A PERFECT DAY IN PNW BUCKEYE NATION

That's right sports fans, yesterday was a perfect day for PNW Buckeye Nation as The Ohio State University Buckeyes did a Dog Whisperer "Tssst" to the Huskies at UW Stadium. And this PNW Buckeye, Ms. PNW Buckeye, Marin County Buckeye and AL, adopted Buckeye for the day, were there to see it all.

First up was the Buckeye Alumni Tailgate Party where we had the pleasure of hanging out with Brutus Buckeye himself.

Next up for PNW Buckeye Nation was the chance to get an autograph with Buckeye legend Archie Griffin, still the only college football player to win TWO Heisman Trophies.

Even former Ohio State quarterback turned FBI agent/ surfer Jonny Utah made it out for the tailgate party and the game.

Now, I would be lying if I said I was not nervous coming into the game. OSU lost most of their offensive firepower from last year to the NFL draft. They came into UW with 2 victories but they were against some not-such-football-powerhouse teams. UW was coming off of victories over Stanford and Boise State and had a new wunderkind freshman quarterback, Jake Locker. Locker looked good too in the first half and went into half-time with a 7-3 lead over the Buckeyes. But, some half-time adjustments were made by Coach Tressel and the Huskies definitely had reason to fear the sweater vest as they saw their 7-3 halftime lead evaporate in the span of 39 seconds in the third quarter as the Buckeyes scored two unanswered touchdowns.

This became a common sight in the second half. Good thing Brutus was doing those two-a-days with the team this summer because sprinting across that Huskie name in the end zone and waving that giant block-O flag could get pretty tiring.

As you can see, a good time was had by all in PNW Buckeye Nation.

The day was brought to a perfect conclusion with a victory lap back at adopted Buckeye, A. Luhn's casa.

The day was, in one word, perfect. Final score OSU 33, UW 14

GO BUCKEYES!!!

THIS POST AND THE ADJOINING PICTURE IS ONE WE WILL CALL FORESHADOWING OF THE POST TO COME. YES, THAT'S BRUTUS BUCKEYE RUNNING OVER THE HUSKY NAME IN THE END ZONE WAVING A GIANT OSU FLAG. LET'S JUST SAY, HE WASN'T THE ONLY BUCKEYE TO MAKE IT INTO THE ENDZONE...NUMEROUS TIMES TODAY.

THE FOAM FINGER

What is that, you ask? Why it's my foam Buckeyes #1 finger that I will be holding aloft in Husky Stadium this Saturday as I watch THE Ohio State University Buckeyes defeat UW. It just arrived this morning with all of the other OSU paraphernalia that my lady procured in preparation for this game that we have been anxiously awaiting ever since we discovered the Buckeyes would be coming to town.

It's that time of year, football season. And the Buckeyes are coming to town. It's going to be fantastic.

PNW Buckeye, out.

BLACKBERRY CRIT RESULTS ARE POSTED HERE:

The 3rd annual Blackberry Crit has come and gone. To steal from Steven Colbert, a tip of the hat to all of those who made it and a wag of my finger to those who did not. Shame on you!

We paid out over $7500 in advertised prize list plus another $800 in primes. We handed out cool giant blackberry trophies to the winner of the women's race, Kele Murdin of Ultra Link and the winner of the Pro 1-2 race, Will Routley of Symmetrics. Podium girls were present and the champagne was sprayed and a good time was had by all (except those of you who did not come....)

Click here for all the results:

http://www.ridgeracing.org/blackberry/blackberry-result.pdf