THE Ohio State Contro-versity

Let's see, who do the Buffs draw this weekend? After starting off the season with Hawaii, Cal and CSU surely we have one patsy to complete the non-conference schedule. Ah crap, it's Ohio State.

Ohio State - who by the way refers to themselves as THE Ohio State University so as not to be confused with all of those other poseur universities from the state of Ohio - is a legendary football factory school.  The historical home of...

Respect

Archie Griffith, only 2 time winner of the Heisman Trophy:

Site of weekly spelling bees.

The famous Ohio Stadium, better known as "The Shoe" (presumably because of the smell):

Tough love is still love, asshole.

Coaching icon and puncher of helmeted youths, Woody Hayes:

Is that... a testicle?

Brutus the Buckeye mascot:

I know that dude!

President E Gordon Gee:

Wait, what was the thing about the drug trafficking investigation?

Jim Tressel, concealer of material truths, sweater vest aficionado:

Seriously, stop doing that.

Enthusiastic arm spellers:

Seen here holding a fat wallet

Body art enthusiast, Terrelle Pryor:

Class, he's got it

An unjustified hatred for my beloved Michigan Wolverines:

Who am I, why am I here?

And a new head coach named Luke Fickell.  Luke.  Fickell.

So THE Ohio State University has fallen on what for them qualifies as hard times.  Among scandal, their coach has been fired, their star quarterback has fled to the lawless regions of Raiderland and several players remain suspend for accepting improper benefits.  Worse, OSU has struggled early in the post Tressel era squeaking past Toledo (shifts in seat nervously) and losing to an unranked and similarly scandalized Miami.  They enter the Buff game reeling and searching for answers.

Meanwhile, the Bienembree regime at Colorado is finding itself.  While nobody in his right mind (pauses, introspects, moves on) would claim that the Buffs are remotely in the same league as Ohio State, the sense of possibility for CU is palpable.

Could this be the breakout moment for a young team and a new staff?  Could the Buffs break the 18 game road losing streak in dramatic fashion in the shrine of college football before 102,000 partisan fans?  Could this be the day in which the Buffs finally become relevant again, once and for all shaking off the stink of a decade of mediocrity?

Compelling questions, I got 'em.  Answers, I don't.

Go Buffs!