After years of being with Disney, Fox has broadcasted the last 2 years and the concensus was that there was a significant dropoff in terms of the quality of the broadcast. This may be in part due to the fact FOX broadcasts ZERO games during the regular season.
Below is a poll taken on Bucknuts which was confirmed by other polls I posted on CFB sites all of which followed the trend of a large majority dissaproving of Fox’s coverage compared to ABC.
All was quite on this front until last week ESPN (now part of Disney) made a bid of $500 million for the rights in 2011-2014 (125 per year). This was very unexpected as a) it was $25 million more per year then Fox had bid and b) ESPN is cable and not a network. Kind of a head scratcher why Disney would want ESPN to have the games and not ABC, but hey Monday Night Football has gone that route as well.
From my perspective, this is good as the announcers, production, editing, and promtion was far inferior on Fox then ABC. Mustberger is the best play by play guy doing college football and it was a shame to here Thom Brennan’s voice making the calls when he hadn’t announced a game all year.
Another great weekend in the books. Below are 10 takeaways from week 9 as well as some other bits of knowledge picked up this weekend.
1- Those who say there is nothing sweeter then revenge don’t know what they are talking about. Michigan State pulled away from Michigan late to spank the Wolverines 35-21. Michigan falls to 2-6 on the season, so Rich Rodriguez felt the pressure to finally sign his lucrative contract as the Wolverines crash and burn to a bowless and embarrassing year.
Last year in another hotly tested contested game, Michigan players made some very disparaging comments about Michigan State. Below is Michigan State’s coach getting all hot and bothered about those comments. He must of enjoyed Saturday’s revenge win. Put me down as saying, that if Jim Tressel was to ever go anywhere, that I would have Dantonio on the top of my list as a replacement. The guy hates Michigan and has Buckeye roots…nuff said.
2- The way the ACC and the Big East are playing, its plausible that one conference or even both could finish the year with no teams ranked. Currently the Big East has USF ranked at 23 with Uconn, West Virginia, Pitt and Louisville lurking. Most of those “top” tier Big East teams still have to play each other. Those games and a bad bowl season could cripple the conference’s national perception.
For the ACC, FSU seems to be the only team immune to losing in the Top 25 as Georgia Tech follow Virginia Tech, Wake Forrest on their way out of the top 25. I think its still a long-shot this conference has no top 25 teams at the end of the year but with FSU taking on Florida and a tough docket for Maryland and Georgia Tech coming up, this could be another pretty tough year for the conference.
The fact that Miami vs. FSU has sunken to where it is now coupled with the fact that Virginia Tech seems to be slipping into medicocrity has set the tone for the short term outlook of the ACC.
3- Penn State is legit. OSU played them for 50 minutes dead even, but in the end the team who made less mistakes came away with the victory. OSU has a bright future with 2 great back to back recruiting classes but you got to feel that James Lauirinitis, Malcolm Jenkins, and Marcus Freeman and other Seniors are pretty bummed they couldn’t leave OSU with a national championship considering the team has been in the top 10 pretty much their entire careers.
OSU being a true contender in 09 really boils down to if Chris Wells will stay in 2009. Without him, I see the Bucks being a top 10 team but not a top 5 team.
4- Oklahoma State put up more of a fight then I thought they would against Texas. Got my first extensive look at the Cowboys Kendall Hunter who looked pretty darn good to me. Undersized for sure, but in the right NFL system he could be a beast.
I am thoroughly enjoying the high scoring showdowns of the Big 12 South between the Big 4 of Texas, Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma. Told you that Big 12 was going to be awesome this year.
5- With Missouri rounding back into form, I wouldn’t put it past them to throw the BCS a huge curveball by knocking off the Big 12 south winner in the conference championship game. The game will be in their back yard too.
Also don’t think that the party is over with the Big 12 after this year. Zach Robinson, Colt McCoy, Sam Bradford, and Todd Reesing all return next year. I also think June Jones is really grooming Robert Griffin (freshmen qb 9td’s no picks) to be next great one in the Big 12.
Is there any doubt this conference is just going to roll over teams come bowl season?
6- How about Tim Brewster for coach of the year? The Gophers are ranked at 7-1 and may find themselves in the top 15 going into bowl season. Quite the turnaround for a team that was 1-11 last year including losses to Bowling Green, Florida Atlantic, and North Dakota State. Quite an impressive turnaround.
