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LGHL eBay auctions turn up interesting Ohio State stuff
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eBay auctions turn up interesting Ohio State stuff
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
A bored browse through the eBay listings turned up some finds that piqued my interest this weekend.
There’s so little downtime in life these days that many of us simply don’t know how to unplug and stay that way. Minutes and hours spent in waiting rooms, standing in lines, or even taking bathroom breaks go by more quickly and easily when scrolling social media feeds, browsing online sales, or checking various accounts online to make sure everything is as it should be.
Such activities — for me, anyway — include the periodic walk through auction listings with general search terms to see what kinds of things might show up. It’s a bit like an online garage sale. I was scrolling through eBay this weekend and found some interesting things. For some, I wouldn’t mind having a few extra disposable dollars, while others I would never buy but I found it fascinating to see them being sold.
I’ll let you decide which is which from the items below.
For the low, low price of $1,850, you can click the “buy it now” button and pick up a pair of Gold Pants won by the 1961 Buckeyes that beat Michigan 50-20 on Nov. 25. Woody Hayes’ team started that season with a 7-7 tie against TCU and then ran the table to a final record of 8-0-1, finishing No. 2 in the country after obliterating That Team Up North in The Game.
It would be cool to have a Gold Pants pendant — not as cool as winning one by beating the Wolverines, but still awfully sweet.
If you’re adventurous, you could be the first person (as of this writing) to bid on a lot of 11 different OSU hats with a starting bid of $10. That’s a pretty good deal, but there are some unknowns. The listing says that some of them are new and some used. It doesn’t specify which are which, although some assumptions can be made from the photo.
It also says that three of the hats are fitted. It doesn’t give the size or say whether the fitted hats are all the same size, but presumably an inquiry to the seller could unearth such information. A few of these hats are incredibly ugly designs, but there are some cool ones, such as the 2002 football national championship hat, the 2007 Final Four cap, and one from the Sugar Bowl. The tags are still on a few of them.
If you’re a hat person, this might be up your alley. I personally don’t feel great about the thought of putting on someone else’s hat.
Look, you just don’t see a lot of field hockey stuff out there. My eye is always on the lookout for merchandise pertaining to the non-revenue sports. This reversible Nike Ohio State field hockey jersey pinnie is a pretty cool item, but I could never wear it because it’s a size small. Looks like fantastic beach or pool attire for someone out there, though.
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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this design before, but I wouldn’t hate it as an alternate uniform option. In full disclosure, I am a traditionalist when it comes to uniforms. Ohio State has great ones, so there’s no need to stray. However, if they’re going to use alternates anyway, why not really go for it?
This helmet in matte scarlet with the gray block O and the buckeye leaf looks fantastic to me, and Marvin Harrison Jr. would look great catching a winning touchdown pass against Michigan wearing it. This item is just a magnet, and it’s cheap, but I dig the idea of this helmet concept.
If you’ve got a spare 50 bucks laying around, you can get a set of four beer mugs commemorating 100 years of Buckeye football. If the listing is to be believed, these mugs were sold 53 years ago in 1970. It might be a little generous to call them beer mugs, however. When you see the photo of one of the mugs in someone’s hand, they appear to be pretty small — either that or the person in the photo has giant hands (see feature photo above).
Maybe people just didn’t like big beers in 1970.
There were all kinds of other curiosities, such as a myriad of knock-off conference, national, and bowl championship rings for about $20 each, bobbleheads, Christmas ornaments, etc.
What are some of your most interesting eBay or Facebook Marketplace finds?
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Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
A bored browse through the eBay listings turned up some finds that piqued my interest this weekend.
There’s so little downtime in life these days that many of us simply don’t know how to unplug and stay that way. Minutes and hours spent in waiting rooms, standing in lines, or even taking bathroom breaks go by more quickly and easily when scrolling social media feeds, browsing online sales, or checking various accounts online to make sure everything is as it should be.
