Six Team Captains

The captains for this season will be OL Bryant Browning, DL Cameron Heyward, LB Ross Homan, LB Brian Rolle, RB Brandon Saine, and WR Dane Sanzenbacher. All six are seniors. OSU will have six season-long captains for only the second time in history of the Ohio State football team. The other time was in 1982 with Glen Cobb, Jerome Foster, Joe Lukens, Marcus Marek, Tim Spencer, and Gary Williams. The last time OSU had more than four season-long captains was when they had five in 1990.

The Series

This will only be the second meeting between the two schools, with OSU winning the previous meeting in 2004, 24-21. It took a last second kick by Mike Nugent for the win by #9 OSU against unranked Marshall. It was a 55-yard field goal, a career long for Nugent.

Season Openers

OSU has not lost a home opener in 32 years, with the last loss in 1978 against #5 Penn State, in Woody Hayes' final season. The overall opening day record is 104-12-4, with the most recent loss in New Jersey against Miami in 1999.

Night Games

OSU is 6-3 with night games in Columbus. Tressel is 15-10 in night games at OSU and 2-3 in home night games. This is the first home game not on Saturday, since the victory over Wyoming in 1997.

OSU vs. Conference USA
OSU is 11-1-1 against the teams that currently make up the Conference USA, including one win against Marshall. The single loss and tie were against SMU.

The Coaches

Jim Tressel
In his 10th season at OSU he is 94-21 (81.7%), with a career record of 229-78-2 (74.4%) in his 25th year of coaching. Under Tressel, OSU is 9-0 in season openers. Tressel has won his last 14 openers as a head coach. At OSU, Tressel is 56-7 at home. He is 15-1 against first year head coaches, with the sole loss against Purdue First Year Head Coach Danny Hope last season.

Doc Holliday

Doc Holliday is in his first year as a head coach. He is a West Virginia graduate, where he was a three year letter-winner as a linebacker from 1976-1978. He started coaching as a graduate assistant at WVU and later was the wide receivers coach, linebackers coach, and the assistant head coach. He was then the associate head coach and receivers coach at N.C. State, when the school broke passing records. Next he was at Florida where he was the associate head coach and safeties coach from 2005-2007. His stint at Florida included the upset of Ohio State in the National Championship game in 2007. His most recent stop was two years at WVU as the associate head coach, director of recruiting, and coach of tight ends and fullbacks.

Guest Panel-Week 1 Games

Welcome to Week 1 of the Guest Panel. Check back on Thursday morning for the picks and comments. Here are the games for the Guest Panel to consider this week.

 

1. Marshall vs. OSU (Thursday)
2. Boise St. vs. Virginia Tech (Monday)
3. LSU vs. North Carolina
4. Oregon State vs. TCU
5. Pittsburgh vs. Utah (Thursday)
And the oddball game this week is:
6. Northern Illinois vs. Iowa State

Time Warner and Disney(ABC/ESPN)-Close to Deal

         

 

Vs.

Many college football fans are anxiously watching the negotiations between Time Warner and Walt Disney (owner of ABC and ESPN). The current contract is due to expire on September 2 in the morning, just in time for the start of the college football season. The networks are not dumb and they realize that the cable providers are willing to negotiate in early fall, in anticipation of the start of  the new TV season, College Football, and the NFL. As we have seen in past negotiations, both sides have paid for negative ads; Time Warner saying that they are looking out for our best interest and wallet ("Roll Over or Get Tough"), and Disney saying that Time Warner will no longer carry the programs ("I Have Choices"). Also, some providers with current contracts, like DirecTV, advertise that you won't lose the stations if you cut the cable and install a dish. Typically the sides give in and a deal is struck right before the deadline, although the Big Ten Network negotiations did not go well as Time Warner and other providers refused to carry it for an entire year.

 

It was announced today that both sides are near a deal on the major issues and that the final language is being drafted. It does not appear the blackout will occur. Both sides have agreed to stop the negative ads. It is not clear whether Time Warner will carry the website service ESPN3.com, which was previously called ESPN360. This service provides broadcasts not available on television, and they are slated to cover at least two OSU basketball games in the upcoming season.

