FIFTY rushes for over 200 yards. Troy Smith - 16 of 25 for 186 yards with four TD and no interceptions. Forty one minutes to nineteen in the time of possession battle. Four takeaways from the defense and no turnovers from the offense. When it was all said and done, it was a 38-17 ass whoopin that wasn't as close as the final score indicated. Furls is here with his game recap and positional grades, many of which came out pretty high.

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I can't wait for this one tonight. 8 PM, national television. Buckeyes - Hawkeyes live from Kinnick Stadium. Per usual, Furls is here to chime in with his game recap, breaking down the game in a variety of different ways. In it, Furls wonders aloud who Iowa QB Drew Tate is going to throw to, and who on the Hawkeye defense is going to cover Ginn, Gonzo, and Robiskie. GO BUCKS tonight!

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Furls is back with his weekly "Power 15", in which he lists and analyzes his top fifteen teams in the country. This list may look different from the national polls, and that's by design. Unlike those pollsters, Furls does not believe that win-loss record is the only factor in ranking exactly how good the nations best teams are.

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Tug McGraw was once asked if he preferred grass or artificial turf, to which he replied "I've never smoked artificial turf." Not sure how that fits here, but it's pretty damn funny. In his latest, Buckeye Insider Mike Furlan reports on a serious problem with the grass at Ohio Stadium. A problem so serious ... that this could be the last season the Buckeyes play on natural grass at The Shoe.

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Furls was part of the "Red See" on Saturday, as a raucous crowd of 105,000 strong willed the Buckeyes to a 28-6 win going away over the Penn State Nittany Lions. Furls recaps the game, Joe Pa's bowel movements, and does his usual position by position grades in his wrapup of this weekends win.

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With the talking heads at ESPN unable to coin a nickname to this past Saturday's slate of games, Cris Sykes came up with his own. "Sneakin' By Saturday". The college football weekend featured a number of high ranked teams who struggled with lesser opponents. In his weekly "4th And 12" piece, Sykes hits on the Buckeyes game as well as the week that was in college ball.

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The wounds are still fresh from last years 17-10 loss to Joe Pa and the Nittany Lions, and the Buckeyes get their chance at revenge today when they pay a visit to The Shoe. In his game preview, Furls answers the following questions: Is Joe Pa senile? Is this Penn State team anywhere near as good as last years? And what the hell is wrong with the turf at Ohio Stadium? Evrything you need to get ready for this afternoons game can be found inside.

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With three weeks of college football in the books, many of the contenders have been validated, and many of the pretenders (cough ... Notre Dame) have been exposed. We now have a pretty good idea of who the teams are that will be vying for the national championship come early 2007. In his latest, Furls ranks the contenders in his own power rankings ... which are absent of many of the politics of the national polls.

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I knew we would handle Cincinnati this week. The Bearcats that is. Mike Furlan and most of the rest of the free world knew it as well. In his weekly wrapup of the Buckeyes last game, Furls grades the team position by position. And then grades himself on what he predicted in his preview piece. Next up? That wily old coot Joe Pa.

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In his weekly college football wrapup column, Cris Sykes breaks down what went down on Separation Saturday yesterday. There were some great games and some suprise outcomes, including Michigan going into South Bend and laying an ass whooping on Jabba The Weis, Pretty Boy Quinn, and the rest of the Irish. Sykes also updates his Heisman ballot, adding a couple of new names on there courtesy of yesterdays action.

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