7- Speaking of the Big 10, the conference is really in somewhat in a era of disarray. Have Michigan and Wisconsin ever been this bad? Joe Tiller is gone next year and IMO I think you’ll see Joe Paterno move on next year. The fact he wasn’t even in the locker room at halftime really symbolizes how far along the assistant coaches have come at that program.
Nobody really knows what Zook has going at Illinois and who knows how look Farentz can tread water at Iowa.
With that in mind, you seem to have the Dantonio era taking root in East Lansing, Brewster building up respectability in Minnesota, and some progress being made at Northwestern.
With a lot of national media attention on program consistency, it may be awhile before the Big Ten really settles into a state of balance.
8- Sheesh things are really ugly in Washington. The Sonics have left, the Mariners are one of the worst run teams in baseball, the Seahawks are imploding and do not have an optimistic future with the current talent in place, and then there are their 2 college teams.
The Huskies are 0-7 this year and seem to be getting worse as the year goes on. I got even money if Tyrone even makes it to the end of the year.
On the other side of the state Washington State is 1-7, but that win was not against a D1 team. The Cougars have given 63+ points an amazing 4 times. The most amazing stat would be in their 7 losses their closest game was a 28-3 loss to UCLA. …. I feel like my JV team could have a chance against these guys.
9- Two games under the radar that intrigue me are Cal vs. Oregon and Notre Dame vs. Pitt. Both games are somewhat default Top 25 play in games. All 4 of these programs are somewhat in transitional modes so it will be interesting to see if any of these teams can make a loud statement of things to come.
10- Finally a look at the BCS picture.
IMO only 9 teams have a legitimate shot at the BCS. You can pretty much now write Alabama in pen in the SEC Championship game agaisnt the winner of Georgia va Florida. We’ll see this list cut down next week to at least 8 with either Georgia or Florida losing. Texas is now 1/2 way their gauntlet of a schedule.
Texas Tech is now the only other undefeated Big 12 team (besides Texas) but has their work cut out as Texas, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State now loom on the schedule. They have to win two out of three of those games including a win against Texas to really have any shot. A Texas win next week pretty much makes Oklahoma State and Texas Tech last year’s Kansas. One of those teams may finish with one loss (not if the Sooners have anything to say about it), but they just don’t have the pedigree and traction with voters to leapfrog any other 1 loss teams.
Penn State at this point although number 3 in the country, probably is the most likely to make it to the title game. Shananaginz seem likely to occur for either Texas or Bama or maybe even both.
The Sooners to me are just a roadblock and buffer to keep out USC of the title game who really doesn’t belong to be there. The Sooners if they win out are more deserving.
Man if there was a playoff system with the teams above….. I would just be totally enthralled.
Other weekend notes
- Johnny Drama is a cock block. Poor Turtle.
- Mila Kunis is a babe (never knew she was the voice of Meg on Family guy). Her stock is way up after watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Mila Koo would not a great name too.
Today, college football fans got their first installment of BCS rankings. Below are the rankings with subsequent analysis of BCS contenders likelihood going forward for a title berth.
Let’s start at the Top.
Texas is no doubt the number one team in the country at this point. The good news is that they will not likely face a tougher task then Oklahoma the rest of this year. However there are still 4 games in which they may be susceptible to an upset.
The next two weeks close out the Big 12 Gauntlet portion of their schedule with games against top ten teams Oklahoma State and Texas Tech. Both teams are prolific on offense and will likely put up a big number on the Longhorns. However its very likely both games will yield similar results as the past two shootouts against Missouri and Oklahoma. I envision a 14+ point win against Oklahoma State and a closer game against Tech.
The Longhorns would also have tough late season challenges going on the road to face a very experienced Kansas team as well as a Big 12 championship game which would likely be a rematch game against either Kansas or Missouri.
The good news is that Texas would likely be at the head of the 1 loss line if anything were to happen to them in those 4 games. However if somehow they failed to make their conference championship game (Oklahoma State or Texas Tech could keep them out with an upset win), then the Longhorns will have to break through the stigma of playing for a national title without being a the conference champion.
Alabama who has been less impressive and consistent as Texas also has their work cut out for them. A road trip to Knoxville might be tougher than imagined this upcoming weekend. The biggest date left on the calendar is a road trip to face a pretty gritty LSU team in Death Valley. A home finale showdown vs Auburn also looms and while a victory is likely, a rivalry game of this nature thrives off opportunities to play spoiler.
