Drew Thurman (10:20 am)

The last three weeks I have been on the road, and I am sorry for the lack of news on The Silver Bullet. I am back now, and there are ton of headlines that have hit me this week. Let's take a look...

1) I know Doug Worthington's arrest is not fresh news, but it has irratated me more everyday I think about it. These incidents featuring guys like Worthington, Clifford, and Washington show me this team is still not focused. This team has so much experience and talent, and I would hate to see that wasted because of these stupid distractions. I understand kids make mistakes, but you would think two beatings in the National Chamionship game would have this team's focus in the right direction.

2) If you have not read the Tressel's transcript from the Big Ten Media Day, you should. Obviously the National Championship Game and the USC game consumed most of the questions. Watching and reading his responses really made me realize how lucky we are to have a classy coach. We never have to worry about Tressel embarrassing us. Anyways, I thought Tressel's most interesting response was on Ohio State painting the whole conference's success:

"Well, I know from our standpoint where it comes from is we played the National Championship the last two years and haven't been successful, so is that fair? I think that's fair we haven't been successful. Should that paint a picture of our whole conference? I don't think so.

But it also makes me feel a little disappointed that our performance in two championship games I guess brushes with a wider brush or whatever they say, but I don't think it's fair. But what I think doesn't matter and what you think doesn't matter, either.

What happens in the games matters, and so that's why we are excited about preseason and we get to play the games and we'll find out how it looks in 2008."

3) In other news, Shane Olivea came out an admitted that he was addicted to pain killers. Olivea who is now with the Giants, says he is pleased to have a second chance. I have always liked Olivea, and I really hope that he turns things around in New York.

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