Here are some past articles that are worth checking out

Below is a list of articles from the past that were worth keeping around.  Some have nothing to do with the Buckeyes, but they are well worth taking a look at.

~Mountaineer Hospitality
You may have noticed a lull in the site updates recently... and for good reason.  We just returned from a trip down south.  After looking at the map, we noticed how close we were going to be to Boone, NC.  Never one to miss out on a photo opportunity (at the expense of our "friends" up north of course) we made a calculated detour over to Boone to visit with our new friends at Appalachian State University... and had the time of our lives.  Appalachian State University is a gorgeous campus with amazing academic and athletic facilities nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina.  Decked out in our OSU gear we set out to take some photos on campus.  It was pretty evident that we stuck out like a sore thumb amid the sea of black and gold. For the rest of the article click HERE.

~Rising To The Occasion
Jim Tressel was checking e-mail on his Blackberry on the ride back to the airport Saturday night when he saw one that moved him to read it to his fellow passengers.  "It was from a foster father in North Dakota whose foster daughter has been having some problems. He said he was watching [Saturday night's Heisman presentation] and he could tell what a great influence [I'd had] on Troy.  It was the icing on the cake on an already special night."   Troy, of course, is Troy Smith, the senior quarterback for Tressel's top-ranked Buckeyes and now officially the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner. Every player who's ever won the Heisman had his own special achievements and took his own unique path, but as anyone who tuned in Saturday night could see, few have led a more inspirational journey than Smith.  For the rest of the article click HERE.

~Weis Makes Nice Call
I know that this has nothing to do with OSU, but it has everything to do with class and compassion... and it's stories like this that make athletics so great. After meeting with 10-year-old Montana Mazurkiewicz, who had an inoperable brain tumor, Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis called the play the boy chose for ND's first play despite the fact that they were starting out on their own 1-yard-line. Montana never got to see the play. He died Friday at his home.  Weis heard about the death and called Montana's mom on Friday night to assure her he would still call Montana's play.  Weis called her again after the game and said he had a game ball signed by the team that he wanted to bring to the family on Sunday.  For the rest of the article click HERE.

~Sparty?! Bucky?! Meet the new wolverines
Like a boy named Sue, baby wolverines unveiled Thursday by the Detroit Zoo are saddled with a humiliation unbecoming of their breed. One is named Sparty, as in the fierce-yet-cartoonish, bug-eyed Michigan State University icon. The other is Bucky, a variation of Buckeye, the Ohio State University team nickname inexplicably inspired by the fruit of a tree.  "I heard about that," University of Michigan assistant athletic director Bruce Madej sputtered in mock outrage Thursday. "Sparty and Bucky? OK. Seems to me if they were worried about wolverines becoming extinct, they wouldn't name them after Spartans and Buckeyes!"  ... for more on this Detroit Free Press article, click HERE.

~Buckeyes Have Record Setting 2004 NFL Draft
Just how deep was Ohio State in the 2004 NFL Draft?  Since the NFL adopted the seven-round draft in 1994, only seven programs have had 10 or more players chosen in the same lottery. Miami, which sent 11 players to the league in the 2002 draft, holds the record for the seven-round lottery. The Buckeyes, though, topped that by having 14 players drafted in 2004. "The way we've got them stacked so far," said one NFL personnel chief, "Ohio State has players all over our draft board. Guys at every level. They could hit for the cycle, with at least one player in every round, you know?"  In fact, the Buckeyes, remarkably, could have at least one player chosen from each of the 11 position categories defined by the NFL's collective bargaining agreement. For the rest of the article click HERE.

~Are Wolverines Blue With Envy?
This is a classic, soul searching article written by a Detroit Free Press columnist during the 2003 football season. In his article, McCollough laments "Until Michigan figures it out and plays with the discipline of its greatest nemesis, we'll still just be Wolverines living in a Buckeye world.  I dreamed that THE Ohio State University had taken over the World. I turned on CNN only to see Jim Tressel, the first president of the United States to be inaugurated wearing a gray sweater-vest and a scarlet tie, leading the rabid crowd in a rousing rendition of "Carmen Ohio.  The U. S. Senate and House of Representatives were throwing down Natty Lights. The Senate handled the "O-H!" The House, "I-O!"  To see the entire article from J. Brady McCollough click HERE.