When the names “Ohio State” and “Florida” are included in the same bowl game, the stakes are usually quite large. This year, that is not so much the case as the 6-6 Buckeyes take on the 6-6 Gators in the Gator Bowl on Monday, January 2nd.
Gator Bowl Preview: Ohio State-Florida Point Spread, Analysis, and Prediction
December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Buckeye fan defends embattled, but not defeated, Jim Tressel
April 28, 2011 By 4 Comments
I love Twitter.
I deleted my Facebook account this year and exclusively post personal thoughts, links, quotes, information and anything else relevent to life or that day’s events to my Twitter account. It was a good move on my part. At least Conan O’Brien or a fake Hawk Harrelson account can entertain me at least once a day. Not to mention there are great bloggers I have found through Twitter, as it is an an exciting way to gain multiple perspectives and links to solid writing.
This is way better than my social media fix being spent scrolling through Facebook status updates about being tired and needing coffee every morning or some crappy local band having another local bar show. My choice; I don’t loathe people on Facebook. I just like twitter a lot.
I also hate Twitter.
Sounds scizophrenic, I know, but hear me out.
I see what is trending and occasionally read what exactly people are posting about an item. “Jim Tressel” was trending recently so I naturally wanted to see comments from the general public. While it would be nice to live in a bubble and only read Terrelle Pryor’s tweets about how much he loves his coach, that is too shallow for my nature. I have strong, one-sided opinions, but I always educate myself on the who, what, where, and why of others’ opinions whether I agree or not.
With that said, I saw nothing on Twitter recently that links to the reality and only stuff that is being overblown in the sports world. All I see are uninformed, hateful comments about Coach Tressel.
Jim Tressel suspension should be extended, so says self-proclaimed “Buck Nut”
March 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
It has been a long week for The Ohio State University athletic department and its enormous football fan base.
If you would, please give me a little time here, and deal with a little rambling, as I start out as an obnoxious Buckeye fan but try to gain some perspective so that I can offer a reasonable opinion on what the suspension for Coach Tressel should be and why.
This kind of thing takes time. You see, nothing rational comes out of Buckeye Nation’s collective mouth less than 72 hours after the fact. It takes the public flogging in the sports world for a whole week to realize your do no-wrong-coach actually will do wrong.
And for once with Jim Tressel, I am not talking about any BCS losses.
Q&A: Nate Davis explains how Travis Barker may have ripped off KontraBand Muzik with “Let the Drummer Get Wicked” [Update: Response from Recording Engineer]
February 25, 2011 By 28 Comments
[Editor's Note: We're going to stray off the sports path with this post, but I think with good reason.
We are all about loyalty here at MSF - loyalty to our teams, obviously, but also loyalty to friends and family. Nate Davis, the lead singer of KontraBand Muzik, has been a friend and loyal supporter of MSF since the site was launched. Now that he is in need of a little help spreading the word about something that is important to him, KVB and I are happy to help. Plus, it sounds to me like he got screwed over. And if true, that's bullshit.
Update 2/25: Since posting this on February 23rd, we have continued to try to contact someone from Barker's camp. Today, I received an email from James Ingram, who was a recording engineer on the album. His response to KontraBand's claims is included in the post below.
Read on.]
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I got a call from my friend Nick the other night. He said he saw Travis Barker on Jimmy Kimmel Live doing a song. Honestly I thought so what, who is Travis Barker? Ah yes, the Blink 182 drummer. Well Nick said the song “Drummer Get Some” they preformed sounded like something he’d heard before. Specifically, it sounded like one of our friend’s songs: “Drummer Get Wicked” by KontraBand Muzik. We live in Indianapolis and they have a large following here.
Now, I am pretty cautious about stuff like this. I once did an illustration for a band’s logo and it looked almost exactly like an Umphrees McGee logo. Though a band member merely pointed out the similarity, it crushed part of me, from an artistic originality and integrity standpoint, to think that they may have thought I was ripping someone off, especially a band that had a similar sound. But I hadn’t even heard of Umphrees at the time.
That said, getting back to my conversation with Nick, he tipped me off to something that I think, in all honesty, is pretty disappointing and disheartening, especially since you now know my take on the importance of artistic originality and integrity.
To further explain what I am getting at – that Travis Barker quite likely ripped off KontraBand Muzik without crediting them in any way – here is a Q & A with Nate Davis of KontraBand Muzik. Needless to say, he’s not happy about it.
“Gray and Scarlet” by Rikk Reighn – Ohio State Basketball Highlight Video
February 8, 2011 By 5 Comments
I saw the video below re-tweeted by Ohio State basketball frosh phenom Jared Sullinger. There has been a run of recent MSF posts about Midwest Universities and their lame white students trying and failing to sing/dance/rap some street cred into their programs; this actually does the job well.
Rikk Reighn is not a young, dumb student at tOSU and he recorded a song that is very good and NOT annoying to the ears. That is, unless you are from Michigan or have #1-basketball-program-and-six-straight-Big-Ten-football-championship-envy.
