BUCKLE UP - BUCKEYE FANS

It's November.  At last.  Now we'll find out exactly what our football Buckeyes are made of.  Three wins and we smell the roses of Pasadena.  Three losses and we'll be lucky to play on New Years Day at all.  Will we be the team that played USC to a draw?  Or the one that looked inferior to the Boilers at Purdue?  Your guess is as good as mine at this point in the season.  

Here's my TBDBITL take:

1. At Penn State - the Nittany Lions can be had at Happy Valley.  After all, Iowa did it.  Looking at their schedule, Iowa is really the only good team Joe 'Pa has played all year.  And aren't we all looking forward to seeing Joe whip up the pep rally crowd as ABC seems compelled to show us every chance they get?  I'll predict a somewhat boring defensive battle that somehow we find a way to win.  We will get our moneys' worth; this one may go into overtime to determine which offense is least ineffective.

2. Vs Iowa - this is where the Iowa dream ends.  QB Ricky Stanzi is way too careless with the football and our outstanding defense will make him pay.  And pay dearly.  We pull away in this one and win going away as the Hawkeyes come to the realization that the glass slipper doesn't quite fit after all.

3. At _ichigan - the Vest strikes again.  We'll confuse Tate Forcier, and his coach, with multiple defensive fronts (watch as Rich Rod gets frustrated and starts yelling at his star QB).  TP will have a great day feasting on the soft Wolverine under belly they call a "D."  There is nothing better than stunned silence at the Little House and I expect many rested vocal cords in the home stands again this year.

If it plays out as described above, OSUMB will have to break out that old classic "California, Here We Come!"  But my crystal ball gets pretty cloudy when it comes to the Buckeyes.  I'm looking forward to watching the real answers unfold in the coming weeks at Dan McGuinness.  See you there!

Go Bucks!  Yea Ohio!