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Jeff Svoboda of the Buckeye Sports Bulletin stops by to assure me of the positive state of the Ohio State football program.

We review the 38-0 win over Toledo, and talk about the upcoming home game against Illinois.

Svoboda says Terrelle Pryor may well be 10 times the quarterback he was last year at this time, as Jim Tressel says, but that he may need to become 10 more times better. I concur! That said, he’s still a pretty spectacular athlete, and I look forward to seeing him against the Illini.

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I figured this would be a much more difficult week, and it was, but tgm coasted. She had it won going into the Monday night game, meaning she could just put her feet up, eat some bon bons and enjoy the game!

Things returned to a tolerable level in my household, with a Buckeye pasting of an instate opponent, and a great effort by the Bengals at Lambeau Field.

Five sacks by Antwan Odom, and he may not have been the defensive player of the game for Cincinnati — I know he’s probably AFC Defensive Player of the Week, but hear me out!

Odom played great, but the fact Leon Hall held receiver Greg Jennings to zero catches was a masterpiece! Hall has done a great job the past two weeks, despite being the one who tipped the ball that Brandon Stokley took to the house, in what has been termed the “Immaculate Deflection”.

Add in a solid game from the rest of the defense — I’m forgiving Chris Crocker’s penalties, for now — and there is definitely reason to be excited in Who Dey-land.

Carson Palmer settled down after throwing two mind-numbing interceptions, and led the offense down the field, with a huge boost from Cedric Benson’s 141 yards rushing.

Unfortunately for those who lean toward the brand of football played on the Northeast end of the state, things didn’t go as swimmingly. I haven’t allowed myself to watch a whole lot of the Browns at this point — NFL Sunday Ticket allows for viewing of other games — but I just don’t feel the talent level is where it needs to be in Cleveland.

I don’t know if Eric Mangini will turn things around there, or not. It’ll be interesting to see how much time he gets.

Week Two Results

tgm 12 (plus one for winning the week) 13
Nora Peanut 11
Brian I. 11
Seth 10
Chjm70 10
Fulch 10
tgd 10
Jack Ten 9
Patrick F. 9
Will Will 9
cliffwilt 9
Miles 9
B-Mac 9
GatorBuckeye 9
Big Game 9
The Trashman 9
The CPA 8
Another CPA 8
Grandpa 8
Jeff 8
Adman 7
Richard 7
JMB 7
MIKO 7
Jeremiah 7
Jessica 7
JeffMcC 7
buckeye in pa 7
jena 7
Kara 7
Brian T. 6
Crazed Wolverine 5
Mary the Nurse 4

Overall Standings

B-Mac 24*
Brian I. 24
Chjm70 24
Patrick F. 23
Seth 22
Miles 22
tgm 21*
The CPA 21
Jeff 21
Will Will 21
Big Game 21
Fulch 21
The Trashman 21
Another CPA 20
Adman 20
MIKO 20
GatorBuckeye 20
JeffMcC 20
Richard S. 19
Grandpa 19
Jack Ten 19
cliffwilt 19
tgd 19
Nora Peanut 18
Jessica 18
Jena 18
Brian T. 18
Kara 17
Jeremiah 17
Crazed Wolverine 16
Mary the Nurse 15
the oh, funk 14
Teddy 10
Strikes 10
buckeye in pa 7

* = Individual week won

NFL Week Three

Washington (1-1) at Detroit (0-2)
Green Bay (1-1) at St. Louis (0-2)
San Francisco (2-0) at Minnesota (2-0)
Atlanta (2-0) at New England (1-1)
Tennessee (0-2) at NY Jets (2-0)
Kansas City (0-2) at Philadelphia (1-1)
NY Giants (2-0) at Tampa Bay (0-2)
Cleveland (0-2) at Baltimore (2-0)
Jacksonville (0-2) at Houston (1-1)
Chicago (1-1) at Seattle (1-1)
New Orleans (2-0) at Buffalo (1-1)
Pittsburgh (1-1) at Cincinnati (1-1)
Denver (2-0) at Oakland (1-1)
Miami (0-2) at San Diego (1-1)
Indianapolis (2-0) at Arizona (1-1)
Carolina (0-2 at Dallas (1-1) Pts._____

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