Guest Panel Introduction-Dr. Funkenstein

Dr. Funkenstein is fresh out of Chocolate City and ready to Tear the Roof off the Mother Sucker and Stomp the competition in another football season. He has been the Atomic Dog in the past three regular seasons, but turned into Loopzilla once the bowls rolled around. This year he will make the Mothership Connection and rule One Buckeye Nation Under a Groove with complete Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication. Y'all are all gonna be Knee Deep in the Aquaboogie. Dr. Funkenstein says, "If Anybody Gets Funked up, It's Gonna Be You."

 

Guest Panel Introduction-Big Dog

We are a TEAM! We have a BIG DOG (also and Old Dog too) who has years of picking experience. Mostly for fun, never for money though, not in the game for that purpose. An avid fan of the Buckeyes since he went with his mother as a child and tailgated next door to the varsity club (when parking was available there)! HOT DOG is the pretty one in the group. DOn't let her beauty fool you though, she has football in her blood. She he has followed many teams and the game for decades, since she was a child as well. Proud to call the BUCKEYES, Patriots, and Bills some of her favorites! Finally, BIG DOG JR., he is the mortar that holds this family together. A true fan, without the 'seasoning' to ruin the pure sport of college football. We look forward to a great BUCKEYE year and loads of fun!

 

 

Guest Panel Introduction-Mel Kiper’s Hair

A well know component of the most famous and recognizable NFL Draft commentators, I've been the silent driving force on-top-of every Kiper insight including the Matthew Stafford call (that he would be the #1 overall NFL pick before he even left high-school – BOOYAAHH!!!). You can thank me for the first Mock Draft ever (and later this season for the money you made by putting your eggs in my prediction basket) So I might have bombed on a couple (Andre Ware/Mike Williams) but you can't dispute the startling accuracy I showed with Hall-of-Famer John Elway or the amazing Trent Dilfer. Mel might be credited with the Big Board but it was me who me who came up with the measuring system of vague and mostly incomprehensible statistics that cumulatively indicate who will be an all-star and who will be a thumb-sucker. This year I find myself selling my draft stock and moving down into the NCAA trenches where-by I'll put on my jock-strap, overcome my nerdy exterior, and bring the whompin-stick down on Grandpa Holtz and crotchety Lee Corso. Beware the Hair!!!

 

Guest Panel Introduction-Pat Head

I've been coaching women's basketball for 36 years. I have 8 Division I Women's Basketball Championships; 15 SEC championships; 14 SEC tournament championships and I've been voted

SEC coach of the year 8 times and NCAA coach of the year 7 times. I'm the Naismith Coach of the 20th Century. I am also the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history, men or women in any division! Yeah, that's right, I'm the shit.

Oh, and did you see me in my cheerleader uniform a couple years ago?

 

Guest Panel Introduction- Old Bag of Man

Old Bag of Man hails from the Wal-mart in Southern Alabama. People thought he was just a wandering man of sorts talking to himself and shaking (thanks to being struck by lightning 46 times). But thanks to the lightning strike he was given the ability to predict football futures (and sh*t himself constantly, that's why he has chosen the bag to wear, its where you put dog sh*t anyways). People learned of this feat and betting circles starting using this "Swami" to make money. Obviously he hasn't received a dime of that money yet. So now he's moved up to the north, to try his luck north of the dixie line.

 

Guest Panel Introduction- Tressel's Devil

Mwwwaahahahahaha!  I've finally caught up with Mr. Conservative himself, Jim Tressel.  You'll find me sitting atop his left shoulder trying to convince Jimmy Boy to call riskier passing plays, more frequent blitzes, and maybe a few 4th down attempts.  Tressel and his other coaching stiff-wads need to open up the play book and take advantage of the talent on their roster if they want a chance at the national title.  If he doesn't listen to me and grow a pair a giant, manly, SEC-style balls I'm afraid I'll have to give up on him and start rooting for Dick Rod's tea

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Guest Panel Introduction- Philly Cheese

Philly Cheese hails from the "City of Brotherly Love." He is used to seeing people cry when they cut the onions over at Pat's famous steak joint in Philly , so he will show no mercy for the panelists that cry when they lose each week.

