Am I a bad Wolverines fan...

...If I'm rooting for Ohio State to kick LSU, and SEC by proxy, ass?

I'm of the mind that what's good for the Big 10, is good for Michigan and Michigan State. Winning the national title is definitely in the conference's best interest. As a life long Big 10 fan, I can't help myself. Michigan is always first and foremost, but if a Big 10 team is playing, I root for that team.

Even if that team is the dreaded, hated, scary bucknuts.

Tonight, as hard as it is to say, "Go Buckeyes!"

I'm so ashamed.

Above the Fold - The Game, The Game, The Game

As someone who was lucky enough to come of age during the "10 Year War," forming my allegiance to the Wolverines and the Big 10 in general, along with a sense of utter disgust towards the Buckeyes, tomorrow is one of the biggest days of the year.

A little more than 24 hours from now, Michigan with take on Ohio State in the latest edition of the greatest rivalry in sports. Though tomorrow's matchup will not mean as much as it has in the past in regard to the national title picture (Admittedly, tOSU is still in the hunt to make the BCS title game as a long shot), it's still THE GAME. It'll always be THE GAME. In the Midwest, it's the only game that matters.

Thus, as you might expect, the MSM and Michigan blogosphere is atwitter with excitement...

At the Freep, the Little Fella, unable to control his overwhelming urge to drip his writing with an unbearable amount of sentiment, writes a love letter to Bo Schembechler. Get a room, Mitch...

Hey, Bo. There are still people talking about your funeral. I can't remember as many laughs and tears in the same place. Or as many large necks. Many of your old players are limping now, carrying big bellies, talking about hip replacements, but, man, do they love you. And do they remember every story, every mishap, every temper tantrum. I swear, there are more people on earth doing Bo Schembechler impersonations now than ever. Maybe because you can't hear us.

In fact, today's Freep sports section is a memorial to Bo, reprinting columns by Sharp, Rosenberg, and the Little Fella. Hey, we all miss Bo, but living in the past like this is so...Columbus-like...

Considering there are plenty of plot lines for tomorrow's game, especially regarding the future of Lloyd Carr, the Bo worship seems a bit over the top. I guess the Freep is saving all game preview articles and columns for their Saturday edition.

At the News, Wojo, in his Friday Big 10 pigskin picks column, thankfully stays away from memorializing Bo and actually sticks to his strong point, making jokes at the expense of the "Pickled eggs and moon pie" eating Bucknuts.

That stunner made Ohio State fans everywhere so happy, they loaded up on Appalachian State T-shirts and beer mugs while raucously debating whether Appalachian counted as a state or not. The Ohio State marching band even considered altering its famous routine to spell out script A-p-p-a-l-a-c-h-i-a-n but was told it exceeded the school's recommended daily allowance of syllables.

By the way, Wojo picks Michigan to win, 23-20.

The "Angel of the Big House," Angelique Chengelis, does the burning questions bit. Here's a question regarding CheatyPants McSweaterVest...

Q. Does OSU coach Jim Tressel have Lloyd Carr's number?

A. There is no doubt that since Tressel has been at OSU, everything has changed, and the tide has turned in Ohio State's favor.

The Buckeyes have won five of the last six, including the last three. With the exception of the 2004 game that OSU won 37-21, however, U-M's other four losses have been by an average of 4.5 points.

I know -- it's not about margin of victory, it's about who won.

At Mlive, being the home of the A2 News, it's Michigan mania this week. As the 4 Letter's "College Gameday" pregame show is rolling into town to cover Michigan-tOSU, there's an interview with former Bucknut, and foil to the misunderstood insane genius that is Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit. Herbie thinks the rivalry is getting "Out of hand."

It's a rivalry, he says, that has taken a turn for the worse. A showdown once built on mutual respect between coaches Bo Schembechler and Woody Hayes has gotten to be "out of hand."

"You get around the rivalry today and there's a lot of idiots when it comes to the fan bases," Herbstreit said. "It's gotten very nasty. It's gotten very personal."

Hey, Herbie lives in C-Bus, so he should know...

In the blogosphere, it's been a big week, especially for the daily must read MGoBlog, who broke the "Carr will retire" story. In today's "Unverified Voracity" catch-all post, Brian touches on Yahoo's Dan Wetzel column about the Carr retirement timeline, and Les Miles' will he/won't he dance regarding the Michigan job.

