Published on: 4th December, 2009
Well, Buckeye Nation, Ohio State now has an opponent in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl—the Pac-10 Champion Oregon Ducks. Chip Kelly's bunch is riding a huge wave of momentum after big wins over Cal, USC, and Oregon State to win the Pac-10. And the Ducks' offense is a force to be reckoned ...Published on: 30th November, 2009
According to ESPN, Florida State Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden, one of the all-time legends of the game, is expected to retire after 33 years of coaching in Tallahassee. With the recent struggles of the Seminoles and the inability to sustain success in recent years, it seems the game had passed Bowden ...Published on: 26th November, 2009
After 2006 and 2007 debacles, most college football fans might not want to see Ohio State playing for a national title ever again. But with the maturation the team has developed and a 180 in mentality, the Buckeyes could end 2009 as high as sixth in the final polls, and primed ...Published on: 24th November, 2009
Normally, this is where I do my weekly "Five Things We Learned in College Football" series. But this week, I've decided to take things in a different direction with Thanksgiving around the corner. And with only one more week before the conference championship games, this is what some of the ...Published on: 21st November, 2009
The Ohio State Buckeyes once again beat their arch rivals from Michigan 21-10, in a classic example of how the Buckeyes have played in the Jim Tressel era. The game was won by the Buckeyes controlling the ground game, special teams, and creating turnovers. And regardless of what people think about ...Published on: 19th November, 2009
Saturday in Ann Arbor, the latest installment of The Game is between Ohio State and Michigan. Earlier in the decade, The Game was something special, when both teams were among the elites in college football, and when the Big Ten title was usually on the line. But lately, the decline of Michigan ...Published on: 16th November, 2009
When the Iowa Hawkeyes came to Columbus, the most unlikely man on either squad, K Devin Barclay, the 26-year-old former MLS player, was the hero that sent Ohio State to Pasadena. It's a story that has been talked about for days now, but don't forget the other 60 minutes of a ...Published on: 16th November, 2009
Saturday finally gave us the first BCS lock of 2009, with the Ohio State Buckeyes pulling out the dramatic finish in OT against the Iowa Hawkeyes for the Big Ten title. It also continued to thin out the BCS picture, as the top four teams in the country, Florida, Alabama, Texas, ...Published on: 13th November, 2009
Saturday afternoon, Ohio State and Iowa meet in Columbus for the unofficial Big Ten Championship Game for the right to go to Pasadena. The biggest story of the game is Iowa backup QB James Vandenburg starting over the injured Ricky Stanzi. In Vandenburg's first prolonged experience last week against Northwestern, he could ...Published on: 9th November, 2009
As the season winds down, every game is more and more meaningful as the BCS picture gets clearer. Florida and Alabama are on a collision course for Atlanta, and Texas has little competition left to get to the National Title game in Pasadena. And as we near Thanksgiving and the conference ...