Eleven Warriors - A Buckeye Sports Blog

We beat ourselves more than he beat us. If I was a betting man, which I’m not, I would bet anything that our defense would beat their offense any day of the week.Baylor cornerback C.J. Wilson after his team gave up 6 touchdowns to Colt McCoy and Texas in a 63-31 loss

Lamar Thomas, a television analyst for Miami football games has been fired for comments he made during the brawl between Miami and Florida International. Thomas said the following:

Now, that’s what I’m talking about. You come into our house, you should get your behind kicked. You don’t come into the OB playing that stuff. You’re across [...]

The Super Bowl of internet sports arguing began at 4:15 today as the first BCS Standings were released to the public. The Bucks are in the top spot followed by USC and Michigan. The Florida upset over the weekend did its part to shake the rankings up and there certainly are a few spots and [...]

I was a little nervous heading into yesterday’s matchup with Michigan State. This is a team, after all, that had beaten the Buckeyes the last time they played when tOSU entered the game ranked #1. Sure they were reeling and heavily dinged up, but the Spartans are just as capable of beating an elite team [...]

Ivan Maisel weighs in with his midseason pick for the Heisman and he gives the nod to Oklahoma’s Adrian Peterson over Troy Smith.
..I think there’s a difference between the Heisman, which honors the “most outstanding player” in college football, and the typical award. That word “outstanding” suggests a level of excellence that Smith, in my [...]

Former Cornhusker start Lawrence Phillips has been found guilty on seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon by a Los Angeles jury. The verdict stemmed from an incident August 21, 2005 when the 31 year-old Phillips allegedly struck three and narrowly missed four others between the ages of 15 and 24 after losing a [...]

Media outlets are reporting that Michigan sophomore wide receiver Mario Manningham will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery today to repair a partially torn meniscus in the knee. He may also have a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in the knee. At a press conference, coach Lloyd Carr refused to confirm the reports of the [...]

There’s not a whole lot more I can say about the Buckeyes 35-7 win over Bowling Green that the big players haven’t already covered, but there are a couple of minor things worth pointing out.

Troy Smith turned in another quality performance going 17 of 20 for 191 and 3 TDs. On the Heisman front, I [...]

Quit complaining about the need for a playoff* in week 5 of the season. Quit making click-clack commercials. Start taking care of unraked teams in your conference.
Arkansas pushed around #2 Auburn this afternoon before winning 27-10. So much for that fast, physical Tiger defense. All of this on the road at Auburn and with a [...]