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I couldn't agree more.

Despite Penn State (or maybe because of Target 10), the Big Ten leads the nation in basketball attendance attendance.

In one of the most thorough blog posts I've ever read, Rumors and Rants examines the ten biggest falls from grace.

Are we are really still talking about this?

The horror that his Big Ten Refereeing has a new face.

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-Yes, Paterno stopped by the hospital yesterday, and was promptly released. Don't need anymore news like that.
-You might remember the argument saying "recruiting does matter", well let's take it a step further: star-ratings correlation to NFL Draft position.
-Puff piece on Wallace and King.
-Jeff Rice has jokes! Ten ways to kill time during the offseason.

The Legend Of Link: "No Bad News" Edition

-For the rest of you MSM haters, an great explanation (from Deadspin, of course) on the reason the 'real' writers just don't get it.

-Speaking of MSM, Ivan Maison of ESPN, who doesn't suck as bad as some of the other guys, apparently hadn't written a "Paterno Is Quite Old" story in the last six months...well the quota has been reached.

-Brian at MGoBlog took a trip to watch UM blow it in the Frozen Four, but in the process wrote a good piece on the nature of hockey spectatordome. As a fellow stat loser I agree.

-The Branch Campus debate rages on. (I'm not sure how this ever became an issue. The problem isn't that there aren't enough seats. Remember the Purdue game this year? The student section was maybe half full at kickoff. The problem is scalping, period. Stop people's ability to scalp tickets and I'm willing to bet that things will work themselves out.)

The Legend of Link, No Theme This Time

How do you know it's the offseason? Well, fights, of course, and talk about Bill Cowher being the next Penn State coach. He also might coach the Browns*. Ya, definitely the offseason.

Ok, now on to the random and unrelated nonsense you would expect on March 4th.

I highly encourage everyone to take part in the "Name Of The Year" voting. I'm pulling for Johnny Moustache to take the prize, although as an 11 seed he's a long shot. Make sure to check out the potential upset of the week, Levi Licking, who is in a dead lock with a 2 seed. (Yes, all the names are real.)

Drunks typically don't give great advise, and neither does Kenny Rogers.

It's a big day at the primaries, and, of course, Ohio constituents have their minds on the right things.

Finally, it's important to note that nuts are in fact fruits, however are not draft eligible. For the record I thought Pineapple was a steal at #12.



* Worth pointing out here that the Plain Dealer, the news paper all these sites reference, decided to take down the story because.

The Legend of Link, Recruiting Is Over Celebration

Now that we don't have to read about 17 year old boys on ESPN any more, I thought I'd celebrate with three of this week's best posts:

Orson is making some life changes. (EDSBS)

Paterno loves brains, lips, Darryl Pryor (BHGP)

A Few Good Men could have been a lot better, even with the SEC homerisms. (YMSWWC, this one's actually a little old)

The Legend of Link, aOSU edition.

Ohio State fans are sorry, they are sorry about their play, they are sorry about their coach, and they are sorry for embarrassing the Big Ten. They are not, however, sorry about James Laurinaitis stealing the Butkus from Dan Conner; besides being totally dominated statistically all year, he also kind of sucks.

So who were we suppose to root for, anyway? I think conference loyalty is a joke, so do many others. Despite my better judgement, I was in fact rooting for An* Ohio State University last night, and like waking up next to the ugliest girl at the bar, I feel dirty.

Jamarkus Russle was wearing a cosby sweater, I cosby sweater. And did Troy Smith actually get shorter? I guess the Ravens will do that to you.



The SEC has turned An Ohio State University into the Buffalo Bills of college football. aOSU was actually the faster team, but they were totally dominated up front. They were also outcoached. They were just plain bad...and why was the French Army playing the Ohio State fight song all night?

So the offseason begins, and we have a new 41-14, his name is 38-24. Yes, things could be worse, but please don't pull the Moral Victory card, now is not the time: two blowouts in two years is not good. Have fun with that USC game in eight short months.





*Look in comments, tOSU heron refereed to as 'aOSU'.

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I've been meaning to do one of these from time to time but never really got around to it. So here are some links I think you shouldn't die without seeing (or, alternatively, to kill time instead of actually working).

-Mom, meet my new roommate Brittany Spears

-This isn't a link, but a video, and this week it is my favorite sports moment of all time...and it didn't even happen on this continent.


-I'm not the only one who hates the Outback Bowl.

-Um, shoot a baseball at my nuts? No. But this guy? Sure.