The video includes: a good beat (sampled from Wiz Khalifa’s “Black and Yellow”); well-rapped verses that drop 2010-2011 Ohio State basketball names without sounding forced; and a great 2010-2011 highlight reel.
Ohio State Assistant Darrell Hazell Goes To Kent State
December 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Darrell Hazell has been hired as the new head coach for the Kent State University football team. Since 2004 he has been an assistant for Jim Tressel at Ohio State. It was time for Hazell to run his own program and Kent State made the call after interviewing many candidates. [Read more...]
Ohio State-Michigan Preview and Prediction
November 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
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The Ohio State University is 43-57-6 all-time versus the Michigan Wolverines, but are 8-1 under coach Jim Tressel.
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez may have saved his job sitting at 7-4 before the last game of the year, but unless they can pull off the upset over Ohio State confidence among the Wolverines fan base will remain very low. The Buckeyes, on the other hand, need the win for at least a share of the Big Ten title and a possible BCS bowl bid.
The 107th meeting between Ohio State and Michigan this year is the first ever game to take place after Thanksgiving, a with this being the most competitive team Michigan has fielded since Rich Rod was hired almost 3 years ago, there is hope that we could have a close, entertaining game.
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Ohio State vs. Iowa Preview and Prediction
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The Ohio State University is 45-14-3 all-time versus the Iowa Hawkeyes and 16-6-2 all-time in Iowa City.
Iowa and Ohio State were battling for the Big Ten title about this same time last year. A lot of people (including College Gameday) were planning on the same thing this year, until Northwestern upset Iowa last week for the fifth time in six meetings. Iowa had the inside track to winning the Big Ten last year as well, until they lost to Northwestern. Now the Hawkeyes look to spoil the Buckeyes bid to getting at least a share of the title for the sixth season in a row.
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Ohio State Buckeyes v Penn State Nittany Lions Preview and Prediction
November 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Ohio State University is 13-12-0 all-time versus the Penn State Nittnay Lions. This has been one of the most even match-ups for both the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions in Big Ten play since Penn State joined the conference. The home team has had the most success (12-5) in this border war.
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#11 Ohio State at Minnesota Preview and Prediction
October 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Ohio State University is 42-7-0 all-time versus the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Ohio State was 11-0 at the Metrodome, but Saturday will be their first road test at the new outdoor TCF Bank Stadium.
Ohio State-Purdue Preview and Prediction
October 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Ohio State University is 37-13-2 all-time versus the Purdue Boilermakers. Reeling from the smackdown they received in Madison last weekend, the Buckeyes are looking to avoid losing two games in a row for the first time since 2004 (a remarkable stat, by the way).
Add the embarrassing loss to Purdue in 2009, and I think you can figure out what the outcome will be this Saturday.
#1 Ohio State at #18 Wisconsin Preview and Prediction
October 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Ohio State University is 53-17-5 all-time versus the Wisconsin Badgers. With Ohio State’s lack of schedule strength getting press this week with a 5th place BCS projection, that all changes this weekend.
Wisconsin is 40-4 at home since 2004. During that time the Buckeyes only went to Madison once and won the 2008 night game 20-17 on the legs of Terrelle Pryor during a clutch last minute touchdown drive. [Read more...]
Ohio State Buckeyes vs Indiana Hoosiers Preview and Prediction
October 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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This Saturday, the Indiana Hoosiers travel to Columbus to take on the #2-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. This is a series that has been dominated by Ohio State, to the tune of a 66-12-5 all-time record. And when Indiana does win – as it did a couple of times in the 80s – it is referred to as “the darkest day in Ohio State football history”, as Earle Bruce referred to IU’s 31-6 victory at Columbus in 1986.
Can the Hoosiers cast a similar dark pall over Buckeye nation with an upset this weekend? They certainly have the offensive firepower to pull it off; the question is can they stop the Buckeyes?
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Ohio State-Illinois Preview and Prediction
September 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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THE Ohio State University is 62-30-4 all-time against the Illinois Fighting Illini. The winner of this game receives the wooden turtle Illibuck Trophy. This is on the long list of Big Ten trophy games and the tradition started way back in 1925.
Somehow I don’t see this trophy game being preserved in the new divisional alignment starting next year (see lopsided all-time record above).
Look! Ohio State is on the road for the first of only four trips this year!
Now on to the game data and preview:
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Ohio State-Eastern Michigan Preview and Prediction
September 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The Ohio State University has never played Eastern Michigan University of Ypslianti, Michigan of the MAC football conference. (Had to be clear with that one since you probably think they are maybe a D-2 school. Though some say they might as well be)
This matchup is actually brought to you by “Nebraska not being in the Big Ten yet.” But you can eliminate these lopsided meetings for your favorite team in the Big Ten starting in 2011 and beyond!
Now to the game data:
