As We Will Always Have Tempe points out, there's really no shame in this.

• There, I Said It: Deconstructing the Blankie — We Will Always Have Tempe — Sam at WWAHT pens a great piece on just how much people should weigh Ohio State’s 53-game win streak over non-BCS-bound teams (holy @#$%!) versus their five-game losing streak against top-ten teams. Conclusion: stop using somewhat misleading records such as the ones previously stated and just enjoy the fact that your team is 83-19 under Sweatervest. Tremendous, well-thought out post that is worth a read.
• Trouble Up North? — Eleven Warriors — Ah, the flip side. 11W links to that idiotic News & Sentinel post that suggested Rich Rodriguez would be Marshall’s head coach next season as if it was a real news article, then goes on a rant about how RichRod’s job could be in jeopardy, then says he’ll probably be back for year three, and somewhere in the middle says the key to his continued employment is the success this season of a bunch of freshman who haven’t seen the field yet. Um, what?
• The Seantrel Henderson Sweepstakes — The Daily Gopher — I might have put this at the top again, but I’m running out of good Seantrel pictures. The Daily Gopher is doing a great (albeit slightly creepy, in the sense that all recruiting is slightly creepy) job of aggregating news on the No. 1 prospect in the country. This edition has a lot of interesting tidbits, including Henderson’s father saying he has a hard time saying no, Henderson himself claiming several schools (including Michigan) offering him the chance to play both football and basketball, and the possibility of school prestige playing a large part in his recruitment. From the Michigan side of things, I think we’re a pretty big longshot right now, but this could be one of those recruitments that comes down to the wire. RichRod, prepare the snake oil!
• The Big East: 25 Years Too Late — Black Shoe Diaries — BSD scoffs at the notion of Penn State leaving the Big Ten for the Big East (something the Big East has recently expressed interest in), noting the irony that Joe Paterno and the school petitioned the conference in the early ’80s hoping to become a member, but were denied because it was thought they would be too dominant in football and not competitive in basketball. Which, by and large, is exactly how they stack up in the Big Ten, if you maintain a loose definition of “dominance”. After 15 years of establishing themselves in the Big Ten, it makes no sense for Penn State to leave for the sad-sack Big East.

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