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Sunday, January 3, 2010
OSU!
Photo Gallery: Buckeyes Celebrate Rose Bowl Win
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After enduring a season of criticism and second-guessing, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor answered all his critics Saturday.
Pryor's MVP performance led Ohio State to a 26-17 win over Oregon, throwing for 266 yards on 23 of 37 passing with two touchdowns and one interception along with leading the team with 72 rushing yards. Pryor's command of the offense helped the Buckeyes to a whopping 41:37-18:23 advantage in time of possession.
The Buckeyes held the high-powered Oregon offense to just 260 total yards and limited quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to 81 yards on 9-of-20 passing. The Ohio State offense put up 419 total yards and got 101 yards receiving and a touchdown on eight catches by DeVier Posey.
With the win, Ohio State evened its all-time mark at the Rose Bowl at 7-7. The Buckeyes have also won their last two Rose Bowl appearances.
Here are photos of the victory and postgame celebration, shot by Terry Gilliam and Steve Helwagen.
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Four local marching bands represent central Ohio in Pasadena
Thursday, December 31, 2009 11:26 AM
Members of four central Ohio bands performed together in Bandfest in Pasadena yesterday as as a warm-up to the Tournament of Roses parade Friday. Bandfest features prizewinning bands from around the country.
The Pickerington Central Marching Tigers, Ohio State School for the Blind, Ohio University, and Ohio State University bands are all in Pasadena to perform in the Tournament of Roses parade.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Check out Spielmans' Special Story of Love and Life -- FanHouse
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When Chris Spielman suffered a brutal neck injury, he said overcoming it was a breeze compared to most everything his wife Stefanie had faced. When her hair started falling out, when clumps of it began landing on the floor and in their toddler's hands, Chris decided to shave his own head, a soldier in solidarity. When it became apparent that more chemotherapy and a mastectomy -- breast cancer's evil twins -- were high on Stefanie's schedule, Chris bid a temporary farewell to the NFL, skipping an entire year so he could be with the woman he proposed to on the 18th hole of a Putt-Putt course.
None of the above should be considered exceptional behavior by husbands or partners forced to watch their loved one undergo treatment for cancer. But everything Chris did back in those gloomy days following his wife's diagnosis was regarded as unusual and, in some parts, emasculating.
Stefanie Spielman, 42, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. Chris Spielman, the NFL and Ohio State star, was by her side, along with their four children, and while she deserves a thousand hosannas and a billion thanks for her work in raising millions over the years to combat the disease, it should be noted that he was quite the trailblazer.
When they met at a teen dance in their hometown of Massillon, Ohio, Chris was a high school stud who soon would be featured on the cover of a Wheaties box; his football journey continued at Ohio State, where his bone-crunching hits as an All-American linebacker became legendary. By the time Stefanie found a lump in her right breast during a routine self-exam, they had been married 10 years and he was deep into an NFL career. This was 1998, and let's just say the world of sports was not as enlightened as it is now.
She was three months pregnant when she felt that lump, and later miscarried. Chris told her he wanted to skip his upcoming season with the Buffalo Bills so he could accompany her to doctor appointments, and hold her head when the chemo made her nauseous, and be a calming force as she underwent surgery to remove her breast. Eight stellar years with the Detroit Lions and another two with the Bills (he set a team and personal record in 1996 with 206 tackles) had given him much credibility with the football-crazed public, but how would they understand this kind of absence?
"Players just didn't leave the game unless they were injured or retiring on their own terms," Stefanie once told me at a fundraiser for Lance Armstrong's Livestrong foundation. "It seemed so simple to me. Just tell the fans your wife has breast cancer. Who knows? Maybe it will have some kind of trickle-down effect. Maybe one fan will go home and say to his wife, 'Honey, sweetheart, don't forget to make that appointment for your mammogram.'
"Cancer is never just about the person who has it. At least it shouldn't be. It's about everyone around that person. Chris made a selfless decision and I love him dearly for it."
He took the season off, shaved his head to match his wife's beautiful bald dome and still there were the grumps in the Neanderthal section wondering why a Pro Bowl linebacker had to go and mess up their Sunday fun. When Stefanie's treatment reached a manageable level, he returned to the NFL for the 1999 season, this time with the Cleveland Browns, but a second neck injury ended his NFL career.
