If you're a numbers geek like I am you might enjoy the compilation below. This article chronicles every year and score that Ohio State and Wisconsin played football. You will find the overall series, last ten games and other spans of games between the two schools. A breakdown by decade is als...

THE RUNNING START TV: Saturday, 8:00 (ABC) Ohio State leads the series 55-18-5 and is 8-2 against Wisconsin in the last ten games in Ohio Stadium. Something is going to have to give in this game. Both Ohio State and Wisconsin have superb rushing offenses and rushing defenses. The Buckeyes ent...

I got bored and decided to break out the current committed recruits for each B1G team (plus Maryland & Rutgers) by position to see how they stack up. First # is the position ranking & the second (in parenthesis) is the national ranking. All rankings come from the 247 Composite list. The ord...

Now that our our main man is back in action (would be a shock if he isn't this week), Kenny G's sweet jazz sound will get a lot less play time, BUT I think can still have a huge role in the offense. My thinking is with Braxton back he should take 100% of the snaps unless he is injured. No ma...

Defense What a showing by Bosa! Five helmet stickers for a true freshman is ridiculous. The rest of the D-line was solid as well. Unfortunately, our veteran players do not look impressive under this metric. Yes, it doesn't capture the balls that *weren't* thrown Roby's way... but it...

Guiton was a beast. But I think you all already knew that. Jordan Hall also graded out really well - he's making plays himself, not just running through the giant holes in the line. Although there are giant holes in the line to run through. One thing that is quickly becoming apparent with this ...

This is missing the 2nd quarter, but it's better than nothing. The defense took turns being dominating and frustrating. Shazier had a lot more minuses than usual. Bosa was a beast, especially for a freshman. You could quickly see that Cal was running the same few plays over and over again,...

Fellow Buckeyes, the ballad is a classic poetic form that has long been used to glorify heroic events and people.  It's therefore perfectly appropriate to dedicate a ballad to Kenny Guiton.  It seems as though Braxton is taking back the reins this week, but Urban certainly can't ig...

Just a hypothetical I want to post to eleven warriors readers. With the the news breaking that Texas Regents contacted Saban's agent and even though he denied the idea (we all know how that goes) what potential impact do you believe this has on recruiting? A lot of kids have Alabama on their sho...

Last night on the outdoor courts by Lane Avenue, Buckeye students got their first glimpse of the 2013-14 basketball team.  The event was for a promo video shooting, for the video that will be shown before home games.  The event started out as a casual scrimmage before turning into a dunk c...

THE RUNNING START TV: Saturday, noon (BTN)                      (1-2)                    &nb...

It took me a couple games to put a finger on it, but Wilson plays like a JR/SR Brandon Saine.  He was basically the same recruit as Saine, but it looks like Wilson will actually pan out.  This of course means explosively fast touchdown runs, 40-yard catches out of the backfield that make l...

1) Northwestern Ranked at 22 by USA Today, the Wildcats are undefeated and probably will remain so until they play Ohio State.  Their nerds are super nerdy:     This is not English.  It might even be a dead language.  I have no idea, but I know that 98% of the people in th...

Big time play by Kenny G leads to his first win in the Helmet Sticker competition, largely on some beautiful touchdown passes and killer reads on the option. Heuerman also came up big from the tight end spot. On defense, Jamal Marcus has a surprise upset with a couple big plays in the second half. L...

Some quick observations: We were in 11 personnel (1 RB, 1 TE) pretty much the entire game, although Heuerman did split out wide regularly. San Diego State blitz. A lot. We rarely saw only 4 rushers, but the line did an excellent job of picking them up the majority of the time. We tended to have m...

We started the game in our standard 4-2-5, but spend most of the second half in a 4-3 to get our backup linebackers more playing time. Notably, Curtis Grant stayed in with the backups, and while he's no Shazier, he showed a good nose for the ball. The defensive starters dominated. With the back...

I met the woman who is now my wife when I was a freshman at The GLORIOUS Ohio State University.  No it wasn't love at first sight (we didn't start dating until our sophomore year and didn't get engaged until we were about to graduate) but humble beginnings, right?  I love my wi...

THE RUNNING START TV: Saturday, 7:00 (FOX) I am using this game as a measuring stick for Ohio State's defense. I am curious to see if the Buckeyes' defense can stop Brendan Bigelow. Last year Bigelow rushed for 160 yards and two touchdowns on 4 carries. That's only 40 yards per ca...

Jesse Owens was born on this day in 1913 which would make today his 100th birthday.  Let us take a minute to remember one of The Ohio State University's and America's greatest athletes and a hero that transcended the world of sports, a man that stood tall in the face of racism, fascism,...

Ok, I get it. We all get it. Jim Bollman was, is, and forever shall be a terrible football mind.  Jim Bollman was so bad... How bad was he? He was so bad ElevenWarriors devoted several articles highlighting the black belt of ineptitude. The Last Refuge of Failure 1st Annual Jim ...