The Fall of the Buckeyes

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Come to think of it, maybe we should put an emphasis on the "OH" part. (Somewhere in the blogging universe some loyal fan just yelled IO after I typed that. Way to buck up there. Ha. I kill myself sometimes.)

For all you non college football followers who we're in hibernation period this offseason, or if you were like me and curled up in the feetle position and wishing football would come back, may have missed the epic fall of the Ohio State University football program.  Wasn't this the same program that won the Sugar Bowl about 8 months ago?

Jim Tressel, one of the best head coaches in all of college football resigned.  Star quarterback, and "Pride of Jeanette" (cough overrated cough) Terelle Pryor decided to leave the team and enter the NFL supplemental draft.  4 of the team's best players we're suspended for the first 5 games of the season, Pryor would've made it 5 players but of course decided to take the easy way out, oh and to make matters even worse, the Michigan Wolverines are apparently taking the best prospects in the state of Ohio and getting them to come there.  I'm sorry.  A university that Ohio State has dominated for the past 10 years is invading their territory?  Can you say spit in the face?

Now all seemed well at first this season after the Buckeyes handled their first 2 opponents with ease.  Then came the game against the University of Nevin Shapiro Hurricanes.  Oh wait, I'm sorry I meant to say Miami, although technically, no that'd be cruel to kick Miami when they're down right now.  Kind of like the respect the sporting world use to have for "The U".  But that's for a different time. 

Anyways back to the Blackeyes, whoops there I go again.  For the first time since 2004, the Ohio State University Buckeyes are no longer in the Top 25 poll after losing to Miami this past Saturday.  Now is it a result of some of their better players not being there? Obviously.  However, there's a much bigger purpose that lies with this loss.  If you want to keep a winning program intact, you have to maintain some sort of authority and at least have some sort of moral code.

Then again what do I know, some lawyer in Columbus probably just paid a player for a game used football. 


Thanks for reading
Gregory R. Malek