Hockeytown Red Wings

I think the "shutout" voodoo of the second period worked brilliantly.

SHUTOUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT SHUTOUT

That's my problem with all of you. Such low standards. Gettin it in HD tonight, Go Wings!

Gibson went to DL sometime in the middle of last season. I think he's a pretty solid player, good speed from the outside. He took two dumb penalties last night, though it could be argued the one wasnt a penalty at all.

First off, I'm extremely proud (or maybe relieved) of the way the Buckeyes played last night. If you look at the raw stats you see Texas had over 400 yards of offense. But if you watched that game, you know that Ohio State showed up and vastly slowed down that explosive offense. They gave up the dink and dunk pass to Cosby all night, but this defensive scheme was different. You saw them blitz, and be aggressive. On the last scoring play, we got burned because we were being aggressive, and I'd rather lose anyday being agressive than sitting back and letting someone kill us slowly and methodically. Pryor played like a freshman. He had many plays where he smartly tucked it and ran for a first down (except for the first drive where he inexplicably ran out of bounds 2 yards before the down marker with no one around him, a little early in his career to be getting Ted Ginn-itis). Beanie was an absolute beast, and he must have been pretty injured to sit out the whole second half. Todd Boeckman was outstanding, save for taking a sack at the absolute worst time. His throws were perfect, he had confidence, and he had poise. Perhaps the most surprising aspect to me was our line play. With the exception of Bryant Browning, who maybe doesnt even deserve a scholarship, I felt our line was winning the battles. We weren't even winning the battles against the likes of Minnesota and Purdue, so it's shocking. But once again the Buckeyes find a soulcrushing way in which to break our hearts. I guess I should be happy that they actually showed up and played on the national stage, but thats of little solace right now. We took it to Texas in the first half, outgaining them by a fair margin, and only coming out with a 6-3.

I was screaming for Boeckman to be in. I thought I might be ready to talk about the game this morning, I am not. We'll try again in the afternoon.

Wow, so people around here give someone crap when they aren't playing up to their potential? What the hell is wrong with the lot of us around here?

What did I do to deserve this?

I was definitely rooting for Michigan to beat Florida last year. I had to shower with S.O.S. pads immediately afterwards, but I was visibly rooting for Michigan. I'm actually gettin kind of pumped up for tonight. However, for you OSU haters, you can probably look for my "f*** the coaches, f*** the offensive line, bunch of choke artists" posts sometime before halftime.

So bitter these days.

I dont know how Heacock keeps a job. We can't get this guy a head coaching job at Holy Cross or something? Sure, we're great against the Big Ten teams, but we have no adjustment for anything else. Beanie should leave. With his injury problems, I don't see the point in staying, although he's letting on that he wants to. At any rate, this team is overdue to show up in a big non-conference game, that's the little bit of hope I'm holding onto. If we get off to a great start again, I'm going to be highly skeptical.

It has its ups and downs, but since you didnt offer me any team to retaliate against, I'm going to smile and say hello.

I could hear the background talking all night. Then again, I have about 13 speakers in the living room pumping out a hockey game.

Ozzie was the man tonight! And yeah, they were definitely picking up a feed between the broadcast booth and the truck. At first I thought Mickey was just drunk and talking to himself again.

Wings win! I dont do this often but... OMFGWTFNOWAY DATSYUK!!!1!one!1

Haha, as immature as it is, Corey "The Fairy" Perry is a perfect nickname.

Not feeling nervous at all for the Fiesta Bowl. Maybe it's because I expect us to get beat, or maybe good things are on the way. We'll see, I won't be surprised either way.

At the risk of stating the obvious, Ozzie looks much better and much more confident. Looking like the Ozzie of last season.

I just ordered a jersey from Light in The Box. I'll let you guys know how it goes for me. It was 50 bucks with over half of that being shipping. I'm still skeptical about a 22 dollar hockey jersey, but if it's decent, I'll be happy.

Nothing disgusting about that. Ovechkin was visibly worried about Heward after the hit too.

Andreas Lilja is a forward? And playes in the East? Since when?

Tonight was fun. Had a Blackhawks friend over to watch it with me, we made a bet that the other person had to drink a beer for each goal scored. Unfortunately I did go a bit thirsty, but I'll take the shutout.

Wings look good tonight. Just a feeling...

You're trying to incite a riot, aren't you?

I want a 2008 Preseason Champions shirt!