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KEN’S TOP TEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS

Posted: Nov 21, 2017 by . Filed under Feature Articles, Ohio State | 96 Comments

KEN’S TOP TEN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS

(as of 11-21-17)

 

10 Notre Dame             (9-2)

9   USC                           (10-2)

8   Ohio State               (9-2)

7   Georgia                    (10-1)

6   Auburn                     (9-2)

5   Wisconsin               (11-0)

4   Miami                      (10-0)

3  Oklahoma                (10-1)

2   Clemson                  (10-1)

1   Alabama                 (11-0)

 

 

MY 1 on 1 INTERVIEW WITH OHIO STATE’S DEVIN SMITH

Posted: Jan 6, 2015 by . Filed under Audio, Blog Posts, Feature Articles, Podcasts | 31 Comments

Listen here to my 1 on 1 interview with Massillon HS graduate and Ohio State senior wide receiver and second all-time leader in touchdown receptions with 30, Devin Smith –

Devin Smith Big Ten Title Game

OHIO STATE/SUGAR BOWL NOTES AND NUMBERS

Posted: Jan 2, 2015 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 32 Comments

With their 42-35 win over Alabama, Ohio State now has the longest winning streak in the country, having won 12 games in a row this season and are (13-1) overall.

The Buckeyes have now officially beaten an SEC team in a Bowl game with the 42-35 win over Alabama.

Urban Meyer is now (2-2) in head-to-head match ups with Nick Saban, (8-2) lifetime in bowl games and is (37-3) in his first three years at Ohio State.

Urban Meyer Sugar Bowl

The 230 yards rushing by Ezekeil Elliott is a new Sugar Bowl record and it was the first time this season that the Crimson Tide gave up 100 yards rushing to a player. Elliott was named the game’s Offensive MVP.

In his last 3 games Elliott has rushed for 571 yards on 57 carries, averaging 10 yards per carry and scored 6 touchdowns.

Ezekeil Elliott and Cardale Jones Sugar Bowl

Third string QB Cardale Jones has started two games now in his career at Ohio State and has posted wins over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game and over #1 ranked Alabama in the College Football Playoff Semi-Final.

Devin Smith caught his 30th career touchdown pass, a 47 yarder from Jones in the 3rd quarter.

As a team Ohio State rushed for 281 total yards against the nation’s #1 ranked rushing defense, as Alabama was giving up just 88 yards per game rushing this season. The Buckeyes totaled 537 yards in the win.

OSU Linebacker Darron Lee took home Defensive MVP honors with 7 tackles, 2 sacks and 3 tackles for loss.

Darron Lee MVP Sugar Bowl

The Bucks picked off Bama quarterback Blake Simms 3 times, 1 each for Steve Miller, Vonn Bell and Tyvis Powell.

Ohio State has now defeated 4 ranked teams this year: #1 Alabama, #8 Michigan State, #13 Wisconsin and #25 Minnesota. They will now play #2 Oregon for the National Championship on January 12th in Arlington, Texas at “Jerry’s World”.

In their last 4 games, the most important games of the season, the Buckeyes have scored 42, 42, 59 and 42 points. The Oregon Ducks in their last 4 games have scored 44, 47, 51 and 59 points.

The guys in the desert have installed Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota and Oregon as an early 7 point favorite in the National Championship Game.

FYI- The Buckeyes are (5-0) under Urban Meyer when they enter a game as “The Underdog”.

 

 

BUCKEYES MUST WIN OUT AND GET HELP TO MAKE PLAYOFFS

Posted: Nov 10, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 32 Comments

Ohio State went into East Lansing, Michigan on Saturday night and came away with a very impressive 49-37 win over Michigan State to reestablish itself as a legitimate playoff contender in college football. However, the Buckeyes don’t control their own destiny. They not only need to win out, including the Big 10 title Game, but they need a lot of help just to have a chance of getting into the first ever College Football Playoffs.

Ohio State Team Quick Cals

Here are the teams that are ahead of O.S.U. in the rankings or just behind them and what their remaining schedules look like. Urban Meyer and his Buckeyes will not only have to take care of business on the field, but they’ll be doing a lot of scoreboard watching in the coming weeks to see if they can get the help necessary that would make them one of the four choices by the College Football Playoff selection committee to play for a National Championship in the new four team playoff format.

