach-state/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:00:56 +0000 Eric http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=28600 After a week off, the Buckeyes are set to take on the Long Beach State 49ers.

Joining us as usual – and special thanks to all of them for making these such a great success – are the other members of the Buckeye Blogger Network. Make sure to stop by their place and say, “hey”: Buckeye Ninja, Our Honor Defend, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, Buckeye Empire, Silver Bullet, The Buckeye Blog, Unscripted Ohio, and Fox Sports Ohio.

The Liveblog will tip around 11:30 AM EST, with the Basketball game starting at Noon on the BTN.

Go Bucks!

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]]> http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/12/bbn-basketball-liveblog-long-beach-state/feed/ 0 Pregame Glance: Long Beach State http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/12/pregame-glance-long-beach-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pregame-glance-long-beach-state http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/2012/12/pregame-glance-long-beach-state/#comments Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:21:01 +0000 Eric http://www.thebuckeyebattlecry.com/?p=28584 After having a rare full week off to sharpen their skills, the 5-1 Buckeyes again take the hard-floor at the Schott. This week’s matchup is the 3-5 Long Beach State 49ers. You only get two guesses for where they hail from, and the first one doesn’t count. Let’s take a look.

School: California State University, Long Beach
Location: Long Beach, California
Founded: 1949
Student Population: 36,279
School Type: Public
Division: NCAA Division 1
Conference: Big West
Stadium: Walter Pyramid
Seating: 5,000
Opened: 1994
Head Coach: Dan Monson
Experience 4th Year

As a notable aside, the 49er’s baseball team goes by a slightly more colorful official mascot. Since 1989, they’ve been known as The Dirtbags. That is listed as one of the official nicknames of the school, despite being described as only “unofficial”.

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