Such activities — for me, anyway — include the periodic walk through auction listings with general search terms to see what kinds of things might show up. It’s a bit like an online garage sale. I was scrolling through eBay this weekend and found some interesting things. For some, I wouldn’t mind having a few extra disposable dollars, while others I would never buy but I found it fascinating to see them being sold.
I’ll let you decide which is which from the items below.
1961 Gold Pants
For the low, low price of $1,850, you can click the “buy it now” button and pick up a pair of Gold Pants won by the 1961 Buckeyes that beat Michigan 50-20 on Nov. 25. Woody Hayes’ team started that season with a 7-7 tie against TCU and then ran the table to a final record of 8-0-1, finishing No. 2 in the country after obliterating That Team Up North in The Game.
It would be cool to have a Gold Pants pendant — not as cool as winning one by beating the Wolverines, but still awfully sweet.
Lot of 11 Ohio State Hats
If you’re adventurous, you could be the first person (as of this writing) to bid on a lot of 11 different OSU hats with a starting bid of $10. That’s a pretty good deal, but there are some unknowns. The listing says that some of them are new and some used. It doesn’t specify which are which, although some assumptions can be made from the photo.
It also says that three of the hats are fitted. It doesn’t give the size or say whether the fitted hats are all the same size, but presumably an inquiry to the seller could unearth such information. A few of these hats are incredibly ugly designs, but there are some cool ones, such as the 2002 football national championship hat, the 2007 Final Four cap, and one from the Sugar Bowl. The tags are still on a few of them.
If you’re a hat person, this might be up your alley. I personally don’t feel great about the thought of putting on someone else’s hat.
Reversible Field Hockey Pinnie
Look, you just don’t see a lot of field hockey stuff out there. My eye is always on the lookout for merchandise pertaining to the non-revenue sports. This reversible Nike Ohio State field hockey jersey pinnie is a pretty cool item, but I could never wear it because it’s a size small. Looks like fantastic beach or pool attire for someone out there, though.
Magnet of Whatever this Helmet Is
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this design before, but I wouldn’t hate it as an alternate uniform option. In full disclosure, I am a traditionalist when it comes to uniforms. Ohio State has great ones, so there’s no need to stray. However, if they’re going to use alternates anyway, why not really go for it?
This helmet in matte scarlet with the gray block O and the buckeye leaf looks fantastic to me, and Marvin Harrison Jr. would look great catching a winning touchdown pass against Michigan wearing it. This item is just a magnet, and it’s cheap, but I dig the idea of this helmet concept.
Beer Mugs!
If you’ve got a spare 50 bucks laying around, you can get a set of four beer mugs commemorating 100 years of Buckeye football. If the listing is to be believed, these mugs were sold 53 years ago in 1970. It might be a little generous to call them beer mugs, however. When you see the photo of one of the mugs in someone’s hand, they appear to be pretty small — either that or the person in the photo has giant hands (see feature photo above).
Maybe people just didn’t like big beers in 1970.
There were all kinds of other curiosities, such as a myriad of knock-off conference, national, and bowl championship rings for about $20 each, bobbleheads, Christmas ornaments, etc.
What are some of your most interesting eBay or Facebook Marketplace finds?
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LGHL No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 6 North Carolina: Game preview, prediction and projected lineups
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No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 6 North Carolina: Game preview, prediction and projected lineups
1ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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March continues its madness Monday, when the ACC and Big Ten battle for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen
Monday night, the 2023 NCAA Tournament’s games in Columbus come to an end. Across the country, it was the only city that hosted both the men and women’s tournament, hosting seven games total across the two editions of March Madness
In one of those seven games, the Ohio State women’s basketball team beat the James Madison Dukes, a team from the Sun Belt Conference, needing a 16-point comeback to move into the round of 32.
Now, the opponent gets more difficult and the stakes increase when the North Carolina Tar Heels take the court against the Buckeyes.
While the Scarlet & Gray have come back from numerous deficits this season, it won’t be nearly as easy for Ohio State to do it against North Carolina. Against the Dukes, the Buckeyes cut a 16-point lead down to three points within the same quarter. To JMU’s credit, the first quarter and a half was outstanding basketball from a side looking to shock the college basketball landscape.
