SOC - Ohio State 2025
I'm gonna do that thing where I start the SOC with something I had been writing this week (but didn't finish) and then end the SOC with the actual SOC. I know I don't need to tell you that each time I do it,
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Those Were The Days - Ohio State
It was a guarantee that Detlef would pick this game. Seems obvious - it's the last time Illinois beat Ohio State in Champaign. I was a freshman at the time, and the good feelings of 1989 and 1990 had not yet left Champaign. We were #20 and they
How To Frame This Season
I woke up at 3:37 this morning. No idea why. It felt like one of those "the game is today and my brain is too excited to let me sleep" kinds of things. I famously did not sleep at all the night before the Duke game. And
Cool Hand Luke
This will not be a "nobody nationally is talking about Luke Altmyer" post (although they're not). This will not be "my quarterback is better than your quarterback" (although he is). I'm not going to follow the standard "if he was at
Sunrise, Sunset
As my son and I got on I-74 and headed east towards West Lafayette in the dark, there was a planet right in front of us. I thought it was Mars. My son downloaded one of those "here's where the stars are in the sky right now&
From The Stands - Purdue 2025
I'll give you a photo of my pacing spot here in a moment. I didn't have much space so it really wasn't "pacing" as much as it was standing and rocking back and forth. I just could not sit still for half
SOC - Purdue 2025
"Low key" is the theme of the week. The theme of the week is "low key." I don't mean that in the Gen Z way where low key is used as an adverb. I mean it in the Gen X way where it'