Top 10 Buckeyes, Overrated Michigan, and Tweeting Hockey Players... Oh, My!
So… the Buckeyes are back in the Top Ten. And the defense seems to be working now, and obviously the offense is starting to give them a little breathing room. I hope to God we never see rain like that again this season. Regular Tressel-Ball can be hard enough for a fan to watch. One-dimensional, no-passing Tressel-Ball? That’s just torture. Not “Watching the Browns” torture, but torture nonetheless.
"You have to love a defense that gets two straight shutouts."
And while, yes, it may be Toledo and Illinois they did it against, you have to love a defense that gets two straight shutouts. Shutouts are never easy to get under any circumstances. Even Youngstown State managed to score on defenses with much more experience the previous two years. Take it with a grain of salt, but two shutouts are two shutouts.
Michigan is crawling up the polls. Ummmm… really? Ohio State drops in the polls after shutting out Toledo (yes, it’s a weak opponent on a light schedule, but c’mon…), but Michigan climbs after surviving against Indiana (on an obscenely blown call, I might add)?
Sure, Ohio State certainly doesn’t earn any strength-of-schedule points this year (or next year… or 2011… or 2012…) but that’s Eastern and Western Michigan and Delaware State on the Wolverines’ slate. Even Lou Holtz knows there’s no way Michigan should be rising in the polls.
BCS Spoiler…? I know it’s still extremely early, but is anyone looking at Boise State, and the fact that they’re in the Top 5 now? They are in sniffing distance of a date in Pasadena for the Title Game.
No, I’m not smoking anything.
"Boise State will be 13-0 by close-of-business on December 5, and from there, someone will be crying."
Do I think they’ll actually make the Title Game? I’d like to be able to say there’s no chance in hell. However, you couldn’t pave a road to 13-0 (how did they get a 13th game, anyway?) any better than Boise State has. They beat the one ranked team on their schedule in Week 1, and they play in the WAC. Boise State will be 13-0 by close-of-business on December 5, and from there, someone will be crying – whether it’s Boise State whining about being unbeaten and not playing for it all, or it’s a one-loss team that’s not in the game because they somehow get left behind by BSU. I just hope it’s not the Buckeyes.
How rough is it to be Bobby Bowden right now? South Florida, Bobby? REALLY?!?!
Almost… again!!! Why does it always seem like Ohio Bobcats Coach Frank Solich is saving that “Upset Magic” for later? No one expected that 14-7 lead on Tennessee to last, but really… someone in Ohio has got to beat an SEC team at some point. Some momentum would have been nice… there are no real gimmes on that MAC schedule, Coach. Well, Miami and Ball State, but that’s it. I want to go to a bowl game again, Coach. Don’t make fans wait another 38 years… I’ll be too old to fly.
I want to be a sports contract consultant for the Browns. I realized yesterday after some research (because, apparently, I hadn’t paid too much attention before) that the Browns signed Eric Mangini for four years. I’m sure I’m not the only Browns fan who thinks he can’t bear to wait that long for Mangini to get fired.
"It’s time to [...] build a decent offensive line, so they can protect Tim Tebow when [the Browns] get to draft him first."
So for future reference, I think any contract term longer than two years for a Browns coach should come with a stipulation: You start 0-3, the team deducts one year from the deal. ‘Nuff said. For heaven’s sake, Coach, one sports columnist is already calling for Josh Cribbs to start. Brady Quinn is about as far from a pro quarterback as one can be, but he and Derek Anderson have proven that Quinn is definitely the lesser of two evils.
It’s time to start thinking about making some trades to build a decent offensive line, so they can protect Tim Tebow when you get to draft him first.
The only Cleveland Brown people are supposed to be laughing at is on The Cleveland Show on Fox before Family Guy.
Get well soon, Tim Tebow. We’ve got you on speed-dial already, pal.
Finally!!! The season I like to call the Most Wonderful Time of the Year is almost upon us: Sports’ longest season. After that first taste of the playoffs – however brief – it is almost time for the Blue Jackets to drop the puck. I can’t wait. I think our guys look pretty good this year. Rough schedule in the first week, but I still like it.
Two for Tweeting. Speaking of hockey… yes, Jackets fans, now YOU can follow (and I don’t mean that in an “Every Breath You Take” kinda way) your favorite Blue Jackets (or least favorite “other guy”) player on Twitter! I was intrigued to find our own Mike Commodore has recently joined the Twitter fray (@Commie22), as has Nikita Filatov (@NikitaFilatov). You can also find such guys as former St. Louis player-turned-restaurateur Tony Twist (@realtonytwist), recent Cup winner and retiree Bret Hedican (@hedicanbret) and even current St. Louis agitator T.J. Oshie (@tjoshie).
Of course, if you’re not on Twitter, this means nothing. But if you are… hey, it’s great to see some players getting in on the fun, right? Obviously, there’s probably no live Tweeting with those gloves, but it’s kinda like having T.O. or OchoCinco in your stream – minus the inflated egos. And even if you don’t feeling like following any players, Mike Commodore’s Twitter avatar alone makes his profile worth a look.
Stay tuned to www.ColumbusSports.com. I’ll be yakking and blathering about hockey soon enough. Go Jackets!