The biggest showdown would be the SEC Championship game which will likely be against the winner of the World’s Biggest Cocktail Party (Florida vs Georgia). Beating Tebow will be a tough challenge as would be beating Georgia twice in one year in the state of Georgia! In my opinion their is only room for one SEC team in a title game and it can’t be Alabama unless they win the conference. With that in mind Georgia and Florida are playing a elimination game in Jacksonville.
The team with the least bumpy road to the title game would be Penn State. With the prestige of the Big 10 down and a poor out of conference showings across the board, this upcoming game against the Buckeyes is most likely for the conference championship as well as a potential shot to earn a berth in the title game.
After the Buckeyes its pretty tame with games against Michigan State and Iowa being mild hurdles in the way. IMO, we’ll know if Penn State is in the national title game in a week. Keep in mind that if USC wins out, Penn State has the advantage of destroying Oregon State while the Trojans logged a loss.
Oklahoma is in a holding pattern at number 4. Right now there has only been 1 showdown between the Big 12 South’s quartet of offensive juggernauts. The Sooners need a scenario where there is a complicated tie with Texas, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech or two out of those three teams. Essentially Oklahoma needs either Tech, Okie State to beat Texas, and then needs to beat both of those opponents.
This scenario may allow them to get the Big 12 championship game against Kansas or Missouri. Its also not impossible to believe that if the Sooners and the Longhorns both win out, that the country gets a in conference rematch against Texas for an epic title game. The Sooners would need to look really good against Tech and Okie State and would need Penn State and Bama to falter which is very possible.
USC is just chilling at number 5 with a very very manageable schedule ahead of them. No title conference game and no games against ranked teams on the docket at this point in time. However as we have come to learn, the Trojans are not immune to random losses in conference games. I give the Trojans a 66% chance on winning out and a 30% chance of playing in the title game. The win against the Buckeyes gives them a nice head to head win if the Buckeyes are able to climb the ranks after a Penn State win. However looking at the schedule and the BCS rankings, it will be very hard for USC to leap frog Oklahoma, so the Trojans definitely need some help and should be rooting for the Buckeyes on Saturday.
Oklahoma State and Texas Tech are 6th and 8th and have a shot to make some noise. However both teams imo will fall out of the running as they both have to take on Texas and Oklahoma in the coming weeks as well as play each other. Tech’s schedule is below and if they are in the BCS top 10 in a month from now, kudos to them.
Both teams will not get the Texas/Oklahoma love if they don’t win the conference so both their futures lie in forging some big time upsets and beating each other.
Georgia, Florida, and LSU all lurk at 7th, 10th, and 13th. Georgia actually plays LSU and FLorida the next 2 weeks.
LSU has to deal with Georgia and Alabama and will likely fade away. Florida has the Bulldogs and then a pretty calm schedule until Florida State.
The bottom line in the SEC is that Georgia or Florida will play Alabama or LSU in the SEC Championship game. I doubt LSU can hang all season long so you are looking at a 3 way race between Bama, Georgia, and Florida. As long as the winner of that title game has 0 or 1 loss, I think you will see them in the championship game.
My Buckeyes at number nine need to take care of business against Penn State and then can start dreaming. Road games to Northwestern and Illinois would remain on the calender as well as a probable beat down of Michigan, but most likely a Buckeye win would put them in the BCS top 5 by the time the played their next game against Northwestern.
The biggest keys for the Bucks would obviously be a Penn State win, and losses to Oklahoma and USC. With the in conference carnage about to take place in the SEC in the Big 12, its very possible the Buckeyes could sneak into the title game again but Oklahoma and USC are the 2 prominent teams in line in front of them that may end up winning out.
There are some other teams lurking, but imo these are your contenders.
All that being said here is some handicapping of who will be in the title game
Its a tough time for me right now. The all star break serves as the roughest time of the year for the sports fan. The day after the all stay game, is actually the only day of the year with not a single professional sports game.
Anyways I wanted to bring light to what I view as a sports broadcasting tragedy. No I am not talking about Billy Packer leaving CBS, Bryan Gumbel’s horrible announcing, or Joe Buck in general. Rather the fact that Fox has held the rights to all the BCS games, minus the Rose Bowl, over the last 2 years. However the contract is up for negotiations this fall, with ABC and Fox both vying for the rights.
In my opinion Fox does an inferior job covering these huge games. All the way around (editing, commentary, in studio analysis, camera angles, replays, graphics) its just not as good as ABC and the broadcasts really suffer.
I decided to poll some large and knowledgable fan bases on their preference.
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The above graphic has reduced the text but the totals are 86% prefer ABC (95 votes) with 13% preferring Fox (15 votes).
