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An Inconvenient Truth
During Jim Tressel’s decade-long stint as Ohio State head football coach, press conferences often needed a dose of truth serum. The buttoned-down, mild-mannered Tressel rarely, if ever, revealed...
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B1G Basketball Power Rankings: Jan. 14
Welcome to your weekly rankings, B1G hoops fans. The contenders and pretenders will soon start to separate, but things are still very much in the air after two weeks of conference play.IU outlasted...
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Forecasting 2014: Tight Ends
It was a big recruiting weekend for Ohio State, as they hosted a large group of junior and senior prospects, who all got to see the Buckeye basketball team take down second-ranked Michigan, 56-53, at...
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The Ice Harvest
You might think winning a Heisman Trophy is easier during World Wars when America's college football talent pool is significantly thinner, but you would be wrong.Back in 1944 Ohio State head coach...
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COMMITTED: Catching Up with Trey Johnson
Heading into the 2013 season, the Buckeyes have a couple of holes to fill at the linebacker position.With starters Etienne Sabino and Zach Boren lost to graduation, in addition to top backup Storm...
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Tuesday Skull Session
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Let's travel back in time for a minute, though not to the '50s or 1999.Instead, let's remember where we were a week ago today, before the Ohio State men's basketball...
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Craftwerk: The Containment of Trey Burke
When Ohio State sprinted out to leads of 16-3, 26-6 and 29-8 against Michigan on Sunday, many wondered where that offense was all season. In losses to Duke, Kansas and Illinois, the Buckeyes’ scoring...
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Does the B1G TEN Have a Surprise Team in 2013?
As the B1G TEN turns from 2012 to 2013, a conversation worth considering is a possible return of the B1G TEN to the 1970s. While a bit of a doomsday scenario for fans of other programs, Ohio State and...
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Brady Hoke's Wild Ride
College football is utterly, magnificently unpredictable. To borrow a phrase, you might as well appeal to the thunderstorm as to try to understand the whims and foibles of the maddening anti-logic that...
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One-Star Talent: The Best-Worst of Commercials Featuring College Football...
When we first unearthed Urban's now-classic endorsement of Simply Orange (potassium rules), we had no idea how many "great" head football coaching commercials the resulting thread would produce. We...
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COMMITTED: Catching Up with Chris Worley
In the coming weeks leading up to National Signing Day, Urban Meyer and the Ohio State coaching staff are working on finishing an already very strong 2013 recruiting class.Chris Worley became number 22...
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Wednesday Skull Session
Good morning, Buckeye fans, and welcome to your Wednesday Skull Session. With the basketball Buckeyes not playing until Saturday against Michigan State, we're forced to pay attention to the NFL this...
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Born to Run: Ohio State's Cure for the Jump Shooting Blues is in the...
There are 347 Division I college basketball teams. It’s possible none have played as flawless a 13-minute stretch as the Ohio State Buckeyes did on Sunday in the first half against No. 2 Michigan.It's...
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Eleven Dubcast: Fred-Ex Delievers
Zach Boren is a cultured man of many tastes; travel, love, food... he is an expert in all of the finer things in life.The Boren SupremacySo today Sarah and I are pleased to announce that Mr. Boren...
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11W Recruiting Notebook: The Home Stretch
National Signing Day on February 6 is just three weeks away and with 22 commits already in the bag, Urban Meyer and his staff are putting the finishing touches on an already outstanding class.Meyer is...
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The Stumbler: Volume Five - Super Sophs
Hello there and welcome back to another edition of The Stumbler. As previously mentioned, scouring the Internet for this piece is a big job, so I’m more than willing to take suggestions from the...
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The Hoax
On a day when Chip Kelly created shock waves leaving Oregon for the Philadelphia Eagles, Deadspin dropped an atomic bomb into college football's lap by publishing an investigative report that shredded...
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Thursday Skull Session
So, yesterday was pretty cool if you are one of the good people on Earth that don't mind seeing Notre Dame squirm in embarrassment. You've heard the story by now; you know, the one where the current...
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The Closer: Meyer Shines in Recruiting Crunch Time
Crunch time.In every sport, it’s what happens in the final moments of a game that often defines the total product. In college football, November is given privileged treatment. It’s the closing month of...
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A Five-Point Plan to Win Parents and Influence Recruits
By now, I’m sure you've heard cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs’ epic recruiting pitch delivered to Ezekiel Elliott and a few other recruits. The clip, courtesy of Elliott's father, Stacy, is Coombs at...
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