News I've long been an admirer of Oregon Ducks blog Addicted To Quack and its weekly pregame feature exchanging questions and answers with a fan blog for the opposing team. And since a WW staffer has a brother who's a huge Ohio State fan, I'm going to take a run at doing something similar here in the run-up to the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 between Oregon and Ohio State. In other words, I'll ask him questions ...   More

News Here's installment #2 of our run-up to the Rose Bowl in which I join with Ohio State fanatic Noah Litton to learn more about each other's teams while counting down the hours until the Jan. 1 game. In our opening installment I asked Noah about Ohio State QB Terrelle Pryor and how Pryor has progressed since he chose to play at Ohio State instead of Oregon. Litton's question for today: "I think ...   More

News In this installment of "Everything You Wanted to Know About Ohio State" I ask Ohio State fan Noah Litton, Oregon fans are obviously jacked for the Rose Bowl because it's the first visit by the Ducks in 15 years. Given that Ohio State is more accustomed recently to playing in the national championship game, how would you characterize Buckeye fans' state of mind about this year's Rose Bowl? Here's ...   More

News In this installment of our run-up to the Rose Bowl, Buckeyes fan Noah Litton asks me the question every Ducks football fan dreads, "Traditionalist football fans from the Midwest sometimes grimace at Oregon's weekly fashion show. What can the Buckeyes expect from college football's premier couture outlet in the Rose Bowl?" Ouch. Most Ducks fans I know hate the myriad costume changes that make ...   More

News In this installment of my pre-Rose Bowl exchange of questions and answers with Ohio State fanatic Noah Litton, I ask about one commonality that surfaced between Buckeyes and Ducks fans: a recent Sports Illustrated survey of fans in different conferences concluded that Ohio State and Oregon fans were both voted the rudest in their respective conferences. My question to Noah: How accurate is that ...   More

News Whilst we digest Oregon State's bowl debacle last night in Las Vegas (which called to mind a similar laydown performance three years ago by Oregon in very comparable circumstances against BYU), we look ahead to the Jan. 1 Rose Bowl in this ongoing Q & A with Buckeyes fanatic Noah Litton. Noah's question today: Ohio State's rushing offense has been much more consistent over the last month ...   More

News Rose Bowl week is finally here. And before Friday's game between Ohio State and Oregon, I get my final question in today of Buckeyes fan Noah Litton (check back later this week for our predictions of the final score.) in our running Q & A about each other's teams. Today's question: Stanford pounded Oregon by running the ball with Toby Gerhart. Is Ohio State capable of doing the same thing ...   More

News Ohio State fanatic Noah Litton gets one final question in our pre-Rose Bowl Q & A about each other's teams before his Buckeyes take on my Oregon Ducks this Friday: How does Oregon poke through on what (at least in this part of the country) has been Ohio State's best defense in a decade? I am confident that the Ducks can more than "poke through" on Ohio State. My bet is that they will ...   More

News There's no more to be written about the Rose Bowl. Ohio State fan Noah Litton has been gracious enough for the past few weeks to help us learn more about the Buckeyes and to ask us the questions about the Ducks that are on the minds of Ohio State fans. So as I pack my bag for Pasadena, there's really only one question for each of us: Who the hell's gonna win? Noah's prediction: Ohio State ...   More

News Last weekend's takedown of Ohio State's mascot (aka Brutus) by Ohio's mascot (aka Rufus) at the football game between the two schools apparently can trace part of its genesis to Oregon. Rufus tells ESPN he got the idea for his sneak attack from the Oregon Duck's attack of the Houston Cougar mascot in a 2007 game at Autzen Stadium. If you're interested in comparing the two mascot meltdowns, ...   More