OSU Week: Go Bucks!

So this is a big week for me, mainly because it is the week of the storied rivalry between my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes and the evil, villainous Michigan Wolverines, who henceforth will be referred to as the Team of Which We Will Not Speak. This year's game is particularly rich, mainly because the Bucks (yay!) are ranked 7th in the BCS standings and are raring to get a place in a BCS bowl, hopefully in the Fiesta Bowl playing against Notre Dame. But all this depends upon their ability to not lose another game against a very good 15th ranked Team of Which We Will Not Speak.

Now, with Ohio State's stellar 3rd-in-the-nation defense, and Johnny-come-lately offense (40 points per game in each of the last four games), I'd have to say that the Bucks would be a lock. But in this rivalry, there is no such thing as a lock. Especially with the Bucks playing at the Big House in hostile territory, and the Team of Which We Will Not Speak turning it up a few notches offensively since they stole that game against Penn St. on a last-second pass.

My wife will not be in the house to watch the game, not only because that wouldn't be good for our marriage, but because she happened to have something else to do. But since she is a UM grad, and her dad, mom and uncle all went to that cursed University of Maize and Blue (her mom and step-dad even have season tickets), this is the one day of the year where family will be dead to me. Like in this picture:



I am going to have a few folks over for some early Saturday morning fun. We will all be rooting for the Scarlet and Gray. All I have to say is:

Go

p.s. Thanks to Eric for the pics - I wish you could come over and watch the game, like good 'ol times.