THE FUTURE OF LOCAL SPORTS

Ohio State rolls to 10-0 with a convincing win over UCLA in one of their most complete games of the season! Yes, the Bruins are horrible at 3-7. Yes, the spread on this game favored Ohio State by 33 points. But every team that plays football has to beat the next team in front of them on the schedule. The Buckeyes did that in spades. They took care of business like the top-ranked team in the country should. And they looked solid while doing it. How'd they get the job done? Let

Phew! Okay, I wasn't really nervous. But I was intrigued to see how the Buckeyes would handle this one. Maybe there's something in the water at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. Maybe there's some sort of black and gold Spoilermaker voodoo brewing every time Ohio State has to play there. But whatever it is, Purdue gets my attention. They're an even 5-5 vs. Ohio State at Ross-Ade Stadium since 2000, and have knocked the Buckeyes off a handful of times when they've b

I remember when Jim Knowles left Ohio State after the Buckeyes won the National Championship last season. Usually I'm not mad or upset when coaches leave after something like that. It's the nature of college football and the coaching carousel these days. But when Penn State managed to give Knowles his bag and steal him from us, that one irked me and made me genuinely mad. Penn State knows they aren't on Ohio State's level. So the best trick they can pull, is stealing our coac