You would think that Midweek Mierda is that easiest thing I write all week. After all, anything with the Spanish word for “shit” in it cannot be that complicated, right? Somehow, however, it manages to stymie me on a semi-regular basis.
So, rather than scour the Interweb for interesting bites of Buckeyes info, I am including a piece that I had to write anyway – my Blog Poll Roundtable reaction. The preseason roundtable is hosted by Doug at Hey Jenny Slater (easily the best name for a CFB blog). You will be able to link to all the blog reactions from there. Oh yeah, here is the Preseason Blog Poll.
1. In his "visiting lecturers" series posted on Every Day Should Be Saturday over the past few months, Orson Swindle asked each participant to explain which country, during which historical period, their team most resembles. Let's bring everything up to the present day and ponder: Which current sovereign nation is your team? Or to look at it another way, how does your team fit into the "world" of college football?
Great Britain: Just like Brits, Ohio State’s currency (wins, Big Ten Championship, and NFL draft picks) is trading at an all-time high, with a closet stocked full of weapons, and, similar to our accented ancestors, we rule over our confederated entities with relative ease. Sure, we have old school, neighboring rivals (Germany, France v. Michigan, Penn State) but they have not bothered us recently.
The respective worlds, however, are not necessarily taking either one seriously. SEC coaches, players, and fans openly disparage the Big Ten, while the United States and China smile politely in the presence of the U.K. Not to mention each has endured some recent embarrassments (Britain’s complicity in the Iraq War v. OSU’s complicity in BCSCG blowouts).
Finally, each has a great opportunity to reestablish prominence at the highest level as the Buckeyes play the Game of the Year (until the next one) in Los Angeles, while London hosts the 2012 Summer Games. Unfortunately, London has four years to figure things out. Tressel and Co. have about three weeks.
2. Every preseason roundup has to have some discussion of who's overrated, but let's go beyond that. Which team do you think is poised to crap the bed in the biggest way this season relative to high expectations, and which game do you think will begin their slide into ignominy?
West Virginia – Remind me again why I ranked them #12? Their offense and defense are both worse than Texas Tech, yet most are voting the Mountaineers ahead of the Red Raiders. I don’t get it and I screwed up my ranking.
Sure, Pat White returns with Noel Devine, but the rest of the offensive skill players are gone, not to mention the entire coaching staff. Unless, White plans on getting 30 carries/game, I cannot fathom that offense being as good. The offensive line will be good, but how many times can you effectively block an 8-man front. Don’t even get me started on the defense.
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