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The Stumbler: Volume Eighteen: Our Boy Troy
The Items: Buckeye BobbleheadsHello and welcome to what could potentially be the last Stumbler for a while here at 11W.We had a good run covering a gamut of topics from coaching manuals penned by...
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The B1G List: Ranking the State Birds of the Big Ten
Let's face it: the offseason sucks, and is little more than a several months-long reminder that our lives are empty husks without the soothing siren song of football to remind us of our superiority to...
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A Season for All Seasons: Running Back
On the way to seven national titles, 34 B1G championships, and the sixth-most wins in college football history (837), Ohio State fans have seen literally dozens of truly special single-season offensive...
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Breaking Down the '14 Corners on Ohio State's Short List
The Ohio State coaching staff has done excellent work landing elite cornerbacks the past couple of years, thanks mostly to the impressive recruiting jobs from head coach Urban Meyer and defensive backs...
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Wednesday Skull Session
Naming things is hard.Every year, millions of people are born into the world, and every year some parents name their children weird things. In spite of all the reasonable people naming babies Joshua or...
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Exploring Our Nine-Game Conference Schedule Future
Conference realignment has been a source of frustration for fans since the first momentous shift in the summer of 2010. Nebraska abandoned its home of more than 100 years to join the Big Ten, while...
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Better Know A Buckeye: J.T. Barrett
It's essentially a dead period for Ohio State fans. The baseball season is ongoing, and the baseball Bucks still have a very good shot at winning a regular season Big Ten championship before thinking...
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One To Watch: Jalen Jelks
There are not many spots left in the Ohio State 2014 recruiting class. Some experts say there may only be 10 spots left; others are a bit more optimistic and think the Buckeyes could stretch it from...
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Don't Tinker With That Ticker
COME AT ME"Urban Meyer straight up died today," ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo! Sports, and literally every sports news website in the world will say. "We tried to warn him, ask him how his heart was...
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11W Recruiting Roundup: What's The Hurry?
The game of football has changed. A lot.Barker has waited patiently, is he over it?Those changes have been for the good in some cases – like the commercialization of the sport which helps mid-major...
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Math Wednesday: Fourth Down Gambles
Going for it on fourth down necessarily entails some degree of risk acceptance by the head coach. Braxton wasn't too shabby in converting fourth downsFourth down conversions should be overwhelmingly...
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One To Watch: Adam McLean
It's Wednesday, April 24, 2013, and Ohio State is halfway through their quest to fill up what will most assuredly end up as a third straight top-five class for Urban Meyer and his Buckeyes.McLean is a...
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Thursday Skull Session
As if I couldn't be more disinterested with the beginning of tonight's NFL Draft, the cold hard facts suggest a B1G player won't be selected in the first round for the first time in 60 years. As it...
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Buckeyes, B1G Hope for Good NFL Draft News
The NFL Draft, first held in a smoky ballroom at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia in 1936, has developed into a rite of spring, on par with Opening Day for baseball and The Masters in terms of...
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Great Expectations
Everyone loves an underdog, which is probably the best explanation for how Rocky was awarded the Best Picture Oscar instead of Taxi Driver.Also starring David Perkins as Apollo CreedBut even in real...
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Ohio State Spring Practice Offensive Observations Part II
Last week I examined Ohio State's addition of the pistol formation to their offense and Braxton Miller's spring progression.Today I want to finish my spring recap by focusing upon the rest of the...
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Your NFL Draft First Round Open Thread
While no Buckeyes are expected to be taken in the first round of tonight's NFL Draft – indeed, we could see a first round pass without any Big Ten players taken, something that hasn't happened since...
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Friday Skull Session
Good morning and welcome to your Friday NFL Draft Special Skull Session.TMSo Browns fans, how are you feeling about second-team All-SEC defensive end Barkevious Mingo?Do you agree with Coach Billick...
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Pride of Ohio: St. Henry
"Pride of Ohio" is an homage to the small to medium-sized Ohio cities that have helped to shape Ohio State athletics.Two thousand four hundred twenty-eight. That number can apply to multiple things in...
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Ohio State Punt Frequency: A Study
When the Buckeyes were left without a punting specialist in the wake of Johnny Townsend signing with Florida, many people (myself included) joked about how Ohio State wouldn’t be punting often anyway....
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