Eleven Warriors - A Buckeye Sports Blog

Tipoff:
3:45PM ET

Previews:
11W, Spartans Weblog

Favorite:
Michigan State (-2.5)

Television:
CBS

Radio:
OSU Basketball Affiliates

Three burning questions:

Will the Buckeyes get any type of quality play out of the point?
Does Mullens repeat the performance he had for his coming out party in East Lansing (16pts, 6 boards and 2 blocks in 22 minuts)?
What are the chances of Diebler making an appearance today? [...]

As most of you are well aware of by now, your friendly worldwide leader has gone to the trouble of ranking all 119 FBS teams according to the prestige of the program. What is prestige? Many things, of course, but for the purposes of this exercise, 10-win seasons, Heisman trophy winners, first-round draft [...]

Former Buckeye Anthony Crater was arrested early this morning and charged with possession of tree after he and fellow USF baller Mike Mercer were caught with a blunt in Mercer’s ride.

According to police, Mercer got all Dick Trickle swerving across multiple lanes prompting cops to pull the duo over leading to discovery of said tree.

Continuing [...]

Ohio State
13-4, 3-3 Big Ten
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January 25, 2009
3:45 PM ET – CBS
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The Schott
Columbus, OH

#7 Michigan State
15-3, 5-1 Big Ten
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Yikes! A pissed off Michigan State team is not what the Buckeyes needed after they were pummeled in Illinois on Tuesday.

The Spartans lost 70-63 against Northwestern on Wednesday, ending a 28 game home [...]

Judging from yesterday’s poll, the majority of you agree with us that poor point guard play is the biggest concern facing the basketball Buckeyes as they head into the final 12 regular season games.

Sure, Lighty’s injury was a major setback but without an effective floor general his absence is not the reason the Buckeyes find [...]

We’re three days into practices for the Senior Bowl and also getting our first real picture of how the draft will shape up. The NFL scouts, GMs and other team personnel that convene in Mobile love two things above all: getting excited over young male bodies and telling everyone they can find about it.

And [...]

The Greg Robinson Full Throat Experience

As you may have heard, our fine friends up north have found themselves a new defensive coordinator.

Greg Robinson, fresh off a nightmarish 10-37 run in four years at Syracuse, has filled Scott Shafer’s funky shoes and will attempt to shore up a unit that surrendered the most points in program [...]

Turner had no room to operate resulting in a season low four points. (AP: Robert K. O’Daniell)

Though I was convinced tonight would result in a loss, I didn’t expect Ohio State to roll over and die but that’s exactly what happened as Illinois handed the Buckeyes a 67-49 beatdown tonight in Champaign.

How bad was it? [...]