 

Mississippi St. (9-0) – at Alabama, Vanderbilt, at Ole Miss – Potential SEC Title Game

 

Florida St. (9-0) – at Miami, Fla., Boston College, Florida – Potential ACC Title Game

 

Oregon (9-1) – Colorado, at Oregon St – Potential PAC 12 Title Game

 

Alabama (8-1) – Mississippi St., Western Carolina, Auburn – Potential SEC Title Game

 

TCU (8-1) – at Kansas, at Texas, Iowa St. – No Big 12 Title Game

 

Arizona St. (8-1) – at Oregon St., Washington St., at Arizona – Potential PAC 12 Title Game

 

Baylor (8-1) – Oklahoma St., Texas Tech, Kansas St. – No Big 12 Title Game

 

Ole Miss (8-2) – at Arkansas, Mississippi St. – Potential SEC Title Game

 

Auburn (7-2) – at Georgia, Samford, at Alabama – Potential SEC Title Game

 

Nebraska (8-1) – at Wisconsin, Minnesota, at Iowa – Potential Big 10 Title Game

JT Barrett Sideline OSU vs Maryland

OHIO ST. (8-1) – at Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan – Potential Big 10 Title Game

MY 2014 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS

Posted: Aug 29, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 33 Comments

BIG 5 MAJOR CONFERENCES

 

SEC – ALABAMA over GEORGIA

 

PAC 12 – OREGON over UCLA

 

BIG TEN – MICHIGAN ST. over WISCONSIN

(I have Ohio State finishing (10-2) on the year and playing in the Cotton Bowl.)

Ohio Stadium - Wide Shot

ACC – FLORIDA ST. over NORTH CAROLINA

 

BIG 12 – BAYLOR

 

NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF

FLORIDA ST. over  MICHIGAN ST.

OREGON over ALABAMA

College Football Trophy

photo courtesy of sbnation.com

 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

FLORIDA ST. over OREGON

 

KENNY RODA 2014 NFL MOCK DRAFT 1.0

Posted: May 2, 2014 by . Filed under Blog Posts, Feature Articles | 1 Comment

1   Houston                      Jadeveon Clowney            DE           South Carolina

2   St. Louis                      Sammy Watkins               WR         Clemson

3   Jacksonville                Khalil Mack                       LB            Buffalo

4   Cleveland                    Johnny Manziel               QB           Texas A&M

5   Oakland                      Mike Evans                       WR          Texas A&M

6   Atlanta                        Jake Matthews                OT           Texas A&M

7   Tampa Bay                 Aaron Donald                   DT            Pitt

8   Minnesota                  Blake Bortles                    QB            UCF

9   Buffalo                        Greg Robinson                 OT             Auburn

10  Detroit                       Darqueze Dennnard        CB            Michigan State

11  Tennessee                 Justin Gilbert                    CB            Oklahoma State

12  NY Giants                  Taylor Lewan                    OT            Michigan

13  St. Louis                     Zack Martin                      OG            Notre Dame

14  Chicago                     Calvin Pryor                       SS             Louisville

15 Pittsburgh                  Odell Beckham Jr.           WR            LSU

16  Dallas                         Ha Ha Clinton-Dix            FS              Alabama

17  Baltimore                  Cyrus Kouandjio               OT             Alabama

18  NY Jets                       Brandin Cooks                 WR           Oregon State

19  Miami                        Antonio Richardson         OT             Tennessee

20  Arizona                      Derek Carr                        QB            Fresno State

21  Green Bay                 Eric Ebron                          TE             North Carolina

22  Philadelphia              Anthony Barr                    LB             UCLA

23  Kansas City               Marqise Lee                      WR           USC

24  Cincinnati                  Kyle Fuller                         CB           Virginia Tech

25  San Diego                  Jason Verrett                    CB           TCU

26  Cleveland                  C.J. Mosley                        LB           Alabama

27  New Orleans            Marcus Martin                   C             USC

28  Carolina                    Moses Morgan                  OT          Virginia

29  New England            Stephon Tuitt                   DT           Notre Dame

30  San Francisco           Ryan Shazier                     LB           Ohio State

31  Denver                      Trent Murphy                   LB           Stanford

32  Seattle                       Louis Nix III                     DT          Notre Dame

JOHNNY MANZIEL BREAKDOWN FROM OURLADS SCOUTING SERVICE

Posted: Apr 26, 2014 by . Filed under Audio, Current Interviews | 42 Comments

Dan Shonka tells me why Ourlads.com has Johnny Manziel as their top rated QB in the 2014 NFL Draft.

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