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Your College Football Early Games Open Thread
Highlights of the early slate include Michigan at Ohio State (aka Denard vs. Terrelle), Michigan State at Penn State, Indiana at Purdue and the game in which "Tennessee looks for happy ending against Kentucky."...
Ohio State President Dumps On Boise St., TCU, Common Sense
Gordon Gee thinks Boise St. and TCU are unworthy, and prefers the bowl system because playoffs are "a slippery slope to professionalism." In related news, OSU basketball will happily take part in March Madness. [AP]...
Beware Of Ohio State's "Brutus" Lurking At Gas Stations And Thad Matta's Exclamation Points
This haunting image comes courtesy of a reader named Andrew who sent this in with the creepy message "As always," most likely moments before he was dragged from the car and disemboweled in the parking lot....
Demolition Goes Wrong: Smokestack Falls The Wrong Way
A 300-foot tower at an abandoned power plant tumbled the wrong way during demolition yesterday, taking out buildings and power lines but thankfully no people. [WKYC]...
Everything That's Wrong With College Tailgates In One Picture
This picture, snapped sometime before Saturday's Ohio State-Wisconsin game, is so, so bad, it has to be a joke. Right?...
Dong Or No Dong?
Several tipsters have dutifully sent a TV-screen shot in from the Ohio State game, maintaining it represents "Telestrator Dong," "Long Crooked Dong," and/or "Long Buckeye Dong."...
OU Mascot Not Actually OU Student
Rufus Bobcat, who tried to tackle Brutus Buckeye, isn't even an OU student, and tried out for the mascot gig just for the chance to assault Brutus....
Mascot On Mascot Violence At Ohio State (UPDATE: Brutus Speaks)
Ohio's Rufus Bobcat was lying in wait for Brutus Buckeye as he led OSU onto the field. A little harmless(?) mascot fun escalated to the point where security had to escort a man in a big foam suit off the field....
Football Coach Named Pooch Caught Up In Prostitution Sting With Dog Collars, Cages
Things just got a little bit more awkward in the Firelands (Ohio) Falcons locker room....
Big Ten Divisions To Split Up Michigan And Ohio State; 7th Seal Opened
AIR RAID SIRENS! STORIED BUT INSUFFERABLE PROGRAM NOT GUARANTEED TO FACE EQUALLY STORIED, EQUALLY INSUFFERABLE RIVAL EVERY YEAR! [Washington Post]...
Ohio's LeBron Begging Is Just Getting Sad Now
Saturday is LeBron James Appreciation Day in Akron, Ohio. Not scheduled to attend: LeBron James. Meanwhile, young children hope to win his heart with a flash mob. Just stop it right now....
Pi Beta Phi: The Party-Menace Sorority Of The Midwest
Ohio University's branch of Pi Beta Phi held a winter formal and, just like their sisters at Miami University (of Ohio), they abandoned all forms of lady-likeness and terrorized the place where it was held. The Smoking Gun has the gory rundown....
Miami University Had The Pukiest, Poopiest, Sexiest Spring Formal Ever
On April 9, 2010, Miami University's Pi Beta Phi fraternity for women held a spring formal at the quaint Lake Lyndsay Lodge in Hamilton, Ohio. The sloppy, slutty details of what transpired that boozy enchanted evening are tremendous....
The Ohio State Continues The <em>Glee</em>-ification of America
Reader Dave sends in this video of a flash mob taking over the Ohio Union on Monday. When are people going to learn that extravagant, coordinated routines of obnoxious songs only belong on the NYC Subways?...
Set The Lower Midwest Aflame: Your 3:00 Open Thread (VIDEO UPDATE)
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. If you're flying over these states today, the bonfires will light your way to whatever godless coastal sinhole you've sold your soul to live in. Butler-Murray State; Ohio-Tennessee. Get some....
Argentine Outlaws Clash With Malodorous Nuts: UC Santa Barbara-Ohio State Open Thread
Can Orlando Johnson do an Evan Turner Impression and bounce the Buckeyes? Not if Thad's boys can help it. (Expect them to help it.) Michigan fans: say how much OSU sucks. OSU fans: hang out and continue ignoring Michigan fans....
Wild Felines Chase After Hoyas: Ohio-Georgetown Open Thread
Can Greg Monroe take over the tournament and continue in the great GT center tradition? Which famous alumnus will get some camera time? Comment here when you're not refreshing Julia Allison's Twitter feed....
Let Us Now Savor The Bitter Tears Of Michigan Fans
Current thread titles at MGoBlog's message board: "God Hates Us," "Michigan Hating God," and "At what point do I poke myself in the eye with a stick," which is about the football team. [MGoBlog, h/t BML]...
Evan Turner Shuts Up Steve Lavin With 40-Foot Buzzer Beater
Things were looking good for the Michigan basketball team. Up two, two seconds left in the game; it was in the bag. Steve Lavin said it was the perfect example of why the conference tournaments are so great....
Telestrator Dong: Elephantiasis Edition
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....