whoooo!

I have to work this afternoon, and it’s killing me. Because I’d rather be in Columbus, where the hysteria over today’s Arena Bowl is simply off the charts. Arena Bowl parties, dancing in the streets … Columbus would be the best place in the sports world to be today … unless you were in New… Read More whoooo!

tradition.

As you may have surmised by now, I’m not especially happy with the advent of the Big Ten Network, now just a month away. I’ve griped about the fact that it’s likely going to screw up my Ohio State television viewing, as I live out of market and — hello, looking to buy a house… Read More tradition.

welcome back.

E. Gordon Gee, who served as Ohio State’s president through most of the 1990s, will return to OSU as president in August — just in time for football season. Gee was hugely popular when he was in Columbus for his first term, and apparently did well at subsequent stints at Brown and Vanderbilt. Gee’s stay… Read More welcome back.

it’s time?

I generally maintain that there is no actual end to Ohio State football season, but after our last on-field performance, it was probably good to take a small break, just to let some of that bad mojo slip away. Our family didn’t even make our usual fuss over the spring game this year, as we… Read More it’s time?

getting worse.

About a week after Jim Delany, Big Ten commissioner, threw a hissy fit about comments he didn’t actually hear from a Comcast executive about the Big Ten Network, the cable channel — and its plans to steal Ohio State football from me — is now garnering the attention of Congress. The Dispatch — and others… Read More getting worse.