I ran the poll again on another site but this time reversed the options with Fox being the top option on the form. The results were pretty much the same with 84% preferring ABC.
The point of all of this, was to prove my hypothesis that the college football die hards prefer ABC by more than a 4-1 ratio. I’ll spare you the pretty stinging comments blasting Fox.
Even the ABC BCS logo is better than the amateur looking Fox logo
With ratings down over the last 2 years and a clear preference for ABC, the BCS would be wise to take a lesser or equal offer to switch back to ABC. Fox has no college football games all year which hurts the marketing, commentator knowledge, and production quality of their broadcasts. It was believed that Fox was going to make a run at broadcasting some regular season games, but nothing has happened other than the butchering of some of the year’s biggest games.
I’ll be tracking this closely, simply because I love applauding smart decisions and blasting stupid ones.
A friend of mine recently proclaimed that January is the best month of the year in terms of sporting events and annual storylines. It’s an interesting concept to rank to months of the year on how captivating, entertaining, and consistently historic they are.
Below are my 1-12 rankings for what months I look forward to as a sports fan.
1) October
Baseball usually provides a couple of good series’ in the playoffs while college and NFL football are hitting full stride. Hockey opens up early in the month and the NBA usually tips off with a handful of games at the end of the month. A little bit of everything including golf and Nascar.
2) January
The college bowl games that matter and the NFL playoffs. College basketball conference play gets going while the NBA and NHL are nearing the halfway points of their season.
3) September
September can seem like an eternity when your baseball team is in the mix for a playoff berth. You can argue that September is also the most anticipated month of the year as football fans cannot await the commencement of a new season. Some hockey and the tale end of the PGA and Nascar seasons too.
4) November
Probably the most pivotal month of the NFL season. College rivalry week and annual BCS insanity. NCAA basketball tips off while the NBA and NHL seasons fly under the radar.
5) March
Aww the madness. The weather is getting nice, baseball is around the corner, brackets are the topics of conversation, and the NHL and NBA closing in on the playoffs.
6) June
While the NHL and NBA have not had any memorable finals of late, June is the month when they occur. Baseball moves into the limelight as Nascar and the PGA have some marquee events.
7) April
March madness spills over into April with the tourney championship games leading off the month. Baseball’s opening month in addition to the beginning of the NBA and NHL playoffs. Lets not forget the draft either.
8 ) December
Some mediocre to crappy bowls and the home stretch to the NFL playoffs. NHL and NBA seasons hit their full stride although the usually not as prominent. College basketball usually provides handful of good non conference gamesand in some years NCAA football’s conference championship games are in the first week of December.
9) February
I am a big fan of the winter Olympics (their better then summer) and if you have a rooting interest, February is a pivotal month for pro and collegiate hockey and basketball. National Signing day for college football as well.
10 ) May
The bulk of the NHL and NBA playoffs usually provides some memorable series’ and upsets. Memorial day weekend is peppered with events (horse racing, tennis, golf). This is usually the month that Devil Rays, Royals, Orioles, Nationals, and Pirates are eliminated from the playoffs.
11) August
This gets the nod over July due to the foreplay of pre season football. With college football on the horizon its hard to look past a critical month of the baseball season too. The Little League world series is an underrated event. I can distinctly a dozen or so great games and memorable teams. It’s like a most glorious Sandlot but only narrated by Brent Mustberger.
12) July
A world cup year bumps this higher on the list but July is pretty boring. The All star game for baseball is entertaining but the lack of events the day after makes it the worst day of the sports year. If you don’t like baseball your left with Nascar, Tennis, and the PGA tour. The hot dog eating contest is actually worth the watch during this painfully dull sports month.
Thought I would chime in with some commentary on the bowl games, recruiting news, thoughts on 2008, etc.
Implications of Bowl Games on 2008
As I mentioned earlier this week on my blog, these bowl games will have a big impact on the 2008 pre season rankings. By building up the perception of your team with a big bowl win (LSU last year for example) you can get bumped to the head of the line amongst your peers. Going into bowl season I had two sets of five teams. My top tier for 2008 in no particular order was….
Florida, Georgia, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and USC
With my second tier of top teams being
West Virginia, Missouri, Texas, Illinois, and Virginia Tech
A lot will change these early ranking like who will declare early, how 2008 recruiting wraps up, transfers etc.
However their have been a lot surprises and lop sided victories that will really weigh on perception of some these teams.
