Transfers happen all the time in major college athletics, and frankly, most go by without so much as a raised eyebrow. Athletes transfer in, athletes transfer out, and save for superstar caliber recruits or top-level talent, most transfers just simply get reported and forgotten about, assuming they ever get reported at all. Leave it to [...]
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Sports weekends like the last one don’t come along very often. You had the NBA Playoffs, the Stanley Cup Playoffs, NASCAR, a championship boxing match, Tiger staging a Sunday come back, baseball season, and of course, the Kentucky Derby. It’s weekends like this where I long for fall more than ever before. The sort of [...]
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For many, myself included, fall Saturdays are part sport, part silliness, but all ritual, as most have a tried and true way to get themselves mentally and metaphysically ready for the pending slate-O-awesome footballgasm that’s about to rock itself all over their face. For me, and many others, part of that ritual includes ESPN’s College [...]
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Imagine my surprise when I open my Google reader this morning, expecting most of my news to be about the exceptionally high amount of sports figures leaving this world far too soon, when I see none other than our once proud head coach, Brady Hoke, staring back at me from my screen. Like many BSU [...]
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To spread some love amongst the blogosphere this Holiday Bowl Season, OTP participated in several Bowl Pick ‘Ems spread across all sorts of formats. Some were with fellow BSU fans, others were hosted by sites or people we respect immensely in the blog scene. Here’s how we fared: Pool: Rocky Top Talk’sHosted by: Rocky Top [...]
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All’s quiet on the football front unless you live in Muncie, IN or Auburn, AL and your administration essentially just slipped a pinky finger fist in your backdoor when no one was looking. But at least Auburn has a coach… however craptastic he may be. I am optimistic that Ball State will be able to [...]
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It’s been a couple weeks since we’ve thrown up our Humpday Quickies, but here we are. It’s the humpiest of days. Nothing really of note on the Cardinals that wasn’t already covered, so we’ll move ahead to the Wildcats who face Vandy this week. Is it winnable? Sure. Will they win? Who the hell knows. [...]
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A few weeks ago OTP did an interview with CFB Weekly. I was either so good or so bad, that Aaron asked me back. In this week’s edition, we chit chat about Kentucky’s unmerciless assthumping down in The Swamp, the Cardinals and their success without Dante Love, and Ball State’s chances of making it to [...]
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In an effort to gain some much needed counter-intelligence on the upcoming matchup with the Florida Gators, we exchanged questions with our favorite Florida bloggers about their team, their coach, and all things Gator related. Today’s session is with Henry Gomez, one of the resident experts for Saurian Sagacity. Enjoy! (Our answers to their questions [...]
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In an effort to gain some much needed counter-intelligence on the upcoming matchup with the Florida Gators, we exchanged questions with our favorite Florida bloggers about their team, their coach, and all things Gator related. Today’s session is with Ryan Ferguson, one of the site operators for Orange and Blue Hue. Enjoy! (UPDATE: Our answers [...]
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