Archives for August 2007

Pardon the mess.

Blog/site newsWe are preparing to roll out a new look for the Men of the Scarlet and Gray website. Since we are WordPress hacks, this is going to be a brute-force, work-in-progress mess. You might have noticed a different look to the site earlier this afternoon as the sportsMonkey and I were tinkering with different WP themes. Now that we’ve settled on one, we’re going to Buck-ize it. Hopefully everything will be running smoothly (and beautifully) soon. I’m also updating a few of the things behind-the-scenes, including how the RSS feed is served. Nothing should change on either end, but just wanted to let you know we’re working to make the MotSaG experience an enjoyable one.

Please let us know what you think, what ways we could improve things, and general praise. Mostly praise, if you don’t mind.

Update (8/16): We’ve just about wrapped up the renovations are the site. We hope you like it. Besides the new look, we’ve added a way to subscribe to comment threads so you can be notified of new comments. We’ve also souped up the RSS feed so we can do fun stuff with that in the future. We’ll probably make a few cosmetic changes to the site here and there, but this is the new, improved look for Men of the Scarlet and Gray.

The future is 17 days away

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Extra special teams (18 days)

The countdown continues (sorry for the drop-off!) with the man with the golden leg (one of them, at least)

Andy Groom

What was it that Coach Tressel said about the punt? Oh yeah.

Let the Brady Quinn era begin

BrownsQuinn and the Browns have agreed to a deal. ‘Bout time.

I know a lot of Buckeye fans don’t hold Brady Quinn in high regard. That’s fine. But now that he’s a Brown, I am giving him a second chance. (See also: Kellen Winslow, Jr; Braylon Edwards; Jamaal Lewis)

See ya! (25 days)

Antonio Pittman

Yeah, I could get used to a pattern like this.

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie! (27 days)

Eddie George

I sense a pattern starting here.

FOUR WEEKS AWAY (28 days)

Behold, the future of the Ohio State Running Game:

Beanie Wells

Vernon Gholston is strong.

OSU FootballAt the risk of MotSaG becoming the “Vernon Gholston Blog,” I just wanted to quote Vernon from a recent Dispatch article:

My biggest attribute is my strength.

Yes, yes it is.

We may just have to add a “Vernon Gholston” category here at the blog.

(We promise that more consitent blogging here at the Men of the Scarlet and Gray is forthcoming. We just watched 20 minutes of OSU highlights and YouTube and we are PUMPED)

Arrington earns another chance to lose to OSU

LLLLoydLloyd Carr, winter 2007:
“[Arrington’s return] is possible, but not probable.”

MotSaG, spring 2007:
“There are no specifics on Arrington’s violation… Which means, of course, Arrington will definitely be starting for UM later this fall.”

Lloyd Carr, summer 2007:
“Adrian has [been reinstated because he’s] proven to me that he wants to be at Michigan.”

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