"Nothing my body has gone through can begin to compare to what Stefanie deals with almost every day," Chris once said. "She's my hero."
Stefanie's plan, formed in the aftermath of her diagnosis, began on a small level, with a sign at Big Bear, the Spielman's neighborhood grocery story, asking shoppers to please donate money to Ohio State's James Cancer Hospital. A few thousand dollars, she said, would have made her delirious. Girl Scout troops and baseball teams and individuals and clubs from all across the community began offering their pennies, and within six months those pennies totaled $1 million.
The Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research, along with the Stefanie's Champions awards, has since raised more than $6.5 million for the cause. She survived four bouts with cancer before a fifth, and final, recurrence in the spring left her wheelchair-bound. She accompanied Chris to Ohio State's season opener against Navy, when he was honored at halftime for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Against a backdrop where Chris once played to phenomenal roars, the loudest applause, by far, came when Stefanie was introduced.
And in a cruel coincidence, on one of her last days came a report from a federal task force saying women should delay mammograms until they're 50, 10 years later than the medical community has traditionally recommended. Not to make the Neanderthals in the balcony squeamish, but if you, the sports fan, have a mother, a sister, a wife, a girlfriend -- or if you just happen to like healthy breasts -- this might be a subject worth discussing at halftime. There is one tough linebacker who'd appreciate it.
"Stefanie has gone home to be with the Lord," Chris Spielman said in a statement released by WBNS radio in Columbus, where he co-hosts a radio show. "For that, we celebrate, but with broken hearts. I want to thank everyone for their support over the last 12 years. Together, with your help, hopefully we made a difference in this fight."
We hear all the time about athletes who'd never win plaques for Father or Husband of the Year. They fail in the complicated tango between celebrity and sports, neglecting their human responsibilities in exchange for fame and an enlarged ego. But there are many more who quietly go about their business between the lines, before returning home and acting as good citizens, good partners.
Chris and Stefanie Spielman's story might have been one of the first public examples of an athlete doing the right -- dare we say, the manly -- thing. Thankfully, and in her memory, it won't be the last.
Spielmans' Special Story of Love and Life
When Chris Spielman suffered a brutal neck injury, he said overcoming it was a breeze compared to most everything his wife Stefanie had faced. When her hair started falling out, when clumps of it began landing on the floor and in their toddler's hands, Chris decided to shave his own head, a soldier in solidarity. When it became apparent that more chemotherapy and a mastectomy -- breast cancer's evil twins -- were high on Stefanie's schedule, Chris bid a temporary farewell to the NFL, skipping an entire year so he could be with the woman he proposed to on the 18th hole of a Putt-Putt course.None of the above should be considered exceptional behavior by husbands or partners forced to watch their loved one undergo treatment for cancer. But everything Chris did back in those gloomy days following his wife's diagnosis was regarded as unusual and, in some parts, emasculating.
Stefanie Spielman, 42, died Thursday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. Chris Spielman, the NFL and Ohio State star, was by her side, along with their four children, and while she deserves a thousand hosannas and a billion thanks for her work in raising millions over the years to combat the disease, it should be noted that he was quite the trailblazer.
When they met at a teen dance in their hometown of Massillon, Ohio, Chris was a high school stud who soon would be featured on the cover of a Wheaties box; his football journey continued at Ohio State, where his bone-crunching hits as an All-American linebacker became legendary. By the time Stefanie found a lump in her right breast during a routine self-exam, they had been married 10 years and he was deep into an NFL career. This was 1998, and let's just say the world of sports was not as enlightened as it is now.
She was three months pregnant when she felt that lump, and later miscarried. Chris told her he wanted to skip his upcoming season with the Buffalo Bills so he could accompany her to doctor appointments, and hold her head when the chemo made her nauseous, and be a calming force as she underwent surgery to remove her breast. Eight stellar years with the Detroit Lions and another two with the Bills (he set a team and personal record in 1996 with 206 tackles) had given him much credibility with the football-crazed public, but how would they understand this kind of absence?
