{"id":95,"date":"2006-08-19T07:25:41","date_gmt":"2006-08-19T14:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=95"},"modified":"2006-09-08T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2006-09-09T00:31:26","slug":"14-days-to-osuniu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2006\/08\/19\/14-days-to-osuniu\/","title":{"rendered":"14 days to OSU\/NIU"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nWe’re on the eve of another college football season. The teams have been practicing and preparing for the next 4 months of fun. The Bucks had their fall jersey scrimmage yesterday with the defense pulling out a W on the last play, 66-65 retaining the scarlet jerseys until spring. Bucknuts has a great story about the scrimmage with all the gory detail posted here<\/a>.
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\nEveryone is focused on Texas<\/a> and Iowa<\/a> as opponents in the month of September, but the first game and the one all attention should be focused toward is Northern Illinois<\/a>. Sept 2 the Huskies will take the field in Columbus and it’s not realistic to view this team as a practice squad that the Bucks will simply roll over. On paper, it’s a mismatch. But, experience tells us that weird things happen in early season games. NIU returns a talented tailback in Garrett Wolfe<\/a> and a pretty deep and experienced offensive line. I don’t think this one is decided until late 3rd quarter with the Buckeyes winning 34-24 in a game closer and tougher than anyone anticipated.
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\nOn a related note, English Premiership<\/a> soccer (football for you Brits) returns this weekend. Chelsea<\/a> (my adopted team as it seems to irritate those in the know) takes on Manchester City<\/a> tomorrow. I expect a thorough thrashing with the Blues winning 3 nil. We’ll see!
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