Tommy's Talk: We arrived at Tommy's at about 13:15 and were told by the moron taking names at the door that it would be an hour and a half wait. There were probably twenty people standing around waiting, by no means a standing room only crowd. This idiot, in his infinite wisdom, turned away droves of potential paying customers by telling them it would be an hour and a half wait two hours before game time. We were seated in 20 minutes. My step-dad, my father-in-law and I sat and ordered a pitcher of Miller Lite, three Italian subs and a large pepperoni pizza. My step-brother showed up as they put the pizza on the table and the waitress brought the second pitcher.

Topics of conversation included:

• The idiot at the door taking names

• The irony of Chris Spielman's (former OSU linebacker) first ESPN announcing assignment covering the Michigan Vanderbilt game

• The signed Jim Tressel T-shirt in the Tommy's display case which read "To my friends at Tommy's PS: Great Pizza!"

• My step-brother's screwgie at the hands of the Kroger pharmacy when they gave him only 9 of a 14 pill prescription for antibiotics and how it would be impossible for him to prove it (his theory is that they shook out last 23 pills from the big bottle, divided it into two piles and then put the wrong pile in his bottle)

• The rising popularity of Fantasy Football (we all concluded it would be a waste of our time)

• The effects of the new time clock rule which starts the clock at the placing of the ball instead of at the beginning of the set

Our bill came to $47.07 and we tipped the waitress $10 and made our way to Shoe at 15:10.

The Game: The first quarter was amazing, with three touchdowns by the Bucks. Troy Smith's arm looked as good as it ever has and flawless pass to Teddy Ginn brought the first and second TD and Gonzo's reception brought us the third in the quarter. Chris Wells scored another 6 at the beginning of the second but that was pretty much it. The team missed a lot of opportunities throughout the rest of the game:

• Missing a tackle which should have been a safety

• Chris Wells fumbling the damn ball on the 2 yard line

• Tressel putting Justin Zwick in on 2nd and Goal and him fumbling the frigging ball again

You could definitely feel a pull back after the first quarter and my suspicion is that once we hit a 28 point lead, we began playing next week's Texas game. Consider that the Longhorns destroyed the Mean Green 56-7 today--to me, that means that Texas put all their cards on the table. You don't just destroy a weak opponent by 49 points unless you're trying to put the points on the board. On the other hand, Tressel is nothing if not conservative and I would hate to be on the other side of the poker table from him because the man keeps his cards close to his sweater vest.

While there were a couple of mistakes which cannot be made in next week's game--the Bucks backed up their number one ranking, in my opinion and I think a lot of the pull back after the first quarter blow out was in preparation for next week's game.

But time will tell. All in all, it was a great start to what will undoubtedly be a great season here in the capital city of Ohio.

I think I'm going to try Live Blogging the Texas game next week.

Weirdness of the Day: The old man in sitting in front of us tucked his shirt into his underwear. Not that I was purposely looking or anything, but he sat leaning and had an Akroyd. That's just some serious strangeness. Who tucks their shirt into their underwear?

LINKS:

• OSU Buckeyes vs. Norther Illinois Huskies

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