Casino carpet.. it keeps driving my eyes up to the gamesThe whole crew will be in Vegas until Sunday, so if things get a little light on the posting side, you can bet it's because we're either in the midst of a 43-hour bender, or conversely, the heads are pounding too much to write anything.
Enjoy the opening weekend of the tournament. Best of luck to Wisky, IU, Sparty and Purdue -- the lack of respect leveled at the conference in both major sports demands some banding together, no?
Speaking of the tournament, you can still get into the 11W group (password is "woody") if you haven't already done so. Fame, prizes, all that, to the winner. This is also a subtle reminder to the few that have entered but haven't filled out their brackets yet. Don't be that guy.
Oh yeah.. Pryor. Wednesday may have set some kind of Buckeye blog record. MotSaG lit cigars, ATO is getting artistic, Poe is counting Corvettes, Our Honor Defend points out that Rodriguez is now 0-2 when recruiting all-world quarterbacks to fit his system, and The BBC is relishing rubbing it in.
Thad has already promised Pryor a spot on the hoops team (please, Tress let him play) and SMQ checks in on the topic by echoing the Tebow model and mourning the recruiting services big loss:
He'll probably ease into the lineup in a Tebow-like role behind Todd Boeckman next year, eclipse the pedestrian fifth-year caretaker toward the end of the year, and set his sights on repeating Tebow's trophy-grabbing breakout as a sophomore. That's the plan, anyway. The kid is Tebow, Troy Smith and Vince Young in one.
Michigan and Penn State partisans: he's a bust. Dude's a head case. Don't sweat it. Y'all never wanted him, anyway. Remember, when you said that?
For recruiting gurus, though, there is no silver lining. The ride of their lives has come to an end. Sure, there will be other guys. More hot, young, rippling studs whose raw physical presence will take their breath away. But another Terrelle? Don't tease Rivals' broken heart.
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Whew. I was almost "that guy".
My bet is that no matter how good TP is that he will not be as much of an impact as Oden was (this partly being because TP is 1 of 11 guys on the offense and won't play defense while Oden was 1 of 5 and played both). However, I did pick TP as the bigger grab because he will be here for at least 3 years, while anyone with half a brain knew that we would've been really lucky to get Oden for more than 1.
Thanks for the props...you know we'll do the same when the opportunity arises!!
What does everyone think about the possibility of Henton/Bauserman transferring with Pryor coming in? I know Henton was looking good late last year surpassing Schoenhoft, but I think Henton should realistically think about transferring if Pryor is as good as he is hyped up to be. I could see Bauserman sticking around as a career backup though.
http://dottingthei.com/?p=18
I'd say Henton goes before Bauserman.
Bloody Xavier. They'd better pull it together, and quick, or I'm toast.
http://blog.dispatch.com/bucke...
At least when brought up earlier, Henton and his HS coach said he wasn't transferring.
see also: http://dispatch.com/live/conte...
Not sure about Bauserman.
I just saw a commercial for 'CBS College Sports Channel'. Does this mean I'll be able to flip from ESPN and CBS College Sports and have two total channels devoted to sloberring over the SEC? Please tell me this is the reality, I'm so excited about hearing how fast all those guys are.
That means there will be that much more time for ESPN to fellate USC and "Cool Dude" Pete Carroll.
Dudes, I think Henton is the better QB. Pryor has a lot to learn, and a few skills to develop before I'd consider him a better alternative than Henton. Of course, I also think Henton should be starting over Todd. So I may just be a kook.
The facts finally come out on Devoe, he's in some big trouble. Thank God Tress pulled his offer because we don't need anymore of this at OSU!
http://dottingthei.com/?p=24
How much money have you guys lost in Vegas yet? Got enough to get back home?
Ledcow,
The channel already exists. CSTV is owned by CBS. I don't think too many people get it though.
Not too bad last night. I lost three games, but had everyone going out in the second round, anyway. I'm still in it, baby.
Maybe Tommy, but they were advertising it as brand new. I wasn't sure if it was a new station, or if that's what they call their college sports broadcast on CBS. Sort of how ABC broadcasts college football on primetime and it's ESPN Presents.
First day is always rough, but so far, we're in decent shape. Looks like Hughes and Truax are blowing up with their brackets.
Dan Issacs,
You're not a kook. But you also haven't seen Henton play since the 4th game of the season.
Unless you are stalking him, stalker.
I'm saying Pryor, because if everything pans out he will be there for at least 3 years instead of 1....
That's a great point, Ryan. Thank goodness for that 3-year rule.
The officiating in this tournament is awful.
Hopefully we won't be seeing much of the Boeker this year. My eyes are still burning from watching him throw into quadruple coverage time after time last year. Dating one of the coaches daughters should never be a free ride for any dude. Is Tressel to stubborn to learn anything from that Texas game a couple years ago? Henton or TP in a Tebow-like role with Tress calling the plays would just setup another disaster against a team like USC. Tressel should just concentrate on coming up with some better plays so Buckeye Nation can drop the "Third-Down Clown" moniker he earned last year.
Lots of quick technicals. I correctly picked the WVU upset over Duke, but Notre Dame and Pitt hurt me. Thank God UCLA came through in the end.
Guess who had Davidson beating Georgetown? Yeah, baby! Butler almost nailed me today, though.
Had that too Joe, that's why T. Hub is atop the leaderboard!
I'm not sure if you guys are writing anything up for the Cal-OSU game since your in Vegas but over at DTI we've got one up. Check it out:
http://dottingthei.com/index.p...
I'm leading the office pool by six points, but the next round gets a lot tougher for me. I took Stanford over Texas, Xavier over West Virginia (that isn't good) and Louisville over Tennessee. Here's hoping, but I think I rode the upset train a little too far.
I just checked, and I took Stanford all the way through to the Final Four. So, they have to beat Texas and Memphis, back-to-back. So, I'll enjoy this moment, since I'm probably screwed down the stretch.
Good looking out, CL. I think they're all on life-support.