Offensively, the game started out promising with the Browns marching down the field for a field on their first possession. However, a quick Carolina interception return for a touchdown off the hands of Dennis Northcutt was the turning point. The Panthers took hold of the momentum and never looked back, beating the Browns 20-12 Sunday afternoon.

The Panthers’ front four, especially Julius Peppers, disrupted the Browns and put pressure on Charlie Frye for most of the day. The offensive line also committed some key holding penalties that kept the Browns from getting into any sort of offensive rythym. Joshua Cribbs gave the team a spark with a couple of big returns but the Browns unfortunately had to settle for field goals.

Terry Pluto isn’t impressed with mark Shapiro’s argument that Eric Wedge is his “partner.” As Pluto points out, Shapiro is the boss and he needs to let Wedge know that. Pluto points out the painful example of the Brandon Phillips fiasco. Wedge didn’t want him, so Shapiro let him go and basically got nothing in return. Now we need a second baseman for 2007.

The Buckeyes took care of business on Saturday. Next week they travel to Michigan State.