Playing the Tar Heels isn’t necessarily like playing the Indiana Hoosiers, who the Buckeyes beat after coming back from 24-points, but North Carolina comes into Monday playing a tough ACC schedule featuring teams like the Duke Blue Devils and one of the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament, the Virginia Tech Hokies.
North Carolina plays a disciplined style defense. The Tar Heels attract a different class of athlete being in one of the premier conferences in the country for basketball, and allow only 59.4 points per game.
Granted, that’s also against teams like Duke who play a full court press that varies from the Buckeyes. Instead of rushing players and getting them stuck in tough areas of the court, the Blue Devils press where everyone is in man coverage and Duke don’t allow plays to set up. Within that 59.4 points are some games where neither side scores more than 50 points.
Monday’s game will be different. Both the Buckeyes and Tar Heels each force turnovers. Ohio State does it with their press and North Carolina does it by anticipating plays and leveraging their athleticism. Each team leads their respective conference in turnovers forced per game.
Within that Tar Heels team is forward/guard Alyssa Ustby. The combo forward/guard is liable to cause issues for the Buckeyes.
“She catches it around the basket and is very patient in reading the floor and seeing where she can make her move and get to the rim,” said head coach Kevin McGuff. “So just a really, really tough matchup. One of the better kind of forwards in the country in my opinion.”
Ohio State’s played this season against talented post presences like Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes, Iowa’s Monika Czinano and Illinois’ Kendall Bostic. Of those four, Ustby might be the most athletic.
Ustby joined the Tar Heels after playing not only basketball but softball, soccer and track at the amateur high school level. Listed as a guard, Ustby will take up space in the paint and play like a post player. Every so often, Ustby will pull up from three.
It’s a matchup that will require Buckeyes’ forward Taylor Thierry and a combination of forwards Eboni Walker and Rebeka Mikulášiková to play smart and not give the Tar Heel room to move or assess. Ustby averages 8.3 rebounds per game too, leading North Carolina. Also, Ustby’s 13.1 points per game is impressive, but not close to the leading scorer for the Tar Heels: Deja Kelly.
Kelly isn’t a high efficiency shooter, averaging 16.3 points per game on 37.2% shooting. Where Kelly can hurt a team is drawing fouls. Kelly’s gone to the free throw line 182 times this season, hitting 71.4% from the charity stripe.
That’s especially worrisome for the Buckeyes who fall into foul trouble from time-to-time. Saturday, both Thierry and forward Cotie McMahon fouled out of the game in the fourth quarter. With Kelly on the court, Ohio State will need disciplined defense, or an officiating crew that isn’t whistle happy, like Saturday’s team that called 52 fouls overall.
Regardless of the fouls, the Buckeyes will need to shoot better. The last three games haven’t seen Ohio State shoot better than 32% in the first half, going down double-digits in all three games.
Guard Jacy Sheldon starting for a second game in a row could help in that department. After coming off the bench for sporadic minutes in the Big Ten Tournament, Sheldon started for Ohio State and found her scoring streak, getting 17 points on top of nine assists and four steals.
Start the game off strong and the Buckeyes and Tar Heels could go down to the wire.
Lineup Notes
No result in this game would be a surprise. If Ohio State doesn’t shoot well, it could be a convincing UNC win. If the Buckeyes get off to a hot start, it could be a tough day for the visitors.
Monday’s game will be somewhere in the middle. The Tar Heels have struggled this season against Big Ten teams, but coach McGuff sees those defeats as more outliers for the Tar Heels.
Even so, Monday will see guard Taylor Mikesell have an improved scoring game from deep, offset by another impressive outing for McMahon. Thierry will also grab a double-double, continuing to set the standard for the Buckeyes in rebounding.
Ohio State will have their problems with Ustby and Kelly, but can control the game enough to keep it close late into the 40 minutes.
