Published on: 20th October, 2010
Sports media in today’s world is partly driven by overreaction. The hordes at ESPN make headline news out of a minor preseason injury to LeBron James, the Cowboys poor start and writing off the May struggles for the Phillies. What could possibly trump the Worldwide Leader’s regurgitated nonsense? The BCS. Prior to ...Published on: 29th September, 2010
Determining the nation’s best receiving corps is more difficult than one would think. There is no standout group among the nation’s teams at the moment. I narrowed the list down to Alabama, Arkansas, Boise State, Cincinnati, Notre Dame and Ohio State. Here’s a breakdown of each team’s receiving group in ...Published on: 22nd September, 2010
The Big Ten good start has continued past Week 3. Five teams are 3-0 and Indiana stands at 2-0. However, Iowa missed a big chance to jump into the national title discussion after losing at Arizona Saturday night.While well-known stars such as Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor and Michigan's Denard Robinson ...Published on: 25th August, 2010
Seniors Brandon Saine, Dane Sanzenbacher, Bryant Browning, Cameron Heyward, Brian Rolle, and Ross Homan were named captains of the 2010 Ohio State football team today. For just the second time in the 121-year history of OSU football, the team has six captains. The one other instance was in 1982. The ...Published on: 4th August, 2010
Too good to be true. Too much of a good thing. Pick your idiom, because both relate to the sacrilegious notion of playing the Ohio State-Michigan game twice in a season. Other than the unlikely nature that both teams play in the national championship, “The Game” is meant to be played once ...Published on: 2nd August, 2010
Today was Big Ten Media Day. A day normally reserved for boring interviews with coaches and lame questions from frightened reporters. Not today. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany had plenty to offer and count me as one who had his eyes glued to the TV set. Comments from Delany, who began ...Published on: 28th July, 2010
Aspiring defensive backs don’t want to be known as soft. They don’t want to be billed as tentative. They don’t want to be pushed around. Players that roam the secondary want to be tough, intimidating, and fierce. Jack “The Assassin” Tatum was the first of that kind. Tatum died Tuesday at ...Published on: 25th July, 2010
The following 12 “reasons” why the Buckeyes will go “12-0” are more along the lines of justifications of why Ohio State will win each game. There’s not much else to say as far as the intro goes, so let’s dive on in…Begin SlideshowPublished on: 15th July, 2010
One of the keys to the success of the Cincinnati Bengals last season was their ability to fly under the radar. The team started the season 7-2 and essentially had the AFC North wrapped up by mid-November. That won’t be the case this season. The Bengals’ secret is out, which means ...Published on: 14th July, 2010
Normally, a team with all 11 starters coming back on defense wouldn’t make many splashes in the offseason. Then again, most teams aren’t the Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati finished fourth in the NFL last season in yards per game, allowing just over 300 per game. Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer’s troops also only ...