Iowa was having every break fall their way. They caught a superior Penn State team on an off night for their biggest win. Still, they have a solid defense and a couple of good receivers. I would be worried about this team if not for the seniors on defense. This is senior day. After the midseason lull where it looked like this team could come apart, they rallied and can go out with a trip to the Rose Bowl, the first for the Buckeyes since 1996. I don't think they will come out flat. Vandenberg is a freshman. He has thrown 30 passes. He has completed 36% of them. There is a difference between nightmares and night terrors. I want Vandenberg to be able to tell you what the difference is. There is no running game to speak of. We want to continue the momentum that has gotten started with the offense. Good running game and good decisions by our quarterback. Majorly important things we want to see coming out of this game. Get up on them early, put them away, get some young guys in to gain experience on the field and experience the special occasion of senior day in the 'Shoe.

Word has come down that Keith Wells is redshirting. That is great news. I loved him from the time I first saw his film. That he is being redshirted tells us that he is staying with the program.

Word is Charlie Weiss is out at Notre Dame. I don't like the names coming up. Brain Kelly and Bobby Stoops. Brian Kelly has been a thorn in our side at Cincinnati. He is going to be a bigger problem at Notre Dame. He has already established ties with Ohio high school coaches. Bobby Stoops has Ohio roots too. Both bring another player into the Ohio recruiting battles. Until Weiss we did not see Notre Dame very active recruiting Ohio. I was always surprised Lou Holtz did not recruit Ohio harder. He was born in Ohio and was a coach on the 1968 championship team.

There seems to be a good deal of chatter about Rich Rodriguez being out at Michigan. I don't believe it and I think it would be a mistake. He has been recruiting players to fit his scheme. They made the commitment. They have to see it through. Michigan has to start over again if they fire Rodriguez.


I am not optimistic about the basketball team. Once again Matta is short bigs. Since Oden and Hunter, Matta has had one big, B.J. Mullens. No, I don't count Kosta Koufos. He was tall. He was not a big. Bigs are not allergic to paint. The closer he was to the three-point line, the happier he was. There is no offense coming out of the inside players. When David Lighty is being counted on to be your #2 rebounder and to defend a power forward, well, we better shoot as well as we think we are going to. We are going to need to score alot and we can't count on second chance points. 2010-2011 is the team to watch. The six man class is arguably better than the Thad Five. I see the same balance. We have not seen that in recent classes. Two bigs in Sullinger and Thomas who have superstar early entry ability, plus J.D. Weatherspoon who seems to get the label swingman but he sure looks good down low, a truly elite swingman in Jordan Siebert who brings range and a great floor game, a big shooting guard in Lenzelle Smith who brings a good handle and a strong body, and a point in Aaron Craft. Keep an eye on the academics. Several of these kids still need to qualify.

I bet the only people who got it right about Jay Cutler were fantasy football fanatics. I thought it was one of the all-time dumb moves by the Broncos. It still might be, but right now I bet Cutler would do anything to have either Brandon Marshall or Eddie Royal. Having both is making Kyle Orton look like a different quarterback. Cutler has thrown for 14 touchdowns but 16 interceptions and 2086 yards. Orton has 1836 yards and 9 touchdowns and only 4 interceptions. It looked even better before Sunday night.Orton went into the Steeler game looking at 9 touchdowns and 1 interception. Cutler needs a quality go to guy in the worst way.

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