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Deshaun Thomas brings his elite game to Columbus next season (photo/ESPNRise)
Since he has become the head coach of the Ohio State basketball team, Thad Matta has done a tremendous job on the court. A big part of that success has come through his ability to recruit elite talent which has come in the form of [...]

Every Sequel Needs a New Villain
I mentioned Monday that it was essentially an afterthought that Evan Turner would be walking away with virtually all player of the year statuettes in the next several weeks. Now the question becomes will Ohio State’s all everything wunderrecruit Jared Sullinger be able to match E.T.’s feat? Sullinger is nominated [...]

The Rebuilder is no OSU fan
With the somewhat shocking revelation that The Villain won the B10 media’s unanimous vote but not a unanimous nod from the coaches, we immediately and sorta jokingly tweeted that Tom Crean was behind the madness thanks to his behavior following the second of two beatdowns handed out by Turner and [...]

It’s that time of the year again. Time to fill out brackets based on who has the tougher mascot and/or better uniform colors as you try to compete with the one woman in our pool that will enter and win using those techniques.

Or you could just take The Villain and his gang all the [...]

Can Troy save the Browns?
There has been plenty of debate following the 2007 National Championship Game of whether Troy Smith can be a starting quarterback in the National Football League. After defying all odds at the college level and going from kick returner/athlete earlier in his career to Heisman Trophy winning quarterback during his senior [...]

After winning the Big Ten Player of the Week award a record seven different times this season, you’d figure it was a no-brainer that Evan Turner would be named the conference’s Player of the Year as well. And you’d be right.

Also named to the league’s all-First Team, The Villain was a unanimous selection by [...]

You always remember your first.

As mentioned last week, John Gasaway (former Big Ten hoops blog god) christened our very own Mr. Turner as college basketball’s player of the year using the statistical analysis tinged oeuvre that made us all worship his wonk’dom in the first place. As if Turner didn’t pass the eye/gut test easily [...]

The Great Big Ten Three Way (with extra cheese) became a reality after the Boilermakers and Spartans won their season finales over the weekend, thus sending co-championships to East Lansing and West Lafayette to go with the one earned in Columbus last week. Purdue took care of business dispatching a surging Penn State while [...]