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Perfection Is Impossible.

My first OSU game live was a 1966 snooze-fest.   7-0 vs Indiana on a dreary day.  My first road game was November 22, 1969.  I started going to Browns games about the same time and my Dad and I had season tickets right up until they moved away.  The only time I ever saw my Dad us...

The Ohio State Effect: Michigan State

Another week and this time Ohio State gets its stats stuffed. MICHIGAN STATE'S OFFENSIVE NUMBERS Michigan State entered the game with an offense that relied on its 49th ranked passing game. Exit Connor Cook and Sparty abandoned the aerial game.  ...

Ohio State of Mind: Michigan State

The true test begins now. The grind is over.  It's time to let loose because there's no one left on our schedule who won't challenge us and fight us to the very end.  Same goes for our TBD schedule, which could be an even more daunting task than what lies directly ahead.  Forge...

Ohio State On This Date: November 21st

REMINDER, OYSTER'S UNOFFICIAL BANGER STARTS TODAY AT NOON AT THE HAMPTONS ON KING. Ohio State On This Date is a weekly in-depth look at Ohio State's record on the date of each game day. Today we delve into the Buckeyes' performance on November 21st. FIVE T...

College Football Week 12 Bold Predictions

I was on fire last week.  Can I keep it going in week 12? 1. Oklahoma State implodes against Baylor in multiple-TD loss Playoff hopes are still alive for both these teams, though the path is clearer for the Cowboys : win and they're in.  But I expect an angry Baylor team to show...

College Football Week 11 Recap

It was the best week of the season so far for my bold predictions: 1. Oregon gives Stanford taste of their own medicine with upset win over Cardinal This may be my best bold prediction of the year to date, as not too many people were expecting the Ducks to compete, let alone win this ...

Analyzing Bret's B1G vs. SEC Battle Royal

We've all heard Bert's idea of the B1G vs. SEC Challenge. Essentially, each conference has 14 teams... So, in one weekend of the season let each conference's #1 square off, each conference's #2's square off, etc... It got me thinking, we all know Bama and OSU are at the top, but where do the m...
19 Nov 2015
by ziplock007

My College Football Week 12 Rankings

I decided that I will determine my rankings before the committee releases their top 25, but I will wait until afterwards to post them.  That way, I can outline any major differences between my list and theirs.  For example, this week, there is still the major difference of my top 4 in...

2016 B1G Recruiting Rankings: 11-16-2015

B1G LOSSES // 2 WEEKS // 8 LOST COMMITS The last two weeks have been hard on B1G teams on the recruiting front. Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State and Purdue lost a combined eight commits in the last 14 days. The Spartans took the biggest hit with three players s...

The Series History: Michigan State

Ohio State leads the overall series 29-14 and is 14-8 against Sparty in Columbus. THE SERIES HISTORY CRIB NOTES The Buckeyes have won 8 of the last 10 in the series and have out-scored the Spartans 304-194 in those games. That is an average of 30-19. Oh...

The Ohio State Effect: Illinois

Another week and another team gets its stats stuffed. ILLINOIS' OFFENSIVE NUMBERS Illinois entered the game with an offense that hung it's hat on the passing game. However, Illinois found its running game against Purdue. Before playing Ohio S...

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