The only reason to hire a coach NOW NOW NOW is to keep Michigan's recruiting class together. Recruiting is important, but the difference between hiring someone three or four weeks after the OSU game -- probably about as fast as the process can go -- and eight is like, what, two kids? Three?

If you have a clear #1 coaching candidate (and unless Tedford says yes(!) to Michigan, Miles appears head and shoulders above all other available coaches) a couple of recruits is a piddling price to pay. Besides, if Michigan sits and twiddles its thumbs even after New Year's Day they've functionally named a coach already.

RBUAS eulogizes Lloyd, Hart, Henne, and Long...

Most of us spent the last six years negotiating with the universe to get Lloyd out of here. Only now, with one game left to coach, there is no rejoicing, there’s no relief, nor is there any immense sadness. In our heads, we know it is time for him to walk away. The heir to Bo’s throne is an old man now. But this game has never existed in places of reason; in our chest, none of this feels right.

Tomorrow, it is over for them all, it is over for this era, this dynasty, however plagued by the ability to let us down it might have been. The dynasty that won our hearts and little else, it is over for them.

As usual, MZone has their highly entertaining "Know your foe" Friday post. Obviously today's has everything you ever wanted to know about tOSU, but were afraid to ask...

Mascot – Brutus Buckeye. Brutus was born in 1965 and was the brainchild of Ray Bourhis and the student group Ohio Staters. At that time, most mascots were live animals and Bourhis proposed bringing a buck deer to the games but that proved too logistically difficult. The first Brutus costume weighed over 40 pounds. Through the years Brutus has had a number of face lifts – as well as some lipo evidently. But after the first incarnation, Brutus has appeared to be an angry, often drunk looking mascot.

In closing, I'm going to send you to the The Hoover Street Rag, which has a compilation audio clip of the only outright and unapologetic homer announcer I ever truly enjoyed listening to, the late, great Wolverines play by play man, Bob Ufer. I can never hear the term "Dr. Strangehayes" or his "Bo 'George Patton' Schembechler Scoring Horn" enough...

That's "Above the Fold" for Friday, 11-16-07! Go Blue!

Saturday night ramblings...

I've been a little under the weather the last few days, which has led to me not feeling like posting all that much. It has also led me to watching too much TV and aimlessly surfing the web. The GF says I need to get out of the house more, to blow out the cobwebs, so to speak. I'll try to do so, as I want to stay on her good side. In the meantime, to blow out the mental cobwebs. here's some rambling thoughts...

James Brown may be the best in-studio host around. As for play-by-play? JB is on the sweet side of awful. Gus Johnson was sorely missed Friday night, and will be again Sunday. The nation, if not the entire world. needs more Gus Johnson...

Why doesn't Greg Oden touch the ball on EVERY possession? For the most part, I like Thad Motta as a couch, but the way Oden disappears on offense for minutes at a time is unfathomable to me.

The more I watch the college basketball the last few weeks, the more I want Joe Dumars to hang on to both of the Pistons' first round draft picks. Someone damn good is going to be available in the middle of the round, which is where the Magic's pick is going to be. Could Acie Law drop that far? I'm pipe dreaming, I know. Still, this is Dumars' chance to redeem his drafting rep. One suggestion for you Joe, don't listen to Chad Ford when he goes off praising the next 7 foot tall Euro teenager. OK?

So the Pistons lost both games in Texas. Big f'n deal. It's just 2 of 82. They are still in good shape, and I like their chances of having a long playoff run. I mean, it's the Eastern Conference! 2 losses aren't going to change their chances one bit.

What about 'Sheed earning another game off, thanks to "T" number 18? At this point, I find it hilarious. With the baby eating Jason Maxiel around, I don't worry all that much about 'Sheed missing a game. Considering that once the playoffs start, 'Sheed has a 7 technical cushion, I'm not going to get all uptight about the incompetent NBA referees, and their targeting of 'Sheed. Nothing is going to be done, so consider it the cost of having Rasheed Wallace on your team. He brings plenty enough to the party to offset the technical fouls.

Sitting in my new (to me) apartment today, I couldn't help but notice one of my neighbors in the parking lot spending his afternoon installing an alarm on a couple year old Ford Focus 4-door. All I could think of was, "Why?" I'm guessing it's to wake my ass up at 3:30 in the morning. Does anyone even pay attention to car alarms anymore? Well, other than to say, "Boy, that's damn annoying..."

