Every once in a while I come across a gem of a column. My good friend Dave Hackenberg of The Blade wrote a beauty yesterday about the Buckeye’s Nader Abdallah, and what this game means to him. It puts all the talk of last years BCS loss, and the spectra of this years $1500 and $2000 tickets, in real perspective. In the spirit of the season, you all should check it out at:

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071214/COLUMNIST08/712140407

By the way, you probably remember Dave. About 3 weeks ago, he penned a column that infuriated many Buckeyes. He wrote that OSU fans should think twice about wishing for a BCS game against West Virginia since “the Mountaineers are probably 10 points better than Illinois” and implied Ohio State didn’t belong. Dave didn’t infuriate me because I know his paper makes him cover that school up north, and the water up there does something to the brains of people that spend much time there. So I overlook his occasional transgressions.

Speaking of skinny though, in that same column Dave also wrote, “I have a better chance of waking up skinny and good-looking than Pitt has of beating the Mountaineers.” Which reminds me, I need to email him and ask when The Blade is changing the picture on his column?