Author: Tim Russo (Page 88 of 89)

The PD loves to have Bill Livingston write about whatever the “big” event is, but his current column, a sort of briefing on the two schools’ traditions, is a joke. Aside from being practically unreadable, like almost everything Livingston writes, he states…

Ohio State is to Michigan as Texas A&M is to Texas.

Umm…not quite. I’ve gotten my props on this topic (OSU & Texas football) from (a) being an Ohioan, and (b) hanging out with this crowd of Texas alums for almost a year. And let me tell you…it would be news to them to hear that their biggest football rival is anyone other than Oklahoma. The Oklahoma game has national championship implications for Texas almost every year. The A&M game never does.

Bud Shaw writes today….

The angel on Tressel’s shoulder is screaming Zwick’s name while the voice in his other ear, perhaps 104,000 strong, says Smith’s arm and mobility is necessary to keep title hopes alive past the second weekend of the season. So who will start at quarterback?

QB Justin Zwick did more than enough on the field against Miami (Ohio) yesterday to justify his starting against Texas. But the bigger reason to start him next week is that this Texas game is probably the most important game since the Fiesta Bowl national championship game. Too important to make it Troy Smith’s first start of the season. The Buckeyes established a rhythm on offense, Zwick was sharp. Don’t screw it up.

They kinda let up in garbage time in their 34-14 defeat of Miami (Ohio), but the Buckeyes looked solid. Oklahoma losing today might help in a cosmic, karmic, zen sorta way against Texas, if only for the fact that Texas obsesses over every single thing Oklahoma football does.