Perhaps I am too close to the situation to give an objective opinion on the matter, but I am going to give it anyhow.  My wife's family all went to Oklahoma State and my FIL played football there.  To say they bleed orange is certainly an understatement.  I have attended numerous ...

I find myself in Ann Arbor this week on bidness.  Why, you ask? Maybe I am a bad person and am being punished for past transgressions. In any event, I decided to don an Ohio State shirt last night and spend the evening (s)trolling down S. Main St., which is one of two main drags in Ann Arbor (...

Hello, 11 Dubbers!  I am an up and coming science fiction writer ("up and coming"= nobody's has ever heard of me) and I would like your opinions. The current project I'm working on is some near-future speculative fiction (Don't worry, the point is coming). I wanted to sta...

I have been enjoying a Victory Cigar after (almost) every Ohio State game for several years. I know others have spoken out about their love of a good smoke and others have said that they are considering starting this as a new tradition. I hope that this can be a place where connoisseurs can let othe...

Excellent Defensive performance all around. Shazier is a beast. Bennett played well, too. All of the starters with the exception of Reeves I would say had a good day. The biggest takeaway I had from this is how hard it was to bring down Oliver. We were giving him no room to run, but he still almost ...

Here are the results from the Buffalo game. In the future I have more analysis, but for now I'm just happy to have a script working to get this data into a blog post. I'll try to put up the defense later tonight! The San Diego State game should go much smoother now that I've got everythi...

Up until now the B1G has been playing some pretty good football. In week one the B1G went 10-2 with a 2-1 record to other BCS conference teams. The other loss came in a close game to NIU who were in the Orange bowl last year. In the second week the Big Ten went 11-1 with a 3-0 record against BCS op...

So while I am struggling to figure out the best way to put giant spreadsheets into this blogging software, I thought I would at least post the Helmet Stickers for the Buffalo game. The full game charts can be found here: Offense Defense I found the different notes the charters have taken very in...

This initial list comes courtesy of NW Buckeye. I will attempt to update it at some point with pictures from Urban Meyer's playbook. Understanding Formation Terminology! My goal it to keep this as simple as possible.  Charting plays is always a challenge, particularly if you have multi...

Please consult this style guide before contributing to the Buckeye Charting Project. It will explain what should go in each column in the spreadsheet. Note: I have rearranged the spreadsheet to type to make it easier to fill in. The first columns should all now align with the information you can pu...

the running start TV: Tonight, 8:00 (ESPN) Like many of you I will be rooting for the asteroid while watching tonight's game. Hopefully the series will resume before the return of Halley's Comet. Perhaps Notre Dame would like to resume its losing ways to Ohio State? With tha...

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of 100 battles.” – The Art of War- Sun Tzu   Rage Against The Machine had a similar sentiment (not exactly, but I grew up in the 90’s and remain a strong supporter of RATM) on their song &ldquo...

the running start TV: Saturday, 3:30 (ABC) Since 2002 the Buckeyes are 67-7 (.905) at home. Braxton Miller only needs 18 rushing yards to become the all-time leading rusher at QB for Ohio State. The Buckeyes have returned a punt, or kickoff, for a touchdown in ten-straight seasons. Ohio Stat...

With all the talk this week about team performances, good and lackluster, poll movement, and OSU's potential I find myself worried about our 2013 Buckeyes. Not in a the sky is falling kind of way, more of a 'do I find myself, an educated Buckeye fan, buying too much into the hype' t...

Readers and fellow Buckeyes, Today was my last day as a member of the Eleven Warriors team.  I have had an awesome experience writing about Buckeye recruiting for the last year and a half and will probably continue doing so in the very near future. There are many people to thank for my arriv...

Hello to everyone here at Eleven Warriors.  First, I would like to say that this site is aweso_e!  I could go on but I digress.  Second, this is _y first blog post and I hu_bly accept any tips and or criticis_s.  Third, I _ay not be able to portray this hu_orous story in quite th...

A few weeks back during the preview for the Cal game, an impromptu discussion popped up regarding things to see/do/eat while in the bay area for the game.  I've now lived in the bay area almost as long as I lived in Cbus growing up.  Sadly, I still don't feel like a local and I don...

If you haven't figured it out, Buckeye fans are loyal to W's; the Fightin' Urbans need precisely 14 of them to win a title.  Now that pesky opening day is over, we're in the "middle" of the season.  the middle is that span from week 2 to the last game before the b...

As we've said a number of times here at 11W, recruiting is an incredibly fluid and constantly evolving little thing. A fickle monster that cares not for the commonly conceived notions brought forth by even the most dialed in of recruiting "experts." If the constant need for caution tha...

It's early, no doubt. But the good (well, really, bad) thing about college football is that for any moderately great team you can write off half the schedule before it even begins. It's 4-5 games that define your season. Either way, this could be a tricky year for Ohio State if they're t...