Packed Day of Football

Drew Thurman (7:39 pm)

There has been a lot of news and games to start the new year, let's look:

1) Billy Tucker of Scouts Inc. has written up a nice report of some of the things going on at the Under Armour All-American Game. He gives Duron Carter great reviews, and makes mention of how great his hands are. What surprised me was the review on C.J. Barnett. According to Tucker, Barnett has really struggled in Cover 2 schemes, and looks to have some work to do.

2) I know that no one in Buckeye nation respects Mike Farrell after his bold predictions about Pryor going to Oregon last year, but he now is saying that Boyd is an Oregon lean. I don't have quite as strong a feeling about Boyd coming to Ohio State as many out there, and I am interested to see how things pan out!

3) Well the day has been pretty rough for the Big Ten. The one bright note was that Iowa got the first win for the conference in a beating of South Carolina 31-10. Outside of that it has been rough. Michigan State looked all one sided with its anemic passing game, and lost to Georgia 24-12. My father and I have said on multiple occasions that we would have loved to have played the Bulldogs in the Capitol One Bowl, and after watching the game, we feel even more that way. The Buckeyes could have finally got the SEC monkey off their back! 

4) It's the end of the third quarter, and I can hardly stand to watch the Penn State-USC game anymore. Not only is Penn State looking awful against the Trojans (one has to wonder how OSU could not pass on their secondary they way they look tonight), but I can't stand to listen to Herbstreit and Musberger brag on USC anymore, especially ex-Buckeye Kirk (emphasis on the ex). His airtime has been filled with Big Ten bashing and Pete Carroll loving, and I wish I had the time to list all of his memorable quotes. I will list my favorite though:

Kirk: "That was perfect execution by the Trojan offense"
Brent: "Well there is a flag on the field"
Kirk: "Well it was perfect execution besides the penalty"

In Kirk's eyes USC does no wrong, and he says he wants to be unbiased. Funny joke! Anyways, the Rose Bowl looks like it will be rough perception wise on the Big Ten. Let's hope the Buckeyes can at least redeem themselves on Monday night (I am getting anxious). Go Bucks!