It warms my cockles to hear Bill Rafterty during the NCAA's. You can tell he loves what he's doing. "ONIONS!" On the other hand, doesn't Billy Packer come off as not really liking the game? Packer is curmudgeonly to a fault. It's honestly become a chore to listen to Jim Nantz and Packer do a game.

I'd like to see more Tracy Morgan as "Righteous Boy."

Now that I'm back living on my own, I'm finally in a position to be able to do a little more with my PC. All I can say is that I love bit torrent. I REALLY love bit torrent. I need a bigger hard drive, stat!

As a Michigan fan, is it all that bad rooting for tOSU in the tournament? Cause I am. I always root for the Big 10 teams. Always.

I absolutely blows having a plugged up ear. God damn cold is driving me batty.

Rafferty just a second ago... "OOOOOOO WOW! FROM DEEEEP!" He just has to do a game with Gus Johnson. I'd be a broadcast for the ages. Please, CBS?

For what it's worth, the Red Wings got absolutely jobbed during their OT shootout this afternoon. The puck went 5-hole, is caught deep between the pads, near the the ankles of Blues goalie Jason Bacashihua (What? Babaganoush maybe?), and he then slid all the way into the net. It was obvious on the replay. Come on, if Mickey Redmond thought it was a goal...It's a goal. Christ, the ref's made the exact opposite call on Dominik Hasek the play previous, giving the Blues a goal. That's the NHL for you... When the Wings go into OT anymore, I just chalk it up as only 1 point.

Does anyone know who Michigan is targeting to be their next coach? Anyone? It's been quiet in Ann Arbor. Maybe too quiet? Considering Kentucky is going to hire a high profile coach from a big time program, and THAT big time program is going to be looking for a high profile guy, and THAT program...Well, I think you can see where I'm going. Michigan just got knocked from being the most desirable job, to several down on the totem pole. Especially if they don't move decisively. Bill Martin best target his top candidate damn quick. Lon Kruger and UNLV got knocked out of the NCAA's last night. I hope to Hell that Martin was on the phone arraigning to talk to Kruger the minute their game ended.

I agree with those who have been saying that Tom Izzo isn't going anywhere. He'd be insane not to talk to Kentucky, if they come calling. I think we can all agree that Kentucky is the best...No, maybe not the best currently, but it is the highest profile job in college hoop. Any coach would be flattered to be considered. But MSU is already compensating Izzo like one of the best coaches in the biz, which he is, unquestionably. He doesn't need the grief that he would from Kentucky's Michigan football like fan base. Sweet sixteens and getting to the occasional Final Four isn't enough at KU, just as 10 win seasons, and winning a New Year's Day game isn't enough at U of M.

Liveblog: Michigan vs. tOSU, Big 10 quaterfinal, 2nd half

The 2nd half starts with Greg Oden assuming control. A quick hoop, and 3 blocked shots in the 1st 1:30. He's a a man amongst boys, which makes you wonder why he doesn't take control more often.

17:34 left, tOSU up 6. Erin reports Michigan needs Courtney Sims more involved. I guess Michigan wants even more turnovers. Just sayin'...

Oden hits a pretty banked in hook, Lavin does his Bill Rafterty impression! "The KISS!" Not bad...

tOSU with another hoop. Just like that, Michigan is down 10. A TV TO allows Amaker to save one of their own. 42-32 with just under 16:00 to go. Damn. Damn. Damn.

Oden back on the bench, has 10 and 4.

Michigan has missed their last 6 shots, so Sims takes it to the hole, and gets fouled. Splits them, now down 9.

Bucks hit a trey. Lavin says it's just a matter of time... But Abram replies in kind, O'Brian states the obvious that it was really needed. No kidding...

Lavin compares Conley the senior to Chicago gangsters. Ok, sure...

Michigan with a trey, the bucknuts counter with 1 from the line after a Michigan foul. Buckeyes up 7.

Oden causes a miss at the Wolverine end, but the Buckeyes throw it away, Wolverines back with another 2. Lead is down to 5! Sims gets an Oden elbow to the neck, has to take a seat to recover. 46-41, 11:30 to go, TV TO.

