Bucks cruise,Bucs lose

The Ohio State Buckeyes were never truly threatened by the Golden Gophers of Minnesota despite a deceiving final score of 34-21.
Terrelle Pryor rushed for two TD's and tossed another and Chris Wells rushed for over 100 yards in his return to the field.
The Buckeyes travel to Camp Randall Stadium for an encounter next Saturday night vs the Wisconsin Badgers in a game that would have been much bigger had Wisconsin not been upset by michigan yesterday in a game that I was told was a hose job by a person that watched the game with no bias.
OK,Sorry-it was Ryan and he has a bias.

Shawn's thoughts

1) If you liked the old days of option football,you will like these Buckeyes.
Sure,they pass more than the old wishbone and veer teams,but much of what they do when Terrelle Pryor is on the field takes you back a couple of decades.

2) Chris Wells may not be able to cut back against the grain with his still tender tootsie,but his skills are still there.
His hurdle of a Gopher on a long run made me think that OSU's track team should be recruiting him for duty after the season!


3) Eight catches for Brian Robiskie and a touchdown yesterday.
Nice to see him back in the offense,but lets hope that as Pryor matures in the passing game,he can start hitting Robiskie deep to stretch defenses are sure to be playing the Pryor/Wells running game more than the deep pass.

4) The Buckeye defense didn't allow a TD in the game and shut the Gophers down throughout.
Minnesota's two TD's came late in the game against the second and third teamers to create a closer score than the game truly was.

5) Todd Boeckman played some in the second half and threw a TD.
I am for Boeckman playing in some of these decided games,as Terrelle Pryor's style shows that the chance of injury is there with every run.
Why risk that in a 34-6 game???

Bonus: Next week is going to be a tough one in Madison.
I know Penn State is undefeated and all,but Wisconsin is the team to beat in the Big Ten,if the Buckeyes want another Big Ten title....

The Pirates lost in San Diego 3-2.
Jimmy Barthmaier(0-3) allowed all three runs in the Padre first in a losing five inning effort.
Pirate killer Chris Young added another win to his belt for San Diego.

Shawn's Thoughts

1) I have just one-Get this season over with!!!

The Seattle Seahawks are off until next week against the Giants.
Battlin Bob is ticked at some Seahawk fans over at Grumblings and Rumblings.

The Cleveland Browns put any hope saving their season on the line today in Cincinnati against the Bengals.
1-3 is not exactly great going into the bye week,but 0-4 means Roy Orbison time!

Romeo Crennel says Derek Anderson is on a short leash for this one and I am not sure that the way to turn around a QB with confidence issues is to tell him he will not get much time to get past a mistake,but this game is huge and whatever it takes to win it.

Browns Keys

1) RUN THE FOOTBALL!
Jamal Lewis needs to get 20 carries or more!
Slam the ball at them and take the heat off the struggling Anderson to win the game.

2) Pressure Carson Palmer
Palmer will likely play,but he is not 100% and he is not agile at his peak-make him hurry to get his passes off..

3) Do not be afraid to blitz.
This team supposedly bulked up its pass rush,but the numbers don't back that up.
Send the linebackers once in a while and mix up who you are sending!

4) Use Steve Heiden here and there.
Heiden (backup tight end) has dependable hands and since none of the WRs seem interested in catching the ball,maybe Heiden on some checkdowns could open things up for Kellen Winslow....

5) Show some desperation!
This game is a MUST,do something different!
A trick play or a variation on a play for a new look.
Pull out all the stops!

Prediction-Record 3-3
This is a hard game to pick,the Bengals played well in taking the Giants to overtime last week and the game is in Cinci,but lets pick with the heart just this once.
Browns 27-21

Shane Mosley knocked out Ricardo Mayorga with one second to go in the fight in a Jr.Middleweight fight.
We had Mosley ahead by a wide margin.
On the undercard,Andre Berto kept his WBC Welter title with a unanimous decision over Steve Forbes.
We scored the bout 117-111 for Berto.
Photo Credits
Pryor:Neal Lauron_Columbus Dispatch
Helmets:Helmet Project
Boxing:Danny Moloshok-Reuters