There’s definitely a comfort level with me when it comes to picking Big Ten East outcomes that does not exist with the Big Ten West. Perhaps it’s from the Buckeyes’ schedule and seeing a majority of East teams play on a regular, week-in and week-out basis. That’s not to suggest that I’ll predict more games right in the East than the West, but, well, yea I will.
Back in July, the Hayes and Cannon brain trust looked at hours upon hours of Big Ten game film, studied fall weather patterns, evaluated player and coach tendencies, and prognosticated every single game for the conference’s football teams. Alright, truth be told, some of the guys may have gone to those lengths.
Well *takes deep breath* it happened again. My statistical projections were impacted when OSU played down to its competition and was unable to separate from the Golden Gophers until late in the game. For a majority of the contest, Minnesota was within a score of Ohio State, even leading for several minutes in the second quarter.
I have a simple question for you all. Why was Minnesota the breaking point for you? As those who listen to the Sons of Schmidt know, I spent the past week in Branson, Missouri where I got a week away from work with my family and was transplanted into some washed up country singer paradise. It was fun but…
Wins are great, but man is this year’s undefeated Ohio State team winning in ways that are making the Buckeye fan base want to rampage. With a 7-0 team after a 30-14 win over Minnesota, all the discussions seem to be about the poor running game, the broken defense, and the lack of any kind of ideas on the coaching staff’s part…
Jim Tressel used to say things are never as good or as bad as they look. They are usually somewhere in between. In many respects, the same can be said for Ohio State’s efforts on both sides of the ball against Minnesota. Explosive Woes Continue. Each team had 10 possessions in this game and Minnesota was able to continually…
COLUMBUS — Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer spoke with reporters on Monday to provide updates on his Buckeye football team. He talked about injuries and other personnel injuries, and answered plenty of other questions as well. He also recapped the win over Minnesota a bit and looked ahead to Saturday’s game against Purdue.
COLUMBUS — Fourth-year junior receiver K.J. Hill, junior safety Jordan Fuller, and sophomore kicker Blake Haubeil were named Ohio State’s offensive, defensive, and special teams players of the game, respectively, for their performances in Saturday’s Buckeye win over Minnesota. Hill had a season-high nine receptions for a…
What in the name of “Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust” is going on inside Ohio Stadium? I may have not known Woody personally, but I have to imagine he’s turning over in his grave (may he R.I.P) with Dwayne Haskins and the Buckeyes offense racking up back-to-back 400-yard passing games. Saturday saw Haskins once…
Ohio State came into Saturday’s game against Minnesota favored by 30 points, which means they would have needed to shut out the Gophers just to cover. As we know, that didn’t happen. Fourteen points given up is pretty good, but it’s a little bit like putting deodorant on gangrene to cover of the smell. Only scoring…
Welcome back to the Grumpy Old Buckeye, the column where no matter how good things are, I find some stuff to gripe about. Every week I point out the things from the 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 vs. Minnesota…
