Season Eve

tomorrow begins the start a very interesting and hopefully exciting season.  This will be the year of Lessert Ball (fyi: Tressel spelled backwards..ya know..playing the offensive game instead of defensive..ok i am an idiot).  So yea..we are pretty heavily favored early on (remember Tribe were pre-season #1) and Troy is gettin jocked as a big time Heisman candidate.  Corso picked Mr. Smith to make the pose, but good old Kirk chose otherwise.  I think maybe the Gameplan crew gave Kirk the old biased speech.  So..yea lots of hype and rightfully so. 

Final words before the season come from my buddy Paul.  He sent this beautiful link about some Troy Smith tidbits.  Check this:  

2) Troy on Game Week Rituals - Smith was reminded that former OSU safety Mike Doss at tacos every game week Monday in OSU's 2002 national championship season. Smith was aware of that, and said he has a plan of his own.

"Every Monday I'm going to eat a taco salad with lean turkey meat," said Smith.

uhh..yea that's pretty lame Troy.

 yea Troy..hike up the skirt.

So on that note..Go Buckeyes

2 more days

(thanks to my buddy baumer for the link)

Absurd

ok so i am glancing over at the always reputable espn.com and notice one of the top headlines is about good old Ohio State.  Given the news now-a-days, I figured it was the usual feel good OSU story, but wait..no this isn't a rip on OSU and of course it isn't a compliment..this shit is absurd.  I mean as a Buckeye I am a little shocked by this one.  I know we are crazy fans and love to buy anything with scarlet & grey on it, but come on.  What the hell am I talking about..cereal folks, cereal.

I mean I love the Buckeyes, but going up against Count Chocula is another ballgame.  So what is this nonsense all about?  The cereal is called Buckeye Heroes and hits shelves this Saturday, the opening day of the season.  What does it look like..well they are honey-nut-flavored toasted oats..uhh.  Pretty original guys.  Check out this quote:

"We couldn't make them 'block Os,' so we made them Os," said Rick Van Brimmer, director of trademark and licensing services at Ohio State.

This isn't the first food item to have some OSU love slapped on it. There is pasta, chips, salsa, hot dogs, mustard and hot sauces, as well as candy Buckeyes.  Tom Schmieder, marketing VP who is making Buckeye Heroes said, "OSU's fandom is just a different breed."

uhh...yea (and yes I will be buying a box). 

Oh Geez

so yea..to be honest I don't know if I should comment on this one.  I think a few people out there know a few letters/numbers to describe this, but regardless he is still the King. 

thanks to penya2 on flickr for all the great World Basketball shots. 

Oh Come On

Daniel Gibson, one of the Cavs new draft picks, was recently interviewed on Cavs.com about training camp, the season, etc.  Now, we were all very excited to pick up Mr. Gibson so late in the draft given he was projected to go 1st round.  And we were doubly excited since he is a freakin PG.  But his answer to the final question might make ya think twice: 

cavs.com: Last question: In the Texas-OSU game on September 9th, how many points do you think the Buckeyes will win by?
Gibson: (Pauses, laughs) WOW! No offense to the Ohio fans, because I’m looking for full support this season. But Texas is going to smack ‘em!

Ohhh..snap.  So yea he did go to UT and I guess he should root for his team, but I would hope he gets some real crap when they go down.  Maybe having LeBron throw on a white glove and backslapping him across the face might work.  who knows..

So by the way..we are at 4 days till kickoff of the Buckeye's season.  It's "supposed" to be a good year, but I personally would like to take this game by game.  I mean this year we are playing Lessert ball so who knows. 

yea..Lessert Ball..
 

Coming this Fall..

This is a pretty solid fake movie trailer from the 05-06 year which shows some nice early clips of the man-child.  Regardless of the odd noises and awful quality of youtube, it's still worth a view. Also, notice the sign when he says "uncharted island."

3-3-0

Holy Freakin Crap..I wake up to read that LeBron..yes that LeBron James, just got 2 more tats.   They will be making their world appearance vs. Japan (the country destined to make this Akronite a true international superstar).   So what did he get you ask???

#1 - The Right Calf of Mr. James now reads "Witness"  Man that Nike is good at marketing.  ok folks ready for the second...

#2 - Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.  On his right arm, below his elbow, is a large "330'' which is a beautiful reference to his hometown's (aka: AKRON) area code.  This "330" also has four stars around it.  Oh my goodness..

Not sure what else I can say besides, sup now..