Ohio State played very well last night against Purdue. In an exciting, up-tempo game, they put the pedal to the metal in the last seven minutes of the game to pull away from the Boilermakers and win, 88-71. Their reward is . . . Michigan. The Buckeyes and the Wolverines have played twice this year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’
Beat The Wolverines!
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Big Ten Tournament, Buckeye Basketball, Michigan, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State, sports, Tim Hardaway, Trey Burke on March 10, 2012 | 9 Comments »
A Fine (Regular Season) Finale
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Brandon Paul, Bruce Weber, Buckeye Basketball, Illinois, Indiana, Meyers Leonard, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, sports, Wisconsin on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today the Big Ten regular season basketball season comes to an end. Many consider the Big Ten to be the toughest conference, top to bottom, in the country, and the competitiveness of the teams has made for a wild and entertaining ride. Many people will focus on the game at East Lansing, where Ohio State [...]
Down To The Wire
Posted in sports, tagged Aaron Craft, Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Buckeye Basketball, Indiana, Jared Sullinger, John Shurna, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, sports, William Buford, Wisconsin on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Ohio State Buckeyes are struggling, no doubt about it — but they aren’t out of the Big Ten race yet. We’ve been saying all season that the Big Ten is balanced, and the regular season has proven that to be true. The top team, Michigan State, already has four losses after getting drilled by [...]
About That Family Crest . . . .
Posted in Family, Humor, tagged Family, Family Crests, Humor, Michigan, Michigan Men, von Webner on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In my basement clean-up project, I’ve uncovered some interesting stuff. One item of note, coffee-stained and curled with age, is the purported von Webner family crest. The Webner family (in our branch, at least) is not exactly filled with genealogists. Family lore is that, at some point in the past, our name was actually von [...]
Home Cooking For The Buckeyes
Posted in sports, tagged Aaron Craft, Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Buckeye Basketball, Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, sports, William Buford, Wisconsin on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ohio State blitzed Illinois yesterday and avoided having an actual losing streak for the first time in years. Playing in front of a friendly home crowd, the Buckeyes shot lights out in the first half and gave their reserves plenty of playing time in the second half. They ended up beating Illinois 83-67, in a [...]
Another Battle For The Big Ten Lead
Posted in sports, tagged Aaron Craft, Amir Williams, Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Big Ten Tournament, Michigan, Michigan State, NCAA Tournament, Ohio State, sports, Thad Matta, Tim Hardaway, Trey Burke, Zack Novak on February 18, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Tonight the Ohio State Buckeyes travel to Ann Arbor for a game with Michigan. It will be a battle for the Big Ten lead. The Buckeyes are 10-3, tied for first with Michigan State with the Wolverines just behind at 9-4. Playing with first place in the Big Ten on the line has gotten to [...]
The Road Gets Tougher For The Buckeyes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Aaron Craft, Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Buckeye Basketball, Jared Sullinger, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, sports, William Buford, Wisconsin on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ohio State pulverized Penn State tonight, 78-54. The Nittany Lions were just overmatched, as Ohio State improved to 6-2 in the Big Ten and 18-3 overall. It was a good victory for the Buckeyes, who have won their last three games resoundingly after a tough loss to Illinois. Tonight, the Ohio State offense was clicking, [...]
Roll Out The Roundball
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten basketball, Illinois, Indiana, Indiana Hoosiers, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Purdue, sports, Tom Crean, Wisconsin on December 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight Big Ten basketball teams begin playing their conference schedules. Wisconsin takes on Nebraska, and Illinois plays Minnesota. Ohio State kicks off its Big Ten season tomorrow against Northwestern. It should be a very interesting Big Ten season. By far the most surprising team so far has been Indiana. The Hoosiers, who were woeful the [...]
It’s Michigan Week!
Posted in sports, tagged Buckeye football, Buckeye Nation, Michigan, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Michigan-Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan, sports, The Game on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This has been a dreadful season for the Buckeye Nation. We’ve seen our coach, Jim Tressel, resign under fire. We’ve dealt with an embarrassing NCAA scandal that cut out the heart of our offense. We’ve watched the Buckeyes give up big leads, fritter away games, and play like pretenders rather than contenders. But all of [...]
The Big Ten Gets Interesting
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten football, Big Ten Legends and Leaders Divisions, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Ohio State Buckeyes, Penn State, sports, Wisconsin on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t like the idea of the “Legends” and “Leaders” divisions of the Big Ten, but I have to admit that the first years of the new format has turned out to be very interesting. Even the most diehard Big Ten fans grudgingly must admit that there are no dominant teams in the conference this [...]
Wondering If The Worm Has Turned
Posted in Ohio, sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Buckeye football, Buckeye Nation, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, Michigan, Michigan football, Nebraska, Ohio, Ohio State, Ohio State Buckeyes, sports on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
All in all, the last 10 years have been a pretty sweet ride for Ohio State football fans. The team won a national championship, dominated the Big Ten, and repeatedly qualified for BCS bowl games. Sure, there were two national championship game beatdowns mixed in with the good stuff, but for the most part the [...]
An American Scene
Posted in Travel, tagged America, An American Scene, Churches, Michigan, Omena, Travel on June 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
How many small towns in America have you driven through on summer vacations where a white clapboard church was a prominent part of the local scenery? In colonial days, and for more than a hundred years thereafter, a town’s local church was the center of activity and social life. Those churches typically were not grand, [...]
The Buckeye Gnome, Down And Out
Posted in Columbus, Humor, Ohio, tagged Buckeye Nation, Columbus, Humor, Jim Tressel, Michigan, NCAA, Ohio, Ohio State, Ohio State Buckeyes, The Ohio State University on June 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lately it has been very difficult living in Columbus, Ohio. Since Jim Tressel’s surprise resignation on Memorial Day, we fans and graduates of The Ohio State University have seen the reputation of that much-loved institution besmirched and ridiculed in the national press. It has been very hard to swallow, and many despairing Buckeye fans have [...]
“Lucky Leroy” Redefines Greed
Posted in America, tagged America, Conscience, Greed, Leroy Fick, Lotteries, Lottery Winners, Michigan, People on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Occasionally you will see a story that just makes you shake your head in dismay about what it says about the human condition. For me, at least, so it is with a story about a guy in Michigan who won $2 million in the state lottery TV show called “Make Me Rich,” but nevertheless remains [...]
Ya Think?
Posted in Humor, sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Buckeye football, Humor, Marie Antoinette, Michigan, Michigan football, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State, Rich Rodriguez, sports, Titanic, West Virginia University on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Former Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez has told CBS Sports that you could look back and conclude that his leaving West Virginia for Michigan was “a mistake.” Rodriguez had been successful at WVU, which was his alma mater. When he decided to leave for Michigan, he earned the everlasting enmity of Mountaineer fans and [...]