Amazingly, Michigan is still in the game, thanks to tOSU NOT playing like a 1 seed. I'll admit that Michigan is playing more like a NCAA team today, which is encouraging after yesterday's debacle. Then we see why Michigan is still in the game, the WWLiS tells us that the maize and blue have a +20 rebounding margin. No, that's not a mistake, Michigan is dominating the boards.

tOSU gets 4 straight VERY easy points. back up by 9. A good call by Amaker in asking for a TO immediately. 11:00 to go.

Sims tries a spin move, Oden doesn't even leave his feet, sticks one huge hand on the ball, and get the held ball call. Wow...

Jerret Smith gets Conley on the offensive foul to stop a fast break. Can Michigan get back in it? Smith with the trey! 6 point game. Nice sequence for Smith.

Another rebound for Michigan, and Matta gets T'ed up! He's not too happy, if you read his lips... After Harris with the 2 freebies, it's 4 point game with 9:00 left!

Oden causes Sims to get his 4th personal. Why tOSU doesn't get him the ball every possession...

Speaking of which, Oden with the and one. Now 52-46 tOSU. But Abram responds with a 3! O'Brian is impressed with the Wolverines. So am I...

Lavin uses this years buzz word, "Signature win," saying Michigan needs one. No shit, Sherlock...

Just then Oden gets another hoop, and converts the 3 point play. O'Brian states the blatantly obvious, "They can't control him!" Why Oden isn't getting 20 shots a game is a mystery. 55-49, 7:00 left.

Michigan is dominating the boards, but are only shooting 36%.

Oden gets another hoop, and the board on the other end. He's imposing his will on the game. The bucknuts are getting him the ball every time down the floor. Silly strategy, getting your best player the ball...

10 point game, and Oden goes to the bench. There's under 6 minutes left in Michigan's season.

tOSU's Hunter with the big alley oop slam! Michigan's down 11. It's not looking good, as Michigan turns over the ball once again. tOSU only has 4 turnovers, Michigan is in double digits. That's the story of the game right there...

O'Brian clues us in to the fact that most people in Michigan's basketball program felt that they needed to win the Big 10 tournament, as that was the only way they could get in the NCAA's. They best start praying to the basketball Gods, otherwise known as the NCAA selection committee.

tOSU turnover! Harris is going in for the easy, easy lay in hoop...And loses the ball out of bounds. AAARRRGH.

3:19 left, 10 point game, is this season over?

Woo! Petway with the big slam over Oden! 8 point game, 2:22 left. Michigan is hanging around.. But a quick foul, Conley coverts 2. back to a 10 point game. woo...

Dion Harris missed a 3 ball, he's now 1-12 from the floor. Oden get the board while Sims gets his 6th personal. Sims finishes 2-9 from the field. A combined 3-21 from 2 of your best players?

A minute left, tOSU up 11. This game, and season, is officially over.

Michigan, rather than delay the inevitable, just lets tOSU run clock. 72-62 tOSU is your final score. The buckeyes move on to the semis.

The Wolverines go home to wait for their now annual NIT invite.

Liveblog: Michigan vs. tOSU, Big 10 quarterfinal

We're back in Chicago, at a still somewhat empty United Center, with Dave O'Brian, Steve Lavin, and the lovely Erin Andrews. No Brent Mussberger!? Dave says Brent is in Vegas for the weekends NASCAR festivities. I am NOT happy about this, as Brent Mussberger IS the voice of the Big 10 on the WWLiS.. At least we won't hear Brent's constant football analogies.

tOSU is in their strange new Nike uniforms. A tight spandex top, with what looks like coolots/kilt/bloomers/capris/skirt instead of shorts. Nike is a scourge upon the sports landscape. Save your uniform blight for the Oregon Ducks...

18:00 left, 4-2 Michigan. But Greg Oden gets an easy hoop to tie. That kid, who looks like a 35 year old, is a monster. tOSU stays with what works, dumps it into Oden, guarded by a totally overwhelmed Courtney Sims, and get the foul. He makes the 2 freebies with his getting healthier by the day right hand.

Michigan has its first turn over, a steal by Mike Conley, whom Lavin compares to both Batman and the Trix rabbit. Batman?

8-6 tOSU with 16:00 left. tOSU with the trey, 11-6. And we have our first TV TO. I have a feeling that this is going to be a long afternoon for the maize and blue.

