Archives for March 2012

Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #7 Braxton’s TD Throw (Purdue) vs. #10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

Round One: #7 Braxton’s TD Throw (Purdue) vs. #10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

Don’t let Boom’s heartfelt tears before the Wisconsin game influence your decision. That scramble by Miller was just as touching.

#7 Braxton’s TD Throw (Purdue):

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#10 Boom’s Long Run (Wisc)

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Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU) vs. #12 Stoneburner’s One Handed Catch (Toledo)

Round One: #5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU) vs. #12 Stoneburner’s One Handed Catch (Toledo)

The match-up of one handers was COMPLETELY coincidental, but let’s just enjoy the athleticism:

#5 Posey’s One Handed Catch (PSU)

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#12 Stoneburner’s One Handed Catch (Toledo)

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Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #6 Braxton’s TD Run (Michigan) vs. #11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

Round One: #6 Braxton’s TD Run (Michigan) vs. #11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

#6 Braxton’s TD Run (Michigan):

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#11 Shazier’s Punt Block (Wisc)

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Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron) vs. #13 Stoneburner’s TD Catch (Nebraska)

Round One: #4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron) vs. #13 Stoneburner’s TD Catch (Nebraska)

I love Urban’s “WOW” comment as the ESPN crew watches the replay of Spencer’s ridiculous grab.

#4 Evan Spencer’s One Handed Grab (Akron)

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#13 Stoneburner’s TD Catch (Nebraska)

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Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #3 Goal Line Stand (PSU) vs. #14 Carlos Hyde’s TD Run (Nebraska)

Round One: #3 Ohio State’s Defensive Goal Line Stand against Penn State vs. #14 Carlos Hyde’s TD Run against Nebraska

With the game still in the balance, Ohio State’s defense lines up to stop a Penn State team that had been having its way on the ground against it.

#3 Ohio State’s Defensive Goal Line Stand against Penn State

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#14 Carlos Hyde’s TD Run against Nebraska

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Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #2 Braxton’s 81 YD Run (Indiana) vs. #15 Will Hagerup’s Botched Snap (Michigan)

Round One: #2 Seed Braxton Miller’s 81 yard run against Indiana vs. #15 Seed Will Hagerup’s Botched Snap.

The botched snap probably would have been seeded higher if it had been the difference in the game against Michigan. (It’s already the greatest animated GIF and will probably win the SB Nation GIF bracket going away. But here it’s just a 15-seed.) At the time, it looked like this single play was going to turn the tide, shift the momentum Ohio State’s way and send thousands of Michigan fans home after yet another loss to Ohio State. Instead, it was just another heated play in the heated rival.

Braxton’s 81 yard run, however, was much more than that.

#2 Braxton’s 81 YD Run (Indiana)

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#15 Will Hagerup’s Botched Snap (Michigan)

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Football Moment Bracket (Round One): #1 Braxton’s TD Throw (Wisc) vs. #16 Bauserman’s TD Run (Akron)

Round One: #1 Seed Braxton Miller’s game-winning touchdown throw against Wisconsin vs. #16 Seed Joe Bauserman’s touchdown run against Akron.

A 16-seed isn’t supposed to challenge a 1-seed, right (regardless of what KenPom says)? Well, we’ll leave that up to you, dear reader. The evidence:

#1 Braxton Miller’s Touchdown Throw against Wisconsin:

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#16 Joe Bauserman’s Wheels

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MotSaG Presents: The Greatest 2011 Football Moment Bracket

Starting today, and mirroring the rounds of the NCAA tournament, we will be voting on the best football moments of 2011. (Stop, don’t laugh, there were a lot of them.)

These moments (not plays, as a couple of these are not a single play, but a moment in time) were chosen and ranked with a variety factors in mind: how that moment affected the outcome of the game, how big of a “Are you kidding me?” moment it was, and if that will be a moment we’ll tell our kids in a decade.

The team here has painstakingly pored over the highlights (again, stop snickering) of the 2011 season and have ranked them #1-16 and will pit them against each other in a bracket format over the next couple of weeks. You, the fearless MotSaG reader will be able to vote for your favorite plays and in the end, we will crown one moment The 2011 Greatest Football Moment of All Time.

Quick Reminder

You have a little over 12 hours to get your picks in if you want to join us in our NCAA Tournament Pick ’em.

You can join our Yahoo Tourney Pick’em here. The password is “vernon”.

The Ohio State Football Scoop

As the newest writer at Men of the Scarlet and Gray, I am honored to have this opportunity to contribute in a small way to Buckeye Nation.  I didn’t have the privilege of attending OSU, but I have bled scarlet and gray for years and look forward to sharing that passion here on this site.  One of the things I enjoy is finding a wide-ranging perspective on the breaking stories we hear about our beloved Buckeyes.  On my Twitter account (@Buckeye_JJ, excuse the shameless plug), I often publish links to similar stories taken from websites across the country.  This helps in seeing the national perspective on our team, as well as occasionally uncovering an interesting perspective we may not get here in the Buckeye State.

Preiodically, I’ll be publishing a rundown of some of these stories broken down into the following categories:  Ohio State Football Team news, Ohio State Football Coaching news and Ohio State Football Recruiting news.  I’ll also try to share a quick story that I’ve heard or have an opinion on.

If you’re like me, you are beyond excited to see what’s happening in Columbus these days.  Not only have we gotten one the best football coaches in college football, he’s not disappointed in his drive, passion and commitment to change.  Although rumors circulated that the current players were not initially happy with this new mindset, it’s been exciting to watch how quickly even that has turned around.

Coach Meyer’s desire is to have the most competitive group of young men on the gridiron each and every fall.  Below, I feature several links to stories and videos about how the players are reacting to this offseason regiment.  But, to me, the most gratifying example of this is to follow the players on Twitter  and watch how they are responding each day.  Players are excited to workout, hungry to improve and seem to be enjoying the process, the coaches and each other along the way.  The coaches also seem to be playing up to it as evidenced by new Assistant AD for Football Sports Performance, Mickey Marotti’s (@CoacMickMarotti) comments, “Great workout this morning, Buckeye Nation should be proud. Not as many Loafs today … at the WHAC” (see story below for more details).

This has even filtered down to things outside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.  Take for example, Cardale Jones (@Cordale10) who stated recently, “Class at 9:30 can’t wait to see what I got on my math exam from Wednesday” to which he responded with “96 and whatever on my math exam.”  For a student athlete who has struggled with academics in the past, it sounds as if he is even winning in the classroom. That’s a very good sign to me.  Go Bucks!

Ohio State Football Team News

Ohio State Football Coaching News

Ohio State Football Recruiting News