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Merry Christmas and Turner’s new year
BucksInsider.com | December 24th 2009
Pete Thamel of The New York Times was in town for a couple of days this week to work on a story on the most famous walk-on in team history, Mark Titus. It’s scheduled to run Sunday in the Times,… Continue reading at Hoops & Scoops: an read more
Merry Christmas! Bowls are 4-0 ATS and outright winners
Football Jesus Betting Consultant | December 22nd 2009 by Football Jesus
ANOTHER Bowl win..I guess I should be worried we will lose soon, but the information I get is so good , that it keeps winning. the dope I got on BYU vs OSU, was DEAD ON, and they won outright , they should have been favored, but LVCS COULDNT favor read more
Leftovers from the Butler postgame
BucksInsider.com | December 12th 2009
I couldn’t fit everything into the story in Sunday’s paper. So here’s the best of the rest: — Coach Thad Matta said he didn’t know until William Buford told him just before tipoff whether Buford would play today. He said read more
Depth Finder: A Look at the Post-Evan Turner Buckeyes
BucksInsider.com | December 9th 2009
The Buckeyes were dealt a serious blow last weekend when they lost Evan Turner for eight weeks with a broken back. He was averaging 18.9 points and 11.4 rebounds a game and was having a terrific first half of the season for OSU. Last year, David L read more
Oden is likely out for season
BucksInsider.com | December 6th 2009
Greg Oden fractured the patella in his left knee tonight and likely will miss the rest of the season. I think it’s time for me to say good night while I can still walk to bed…. Continue reading at Hoops & Scoops: an OSU basketball blo read more
Buckeyes’ bad day continues: Oden injures knee
BucksInsider.com | December 6th 2009
Greg Oden was taken off the court on a stretcher tonight after injuring his left knee in the first quarter of Portland’s game. Oden missed his rookie season two years ago after having microfracture surgery on his right knee…. Continue rea read more
Thad Matta statement on Evan Turner injury
BucksInsider.com | December 5th 2009
“My primary concern right now is Evan’s long-term health and well-being. Evan was to this point in the season the best player in college basketball. We have been through tough situations before and our guys will regroup and prepare for read more
PHOTOS: First Lady, First Grandmother, & weeMichelles attend…
Barack Obama News Blog | November 29th 2009 by Mike
On Saturday afternoon First Lady Michelle Obama, the First Grandmother, weeMichelles, and President Obama attended an Oregon State University Beaver’s basketball game at the Smith Center in Washington, DC. Craig Robinson, the First Lady’s read more
Beef House: St. Francis
BucksInsider.com | November 28th 2009
Nothing much to beef about in this game other than the caliber of opponent. Meanwhile, here are some notes: — The 63-point margin of victory (110-47) was Ohio State’s largest since it defeated Chicago State by 72 points (116-44) in… Con read more
Buckeyes take 27-point lead to locker room
BucksInsider.com | November 28th 2009
Ohio State isn’t having a lot of trouble with IUPUI in the second game of the Buckeye Classic. Samantha Prahalis finished off the first half with a line drive three-pointer from just over halfcourt to give OSU a 43-16 lead…. Continue read read more
Obamas attend basketball game, Michelle’s brother Craig couchin…
Newbird's Views | November 28th 2009
The Obamas with both girls and Granny attended Oregon State vs George Washington today. Brief interview with Michelle’s brother Craig about what motivated him for success. Obama attends Oregon State-George Washington college ball game; brot read more
Buckeyes up 18 at half
BucksInsider.com | November 25th 2009
Well, it is closer than I thought it would be after the first 20 minutes. Ohio State leads UNC Greensboro 43-25 at the break. OSU coach Jim Foster did substitute liberally. Even so, the Spartans saw more than they wanted… Continue reading at Oh read more
2011 point guard Shannon Scott commits
BucksInsider.com | November 25th 2009
Shannon Scott, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound point guard from Alpharetta, Ga., and one of the highest-rated point guards in the class of 2011, has made an oral commitment to Ohio State coach Thad Matta, Scott’s high school coach said a short… Con read more
Week Sauce: Where New Zealand Sports Are Weird, Not Entirely Un-A…
Sidelines from SportScape | November 23rd 2009 by SportScape Sidelines Blog
Here’s a recap of the weirdest or most overlooked sports stories on the Interweb this week. Plus, as you’ve come to expect, a surefire way to convince more D-List celebrities that they need to do naked PETA ads. Monday A happy sports fan is a c read more
Mullens sent to the D-League
BucksInsider.com | November 21st 2009
The Oklahoma City Thunder sent rookie center B.J. Mullens to Tulsa of the NBA Developmental League tonight. Mullens had not played in any of the Thunder’s games since the start of the regular season. Tulsa’s regular season begins Friday&# read more
