Finally — finally! — January 1, 2003 arrived. Russell and I boarded our plane, flew to San Diego, got our rental car, and drove to the Paradise Point Resort & Spa. After checking in, we dropped off our bags and decided to explore Balboa Park and the excellent San Diego Zoo. We enjoyed the pandas, [...]
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The 2003 National Championship Game (III)
Posted in Family, sports, tagged Family, Buckeye football, sports, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State-Miami, Ohio State vs. Miami, Miami vs. Ohio State, 2003 BCS National Championship Game, Miami-Ohio State, The Boulders, San Diego, Tempe on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 2003 National Championship Game (II)
Posted in Family, sports, tagged Family, Buckeye football, sports, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State-Miami, Miami-Oho State, Ohio State vs. Miami, Miami vs. Ohio State, 2003 BCS National Championship Game, The Boulders, eBay, San Diego on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 2003 National Championship Game posed some daunting logistical challenges. How to get to tickets? How could I possibly get to the game without having to take out a second mortgage on the house? Once we got to the Phoenix area, where would we stay? The tickets were the toughest issue. I didn’t have season [...]
The 2003 National Championship Game (I)
Posted in Family, sports, tagged Ohio State, Family, Buckeye football, sports, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State-Miami, Ohio State vs. Miami, Miami vs. Ohio State, 2003 BCS National Championship Game, Miami-Ohio State on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Looking back now, it’s hard to recapture the complex mix of emotions that gripped Ohio State football fans during the 2002 season, but the story demands that we try to do so. The team had made it through an undefeated season relying on a stout, deep, hard-hitting defense led by safety Mike Doss, the tough [...]
The Hurricanes Blow Into Town
Posted in sports, tagged Ohio State, Buckeye football, sports, college football, Big Ten, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State-Miami, Miami-Oho State, Ohio State vs. Miami, Miami vs. Ohio State on September 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A week from today the Ohio State Buckeyes will play the Miami Hurricanes at Ohio Stadium. The game has a 3:30 kickoff, and I am sure that diehard fans of both the Buckeyes and the Hurricanes will be tailgating and getting ready starting early in the morning. I’ll have more thoughts on the game itself, [...]
Please, Don’t Mess With The Game (Fin)
Posted in sports, tagged sports, Big Ten, Illibuck, Penn State, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Ohio State-Michigan, Michigan-Ohio State, Nebraska, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten football on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Sox fan pointed out yesterday that, in the hoopla surrounding the Buckeyes’ first game, I failed to comment on Wednesday’s announcement of the Big Ten divisions and scheduling. Ohio State and Michigan fans everywhere who were concerned that numbers-crunching, revenue-addled Big Ten administrators might ruin The Game can breathe a sigh of relief: Ohio [...]
A Good Start
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten football, Brandon Saine, Brian Rolle, Buckeye football, college football, Dane Sanzenbacher, Marshall, Marshall-Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State Marching Band, Ohio State-Marshall, sports, TBDBITL, Terrelle Pryor, The Ohio State University, Tyler Moeller on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Richard, Cath, Brittany and I went to the Ohio State-Marshall game tonight. We sat in Section 28A, Row 32 of a packed Horseshoe on a hot and muggy evening and watched as the Buckeyes rolled, 45-7. It was a convincing win, and it was one of those games where there were many more positives than [...]
The Thundering Herd, On Deck
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten football, Buckeye football, Marshall, Ohio State, sports, The Ohio State University on August 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Buckeyes have completed fall camp and begin their season Thursday night against the Marshall Thundering Herd. First games always make me nervous, and this game is no exception. The other team hasn’t played, and you don’t have any film or tendencies to study. In addition, in the past few years Ohio State has played [...]
Please, Don’t Mess With The Game! (Cont.)
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Buckeye football, mgoblog, Michigan, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Michigan-Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Ohio State-Michigan, sports on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
mgoblog.com is a funny, entertaining blog about Michigan sports that is an enjoyable read for any sports fan (even if it is written by a diehard Michigan fan). I am therefore pleased to note that Brian, the redoubtable head man at mgoblog, agrees that messing with the Ohio State-Michigan traditional end-of-the-year matchup would be colossally [...]
Please, Don’t Mess With The Game!
Posted in sports, tagged Ohio State, sports, Big Ten, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Ohio State-Michigan, Michigan-Ohio State, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten football, Ohio Stadium, The Horseshoe, The Big House, Buckeye on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The post-expansion rumblings from Big Ten headquarters are troubling because they indicate that conference officials may decide to mess with The Game. The latest article quotes Michigan’s Athletic Director as making comments that raise serious questions about whether Ohio State and Michigan will continue to play their end-of-season showdown game. Michigan’s AD says he [...]
The Curious Lure Of Fishing
Posted in Family, sports, tagged Family, Fishing, Lake Erie, Quinnebog Fishing Club, sports on August 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Last Saturday Russell and I tried an hour or so of fishing, because when you are at a fishing club and you’ve spent $21 for a Canadian fishing license, you probably should try to fish. So we commandeered one of the Quinnebog Fishing Club boats and a few rods and reel, got a small cooler [...]
For Love Of The Browns
Posted in sports, tagged Browns Backers, Cleveland, Cleveland Browns, Huron Browns Backers, sports on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve posted before about the Browns Backers — the fanatical network of diehard fans of the Cleveland Browns with outposts found coast to coast. Last year, Russell, UJ, and I watched a game with the Westerville Browns Backers, and we had a wonderful time. When we were up north recently I happened to pass the [...]
Football In The Air
Posted in sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Buckeye football, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio State, sports, The Ohio State University on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes fall football camp is underway, and therefore the countdown to the new season can begin in earnest. The Marshall game is just a few weeks away, the Miami Hurricanes lurk just behind, and another tough, hard-hitting, and exciting Big Ten football season looms on the horizon. Time to strap it [...]
The Post-Big Ten Expansion, Impending Divisional, Corporate Naming Rights Championship Game Blues
Posted in sports, tagged Ohio State, sports, college football, Ohio State vs. Michigan, Michigan vs. Ohio State, Ohio State-Michigan, Michigan-Ohio State, Big Ten expansion, Big Ten football, Notre Dame, Big Ten Championship Game on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Big Ten football meetings occurred yesterday and produced good news and bad news for football traditionalists. The good news is that the Big Ten is going to move from an eight-game in-conference schedule to a nine-game in-conference schedule to try to preserve rivalries. If that means that Big Ten teams will play a conference [...]
Jack Tatum
Posted in Columbus, sports, tagged Big Ten football, Buckeye football, Columbus, Jack Tatum, Ohio State, sports, The Ohio State University, Woody Hayes on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was sorry to learn of the death of Jack Tatum today. I was even sorrier to read stories that said that Tatum was “best known” for delivering the hit that paralyzed wide receiver Darryl Stingley. It seems unfair for unfortunate one play to so define a player — particularly a player of Tatum’s caliber, [...]
The Clock Is Ticking
Posted in Columbus, sports, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten football, Big Ten Network, Buckeye football, Columbus, Ohio State, sports, The Ohio State University on July 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As we suffer through the painful heat of a blistering July, thoughts naturally turn to . . . Ohio State football. The Buckeyes’ fall football camp starts in a month or so, and the first game is September 2, against Marshall. It’s been a tough, seemingly endless period of withdrawal from college football since the [...]
