Buckeyes Break Phil Steele Formula

Quick little football sidenote: The Buckeye football team deserves some unique respect in next year's edition of Phil Steele's magazine. Some may remember I wrote about Steele's draft day hangover effect in June. The hangover effect essentially put the kibosh on any decent chance of bettering our record of 2005 and getting to the BCS Championship game. It's his method which foreshadows doom for the upcoming year. In fact, no team had ever bettered their record (in at least 9 years - that's presumably all the longer he's published his mag) after 'scoring' 35 or more hangover points . Ohio State suffered 2 losses last year and then were pillaged by the NFL draft (49 points). But, our current undefeated record this year sets a precedent even should we lose in the title game.

Lastly, the OZone has some tidbits and updates on the football team and the post-season award circuit. Plus, Brandon Saine - an incoming 215lb RB/WR frosh with state record 10.3 / 100m time - was recently named Mr. Football in Ohio. An embarrassment of riches.