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Eddie George Not Resting on his Laurels
Thursday, January 19th, 2012Former OSU running back and Heisman winner Eddie George has a new career: Shakespearean Actor. George dons the toga to star in Julius Caesar, now playing at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival. After retiring from the NFL, Eddie pursued his dream of becoming an actor. He worked with acting coaches to refine his ...
Failures of Courage
Thursday, November 10th, 2011"Hey, Paterno's been fired." The salacious and horrific nature of the allegations were notable enough, but their presence in the context of the PSU program was what elevated the story to stratospheric-levels. Paterno and PSU had built a "brand" of integrity and honor unrivaled anywhere else in major college sports. To ...
Google Plus Interruption
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011Quick programming note... Google has (temporarily, we hope) suspended our G+ account due to "violations of the Google Plus names policy." When we set MotSaG up, we used our standard Google account that has been in place since 2006. Until Google rolls out their G+ business pages, this is technically a violation ...
Ohio State vs Wisconsin Preview
Friday, October 28th, 2011The Essentials What: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin Where: Daaaaaaaaa Shoe When: 8:00 PM, Oct. 29th, 2011 The Line: Wisconsin -7.5 Television: ESPN Weather: Upper 30s to low 40s, 20% chance of rain OSU and Wisconsin have brewed themselves a strong rivalry in recent years. Of the past ten matchups between Wisconsin and Ohio State, half have ended in upsets. The other half have ...
JB’s Greatest Hits
Friday, October 21st, 2011Yakety Sax + Marcia Brady getting hit in the nose = Joe Bauserman in a nutshell. H/T to the Buckeye Blog.
Dominick Clarke Suspended
Friday, October 14th, 2011It's the October 14th edition of "OSU Suspension Friday!!" Via BuckeyeExtra: Backup cornerback Dominic Clarke won’t accompany Ohio State when it plays at Illinois after being charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly shooting a BB gun from the overhang of a dormitory restaurant on Sunday night. “It’s in the university’s hands,” coach Luke ...
An Open Letter to Luke Fickell and Jim Bollman
Sunday, October 9th, 2011Gentlemen, I do not envy you for the situation you inherited this year. Even veteran, elite coaches must sympathize at the terrible hand you have been dealt. Still, however, one wonders why, with the challenging situation in which you have found yourselves, you would choose to sabotage your chances of putting ...
What Really Happened Against MSU
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011I hesitated before cranking out the recap this week. I wanted to avoid the cookie-cutter analysis of "offense bad." You cannot understand why the OSU offense had such a hard time until you understand what is going on under the hood. To that end, a Fickell statement in the postgame press ...
Attention MSU fans…
Saturday, October 1st, 2011Don't gloat too much, because if we want your coach in four months, we'll take him. And there's nothing you can do about it. Consider him on loan to you while we figure out what to do with Fickell and Meyer. Buckeye fans, stay tuned. The game recap will be posted soon ...
Time’s up; let’s change
Monday, September 19th, 2011The failures are obvious. They are increasing. They are consistent, they are maddening. And they are inexcusable. As our cohorts over at the BBC point out, the key sentiment in Carmen Ohio refers to "time and change will surely show," and argue that we need more time to allow change to ...
ESPN GameDay Preview 2011
Friday, September 2nd, 2011Fowler: Welcome to the GameDay College Football Preview, here on ESPN. 2011 is shaping up to be another great season for college football, and not just for the SEC. I'm Chris Fowler, here with my coanchors Lou Holtz, Lee Corso, Erin Andrews, and Mark May. Later we'll be joined by Desmond ...
Full Circle
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011For you social network addicts, MotSaG now has a stream over on G+. Feel free to circle us over there, if you wish. We'll be using it to notify followers of new posts. However, we'll also likely be doing a bit of microblogging over there as well; mostly small updates and ...
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