USC, Missouri, West Virginia, and Georgia all logged impressive wins while Oklahoma, Florida, and Illinois looked pathetic.
Look for Georgia to jump over Florida in terms of 08 pre season rankings mainly thanks to their Sugar Bowl performance. West Virginia’s win was momentous as the program was and still is in turmoil with Rodriguez leaving, the recruiting class wary of WV, and the WV lawsuit against Rodriguez. The win may have kept the program from completely derailing as I blogged about earlier.
Illinois’ loss was one of the few times fans really saw them all year which will hurt their public perception. For Oklahoma, that Big 12 will be nasty in 2008 so it will be interesting to see how the voters stack up OU, Texas, Mizzou, and Kansas. The middle of the Big 12 will be pretty lethal as well with Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State, and Colarado returning some firepower as well.
Tough Road Bowl games for the Big Ten
Weather in Big Ten Country this time of year excludes the region from hosting any big name bowl games. Because of this, Big Team teams hit the road come bowl season in hopes their fans will want to join them in a warmer more touristy destination. However this year the stars lined up for a pretty ridiculous slate of bowl away games.
Purdue vs Central Michigan in Detroit, Michigan (Purdue win a squeeker)
Penn State vs Texas A&M in San Antonio, Texas (Penn State victory)
Illinois vs USC in Pasadena, California (Illinois got torched)
Michigan vs Florida in Orlando, Florida (Michigan beats Florida in best bowl thus far aka the Who Do I hate more bowl)
Ohio State vs LSU in New Orleans (TBD)
Saturday= Recruiting Cram Session
This upcoming Saturday their will be two High school football All American games. This will allow those college football nuts to take a look at the next wave of big talents . The Under Armor All America game will be on ABC at 2PM ET with the more established US Army All American Bowl airing on NBC at 12 ET.
I really hate trying to get excited about next year’s freshmen by looking other “experts” rankings and really poor quality internet videos of highlight plays. These games will give you a glimpse of how these guys stack up against high level competition. Also many of the undecided participants will make a decision live at the games which adds quite a bit of suspense at this game.
I am disappointed as I will be traveling during these games as I wanted to check out a lot of Ohio State commits who are reported to be the most impressive group during practice and the most tight knit bunch after practice for the US Army game.
This game always gives you a handful of names you can be confident will be first round picks down the road. Rivals actually has great All time offense and All time defense participants of late. Tedd Ginn and Chris Wells I believe were MVPS of their respective games.
Rise Mag has a good brief writeup on each game which can be found here.
Intrigue Surrounding Terrelle Pryor Recruitment
Terrelle Pryor is considered by most to be the number one high school player in America and will be playing on Saturday in the US Army game. Pryor has not picked a college and is also considered a top basketball recruit as well. Many compare Pryor to Vince Young with many claiming Pryor will be even better.
Pryor was rumored to be an Ohio State lean with Florida, West Virginia, Penn State, Oregon, Michigan, and Florida in pursuit. Of late Pryor has been very vocal in denouncing any favoring of Ohio State, giving many fan bases a lot of hope they can land the big time recruit. Michigan fans were ecstatic in hearing the news that Pryor actually checked in to Army game hotel wearing a Michigan swearshirt.
However many believe that was just a ploy to annoy his OSU commit friends who he has been rumored to be spending all of time with on and off the field at practice this week. Below is a recent video of him outside of practice. You be the judge.
Benkoo.com hitting the road Heading to New Orleans As previously mentioned I will be heading to New Orleans to watch the Ohio State LSU game. I will be devoting a lot of time and efforts to blogging about the experience and my thoughts on the game in the coming days. I am bubbling with anticipation for this great game but am a little worried about being in LSU country.LSU fan’s have earned the reputation of being some of the roughest and agressive fans in all of college football. I really hope that ends up being not the case. Here is one of many examples that were listed on Bucknuts of pretty scary LSU fan behavior.
I have personally endeared a lot of good and bad fan bases during my college football road trip prime and must say I usually am able to navigate out of trouble and enjoy the game. However its one of the worst things to be harassed, assaulted, and taunted endlessly just because of your college affiliation. Ohio State is no angel either.
Why can’t we all just get along? Here’s too hoping for a peaceful and victorious trip.
First I just wanted to say that I will be attending the BCS Championship game and plan on blogging about the experience (maybe even some video and pics to go along). Sinking in the time and money on this trip is always a gamble. Some of my fondest memories in life are of hitting the road for a highly anticipated game, soaking up a new city, watching a closely contested game, and soaking up the thrill of victory.However when traveling into enemy territory (that’s what it can feel like) the harassment, travel time, ticket/trip costs, coupled with a painful defeat can make the experience a complete nightmare.
