M-Borg vs. THE Flavortown U Thread, Orig. by Buckeye Paul, absconded w/by talent.

[iam416]

You're exactly right, WM. Obviously, the guy who did that for OSU last year was Diebler. OSU ran a set last year with Sully in the post and Diebler in the corner/maybe out to the wing that was basic and devastating.

The guy who HAS to be that guy is Buford. He is -- or at least was -- a late first round NBA pick. He has been thoroughly mediocre. He's the "missing" piece, but I doubt he finds what's missing.

Sullinger does what he does. Thomas is gritty player who score from anywhere. Craft gives you what he does. With Buford in a two-month funk, yeah, they really, really miss Diebler.

I'm starting to wonder if Sullinger may return. He should probably go. His game is what it is -- it's not getting any more "NBA ready". He may improve his draft stock a bit simply b/c this year is loaded. Thomas may go, too. But he'd actually really benefit from another year. I think Thomas has the potential to be a better NBA player than Sullinger.

Meh, already thinking about next year. Well, the upside is the NCAA is a crapshoot. Takes one good run. OSU, IMO, was the best team in the country last year; and UConn certainly wasn't.

[iam416]

In others news, Kyle Busch drove his ass off last night. Daytona is going to be fun again!

[Tony G]

Too bad such an awesome talent is possessed by such an obnoxious personality.

[*JD*]

The disappearance of William Buford has really surprised me. He's been generally AWOL for the entire B10 season and has been routinely outplayed by dogshit players like, e.g., Stu Douglass.

Douglass is our best perimeter defender so don't get too discouraged. Or do, heh, you're fun when you're surly, heh.

[*JD*]

God, you know things are bad in sucktown when you resort to talking NASCAR.

[iam416]

Things are "bad" by Ohio State standards. I would concur.

Too bad such an awesome talent is possessed by such an obnoxious personality.

He's a total heel, to borrow from pro wrestling parlance. I like him. Half the fun of watching him is watching his inevitable blow up.

Btw, Tony, if you're interested, my brother runs a fantasy NASCAR league. Sean is going to sign up -- after I badger him some more this week.

[lineygoblue]

Things are "bad" by Ohio State standards. I would concur.

Aha... Mr. Talent has survived the loss well .. cancel the suicide watch ...

[iam416]

WoooOT! Well, Liney, it was a brutal game to watch. I'd rather watch OSU get smoked by a team that plays really well than lose a game where OSU is largely inept. I think the former happens in the NCAA tourney.

[*JD*]

Michigan played really great D. You should be proud that your guys kept it close.

[Tony G]

416, I'm in one as well. What's the set up on yours? We just go $20 and pick the drivers by groups 1-8

[iam416]

Tony

It is 75. We do it in 3 seasons, spring, summer, fall - 12 races each season. Each season winner gets paid as does the overall winner. We have 3 groups, too, but I think we are closer to 15 per group. So, the C list is really thin. 1 A, 2 B, 1 C is the lineup and can only use a driver for 9 starts. I think we will be around 12-13 contestants.

My wife, the M grad, prevailed last season in almost a wire to wire win.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Buford has become one of my alltime most disappointing players. The guy just never shows up in big games. 3-13, 6 points, those types of games. I'll give him credit for a good game against Kansas but that's it for this season. And I still largely blame him for getting bounced in last season's tourney. He had a spectacularly awful game.

One of the alltime high scorers, sure. But he racked up those points in mostly meaningless games.

[*JD*]

Hey, at least a future member of Your Detroit Pistons sent you guys packing last year. Silver lining, right?

[hack]

Gonna miss Douglass. Love the craftiness. Have the feeling he could do more than he does.

[Rob F]

Tony, if you're interested, my brother runs a fantasy NASCAR league. Sean is going to sign up -- after I badger him some more this week

This is a sports forum. NASCAR is not a sport. "Fantasy" talk is not real sports talk.

Shape up or ship out!

;-)