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The Four Faces of Ohio State's Mt. Rushmore

Adam Rittenberg, the Big Ten football blogger for ESPN.com, has spent the past week listing the four people of each of the programs that more or less defined the team. Here's who he picked for Ohio State: 1...

Written by Ryan Staab about 9 months ago 494 reads 4 comments
Ohio State's Football Recruiting Rankings Hangover

I admit that I am new to the recruiting media frenzy, but for the life of me, I can't figure out why/how Ohio State dropped to No. 9 in the ESPN recruiting rankings. 1. LSU 2. Alabama 3. Texas 4...

Written by Ryan Staab about 9 months ago 749 reads 10 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8: The Battle For Respect

So this is it: the last game of a roller coaster season for the Buckeyes.I have to admit that when the bowl match-ups were first announced, I wasn't thrilled with the idea of Ohio State playing ...

Written by Ryan Staab about 11 months ago 415 reads 0 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Seven: Tressel Needs a Moustache

No, Tressel did not grow a mustache, that was just me futzing around with MS Paint, inspired by this article from Doug Lesmerises of the Cleveland Plain Dealer about coaches with mustaches in the Big Ten...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 427 reads 0 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Six: Poisonous Nuts Versus Rabid Badgers

SourceDon't have much time for a write-up this week, but here are a few thoughts about last week's game versus Minnesota.1. Beanie Wells + Terrelle Pryor = EPIC WIN!2...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 476 reads 3 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Five: Win That Old Conference Now

Photo courtesy of Scout.comThis week’s game preview is not as in-depth as I hoped it would be. I’m in the process of applying to grad schools and looking for jobs in Southern California, ...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 318 reads 0 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Four: Holy Crap, More Trojans!?

Source Bad Todd was at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum last Saturday. Rumor has it that he murdered Good Todd and threw the body in a crate which currently sits at the bottom of the Olentangy River underneath the Lane Avenue Bridge...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 606 reads 2 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Three: Good Todd versus Bad Todd

Which Todd Boeckman will make an appearance on Saturday?Good Todd, who went 19-26 for 253 yards and three touchdown passes against Penn State in an always hostile Beaver Stadium last season?Or ...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 497 reads 1 comments
Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Two: Tressel's Game Face

Image courtesy of ESPN.comInspiration for image courtesy of Dennis Dodd on CBS SportslineAll right, now that I've got the doom-and-gloom worries of a Beanie-less Buckeyes out of my system, its ...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 479 reads 10 comments
Is Beanie Wells Injury Much Ado About Nothing?

Photo courtesy of Adam Alexander, The Columbus Dispatch Disclaimer: Most of you know I'm a jerk when it comes to Ohio State football...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 1,755 reads 6 comments
Civilized Hatred: Hating the Team and Not the Fans

I hate Michigan. Being a fan of Ohio State, this is expected. I also hate Penn State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan State, and Purdue...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 327 reads 4 comments
Cincinnati Agrees with Carson Palmer: Ohio State Sucks

As expected, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer’s comments about the upcoming Ohio State-USC match-up in September on a Los Angeles radio station (http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/6066 ) got Buckeye fans around the nation fuming...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 776 reads 6 comments
Ohio State Football: 2008 Season Preview

After reading countless other writers’ preseason predictions for the 2008 college football season, I figured it was time to sit down and do one myself...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 942 reads 9 comments
My Town Rocks: Cincinnati, Ohio

Oh, and this town Is my town, alright? Love or hate it, it don't matter 'Cause I'm gonna stand and fight This town, is my town She's got her ups and downs But love or hate it, ...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 723 reads 11 comments
Big Ten Expansion: Boon or Boondoggle?

There's been much debate regarding how the Big Ten can improve to remain among the BCS elite, having been overshadowed (and in some cases, downright humiliated) by bigger and better conferences the past few seasons, such as the SEC and Pac-10...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 826 reads 17 comments
Open-Mic: 2007 BCS National Championship Game—Disappointment in the Desert

Buckeye Nation (yours truly included) believed our beloved team to be unstoppable in 2006. We had a quarterback who’d eventually win the Heisman, a star receiver in Ted Ginn Jr...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 610 reads 4 comments
Seven Buckeyes Who Will Make a Difference in 2008

The 2007 season was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Ohio State Buckeyes, but a weak Big Ten conference as well as upsets elsewhere in the world of college football catapulted Ohio State ...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 688 reads 2 comments
Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Johnson, Just Shut-Up Already!

Carson Palmer was wrong. Chad Johnson will not be attending Bengals team functions including mandatory practices. Trouble is Johnson didn't tell Palmer in a face-to-face meeting...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 953 reads 4 comments
Ohio State Playing It Smart by Not Using Terelle Pryor

Anyone regularly following the Buckeyes will tell you they've already got a winning quarterback in Todd Boeckman...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 1,033 reads 3 comments
Johnny Cueto: The Next Great Player to Leave Cincinnati

Good day for this new pitcher Cueto the Reds used against the Diamondbacks in their 3-2 victory yesterday.Cueto had 10 strikeouts, threw a no-hitter up to the 6th inning, struck out eight of the first thirteen batters, and had a 96 mph fastball...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 668 reads 5 comments
Memo to Bengals: Trade Chad Johnson

In response to the following article by Bengals columnist Mark Curnette from the March 24, 2008, Cincinnati Enquirer: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs...

Written by Ryan Staab about about 1 year ago 510 reads 0 comments

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Ryan Staab Article Archive

The Four Faces of Ohio State's Mt. Rushmore

Ohio State's Football Recruiting Rankings Hangover

Ohio State Football 2K8: The Battle For Respect

Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Seven: Tressel Needs a Moustache

Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Six: Poisonous Nuts Versus Rabid Badgers

Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Five: Win That Old Conference Now

Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Four: Holy Crap, More Trojans!?

Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Three: Good Todd versus Bad Todd

Ohio State Football 2K8 Week Two: Tressel's Game Face

Is Beanie Wells Injury Much Ado About Nothing?

Civilized Hatred: Hating the Team and Not the Fans

Cincinnati Agrees with Carson Palmer: Ohio State Sucks

Ohio State Football: 2008 Season Preview

My Town Rocks: Cincinnati, Ohio

Big Ten Expansion: Boon or Boondoggle?

Open-Mic: 2007 BCS National Championship Game—Disappointment in the Desert

Seven Buckeyes Who Will Make a Difference in 2008

Cincinnati Bengals' Chad Johnson, Just Shut-Up Already!

Ohio State Playing It Smart by Not Using Terelle Pryor

Johnny Cueto: The Next Great Player to Leave Cincinnati

Memo to Bengals: Trade Chad Johnson

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