SELECTION SATURDAY

WELL ANOTHER WEEK HAS PAST AND I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO CHEAT AND ELIMINATE CHAD FROM COMPETITION. I GOT OFF TO A GREAT START THIS WEEK AND THOUGHT MAYBE JUST MAYBE I COULD PULL A FEW GAMES CLOSER TO CHAD. WELL HE NIPPED BY ONE THIS WEEK SO HE CONTINUES TO SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM THE FIELD. THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A GAME TODAY, BUT IT WAS THROWN OUT DUE TO ME NOT WANTING TO WAIT ON IT. CHAD AND I HAD OPPOSITE PICKS ON THAT SO I MAY HAVE TIED HIM, BUT ALSO COULD HAVE WENT DOWN 2 AS OPPOSED TO 1 SO WE WILL JUST FORGET ABOUT IT. CHAD LED THE WAY WITH 35 OUT OF 53. I HAD 34, CHRIS HAD 30 AND STEVE HAD 28. NICE WEEK STEVE, YOU SUCK! HERE ARE THE UPDATED STANDINGS.

CHAD BEMAN 150 OUT OF 205 GAMES
JASON RAIKE 139 OUT OF 205 GAMES
STEVE NAVARRE 134 OUT OF 205 GAMES
CHRIS EMMERT 133 OUT OF 205 GAMES.

OHIO STATE VS NORTHWESTERN

WELL NOVEMBER 12TH WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR OHIO STATE AS 16 SENIORS PLAYED THEIR FINAL GAME AT THE SHOE AGAINST THE WILDCATS OF NORTHWESTERN. THE BUCKEYES DOMINATED THE BALL GAME AND WON 48-7. THAT IS THE 4TH STRAIGHT GAME THAT THEY HAVE PUT UP 40 OR MORE ON THEIR OPPONENT. YES I MUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT I TOTALLY CALLED THIS ONE. SOME PEOPLE TOLD ME ALL WEEK THAT NORTHWESTERN WOULD PROBABLY WIN AND THEN MOST BUCKEYE FANS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CLOSE. MY EXACT WORDS WERE THAT WE WOULD BEAT UP ON THEM! WELL I AM NOT SAYING THIS TO TOOT MY OWN HORN HERE, BUT ISNT EVERYONE HAPPY THAT I WAS RIGHT. WHAT A PERFORMANCE THIS WAS. COACH TRESSEL MUST HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THIS WEEK WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM WOODY HAYES BECAUSE BOY DID WE POUND THE FOOTBALL. GRANTED, I BELIEVE NORTHWESTERN HAS THE WORST RUN DEFENSE IN THE BIG TEN, BUT HEY WE STILL HAVE TO EXECUTE RIGHT? BOY DID WE EVER. BUCKEYE FANS HAVE NOT SEEN THIS IN A VERY LONG TIME, SO IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE. WE ENDED UP WITH OVER 300 YARDS RUSHING LED BY PITTMAN WITH 132 YARDS AND THEN I BELIEVE TROY SMITH ALSO HAD ABOUT 75. WELLS CAME OFF THE BENCH AND HAD THE BEST GAME HE HAS HAD ALL YEAR. TRESSEL HAD SAID THAT MAURICE HAD HIS BEST WEEK OF PRACTICE YET. BASANEZ COULD NEVER GET GOING AGAINST THE SWARMING BUCKEYE DEFENSE. HE IS GONNA HAVE DREAMS OF KUDLA CHASING HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE DEFENSIVE LINE WAS OUTSTANDING ALL DAY LONG. NORTHWESTERN CAME OUT FIRING RIGHT FROM THE START WITH AN 80 YARD SCORING DRIVE FROM THE START, BUT THAT WAS GONNA BE IT FOR THE BAD GUYS. OHIO STATE'S CORNERBACK COACH USED TO COACH WITH URBAN MEYER AT BOWLING GREEN SO HE IS FAMILIAR WITH HOW TO DEFEND THE SPREAD. HE ALSO ATTENDED COACHING CLINICS WITH MEYER AND NORTHWESTERN'S RANDY WALKER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OFFENSE. WELL WHATEVER THE SCHEME WAS, IT WAS BRILLIANT. IN YEARS PAST, A COOPER COACHED TEAM WOULD HAVE OVERLOOKED THIS GAME IN PREPARATION FOR MICHIGAN, LOST AND THEN GET TO MICHIGAN AND NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND LOSE AGAIN. NOT THIS TEAM AND NOT COACH TRESSEL! FOR ANY TRESSEL, DOUBTERS, I AM SORRY BUT THE MAN MUST STAY. WATCHING THE SENIORS AND TRESSEL WAS GREAT AND MAKES YOU REALIZE HOW GOOD OF A MAN AND A FOOTBALL COACH HE IS. WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO UTILIZE THE TALENT IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON AND WE COULD VERY WELL BE UNSTOPPABLE. WELL FOR THOSE WHO THOUGHT " THE GAME" WOULDN'T MEAN MUCH THIS YEAR, NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND! BELIEVE IT OR NOT YESTERDAY MADE THE BIG TEN RACE MUCH MORE CLEARER AT THIS POINT. NORTHWESTERN AND WISCONSIN ARE NOW OUT OF THE RACE. FIRST, BUCKEYES WIN, PENN STATE LOSES, WE ARE OUTRIGHT CHAMPS. SECOND, WE AND PENN STATE BOTH WIN, CO CHAMPS, BUT THEY GET THE AUTOMATIC BCS BID DUE TO THE HEAD TO HEAD. PENN STATE WINS AND WE LOSE, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEY WIN OUTRIGHT. EVERYONE THOUGHT MICHIGAN WAS GONNA BE OUT OF THE PICTURE, BUT HERE THEY ARE AGAIN. IF THEY CAN BEAT THE BUCKS AND PENN STATE SOMEHOW LOSES, THEN WE HAVE A THREE WAY TIE FOR THE BIG TEN TITLE, AND MICHIGAN CAN SLIP INTO THE BCS PICTURE. THEY WOULD HAVE THE HEAD TO HEAD OVER US AND PENN STATE. I GET TO ATTEND THE GAME NEXT WEEK WITH EVEN A FEW MICHIGAN FANS SO IF WE CANT PULL IT OFF, THEN IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG TRIP HOME FOR ME. EVERYONE KNOWS HOW BAD LLOYD CARR NEEDS THIS ONE, BUT ALSO THINK ABOUT THE TIME AND PREPARATION THAT TRESSEL PUTS INTO THIS ONE. I CANT DECIDE YET, BUT I SEE IT BEING PRETTY CLOSE AS HOT AS BOTH TEAMS ARE RIGHT NOW. IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE OHIO STATE MICHIGAN GAME. THIS NEEDS TO BE THE FASTEST WORK WEEK EVER AND YOU CAN BET I WONT BE ABLE TO SLEEP MUCH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED AS BUCKEYES 8-2(6-1) TAKE ON THE SISSYS FROM THE NORTH 7-3(5-2) IN ANOTHER EPIC BATTLE. GO BUCKS!