Got it.  I enjoy the coverage of the team.  Never wrestled in HS but I've been to a few matches and I know these guys are dedicated to their craft.

As a wrestling newbie... why is it a "disturbing trend" that no Ohioans are on the MN roster?

Claeys tried to follow the example set by ex-Missouri coach Gary Pinkel in supporting the players boycott.  The issues were different (racism vs. sexual assault) and far more nuanced for Claeys ham-fisted approach.

Former Wisconsin QB Brooks Bollinger did something similar in '02 about the Shoe.  The Buckeyes later used it as motivation.  Stay classy Worley.

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I think the contrast of the media's handling between Sarkisian's hiring and Tim Beckman's at North Carolina is interesting.  

Beckman had to step away because the media scrutiny made him a "distraction", while Sarkisian seemingly avoids the same level of scrutiny.

The timing of the hire I'm sure plays into the narrative reporters have the time and energy for - but man, if hiring Beckman less than a year after being fired for mistreatment of players is bad, what about hiring someone who was fired for repeatedly being drunk on the job?

True, Hall did create magic against the Wolverines as part of a 37-7 drubbing in Rich Rodriguez' final season in Ann Arbor. It happened on the field, but not in the record books because the season was later vacated as part of NCAA sanctions. As a result, it won't be recognized here. Sorry.

That's nonsense. 

"I’m not embarrassed by it at all," he said. "And I don’t regret doing it because I don’t regret anything I do.

I don't understand this logic.  

I do understand that he means, in part, "I try to learn from all of my life experiences - success and mistakes.", but to not regret doing something that you did implies that you would do it again if presented with the same choice.

My assumption is that when he had to look his girlfriend in the eye the first time after this ordeal and explain what happened there was a lot of pain, tears, questions, anger, fear... (I believe they have a child together).

Unless you're planning on leaving the relationship, are you really saying "I don't regret what I did" to this person?

I was at the last playoff game at municipal stadium... Vinny Testaverde led the Browns over the Patriots. Belichek was on the Browns sideline along with Nick Saban. 

I wish there was a dedicated and easily accessed archive section for all of Ramzy's previous articles.  Each one is worth a second read.  Better yet, if 11W collated all of his articles through the years and published it as a book, I would buy it.

In Bill Rabinowitz's book, The Chase, he described Smith as anything but consistent.  After the Va Tech game in which he had a dropped TD, he went into a season long funk only to begin to emerge in the game against TSUN.

That said, I would rather have him back than not as he does have experience and good speed; and he was a key person on special teams. (Remember all of those tackles inside the 20 against AL on kickoff's?  That was Smith.)

I don't know much about wrestling (other than it's fun to watch) - why wasn't there a  backup for 165?  Why not let someone get some experience even if you knew they were most likely going to lose?

It was clear that Warriner needed to say in the coaches box going forward and that means someone has to take the reigns of being the OL coach.  It appears that Hinton is not best suited for this and he becomes the odd man out.

Some may ask, "Why not Beck?" as he drew most of the attention and ire of fans for the sluggish performance of the offense during the season.

I'm speculating, but I'm sure there were a number of factors that went into the decision... ability to recruit, Meyer wants a position coach dedicated to QB's and Hinton couldn't fulfill that role, Beck wasn't as responsible for the sluggish performance as much as we think, etc.

I saw a tweet where Vannett seemed a bit put off by the "demotion" of his position coach.  It's a ruthless business and it seems Meyer tried to make as humane of a decision possible when confronted with a situation where the best interest/desires of the team and an assistance coach may not line up.

It's no one's fault really, consistent turnover on the staff means the coaching staff puzzle has to be periodically reassembled.  With different backgrounds, skills and specialties sometimes someone isn't going to fit.

 Tonight’s game is a “Scarlet Out.” All attending fans are encouraged to wear red. scarlet

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Mike Weber looked great this summer before suffering a knee injury, and he's expected by many to be the frontrunner to take over in the Buckeye backfield. However, with Williams set to enroll in just a few weeks, don't be surprised if he's able to sneak into the two-deep at some point next season.

I'm excited about the new guys too, but I haven't given up on Dunn yet... he was highly rated, made an impact as a freshman and seems to have gotten his head on straight these past 2 years - just so happens to be behind an all-time great.

Love when the use they overhead camera angle, wish TV would show that more during a live play.  For those who appreciate watching a play develop at the line, I think this is a much better angle.

I love Christmas Ale!  I have one left... it's all yours.

I believe former Browns coach Sam Rutigliano used to coach at Liberty.

You can get a Christian education at Liberty... As for "quality" part, well that's another story.

My 11 year-old daughter and 8 year-old son stayed up with me the entire time to watch the game.  As the clock was winding down I told them to get their shoes on.  

"Why? Where are we going?" They asked.

"We're going to celebrate!"  I said, and we took a lap around the culd-de-sac in their pajamas (shorts for me) in 10* weather and 4" of snow on the ground.

This championship feels different to me...

- The Miami game (as Ramzy said) felt like the first ever,

- I felt like Tressel finally vanquished Michigan (my college years = Cooper).

- I feel like Urban vanquished the SEC and ESPN.

- After the '02 Michigan game, there was a month of build-up.

- After the '14 Michigan game we didn't even know if we could win the B1G Championship game.

- I was surprised we beat Miami in '03 - but I was a bit surprised more surprised at all the things that happened this year.

- This was now our 4th attempt in my lifetime.

- I could share this one with my kids - didn't have any for the last one.

This is like Sharknado - it's so bad it has to be good.  If I can remember to do it, I'll check it out for that reason alone.

Right on.  That sentence was an overstatement.

Right.  The last time I remember beating a highly ranked team so soundly was 1996 vs. Penn State (which I believe was ranked #5) at the time of the game.

This is the green, not the orange Oregon team... right?

Whoever the man is behind the Fake Bo Pelini - he's a genius!

Eichorst is about to get run out of town like Brandon did at Michigan.

I'm of the opinion you can never recruit too many lineman, especially ones that are 6'7" 330lbs.  Can't wait until Warinner starts coaching him!