Below The Beltway

Bill Syken at Sports Illustrated thinks that Florida and Ohio State need to be playing each other alot more often:
I was looking at the Ohio State football schedules for the next four years and noticed something was missing.
These are the Buckeyes’ upcoming non-conference games:
2007: Youngstown State, Akron, Washington, Kent State
2008: Youngstown State, Ohio, USC, Troy
2009: [...]

A blowout in January that nobody expected.
A win in April that, unfortunately, everyone expected.
Get the Althetic Directors on the phone, `cause I see a rivalry in the making.

When Ohio State and Florida meet each other for the NCAA Basketball Championship tonight, it will cap a history that goes all the way back to December:
ATLANTA, April 1 ? The Florida Gators and the Ohio State Buckeyes have built a rivalry in 100 days.
It was born Dec. 23 in Gainesville, Fla., when the Florida [...]

Thanks to a weekend trip to New Jersey, I’m a little late in blogging on this one but, nonetheless, Go Buckeyes !:
ATLANTA, March 31 — The showdown of 7-footers dissolved into a game of musical chairs. Ohio State’s Greg Oden would rise, Georgetown’s Roy Hibbert would sit, and the fortunes of their teams would swing [...]

Alot of attention is being paid to the two men who will be a center court on Saturday when Ohio State and Georgetown face off:
Greg Oden towered over college basketball from the moment he stepped on a court this season, a prodigy in high tops who could dominate, literally, with one hand. He was named [...]

It may the middle of spring training for the Ohio State football team, but that isn’t going to stop Jim Tressel from making to Atlanta this weekend:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel admits he has more on his mind than spring practice or how to replace Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Troy Smith.
He [...]

The Georgetown Hoyas beat North Carolina last night to make in into the Final Four and a matchup against the Ohio State Buckeyes. Here’s hoping Ohio State pulls it off, because, if they do, a mind-blowing matchup could be in the cards:
We sit here today on the brink of a potentially epic Final Four. We’ve [...]

Last night, the Buckeyes blew past Memphis to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1999:
SAN ANTONIO, March 24 ? Back when Mike Conley Jr. and Greg Oden were precocious high school teammates dominating the A.A.U. circuit, they were advertised as the ultimate package deal.
Coaches in gyms from Hackensack, N.J., to Las [...]