Fun win for the Buckeyes hoops squad on Friday, 102-61 over NC A&T. The Freshman class reigned as Deshaun Thomas led all scorers with 24 points and added 8 boards. Blue-chip prospect Jared Sullinger contributed 19 and 14, while PG Aaron Craft scored 8 and dropped 9 dimes. A real test comes tomorrow at 6p when OSU travels to Florida to play the #9 Gators.
I feel like a broken record when discussing the BcS, but 2-loss Alabama has jumped Michigan State and 3-loss South Carolina has jumped to #17 on the strength of a win over now 4-loss Florida. Meanwhile, no one will suspend Cam Newton. The sheer volume of disgust that I have for the SEC rivals my animosity for the Yankees.
I was sitting in the north stands at the Shoe on Saturday and Sanzenbacher's circus catch was even less believable in real time.
Despite the fact that the loss does not inspire me to sing the Browns' praises full-post style, I saw little regression against the Jets. I noted that I would have bet money on the Browns winning and I am not a gambler (at least not at all an effective one). In hindsight, it seems that I did not give enough credit to the talent gap between the two teams, especially after Josh Cribbs went down (4 sprained toes btw). The last drive of regulation was a thing of beauty and the defense looked strong again. Eric Wright simply has to go and the rash of injuries to the linebacking corps is unpleasant, but this team obviously believes in itself, its on the field leaders (McCoy, Hillis, Cribbs, Fujita), and the direction the coaching staff is taking them. Again, I never expected this team to challenge for the playoffs, but they continue the reinforce the foundation of, what I hope to be, quality football for years to come.
MLB Notes: (1) The Marlins traded CF Cameron Maybin (the centerpiece of the deal that sent Miguel Cabrera to MoTown) to the Padres for, among other(s), our old friend Ed Mujica. (2) Buster Posey and Neftali Feliz are your rookies of the year. No surprises there.
Cheers.
