Osu ← A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way

Thank goodness college football starts for real this weekend.

Sep

2013

OK now that the miserable non-conference schedule is out of the way, on to the real season. OSU is bunched up with a large number of undefeateds at the top of the polls. OSU can probably get to the BCS championship if they remain undefeated, but given weakness of schedule, they probably need help — ...

Too many bowls? More likely a short term demand problem

Dec

2012

Per @CFTalkThrough, through 14 bowl games, attendance is down more than 11 percent from a year ago. 574,095 in 2011, 508,969 in 2012. Too many bowls? Maybe. But “looking at fan bases countrywide”:http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-geography-of-college-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/, when you take 5.8M fans out of the market for bowl tickets because of OSU (#1 fan base nationwide) and PSU (#3 ...

What will the Big10 do now with PSU’s impending penalties?

Jul

2012

So apparently the “hammer is going to fall on PSU tomorrow”:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/ncaa-announce-penalties-against-penn-state-monday-paterno-141212517–ncaaf.html. Who knows what will happen, but I think it is reasonable to assume that PSU will be uncompetitive in football for at least the next 5 years. Either because of massive financial penalties (this seems likely to me as it penalizes the institution directly), ...

Friday afternoon musing about TV — VCOs, Airplay, Cameras

Mar

2012

Gearing up for lots of basketball watching over the next month, OSU is on tonight, Go Bucks, humiliate the Boilermakers. I know he is long retired but that combover that Gene Keady sported for years still annoys me and Purdue must pay for it. Anyway, random TV thoughts: * Why are there no virtual cable ...

A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Big10 Race

Nov

2011

November is shaping up to be quite the race in the Big10, I have to say, the addition of divisions and a championship game have created a great new dynamic (and makes me rethink my objection to a playoff, hmmm.) Many sites have written about all the permutations of possible teams in the championship game, ...

Thinking about gameday cell network performance

Oct

2011

When I sit in Ohio Stadium for a football game, my fancy smartphone is a useless piece of metal and plastic. Some developers have tried to come up with apps to improve the gameday experience, but these apps miss the point. With 105,000 fans in the stadium, another huge set of ticketless fans milling around ...

Today’s NCAA FB roundup — reactions to Buckeyes andUSC; required NCAA FB reading

Sep

2011

I watched bits of LSU/WVU (LSU is my #1), Toledo/Syracuse, ND/Pitt, UW/Cal. But key games I watched yesterday were OSU and USC. * OSU is in for a tough year. Yes they tackled better yesterday, but it was Colorado. If we give up 17 to Colorado, we will give up 24+ to MSU/Nebraska/Wisconsin, and the ...

My college football digital media setup

Sep

2011

Well thank goodness we are playng football again! The worst offseason ever is over and the Buckeyes are back to their old ways, throttling the lesser teams of the Midwest. Despite having a new coach, new QBs, and 7-8 players sitting on the sidelines due to various infractions, the team looked very good against an ...

The Rehabilitation of Jim Tressel

Jun

2011

About a month ago, Tressel resigned under pressure from the university as the many allegations swirled around the program. Cars, cash for memorabilia, cover ups, etc etc etc. A tough day for Tressel and a tough time for the program. It is interesting to look at some things that have happened since then: * “The ...

Does the OSU Marching Band have the gumption to have a tattoo-themed playlist for season opener?

Apr

2011

Here’s what I’d like to see: * Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones from Tattoo You LP * Tattoo by Jordin Sparks * I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire by The Ink Spots * Dancing With Myself by Billy Idol, themesong from LA Ink * Last Tattoo by Rehab If our ...

It’s a Great Day to be a Buckeye!

Mar

2011

Seriously. We have much to celebrate. #1 Men’s basketball team heading into tourney season. Big 10 champion women’s basketball team, again. The next 2-3 weeks should be awesome and we should enjoy our successes. And yes, well, we have this hiccup in the football program. Mistakes have been made by many people at many levels. ...

OSU scholarships for Marion County residents

Feb

2011

For about the 10th year now we are providing funding for scholarships for Marion County residents and Marion County high school graduates. We’ve used different mechanisms in the past, but for the last 5-6 years we’ve done this through the OSU financial aid office as need-based scholarships for Marion County residents or Marion Country high ...

10 Reasons to Hate Arkansas…

Dec

2010

I don’t really have any feelings good or bad about Arkansas, but of course now that they are the Buckeyes’ next opponent, I have to foster a deep hatred of all things Arkansas. Here’s a quick list: # Walmart. Destroying the retail economies of small towns all over America, while sending jobs to China. # ...

Getting your Minnesota hate on

Oct

2010

OK it is hard to really find great reasons to hate Minnesota football. Their current level of ineptitude is historic. But I can always reach back to the events of early 1972 when the “UM team and fans attacked the visiting OSU basketball team, sending several players to the hospital”:http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1085766/index.htm, and never really owning up ...

Servicing my college football addiction

Aug

2010

Finally, the first week of college football. And the first week of servicing my addiction. Here is the plan for this year: * In person attendance at games: We’ll make the November Penn State and Michigan games at Ohio Stadium. 4 tickets to each game at $70/pop comes to $560, we are able to easily ...

OSU can never beat Minnesota by too much

Mar

2010

Nice to see the Buckeyes wrap up the Big10 title in dominating fashion, onto the dance! And especially nice to wipe out Minnesota, too bad they weren’t knocked out of the tourney altogether. Why the hatred for the hapless Gophers? It all goes back to this incident, which pretty much flattened the OSU program for ...

Gearing up for football…

Jul

2009

CFN’s Big Ten Preview is up. OSU gets the requisite amount of love. Though OSU needs some defensive players to surprise to achieve the promise of the team. OSU picked to finish first at Media Day. Here are my hopes for the season: * OSU of course defeats SC and goes on to win the ...

2000 and counting…

May

2009

I didn’t note this yesterday tho many did — 2000+ days since OSU has last lost to UM, as the counter on the Dispatch page constantly advises. Still haven’t fully recovered from the shame of the Cooper years but an excellent start. Though the rivalry needs a little more drama if it is to remain ...

NCAA Financial Reports Database | IndyStar.com

Mar

2009

NCAA Financial Reports Database | IndyStar.com. Great site that lets you slice and dice revenues and expenses for all division 1 teams. OSU is #1 in football ticket sales revenue, #2 overall athletic revenues behind Texas. Texas kicks OSU’s ass in football advertisements. LSU is #1 in concessions/parking. Fun stuff.

College Football Recruiting Prediction Model

Jan

2009

College Football Recruiting Prediction Model via ElevenWarriors. Awesome.