May be vacation, but feels like home

Salutations from our nation’s 48th state, where I currently find myself vacating on the same road that I live by several hours to the west. Yup, this is as close to Rich Rod as I’ll ever get… probably for the best.  Knowing that we were headed this way the wife let me plan our trip around two sacred OSU sites, although she did boycott one of my musical selections for the journey. Ah, well… at least she let me watch the 2002 game on the BTN this evening.

Buckeye 411

• Rolling In The Deep- An updated depth chart was released today, with a few interesting things of note. First, unsurprisingly, Storm Klein is no longer in the two deep, being replaced by Connor Crowell. Also of note, though, was that Jake Stoneburner, Jack Mewhort, and Jordan Hall were still listed as starters; we know that the first two have had their scholarships removed for the time being, and that Jordan will miss time due to injury recovery. Also of note- Chase Farris is still listed as a defensive end, even though news out of the WHAC has him being moved to offensive line for the fall campaign.

This “update” seems to be merely a reflection of Coach Meyer’s decisions regarding Klein’s actions, and there may not be any more to read into it. Again, Urban stated at the end of spring practice that the chart would be set- fall camp was about preparation and not position battles.

• Watching The Watchers Who Watch Watchlists- Several Buckeyes are on national award watchlists this pre-season, including Stoneburner’s place on the Mackey list for the nation’s best tight end. Others to keep an eye on include John Simon and Jonathan Hankins for the Bednarik award (Nation’s best defensive player), while Braxton is one of only a few sophomores on the Maxwell list (Nation’s outstanding player). We’ll keep a… uh… watch on these as they develop. UPDATE- Drew Basil has been listed on the list for the Groza Award for the nation’s best place-kicker.
• Sully, Making Friends And Fools- With his 20 point performance against OKC in Monday’s D-league game, Jared Sullinger has won the praise of Celtic Homer ESPN Grantland editor Bill Simmons, while making the GMs who chose to pass him by look really really stupid. On the twitters today someone posted (help me out in the comments) that Sully’s back issue and work ethic made him drop in the draft, while DHoward’s back issue and work ethic are making him a key free agent this summer.  Yeah…
• Happy Landing! While regular readers of tBBC will recognize our love/hate/water-under-the-bridge with the gang at SBN, I can’t be more excited than when I saw one of our favorite “independents” join their newest Ohio State offering. Hats off to Ian… and give him a follow on twitter as well.
• Belated- Happy Birthday to Urban Meyer, who turned “still lower cholesterol than Brady Hoke” on Tuesday.

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Tags: Academics, Boston Celtics, Braxton Miller, Chase Farris, Connor Crowell, Depth Chart, Jack Mewhort, Jake Stoneburner, Jared Sullinger, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, John Simon, Jonathan Hankins, Jordan Hall, Penn State, SBP, Silver Bullet Points, Storm Klein
Categories: Analysis, College Football, Ohio State Football

Happy New Year’s Eve! Here’s to drinking plenty of beers, watching plenty of football, dipping tons of crackers into cheeseballs, and being safe out there this holiday. Coming up this afternoon, we wrap up 2011 with a the Ohio State Buckeyes taking on a much improved Indiana team on the hardwood in Bloomington.

Here are some notes from around the web on tonight’s game at 6 PM ET on ESPN 2/3.com. If you’re already hungover, sit back and grab someone to read for you. We can’t have you puking over any of our work here at tBBC. Happy New Year’s Eve and see you in the liveblog!

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Hoosier View:

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The Lancaster Eagle Gazette breaks down the numbers of the Indiana Hoosiers this morning. To combat for their weakness on the interior defensively, Indiana has become the highest scoring team in the B1G night in and night out. Now that’s not ripping this squad, it’s just the reality of their personnel this season. Thad Matta though breaks them down almost perfectly.

“They’re a team that can really, really score in bunches,” Matta said. “You look at their games and the runs they’re capable of putting on teams and that starts with their transition. They’re going to push it on makes and misses.”

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The one thing you can say is that this squad has all kinds of different talent, and can beat you many different ways on the court.

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Tags: Indiana Basketball, Indiana Hoosiers, Silver Bullet Points, Tom Crean
Categories: College Basketball, Ohio State Basketball

Prizes for everyone!!

Today was the football team banquet; here’s who was honored:

• Boom Herron was named Team MVP, in spite of his being suspended for a good portion of the year. My guess is that this gives us insight into the role that he played behind the scenes as an integral part of the team.
• Captain, My Captain- As promised these were named at the end of the season, and are as follows: Michael Brewster, Boom Herron, Andrew Sweat, and John Simon.
• Braxton Miller was named Archie Griffin Outstanding Offensive Player.
• Bill Willis award for Outstanding Defensive Player was John Simon.
• Freshman Ryan Shazier won the Rick Meyer Award for his play against Penn STate
• Most Inspirational Player (Bo Rein Award) was Nate Ebner
• First Year Defensive Award winner: Bradly Roby
• The Jim Marshall “Warrior” Award was given to Tyler Moeller.

Congratulations to these Buckeyes and all who were acknowledged during the season ending event!

Tags: Andrew Sweat, Bradley Roby, Braxton Miller, Daniel Herron, John Simon, Mike Brewster, Nate Ebner, Ryan Shazier, SBP, Silver Bullet Points, Tyler Moeller
Categories: College Football, Ohio State Football

This week, we have pumped your veins with Ohio State Basketball information and have gotten you ready for the Big Ten. I think it’s safe to say that there are a few of us here that are ready for tip-off. This afternoon, we continue getting you ready with some Silver Bullet Points related to the college basketball season. From Ohio State, to the Big Ten, to around the country, we take a look at what’s going on throughout the College Basketball landscape.

Don’t worry, this is still a Ohio State Football blog. It’s just the bye week, and Eric and I are over excited for basketball as many Buckeye fans are. Let’s get right into it.

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Tags: Silver Bullet Points
Categories: Basketball Analysis, Ohio State Basketball