Eleven Warriors - A Buckeye Sports Blog

SI has a great story out about James Laurinaitis and his famous pops. The original Animal will go incognito to games so his son gets the full stage, but is understandably proud:
“I could see the same walk he had when he was in high school when he owned the high school his senior year. He [...]

Iowa is 0-10-1 all-time against teams ranked #1. Coincidentally, the last night game played at Kinnick also involved a battle against the #1 team in the country.. in 1992, Miami beat Iowa 24-7.
Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said left tackle Dace Richardson and center Rafael Eubanks did not practice Tuesday because of injuries, and their status [...]

Deadspin checks in with a new video from the Dead Schembechlers.
Realize, kids, that it’s entirely possible that we might have an Ohio State vs. Michigan, No. 1 vs. No. 2, battle on our hands this year. That might 40 percent of the Middle West spontaneously combust. We’re very excited.
And, as you might expect, anti-Michigan [...]

Well, no matter how badly ABC’s John Saunders wanted us bumped from the top spot, the nation’s other top-ranked teams did little to help their cause. As a result, tOSU held pretty much the same position at the top of the just released polls.

Look, the Buckeyes didn’t look great. But, they took care of business [...]

The Gray Lady has a feature about Troy Smith and Ted Ginn leading the Buckeyes to success this season. It’s nothing the average fan hasn’t read before, but fun to see pub in the typically NFL biased tri-state area.

Matt Hayes at the Sporting News has a great article about The Vest’s skills out.

One of the most overlooked factors in the game today: When all things are equal — and sometimes when they’re not — no one is a better big-game coach than Jim Tressel.
Pete Carroll looks like a genius with all that talent [...]

This may be the finest film ever uploaded to YouTube..

Understandably, University of Oklahoma president David Boren is pretty steamed. Boren wants to have the Sooners loss to Oregon voided and he also wants the Pac-10 crew that was working the game suspended for the rest of the season.

The onside kick call was among the worst I have ever seen given that it was upheld [...]

For the average Buckeye fan, the in-state games against Cincinnati and the MAC schools around the state can be a bit of a snooze. We have everything to lose and nothing to gain and the whole week before the game, we’re softened up by stories about how this one guy at the smaller school is [...]

I just heard a promo on ESPN for the Nebraska - USC game this weekend and it tried to tantalize me by asking if Nebraska could snap USC’s 27 game home winning streak. I’m sorry, but if you play your home games in the same stadium you played your last bowl game in and lost [...]