Michigan Preview
I just realized why having the Ohio State/Michigan game during Thanksgiving weekend — it will be really hard to have more than five uninterrupted minutes of blogging time in between Thanksgiving dinner, its subsequent sleepy time and the impending Black Friday pilgrimage that the lady folk of the Kaiser clan make early Friday morning, leaving me, your humble blogger, with the task of coralling the kids for the entire day. So this year’s preview will be brief. I hope as the second longest tenured blogger in the rivalry (as far as I can tell) I get that lee-way. Next year someone else in the MotSaG family can deal with this.
So considering everything that has happened over the past 12 months/3 months/11 games, we are about to test the eternal truth — can a victory against Michigan erase the pain of a lackluster season? Can playing spoiler once in a decade still bring satisfaction? Discussions I’ve had with fellow Buckeye fans have all had a familiar line of reasoning — yes, we’ve had some recent success against Michigan but they still haven’t suffered. 2-10-1 takes a long time to get over for those of us who lived through it.
The recent news lessens the blow of this gut-punch of a season but there is still a chance for this season to end happily. Beating Michigan will certainly help that.
If it’s previews you’re looking for, you can always read 11 Warrior’s. If you want to know what the enemy thinks, with all their hopes and dreams riding on The Game, go read MGoBlog. And because there’s a good chance Michigan could prevail, consider this from Brian:
Win will cause me to… I don’t even know anymore. Michigan has never won The Game in the history of this blog.
And that’s all I’ve got to say about that.
I’ve got Ohio State playing the spoiler for the first time in forever. OSU 21 UM 17
You?
Week 13 Open Thread
We’ve still got some time before the most boring game of football since the Game of the Century assaulted our eyeballs and sensibilities a few weeks ago. Why not join in the weekly open thread before the offensive explosion that is Ohio State/Penn State happens.
Feel the excitement!
Penn State By The Numbers
Since I more or less stole the format for the By The Numbers posts whole from Black Shoe Diaries, I’ll just point you to their post. (Just remember, the good guys are in the right column this week).
BlogPoll Ballot Week #12
Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 12
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys |  1 |
| 2 | LSU Tigers |  -1 |
| 3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 2 |
| 4 | Oregon Ducks | 2 |
| 5 | Alabama Crimson Tide | 2 |
| 6 | Arkansas Razorbacks | 2 |
| 7 | Clemson Tigers | 2 |
| 8 | Stanford Cardinal | -5 |
| 9 | Houston Cougars | 3 |
| 10 | Boise St. Broncos | -6 |
| 11 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -1 |
| 12 | Georgia Bulldogs | 2 |
| 13 | Kansas St. Wildcats | — |
| 14 | South Carolina Gamecocks | — |
| 15 | Michigan St. Spartans | -4 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | — |
| 17 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | 3 |
| 18 | USC Trojans | — |
| 19 | TCU Horned Frogs | — |
| 20 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -5 |
| 21 | Michigan Wolverines | -2 |
| 22 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | -1 |
| 23 | Texas Longhorns | -5 |
| 24 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | -2 |
| 25 | Florida St. Seminoles | — |
| Dropouts: Cincinnati Bearcats, Ohio St. Buckeyes, Auburn Tigers, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »
This week I completely scrapped last week’s ranking. I discussed this heavily with SYR and this is what we’ve come up with. There will be questions. Please don’t hesitate to ask.
Purdue by the Numbers
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Presented, always, without comment. But not without emoticons: :/
As always, stats are grabbed from cfbstats.com.
BlogPoll Ballot Week #11
Men of the Scarlet and Gray Ballot – Week 11
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LSU Tigers | — |
| 2 | Oklahoma St. Cowboys | 1 |
| 3 | Stanford Cardinal | 1 |
| 4 | Boise St. Broncos | 1 |
| 5 | Oklahoma Sooners | 3 |
| 6 | Oregon Ducks | — |
| 7 | Alabama Crimson Tide | -5 |
| 8 | Arkansas Razorbacks | -1 |
| 9 | Clemson Tigers | 3 |
| 10 | Virginia Tech Hokies | -1 |
| 11 | Michigan St. Spartans | 4 |
| 12 | Houston Cougars | -1 |
| 13 | Kansas St. Wildcats | — |
| 14 | Georgia Bulldogs | 4 |
| 15 | Penn St. Nittany Lions | -1 |
| 16 | Wisconsin Badgers | 1 |
| 17 | Cincinnati Bearcats | -1 |
| 18 | Texas Longhorns | 2 |
| 19 | Michigan Wolverines | — |
| 20 | Nebraska Cornhuskers | -10 |
| 21 | Southern Miss. Golden Eagles | 2 |
| 22 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | — |
| 23 | Ohio St. Buckeyes | — |
| 24 | Auburn Tigers | — |
| 25 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | — |
| Dropouts: South Carolina Gamecocks, Arizona St. Sun Devils, West Virginia Mountaineers, TCU Horned Frogs | ||
SB Nation BlogPoll College Football Top 25 Rankings »