"Players just didn't leave the game unless they were injured or retiring on their own terms," Stefanie once told me at a fundraiser for Lance Armstrong's Livestrong foundation. "It seemed so simple to me. Just tell the fans your wife has breast cancer. Who knows? Maybe it will have some kind of trickle-down effect. Maybe one fan will go home and say to his wife, 'Honey, sweetheart, don't forget to make that appointment for your mammogram.'
"Cancer is never just about the person who has it. At least it shouldn't be. It's about everyone around that person. Chris made a selfless decision and I love him dearly for it."
He took the season off, shaved his head to match his wife's beautiful bald dome and still there were the grumps in the Neanderthal section wondering why a Pro Bowl linebacker had to go and mess up their Sunday fun. When Stefanie's treatment reached a manageable level, he returned to the NFL for the 1999 season, this time with the Cleveland Browns, but a second neck injury ended his NFL career.
"Nothing my body has gone through can begin to compare to what Stefanie deals with almost every day," Chris once said. "She's my hero."
Stefanie's plan, formed in the aftermath of her diagnosis, began on a small level, with a sign at Big Bear, the Spielman's neighborhood grocery story, asking shoppers to please donate money to Ohio State's James Cancer Hospital. A few thousand dollars, she said, would have made her delirious. Girl Scout troops and baseball teams and individuals and clubs from all across the community began offering their pennies, and within six months those pennies totaled $1 million.
The Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research, along with the Stefanie's Champions awards, has since raised more than $6.5 million for the cause. She survived four bouts with cancer before a fifth, and final, recurrence in the spring left her wheelchair-bound. She accompanied Chris to Ohio State's season opener against Navy, when he was honored at halftime for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Against a backdrop where Chris once played to phenomenal roars, the loudest applause, by far, came when Stefanie was introduced.
And in a cruel coincidence, on one of her last days came a report from a federal task force saying women should delay mammograms until they're 50, 10 years later than the medical community has traditionally recommended. Not to make the Neanderthals in the balcony squeamish, but if you, the sports fan, have a mother, a sister, a wife, a girlfriend -- or if you just happen to like healthy breasts -- this might be a subject worth discussing at halftime. There is one tough linebacker who'd appreciate it.
"Stefanie has gone home to be with the Lord," Chris Spielman said in a statement released by WBNS radio in Columbus, where he co-hosts a radio show. "For that, we celebrate, but with broken hearts. I want to thank everyone for their support over the last 12 years. Together, with your help, hopefully we made a difference in this fight."
We hear all the time about athletes who'd never win plaques for Father or Husband of the Year. They fail in the complicated tango between celebrity and sports, neglecting their human responsibilities in exchange for fame and an enlarged ego. But there are many more who quietly go about their business between the lines, before returning home and acting as good citizens, good partners.
Chris and Stefanie Spielman's story might have been one of the first public examples of an athlete doing the right -- dare we say, the manly -- thing. Thankfully, and in her memory, it won't be the last.
Monday, November 16, 2009
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—
“Beat Michigan” week will be back in 2009 with a project that supports the OSU football team and collects clothing for Goodwill Columbus.
The Ohio State Department of Athletics and the Ohio State University Trademark and Licensing Services Department run the “Lose the Blue” clothing drive annually during the week when the Michigan and Ohio State football teams renew their storied rivalry.
This year, fans can donate gently used blue clothing at the Ohio State Official Team Shop in the Jerome Schottenstein Center Nov. 16-20. Fans that make donations of blue clothing will receive a free Scarlet and Gray Fridays T-shirt, while supplies last.
In conjunction with the “Lose the Blue” drive, the Official Team Shop will hold a 20-percent off sale Nov. 16-20 on all store merchandise except the Nike Rivalry items that are set to debut today and any items previously on sale. In the past two years, the project has led to the donation of more than 14,000 pounds of donated clothing.
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Coolest Car In Ohio !!!!!!
Thanks to Lisa C. for these pictures!
Coolest Car In Ohio !!!!!!
That guy looks just like Woody, the hood ornament
also!!! Love the "Nut Bed" little trailer!!!!
