Lone Star Ass Kickin'

#1 Ohio State rolled into Austin Texas this weekend to take on the #2 ranked (and defending National Champions) Texas Longhorns. I think is it pretty safe to say that this is probably the most looked forward to game of the college football season. #1 meets #2 in the second week of the season. It is the first time that #1 played #2 in the last ten years in a non conference match (other than in the Title game, of course). After Texas beat OSU last year in the Shoe, OSU fans have been looking forward to this rematch hoping for some payback. Well, we got it. Ohio State defeated Texas 24 to 7. It was great watching the Buckeyes live up to their hype as the #1 rated team in the country. The offense was stellar and the defense was able to shut down the Texas offense when it counted by forcing a fumble and an interception. The Longhorns only touchdown came after a questionable 'roughing the passer' penalty that gave Texas a first down inside the OSU ten yard line. By 'questionable' I mean bullshit. Anyway, I think the playeer of the game had to be Anthony Gonzalez, OSU wide receiver. IT seemed like every time OSU needed a completion to keep the drive alive, 'Gonzo' was the go to guy. Well, I won't go into too many details of the game,but it was awesome to watch and I could not hope for a better outcome. There were also some other interesting games this past Saturday:

Notre Dame stomped Penn State 41 to 17. I really thought that this game would have been closer than it was. Man, what a shocker.

Iowa had to go to OT to barely beat Syracuse. Another suprise since Iowa is expecting a good year. In their defense, they were missing their starting QB due to injury.

The other Big Ten teams that OSU will face this year did about as I expected. I must say that I really like how this OSU team is not looking beyond any opponent. The first week, all they talked about was NIU. The second week, they would only talk about Texas. When asked about the upcoming Big Ten season, the responses were all geared toward this coming week's game against Cincinnati. Concidering the problems that the Bearcats have given OSU, I am glad they the Buckeyes aren't over looking UC.