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Smith is on pace for 8 sacks this season.

With Anthony Gonzalez on a bye this week, Ted Ginn a bust (but also on a bye) and Santonio Holmes facing off against the NFL’s best defense, it was a bad week for offensive Buckeye NFLer’s.

However, the defensive side of the Buckeyes stepped up and staged a [...]

The depth chart for the Wisconsin game is out and while it’s important to point out that these things are tentative at best (remember, Pryor was listed as a firm #2 the week of his first start), there’s some interesting movement.

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For starters, it appears as if guard Steve Rehring is getting close [...]

Apologies for the abundance of YouTube clips as of late, but we want to make sure we showcase some of these highlights. Below, we have Beanie doing his thing:

How does it stack up to Moreno’s hurdle? Both look similar, but slight edge to Beanie because the Big Ten > MAC (though I’ll hear [...]

The conventional wisdom is that if a team is to lose, losing early in the season is best for any type of MNC aspirations. Though most fans (including the authors of this blog) don’t believe this team is worthy of being considered for another title game berth, the early loss to USC was refreshing [...]

With nine ranked teams losing, including four of our previous top eight, this week’s initial ballot has a new look to it. Alabama was most impressive and with that offensive line and the game JPW played, it wasn’t hard to slot them at #2.

As usual, I’m sure we’ll be up for the Coulter/Krugman award for [...]

This highlight deserves a post of its own. Was a Gopher coach actually asking him to lower his head and hit someone?

Interesting that Rex Sharpe is described by the Gopher sports information folks as “A speedy, hard-hitting linebacker…”.

You really need to do yourself a favor and head over to YouTube to watch the video [...]

Thaddeus Maximus and Marcus Freeman whip up a double Decker sandwich. (photo: Jay LaPrete)

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The defense, especially the front four and safety Anderson Russell, have taken a little heat this year but I felt the unit played much faster yesterday and with a renewed sense of urgency. Sure, there were some breakdowns starting midway through the [...]

Bob LeBeau jams out the Steel Curtain Blues.

While we relish in the renewed energy of the Buckeye’s future NFLers, the current pros have some key matchups today and tomorrow, as bye weeks start to creep into the regular schedule.

To me, the biggest surprise continues to be Donte Whitner and Ashton Youboty. The Bills look [...]