Michigan already running its mouth
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009In heavy rotation on Columbus sports talk radio, this sound byte from UM center David Mooseman*:
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In heavy rotation on Columbus sports talk radio, this sound byte from UM center David Mooseman*:
Week #11: Iowa Preview and Open Thread
Friday, November 13th, 2009Tomorrow, OSU's departing seniors will trot onto the field turf for the last time at the Horseshoe. If Cameron Heyward has his way, new Iowa QB James Vandenberg will share that same experience. I won't spend too much time on Iowa this week, other than to caution overconfidence on the part ...
Penn State flushes Rose Bowl hopes
Monday, November 9th, 2009STATE COLLEGE, PA -- In his postgame press conference, Penn State coach Joe Paterno had no answers for his team's odious performance against the Buckeyes. "We stunk up the place," said the elder coach, his brown coffee steaming in the chilly November air. "Ya gotta give credit to those guys; they ...
Week #8: Minnesota – Preview and Open Thread
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Once. Only once in Jim Tressel's career has he lost two games in a row (during the 2004 season, if you're wondering). Unless you're the type to have spent the week poking your Pryor doll in the shoulder with pins, you're probably not expecting that stat to be duplicated. The fact is ...
Does this sound ridiculous to you?
Monday, October 12th, 2009Two teams, two quarterbacks, two great defenses, two nearly identical statistical performances. What happens when you take one team's game recap -- apparently written by a sports journalist with a straight face -- and do a find-and-replace on the names and numbers? Open the original in a new window, then follow ...
Tyler Moeller enjoys Florida hospitality
Monday, August 10th, 2009OSU linebacker Tyler Moeller's injury was due to a suckerpunch given to him by a Florida man, Rivals Radio reported this morning. Details are still being revealed, but according to the report, Moeller was on vacation with his parents in Florida when another man overheard the linebacker identify himself as an ...
Beanie going pro
Thursday, January 8th, 2009ESPN is reporting that Beanie Wells has declared his intention to join the NFL draft. More details and commentary later. Link
Whaddya know? The sun came up today after all
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Hats off to the Texas Longhorns, 2009 Fiesta Bowl winners. A few brief bullets about the game: Why was Ryan Hamby wearing Anderson Russell's uniform? (Okay. Just kidding. Had to get it out of the way.) For the first time in three years, we saw a "classic" Tressel performance. This is the type ...
Insight from the talking heads
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009ESPN featured a shockingly fair and balanced commentary of the Fiesta Bowl after the game last night. That's quite probably the first positive few minutes ESPN has spent on the Buckeyes in years. Even with the loss, the Buckeyes clearly won back quite a bit of respect.
It starts. Plus, the reality behind the Big Ten’s perceived weakness
Saturday, December 27th, 2008...the Big Ten bashing, that is. ESPN (who else?) leads off the bowl season with another anti-Big Ten article, this time by Michael Weinreb, who says the Big Ten is "a legacy of linebackers missing front teeth and running backs built like, well, Plymouth Valiants." And, once again, we've got another formulaic ...
Robbed
Friday, December 19th, 2008Attention, Mr. Bettman, Mr. Campbell, and Associated NHL Morons: When a player is flying through the air, moving his skates backward relative to his body in order to not slice the jugular of your flavor-of-the-month goaltender, and the puck bounces off his edges & goes into the net, it is not ...
U of M? More like U of Meh
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Random BuckNotes about last Saturday's de-pantsing of the Worst Team in Michigan History: Most Buckeye fans knew that the 21 point line was an underestimation of some sort (most of our predictions here at MotSaG were in the 40s to 10-ish range), but no question the betting lines were equalized at ...
Columbus Crew – MLS Champions
Monday, November 24th, 2008While we may be Buckeye-heavy this time of year, MotSaG is still an Ohio-themed sports site and we'd be remiss if we didn't congratulate the Columbus Crew for winning the MLS cup. Way to go, Crew! I wanted badly to cover the Crew last week, but since (1) we were shorthanded at ...
Open Thread and Common Opponent Data – OSU/UM
Friday, November 21st, 2008How's THAT for a quick season? Is it just me? Tomorrow the top-10 ranked Buckeyes will play The Worst Michigan Team In History. Seriously. In 111 years, no OSU team has faced a statistically worse UM opponent. UM fans, if you think that makes Buckeye fans breathe easier or act overconfident, guess ...
