troy-smith Stories - Team Speed Kills
TheeOSU: A Look Into The Two Year Terrelle Pryor Window
Much has been made about tOSU and their chances of making it back to the BCS championship game after a brief hiatus. The talk centers around two things, their Germans marching in the shade trees of the French countryside schedule, where their only real road test is taking on Wisconsin at Camp...
Deconstructing Dohrmann, Or When A Narrative Crumbles
~The lie consists only in the exaggerations, linguistic affectations and half-truths that try to pass themselves off as whole truths.~ José Saramago Narratives are funny things. The backbone of fiction, narratives provide a path for the reader, connecting events and characters, themes and...
If Reggie Bush Didn't Exist, Does Penn State Win The 2005 National Championship?
You may have heard something about this: The university was put on four years' probation, while the football program was hit with a two-year postseason ban and the men's basketball team was banned for one year from the postseason, which had already been self-imposed by the school. ... The...
Summation: Ohio State in the Aughts
This continues our series recapping the last ten seasons in the Big Ten. 1. Overview "Envy assails the noblest: the winds howl around the highest peaks." When Ovid penned these simple, and infamous words in Remedia Amoris, he could have had a distinctive decade in Ohio State football in mind. A...
The Top 10 SEC-Big Ten Games of the Last Decade: No. 1
Before we get to the Top SEC-Big Ten Game of the Last Decade, let's take a moment to run back through Nos. 2-10, as selected by Team Speed Kills and The Rivalry, Esq. #2 -- Michigan v Alabama, 2000 Orange Bowl#3 -- LSU v Illinois, 2002 Sugar Bowl#4 -- Michigan v Florida, 2008 Capital One Bowl#5 --...
Clarifying What a "Spread Offense" Entails
While reading the excellent interview Bruins Nation had with Rick Neuheisel, I came upon the final question of part one. It basically was, "Hey Rick, what do you think of the spread offense?" Neuheisel ends up giving a fairly long and winding explanation of why he chooses a pro style offense...
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