After a long, long time, we are back! The Buckeyes are opening up as a 14 point favorite on the road against the Minnesota St Screamin' Eagles Golden Gophers.

A list of who is out can be found here. 

Open thread protocols (no trolls, zero tolerance for blatant asshattery) and the usual guidelines are in effect, voting is on...

"Note- A kind reminder to you participants in today's Buckeyes open threads: we're allowing voting today as a tool- not a weapon- to help us monitor, self-govern, and self-police commentary during the game. We know that passions run high at times; we make allowance for that. But ad hominem attacks, vulgar and/or obscene comments directed against either the team or fellow commentators are disheartening and unacceptable. Please help us by being your own editor, lest someone do it for you."

An additional kind reminder to refrain from new forum posts until after the game (they'll be insta-nuked otherwise) - and that if you do offer up, be detailed and lead the discussion. I'll take a well constructed post full of criticism over the bullshit "M...igan Sux" link and run.