Mike Hlas is an award-winning columnist with the Cedar Rapids Gazette and force behind The Hlog. Each week, he will break down the worst matchup in college football. Considering the increasing number of uncompetitive and uninteresting games, Mike's task is harder than managing an Afghan election while knitting an afghan.
Halloween always brings its horrors, but this is going too far.
New Mexico State at Ohio State is all trick, no treat.
How in the name of Jack O'Lantern did this game get onto the Buckeyes' schedule this deep into the season?
For that matter, what's it doing on the schedule at all?
With two losses already before the arrival of November, Ohio State is happy to have a pumpkin to carve before it finishes the regular season at Penn State, at home against Iowa, and at Michigan.
New Mexico State brings a 3-5 record to OSU's Horseshoe, and is fresh off losses of 45-7 to Louisiana Tech and 34-3 to Fresno State. First-year Aggies coach DeWayne Walker has to be feeling bewitched.
If Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor and OSU coach Jim Tressel hear any booing today, it will probably just be kids warming up their scary voices before going door to door to pursue free sweets that will ruin their teeth and put them on the road to bad dietary habits for a lifetime. Their obesity will lead to increased health care costs for all of us and ...
Sorry, I briefly thought this was Blame the Weak, not Game of the Weak.
Anyway, the Aggies haven't had a winning season since 2002. They are coming to Ohio Stadium for one reason, and one reason only: Moolah. They'll have their bags open, and the Buckeyes will fill them with cash. After they've administered a severe beating, of course.
New Mexico State has lost its last 18 games against current BCS conference teams by an average of 32 points. If this one is only Ohio State 42, New Mexico State 10, it's a moral victory for the Aggies. They'll deserve some candy.
But in the meantime, don't be deceived by those college-aged young men wearing white jerseys with maroon lettering in the Horseshoe Saturday.
Those are just Halloween costumes. That's not really a big-time college football team.
Thanks to Image of Sport.
The BigTen needs to add another team to get rid of these ridiculous weeks off from conference play. 11 teams means someones going to play a cupcake (as if they'd schedule a real team this late in the season) every week in the BigTen.
It'd probably be a straight bye in years past, but with the later start date this year, most teams lost a bye week. Just sayin'.
Posted by: formerlyanonymous | October 30, 2009 at 06:32 AM
It's Scarlett, asshat, not maroon. Alabama wears maroon.
Posted by: JoseOle | October 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Stay classy, Buckeye fan.
I can't tell which team he is referring to with the maroon letters. New Mexico has team colors of cherry and white. I thought it was New Mexico State that wore maroon, but their website claims its crimson. This is a really big deal, I swear.
Posted by: tristan | October 30, 2009 at 01:03 PM