Oden is on the bench. Let's see if Amaker can take advantage. Yeah, right... So what does Michigan do? Take a long 3 pointer, which misses badly. Smart basketball and Michigan, never the twain shall meet.

7-0 run for the bucknuts. Michigan misses another trey, badly. Get the board, but turn it over. Christ almighty.

Brent Petway using his only offensive move, slams home the fast break hoop, and stops the bucknut run. Ron Coleman tried to enter the game for Michigan. Oops, he still has his warmup pants on. The entire arena chuckles...

Michigan's offense looks totally out of sync, even with Oden on the pine. Wait, my bad, that is how Michigan always runs their offense. Thankfully, we have another TV TO. 13-8 tOSU with 11:00 left in the 1st.

Michigan misses another 3, get the board, take another jumper, an AIR BALL that tOSU kicks out of bounds. tOSU is trying to play down to Michigan's level.

tOSU on a 5+ minute long scoring drought. Oden is back in the game, by the way. Why he doesn't touch the ball every time down is an absolute mystery to me.

Look, there's a gold medal winner in the stands! Mike Conley Sr. Junior plays for tOSU. Conley won the gold in one of those bizarre events that we only see every 4 years, the triple jump.

Michigan with their 7th turnover! Yep, that's the Amaker coached team we know and question.

Oden with the follow, 18-12 tOSU. He's at 6 points, 2 boards. We have another turnover by Michigan, fast break layup at the other end for tOSU.

Michigan with the followup hoop, and one! O'Brian tells us that was a BIG hoop for the Wolverines.

One thing I've noticed about the game so far, O'Brian and Lavin have cut the small talk to an absolute minimum. Not nearly as entertaining as Brent Mussberger's off the cuff musings about anything and everything. It's been a very straightforward broadcast.

We see Michigan's iffy resume! Lavin talks about the lousy out of conference schedule, just as yesterday. O'Brian says, for the 10th time, Michigan needs this game to be considered by the NCAA selection committee. We know, we know...

22-17 bucknuts, 7:00 left in the half. Oden is on the bench. Lewis with the jumper for tOSU, Abram counters with a trey for Michigan. 4 point game!

Nice alley oop to Petway! 2 point game! tOSU with the miss, Michigan on a 10-4 run! But Sheppard gets a questionable offensive foul, at least according to Lavin, and the Wolverines turn the ball over. Again.

Oden misses a baby hook! Still a 4 point tOSU lead. Dion Harris buries the 3! Michigan is suddenly playing well. Can it last?

Courtney Sims misses the bunny, with turned into more of a fadeaway hook thanks to Oden's monster presence, which leads to a tOSU layup at the other end. And we have a TV TO.

Michigan is hanging in with the buckeyes, and I'm not sure how.

31-25 tOSU, 2:00 to go. Woah, Sims with a jumper at the end of the shot clock, back to a 4 point game. Oden gets fouled, O'Brian starts with the Superman analogies. Then says the same thing about Mike Conley Jr. So far we've heard mention of 2 members of the Justice League...

Harris takes it to the hoop. runs into the brick wall that is Oden, but gets the call, 2 free throws. Oden to the bench, and after the feebies, it's 32-29 tOSU.

tOSU misses the jumper, and also gets called for what we used to call a player control foul. Michigan back at the line for the 1 and 1, DeShawn Sims misses the front end. Figures.

Mike Conely hits a floater at the buzzer. Damn. 34-29 tOSU.

Hey, it's Erin! She's talking to tOSU's Thad Matta, whom she asked about the huge rebounding edge for the Wolverines. Matta gives her a minute of mumbo-jumbo coachspeak, There's nothing worse than those end of the half interviews, as nothing much of value is ever said. Unless it's Lloyd Carr getting pissy with a sideline reporter, of course...

Michigan has played much better than yesterday, while tOSU has looked a tad out of sorts. Yet Michigan is still down 5. It doesn't bode well for their chances in the 2nd half.

Final thoughts on the BCS, and a too long college football season

About my only thought immediately after the whooping BCS champ Florida laid on tOSU was, "Well, that game sucked..."

As for the 4th down play on tOSU's own 29 yard line late in the 1st half? Cheatypants McSweaterVest knew the game was on the verge of getting out of hand if he didn't try something drastic. I doubt anyone other than the Vest thought doing that something at that point in the game was wise, though.

