Welcome back, friends. In case you’re new to the Grumpy Old Buckeye, this column serves as the voice of negativity, even when things are generally pretty great. I’ll point out the things from each game that make me want to walk out onto my lawn in my bathrobe and yell at people about it. This week we’re talking Ohio State…
Welcome back, friends. In case you’re new to the Grumpy Old Buckeye, this column aims to be the voice of negativity, even when things are generally pretty great. I’ll point out the things from each game that make me want to walk out onto my lawn in my bathrobe and yell at people about it. This week, with tongue planted firmly…
I’ve mentioned it before, I like predicting stuff. It’s fun. Hit on a couple of guesses, ignore those that you whiffed on, and you’re feeling like a million bucks. We’re now in the dog days of summer, with nothing left but baseball to save us from absolute sports boredom. For me, that’s just not enough, and my brain is…
I’ve mentioned it before, I like predicting stuff. It’s fun. Hit on a couple of guesses, ignore those that you whiffed on, and you’re feeling like a million bucks. We’re now in the dog days of summer, with nothing left but baseball to save us from absolute sports boredom. For me, that’s just not enough, and my brain is…
Sometimes even replay officials get a call wrong. Ohio State cornerback Denzel Ward was flagged for targeting on Maryland receiver Taivon Jacobs in the first half of Saturday’s game between the Buckeyes and the Terrapins. The photo above is one snapshot of the play in question. The penalty was upheld after review and Ward was ejected from the game.
This is it, the final step. After this, it’s just a matter of tallying up all of the previous ratings, which should only take me about three months to tabulate. I am expecting very accurate findings. In all seriousness, though, I should start doing more time-capsule predictions where nobody sees what I’ve predicted until after the event has…
If a team is going to win the Big Ten, they better have a schedule conducive to doing so. Too many road games against top-level opponents, and you can kiss your trophy-hoisting dreams goodbye. That’s why I’ve always included the schedule when I do my Big Ten ratings. It is given equal weight with every other position rating…
In football, special teams can be a forgotten edge when trying to figure out who the best teams are. It is rare that a team can avoid having a game decided by either a punt or a field goal. Team A may be leading by one score late in the game and have to punt to Team B from deep in their own territory. An outstanding punt…
The Big Ten returns just two receivers who have 1,000-yard seasons in their careers, and just three with 900-yard seasons. This is not a new thing, however. This is just how things are in the Big Ten. Only 12 B1G receivers over the last five years have put up 1,000 yards receiving in a season. By contrast, 17 have done it in the…