 

 

 

Guest Panel Introduction-Carl Brutananadilewski (or just Carl)

Carl Brutananadilewski (i.e. Carl, from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force, i.e. Carl, Carl's Stone Cold Lead Pipe Lock of the Century of the Week) has become somewhat of an Internet football game-picking celebrity/heartthrob in recent football seasons, appearing on The Cartoon Network's popular "Adult Swim" late night cartoon show lineup, as well as ESPN Radio's "The Scott Van Pelt Show." Let the record show that Carl correctly predicted the last two Super Bowl winners (even though he still has yet to find a solution/cure for that thing on Drew Brees' cheek!), as well as the Florida Gators' triumph over the Cincinnati Bearcats in the 2010 Sugar Bowl (in spite of the fact that he had to personally kidnap Timmy Tebow from his week-long Veggie Tales Bible Camp and hold him for ransom just to get him to play in the game!). Now, looking to remove himself from the celebrity spotlight, Carl has taken his talents to The Buckeye Pre-Game Guest Panel. Although he's supremely confident that he'll beat everyone into submission by the end of September that the rest of the Guest Panelists will just forfeit for the balance of the season (ESPECIALLY that rat ba**ard Buckeye Cock!), he figures that just to be nice, he'll make a few picks that he knows are blatantly wrong every week, just to make it a fair fight. In spite of the fact that he still plans to spend the majority of his time rooting/throwing chairs at the television set in support of his beloved New York Football Giants (and also continuously rawkin' out to Boston's "More Than a Feeling"), Carl does like to give back to charity every once in a while (or rather, he's being forced to as part of plea bargain deal for his disorderly conduct/public exposure charge celebrating the Giants 2008 Super Bowl victory), hence his commitment to the Guest Panel for the 2010 college football season.

Quote: "I don't need no instructions to know how to ROCK!!!!"

Guest Panel Introduction-Buckeye Cock aka Buckock

Defending regular season champion Buckeye Cock is back and better than ever. He's alert and ready to take the Guest Panel by storm again and show everyone that he is still at the top. I know that there are a couple of you that probably feel a little salty after last year's end of season finish but don't worry, no one enjoys a cock fight more than this cock. Buckeye Cock is looking forward to seeing his old friends and has a special "cock drop" for Harry Chance and Harry Chance' BFF.

Guest Panel Introduction- Spam Sandwichsan

Spam sandwichsan (also known as mr. spam sandwich) has no football skills. he doesn't even have eyes or ears to watch or listen to football, let alone a central nervous system to even comprehend simple games such as sheep or video olympics! but there is one trait that allows him to excel in gameday predictions... the theory of ones: 'a one that is not cold is scarcely a one at all.' and since football would not exist without cold beer, and cold beer would not prevail without football, spam sandwichsan has a direct and untainted view of all that is football! his smooth gel-like texture makes him a hit with the ladies, and he is well known around the globe! his major predictions for this year include a reality tv/prison break show featuring our favorite ex-buckeye and that 'team-up-north' getting another 'drug search' upon their arrival at the shoe! be sure to watch his mid-season antics as the theory of ones gets proven on the field and in the frying pan!

 

Guest Panel Introduction- Batman

Batman is coming off another excellent year of college football picks.

 

"Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."

Guest Panel Introduction- Hudy Delights

 

Hudy Delights grew up on the western side of Cincinnati. Hudy loves his cheap beer, high school football, bengals and almost anything Cincinnati. When not found at the local watering hole discussing his beloved Elder Panthers or West High Mustangs, Hudy makes time to impart his vast college football knowledge to anyone who may be interested. Hudy, being the expert on high school sports in the area qualifies as a college expert because many of his favorite players got their start in high school. Hudy Delights will be back to defend his title.