It's obvious that the Buckeyes would have lost even if they had managed to convert, so it's not as if that play was a huge momentum shift. Florida had already established themselves as the Alpha dog. Turning the ball over on downs just accelerated the Gators' ass kicking.

Ted Ginn's getting fragged by his own team during the TD celebration, thus missing the majority of the game, might have made things a tad closer. But even the most die hard fan of the scarlet and gray would have to admit that Ginn's injury wouldn't have changed all that much. Florida was not going to be denied.

So the Big 10 gets embarrassed on the biggest of CFB stages, the BCS bowls. The Big 10's supposed best and brightest, the Wolverines and the Buckeyes, looked slow and unable to make adjustments. To be honest, you can say the same things about the Vest as we've been saying about Lloyd Carr's Rose Bowl performance. Their seasons both ended in similar fashion, by getting their asses handed to them by better, faster, more effectively game planned teams.

Now that we've seen the final ass kicking of the bowl season, the college football season is finally over.

Lets not say "Goodbye," but rather. "See ya soon." It's been great, but I could use the break. I'll look college football up in August, after I've had a chance to forget all the bad things...

Bo Schembechler's death.

6-6 teams and the fleabag bowls that happily invite them.

The entire bowl system, and the lack of a true playoff.

The cluster that is the polls.

Beano Cook.

Notre Dame, The Notre Dame Broadcasting Network, and the anointing of Brady Quinn.

Alabama's coaching search.

Gary Danielson's SEC shilling.

Michigan's inability to finish a season on an up note.

All things recruiting.

The smugness of Cheatypants McSweaterVest.

FOX's college football coverage butchering.

The local ABC affiliate showing some ESPN Plus Big 10 bottom feeder game rather than a much better nationally televised one.

Division 1 teams scheduling community colleges, directional schools, orphanages, flag football teams, the Little Sisters of the Poor, any group of warm bodies whom can guarantee an easy out of conference win.

Division 1 teams making fans pay full price to witness those massacres.

Awful officiating.

The "Who should be in the BCS title game" and "There needs to be a Division 1 playoff" caterwauling.

Chris Rose, Paul McGwire, and Lee Corso on my TV.

Urban Meyer whining.

The Big 10 having 11 teams and thus no championship game.

And last but not least, Lloyd Carr pissing me off.

Quick BCS title game thoughts

It's January 8th, people. What in the Hell are FOX and the NCAA thinking? The BCS title game should have been played a week ago. After the bowl orgy of the past 3 weeks, waiting 4 days between the this game and the Sugar Bowl make tonight's game nearly an afterthought. In no way I'm going to factor in the 2 fleabag bowls that TWWLiS unnecessarily squeezed in over the weekend. With the NFL playoffs in full swing, they were played totally under the radar.

There is absolutely no reason, other than large amounts of cash, for this game to be played in the 2nd week of January. But when factoring in the large amounts of cash, I'm sure that FOX and the NCAA couldn't give 2 shits about what fans really want. That being the bowl season finishing by New Years Day.

In my mind, Chris Rose as the host of these BCS games make the whole broadcast feel like I'm watching high up the dial basic cable. In other words, he's minor league, especially when compared to Chris Fowler. To be honest, I can't get the awfulness of Rose's "TBDSSP" out of my mind.

FOX does the NFL damn well, save for all of the asinine wooshy sound effects and CGI robots. But they have a long way to go before they equal the production of either SEC mouthpiece CBS, or the Big 10's overseer, The Worldwide Leader/ABC. Personally, I've been watching "College Gameday" before every bowl game, then tuning in FOX around 8. Even with Lee Corso, "College Gameday" is the only broadcast on TWWLiS that doesn't make me grind my teeth.

As an unabashed Big 10 fan, I'm torn. Do I root for Cheatypants McSweaterVest and tOSU, keeping with my personal rule to always pull for the Big 10 Conference in bowl games and the NCAA hoops tourney? Or do I cheer against the bucknuts, as after all, they are the God damn unholy bucknuts. I don't think it makes me a bad Wolverines fan if I cheer for the conference as a whole, as the Buckeyes winning would be in the best interest of Michigan's somewhat Rose Bowl battered reputation.

In what should be the only time you'll see this on TWFE, let me say, "Go Buckeyes!"