Go Bucks !!!!
That guy looks just like Woody, the hood ornament
also!!! Love the "Nut Bed" little trailer!!!!
Go Bucks !!!!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
USC 18, Ohio State 15
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Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:19 AM
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They're famous for West Coast wackiness, and sure enough, their players were bouncing around on the sideline as music thumped through Ohio Stadium last night.
In the end, though, the Southern California Trojans proved that underneath all that loosey-goosey exterior, they have hard hearts.
In true Hollywood style, they took it upon themselves to rewrite a script that seemed at first to include a happy ending for the hosts.
Trailing by five with 7:15 left in the game, the third-ranked Trojans dashed the hopes of a record Ohio Stadium crowd by driving 86 yards to win it, 18-15.
Stafon Johnson bolted around right end untouched for 2 yards and the go-ahead score with 1:15 left, and Matt Barkley threw a two-point conversion pass to running back Joe McKnight.
When USC (2-0) knocked down the desperation heave from OSU quarterback Terrelle Pryor moments later, the Trojans once again were frolicking, skipping merrily off up the ramp to celebrate.
Meanwhile, the crowd of 106,033 sat glumly. OSU's reign as national punching bag in the big games continued. It is the eighth-ranked Buckeyes' sixth-straight loss to a top-10 team.
All that work, all the hope of the past 2 1/2 hours, slipped away in the span of 14 plays.
And it was the freshman phenom Barkley who engineered it, in his second collegiate start.
He completed a 21-yard dump-off to McKnight, getting USC out of its own end.
He followed that immediately with a 26-yarder down the seam to Anthony McCoy. The Trojans were in OSU territory with 4:30 left.
On third-and-nine, Barkley found Williams, who was tackled a foot shy of the first-down marker.
For the third time in the game, Barkley converted by calling his own number and bulling forward.
USC had a fresh set of downs at the OSU 26. McKnight gained 4, then used his trademark cutback move for 7 yards and a first down at the Buckeyes' 15 as the clocked ticked under 2:00.
Two plays later, McKnight slipped through a crease off left tackle and squirted to the 5.
On first down, Barkley again pushed up the middle and the pile almost 3 yards. From there, Johnson skipped around the end for the winner.
Ohio State led 10-7 but then squandered numerous opportunities.
Leading 10-7 early in the second period, Ohio State's offense went dormant with three straight three-and-outs and failed to capitalize on several good opportunities -- including a turnover, missed field-goal attempt and short punt.
Early in the third quarter, with USC pinned at its 10, OSU defensive end Thaddeus Gibson first pressured Barkley into throwing it away, and then tipped a Barkley third-down pass.
On the punt, the snap was high and through Billy O'Malley's hands and out the back of the end zone for a safety. OSU took the lead 12-10.
DeVier Posey's 24-yard return of the free kick set up the Buckeyes at the USC 42. Pryor found tailback Brandon Saine for 20 yards, then Posey for 10 to get OSU down to the 5.
A third-down pass into the end zone went off Dane Sanzenbacher's hands, and Aaron Pettrey's 22-yard field goal stretched the lead to 15-10 at the end of three quarters.
As the game opened, it looked at first as if Pryor was channeling his predecessor, Todd Boeckman, who threw a disastrous interception/touchdown to a USC linebacker (Rey Maualuga) in last year's loss.
Three plays into the game, Pryor underthrew a pass into the left flat that linebacker Chris Galippo snagged, then raced 51 yards.
The Trojans gained only 1 yard in three plays. But on fourth down Johnson bolted up the middle for a 7-0 lead.
OSU then showed some fight, though, driving 72 yards to tie it midway through the first period. The key play was a 56-yard catch-and-run from Pryor to Sanzenbacher down the middle, to the USC 3.
Herron bulled over the left side for the TD.
The Buckeyes forced two straight three-and-outs, then used a 34-yard Pryor pass to Posey to get down to the 1 as the quarter ended.
Unlike his counterpart, Tressel chose to take the chip-shot field goal, and OSU took a 10-7 lead on the first play of the second quarter.
Pryor out-passed Barkley in the first quarter, 120 yards to 1.
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