Wow, a win
Salsa Caliente | November 20th 2009
It seems I had been under a curse for the past week and a half or so. I watched at least one game everyday, usually more, and every game ended up being a loss for the team I was cheering for. I won’t go through the list, but the last win that o read more
Nosebleeds
Salsa Caliente | November 11th 2009
Earlier tonight I attended OSU’s second basketball game of the year. It was an exhibition game against Dillard, a team from New Orleans. It wasn’t close and nowhere near as exciting as OSU games usually are. Back in February we had our an read more
Only two triple-doubles? Hard to believe
BucksInsider.com | November 10th 2009
I’ve been referring to Evan Turner’s accomplishment against Alcorn State on Monday night as the “second recorded triple-double in Ohio State history.” With good reason. I checked Ohio State’s record of triple-doubles las read more
Dials, Terwilliger a tag team now
BucksInsider.com | November 2nd 2009
Terence Dials, who played in France the past three seasons, has signed with Paterborn in Germany, the same club that employs former Buckeyes forward Matt Terwilliger. Dials was signed through December to replace injured center Nate Gerwig. Paterborn read more
Madsen the likely starter against Walsh
BucksInsider.com | November 2nd 2009
Coach Thad Matta said after practice today that he probably will start Kyle Madsen at center in an exhibition game against Walsh University on Wednesday night in Value City Arena. Zisis Sarikopoulos, who was expected to start in place of… Conti read more
Buckeyes, Lavender top Big Ten polls
BucksInsider.com | October 29th 2009
The Big Ten media and coaches picked Ohio State to capture a record sixth consecutive conference title today. Both groups also selected Buckeyes’ junior center Jantel Lavender to capture a third consecutive conference player of the year award. read more
Coaches rank OSU behind MSU, Purdue, Michigan
BucksInsider.com | October 29th 2009
The first ESPN/USA Today coaches poll is out today and ranks Ohio State 17th. The Buckeyes are behind Michigan State (2), Purdue (7) and Michigan (15) and ahead of Minnesota (18) in the top 25. Illinois (27) also received votes…. Continue readi read more
OSU picked 3rd, Turner on preseason first team
BucksInsider.com | October 29th 2009
I’m in Chicago for Big Ten media day. The conference just announced the results of voting for the top three teams in the conference as well as the preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year. No surprises here,… Continue reading at read more
Ron Lewis from across the pond
BucksInsider.com | October 23rd 2009
I just came across it today, but former Ohio State and Brookhaven player Ron Lewis has a blog, with photos and videos, on the stops he’s made so far in his professional career. This season he’s in Czechoslovakia…. Continue reading a read more
So much to blog, so little time
BucksInsider.com | October 21st 2009
My football duty (which ends this week, thankfully) keeps getting in the way of me getting things up on the blog that you might be interested in. I’ve posted them on Twitter, but I realize there’s not 100 percent crossover… Continue read more
The Half Decade of Dominance – USC v Notre Dame Rivalry
The Bare Knuckles | October 19th 2009 by Jim
188-85, sounds like I'm talking basketball again right...I wish!After the eighth blunder against USC, I decided to take a look at how Notre Dame, specifically, the Charlie Weis era, has fared against USC's other annual opponents. While I underst read more
Recruiting comings and goings
BucksInsider.com | October 15th 2009
A couple of noteworthy recruiting items — one good for the Buckeyes, one not so much — found the Inbox this week. We’re just getting around to dealing with them. First, one of Ohio State’s premier targets in the 2011… Co read more
Big Ten tournament tickets on sale Monday
BucksInsider.com | October 15th 2009
All-sessions tickets for the 2010 Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis go on sale Monday. The women’s tournament is March 4-7 and the men’s tournament March 11-14…. Conti read more
Robbie Hummel named to top small forward list by SportingNews
Purdue Basketball Blog | September 24th 2009 by Purdue Pete
Now that the basketball season is less than 2 months away, it's officially acceptable to begin formulating detailed "top-10 lists" in reference to the 2009-2010 season. Considering Purdue's lofty (and deserved) preseason rankings, we can expect recog read more
Truly life changing...
4evermom | September 13th 2009
Today was Rally Day at church. You know, the Sunday where they welcome back all the slacker parents (me) who have not made church the priority it should be and have barely set food in the place the entire summer?!?!?! Seriously, how did that happen read more
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