Many Buckeye fans are weary of going this year, espicially with the game being in LSU’s backyard in New Orleans. Factors making the decision tough for Buckeye fans include
- Buckeyes being 4 1/2 point underdogs
- Pricier than normal prices on flights and hotels
- Thoughts of last year’s debacle in the desert, which hurt all Buckeye fans heart’s while burning a hole in other’s wallets.
- Fear of a very hostile pre game and post game atmosphere with LSU fans having a reputation for being very enthusiastic, vocal, and full of bravado
I was on the fence about making the trip but am optimistic it will turn out for the better. Only time will tell. I am also on the hook for convincing 2-3 friends to make the commitment as well. The saying applies, “In Tressel We Trust”
Other Interesting Items
- On a somber note, starting CB Donald Washington has been suspended for the championship game for the Buckeyes for violating team rules. Washington had an absolutely stellar year and will be missed come January 7th. Many believe Chimdi Chekwa will start in his place with Jamario O Neal filling in the Nickel Defense.
- Florida State will be without the services of about 1/2 of their starters due to an academic cheating scandal (23 players suspended.. This news leaked yesterday and many shrewd betters were able to use this information before the line was pulled until the formal announcement was made.
- This football recruiting season has had a disproportionate amount of early commitments. While not really newsworthy all the coaching changes and reshuffling of staffs has caused a sizable amount of committed players to re open up their college recruitments as well.
The case of DJ Woods is an interesting one as Woods opted for Nebraska in early September over Ohio State. By October, Woods was looking at other schools as Nebraska started to implode, with OSU rumored to have pulled his scholarship offer. Bill Callahan was fired and Woods was back on the free market not wanting to be part of the program rebuilding efforts in Lincoln. Woods settled on West Virgnia only to have head coach Rick Rodriguez move onto Michigan. Woods has not heard anything from the West Virginia staff about his standing with the program and has yet to hear anything from Rodriguez and his new regime in Michigan.
Woods’ case is one of many interesting story lines on the national recruiting scene where the coaching shuffle and other fluid moving scenarios have stirred up the recruiting landscape. Although not affected by major coaching changes, Florida State and Miami’s woes have caused some of their commits to re evaluate their options.
- There are some absolutely wild rumors circulating about West Virginia regarding Big name recruits, the current coaching staff, the possibility of Rodriguez returning, and who his replacement will be. Very interested to see what materializes.
- Lastly its being reported that regardless of Brian Billick’s man crush on Kyle Boller, Troy Smith is likely to get his first NFL start on Sunday. Smith is a legend in Buckeye lore, with many believing that the NFL has turned a blind eye to his potential. Baltimore fans, media, and players have seemed to embrace Smith (and have soured Boller and Billick) so it will be very interesting to see what unfolds on Sunday.
- My colleague at Bucknuts, Jeff Rapp, wrote a fantastic article about Nader Abdallah, a New Orleans native on the Buckeyes whose family actually moved in with him at OSU due to be displaced because of Hurricane Katrina. Great story.
I have some future bucknuts articles in the works so stay tuned.
Below is a link to my Bucknuts aritcle, recapping the anarchy that was the 2007 college football regular season. What an entertaining, historic, and unprecedented year it was! The article also looks forward to some thoughts on next year’s 2008 season.
This is a low res video that I also found that does a nice job recapping 2007 and looking forward to the championship game. I am in the process of planning my trip to New Orleans and am finding tickets to be quite pricey (1200-1800 per ticket). Please contact me if you have an extra and don’t feel the need to charge four figures for it.
Below is a link to my Bucknuts article previewing the upcoming Big 12 Championship game. As most of you know, this game has National Championship implications as a Missouri victory will vault them into the National Championship while a Oklahoma win would most likely but my Buckeyes in the Championship game.
Lots of controversy and disgruntled fans about how the championship game is shaping up (similar to EVERY year). ESPN is not making it any better either. All of the finger pointing, complaining, and whining seems misplaced as the real issue is a lack of a playoff system. Until that happens people would be better served writing their athletic directors and conference commissioners demanding change rather than trying to discredit any team in front of you in line for a title shot.
Below is a link to my weekly column on Bucknuts. If your not a Buckeye fan just scroll half way down as the second half of the article is not OSU focused and is a good read about what is going on the national scene.
