ESPN’s Karl Ravech tossed out that reassuring mantra just moments ago, after OSU was knocked off their No. 1 perch — does that even sound right? — 98-89 by No. 6 North Carolina.
You read that right: that’s close to 100, and the Bucks will likely not even let a team dent 80 when the freshman […]

Don’t forget about Deaquan.
The anticipation of Greg Oden and the emergence of point guard Mike Conley Jr. has done very little to drown out the noise being made by freshman Daequan Cook, who pumped in 20 points in 21 minutes of an 82-60 rout of San Francisco Monday.
One year after Ron Lewis was utilized in […]

In Tempe, they’ll say it was the late flag.
Or maybe it was Willis McGahee going down.
That year was full of ‘em: ‘the you-got-lucky’s: The 4th-and-destiny at Purdue; Gamble’s zig-zag to the goal line with Penn State; Cincy ready to score as time ran down. People around the country had to hand it to the Buckeyes.
That […]

Skip Bayless said on ESPN 2’s Cold Pizza Wednesday, that today’s game between the Bucks and the Wolverines wasn’t the best match-up ever because it lacked the off-the-field drama.
Well Skip, you’ve got your drama.
Bo Schembechler was a wolverine. He was the enemy. He stood for everything Ohio State hates.
But somehow, he was one of us.
On […]

Like most of Buckeye faithful, I’ve gone through my rituals. I washed my jersey. I bought the lucky wine. I’ve got it all set up for tomorrow’s contest. But today, I’ve been thinking about what Michigan will try and do to beat the Buckeyes. Let me preface this by saying […]