Buckeye 411

• Brick Wall Not Included- which is too bad, because you’re going to want to run through one once you’ve checked out the latest hype video from the Ohio State staff.  We’ll embed it once that option is available, but for now, take two minutes away from the TPS reports and watch it at the official site.
• And The Good News? Coach Meyer is planning on being here for quite some time.
• Still Making A Difference- Great article in Inside Higher Education about Jim Tressel’s new career, including something that this higher education professional can certainly relate to,

The beauty of it is, kids are

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Buckeye 411

• Our Long National Nightmare Is Over, Part One- Braxton’s hair is back to normal. Whew.
• Making Friends Money- The four letter network was in Columbus on Tuesday, as a part of their spring football trip. As a homer, I’m fully aware that they were in Ann Arbor while spring practice was in session and waited until after Saturday’s game to visit the WHAC. Nonetheless, Coach Meyer met with Rece and Spiels to talk about the expectations that lay before the team for 2013. Good to see that they could take time away from their usual narrative regarding Buckeye football, no?
• Graphic Du Jour- Sammy Silverman knows no off
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The South Region is chock full of talent and it could make an argument for being the toughest out of all four regions. It could also be anyone’s to win headed to the Final Four with a four seed taking the prize in that team we don’t like to call by name. This could be the year that everyone has dreaded and we actually see an All-B1G Final Four. Let’s get started.

Favorite-As much as I want to see an All-B1G Final Four and will pick that team as one of my two to leave the South, Kansas is the favorite here.  Since the dismantling of the Buckeyes early in the season they have made a strong debate among who the other #1 seed was really going to be. Duke’s faltering down the … [Read More]

Iowa used a quick start and some of Sparty’s own medicine to jump out to a 30-20 lead at halftime.  The Hawkeye’s quick start opened a double digit lead but Michigan State settled down and was able to get the lead trimmed in the middle of the half.  Iowa then used a couple of three points down the stretch to open it back up a bit and take their 10 point lead into the half.

The Hawkeyes have taken a page out of the Spartan’s playbook when it comes to hustle and heart.  Every loose ball seems to going to Iowa and as of right now it just looks like they want it more then Michigan State.  Iowa is copying their first half performance from last night as they have 8 different players scoring again tonight (none have over 6 points) and Michigan State’s … [Read More]

Rattle the QB.No matter who is under center, turn the Silver Bullets loose early and get them rattled. Neither has faced a D, save for Alabama, that will provide the pressure and coverage the Buckeyes will. John Simon tied an Ohio State record for sacks in a game last week, and he’s hungry for more.

Make Them Guess. Here’s to the coaching staff coming up with a great game plan. I want TTUN guessing every play, where we are going with the football. Maybe Braxton’s bad day in Madison was due to sandbagging or by him thinking about this weeks game. Hard to avoid looking ahead to an opportunity to right a previous wrong. Buckeyes kept up with a better Wolverine squad last year and just fell short. Time for The Reckoning II(Thanks Jason L.)

Take It Back. It being the Rivalry. Remind them who has … [Read More]

Nerds @ Sparty.  Prediction Sparty 23 to 20; Right score, WRONG team, Nerds 

Hawkeyes @ TTUN.   Prediction Hawkeyes 21 to 17; WRONG TTUN 42 to 17

Hoosiers @ Penn State. Prediction PSU 34 to 32; RIGHT PSU 45 to 22

Purdue @ Illinois.  Prediction Boilers 26 to 13; RIGHT Boilers 20 to 17

Minnesota @ Nebraska. Prediction Cornhuskers 39 to 13; RIGHT 38 to 14

#6 Ohio State @ Wiscy. Prediction Buckeyes all the way; RIGHT 21 to 14 OT

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#24 Northwestern @ TTUN. Prediction Nerds 21 to 17; WRONG TTUN 38-31 

Purdue @ Iowa.  Prediction Iowa 16 to 10; WRONG BOILERS 27 TO 24

Minnesota @ Illinois.  Prediction Illinois 31 to 14; WRONG MINNY 17 TO 3

Wiscy @ Indiana.  Prediction Hoosiers 21 to 20; WRONG WISCY 62 TO 14

Penn State @ #16 Nebraska. Prediction Nebraska 31 to 17; RIGHT NEBRASKA 32 TO 23

Here’s one last look at the national race prior to the toppling of . . , oh wait, BAMA really didn’t fall out of the top five like they should have after losing at home to a new SEC team. aTm may … [Read More]

No need to revisit the results of two weeks ago as we are in the home stretch! I will begin to cover the national race for the BCS as well as our B1G match-ups. The Buckeyes are resting this week so lets get started-

Legends Race. Nebraska 7-2 (4-1); TTUN 6-3 (4-1);Northwestern 7-2 (3-2). Cornhuskers control their own destiny because of the win over TTUN. Northwestern can help themselves alot this week with their game against TTUN.

Leaders Race. Ohio State 10-0 (6-0);Penn State 6-3(4-1); Wisky 6-3 (3-2). A Penn State loss to Nebraska this weekend clinches a share of the Leaders title for the Buckeyes but there is still work to be done in the coming weeks. Penn State loses … [Read More]