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James Laurinaitis: Ohio State’s Most Overrated Linebacker Ever

Update 2009-Jan-08: I have posted a follow-up to this infamous article here: Good Riddance to James Laurinaitis and the 2008 Ohio State Senior Class

This will come as complete blasphemy to the Buckeye faithful, but it is true: James Laurinaitis is the most overrated linebacker Ohio State has ever had.

I’m not saying this because I hate the guy, or because I think I’m better than him — I am not. I am saying this …

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Despite Making it to the Top, We Have Hit Rock Bottom

I don’t have anything to say that hasn’t been said everywhere else. I just thought I’d etch in stone one of the coolest quotes I’ve ever come up with:

Despite making it to the top, we have hit rock bottom

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Results of the OSU 2007 National Championship Cleveland Watch List

    This is a follow-up to this article

I forgot to mention that Jim Tressel is from Cleveland.…

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The Ohio State 2007 National Championship Cleveland Watch List

Last year’s humiliating Buckeye defeat against Florida left most Ohioans with months and months of painful deliberation regarding what went wrong during that game.

In a conversation with my friends Dan and Jordan, we came to the easy determination that the game was squandered because it was put on the shoulders of two Clevelanders, Troy Smith and Ted Ginn.

Clearly, being the Clevelanders that Troy and Teddy are, they could not cope with the …

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Florida Shows Off That Southern Speed in 2007 Bowl Season

Wow, just look at that SOUTHERN SPEED we keep hearing about from the media!! Let’s see how our good friends down in Florida did this year:

  1. Florida

    Despite losing four bowl games in a row, Michigan takes the hated Gators out 41-35. Florida bounces off of their National Title with a glamorous four-loss season.

    And who was the last team Michigan beat in a bowl game? Drumroll… The Gators! (2003 Outback Bowl).

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My Top 15 Albums of 2007

Happy New Year everyone! It’s time for my favorite blog post of the year, one in which I’ve spent more time pondering than is healthy. The Top 15 Albums of 2007. (Top 15 Albums of 2006 can be found here)

Before I begin, I would like to declare Melodic Death Metal to be officially dead. This genre of music is what has throttled me through the past 8 or 9 years of my life. …

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