Date: Monday, March 20, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Where: Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio
Television: ESPN
Stream: ESPN App
Monday afternoon is the last time Mikesell will play for the Scarlet & Gray in Columbus, Ohio. Since joining Ohio State as a transfer before the start of the 21-22 season, Mikesell has started every game for the Buckeyes.
In those 55 games, Mikesell’s scored 1,164 points for the Buckeyes, and this season shifted from shooting guard to do-whatever’s-needed guard with both Sheldon and guard Madison Greene suffering injuries, taking them out for much of the year.
Regardless of the result of Monday’s game, and Mikesell playing with three teams, the Massillon, Ohio guard will always be synonymous with Ohio State.
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1ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
March continues its madness Monday, when the ACC and Big Ten battle for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen
Monday night, the 2023 NCAA Tournament’s games in Columbus come to an end. Across the country, it was the only city that hosted both the men and women’s tournament, hosting seven games total across the two editions of March Madness
In one of those seven games, the Ohio State women’s basketball team beat the James Madison Dukes, a team from the Sun Belt Conference, needing a 16-point comeback to move into the round of 32.
Now, the opponent gets more difficult and the stakes increase when the North Carolina Tar Heels take the court against the Buckeyes.
Preview
While the Scarlet & Gray have come back from numerous deficits this season, it won’t be nearly as easy for Ohio State to do it against North Carolina. Against the Dukes, the Buckeyes cut a 16-point lead down to three points within the same quarter. To JMU’s credit, the first quarter and a half was outstanding basketball from a side looking to shock the college basketball landscape.
Playing the Tar Heels isn’t necessarily like playing the Indiana Hoosiers, who the Buckeyes beat after coming back from 24-points, but North Carolina comes into Monday playing a tough ACC schedule featuring teams like the Duke Blue Devils and one of the four No. 1 seeds in the tournament, the Virginia Tech Hokies.
North Carolina plays a disciplined style defense. The Tar Heels attract a different class of athlete being in one of the premier conferences in the country for basketball, and allow only 59.4 points per game.
Granted, that’s also against teams like Duke who play a full court press that varies from the Buckeyes. Instead of rushing players and getting them stuck in tough areas of the court, the Blue Devils press where everyone is in man coverage and Duke don’t allow plays to set up. Within that 59.4 points are some games where neither side scores more than 50 points.
Monday’s game will be different. Both the Buckeyes and Tar Heels each force turnovers. Ohio State does it with their press and North Carolina does it by anticipating plays and leveraging their athleticism. Each team leads their respective conference in turnovers forced per game.
Within that Tar Heels team is forward/guard Alyssa Ustby. The combo forward/guard is liable to cause issues for the Buckeyes.
“She catches it around the basket and is very patient in reading the floor and seeing where she can make her move and get to the rim,” said head coach Kevin McGuff. “So just a really, really tough matchup. One of the better kind of forwards in the country in my opinion.”
Ohio State’s played this season against talented post presences like Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes, Iowa’s Monika Czinano and Illinois’ Kendall Bostic. Of those four, Ustby might be the most athletic.
Ustby joined the Tar Heels after playing not only basketball but softball, soccer and track at the amateur high school level. Listed as a guard, Ustby will take up space in the paint and play like a post player. Every so often, Ustby will pull up from three.
It’s a matchup that will require Buckeyes’ forward Taylor Thierry and a combination of forwards Eboni Walker and Rebeka Mikulášiková to play smart and not give the Tar Heel room to move or assess. Ustby averages 8.3 rebounds per game too, leading North Carolina. Also, Ustby’s 13.1 points per game is impressive, but not close to the leading scorer for the Tar Heels: Deja Kelly.
Kelly isn’t a high efficiency shooter, averaging 16.3 points per game on 37.2% shooting. Where Kelly can hurt a team is drawing fouls. Kelly’s gone to the free throw line 182 times this season, hitting 71.4% from the charity stripe.
That’s especially worrisome for the Buckeyes who fall into foul trouble from time-to-time. Saturday, both Thierry and forward Cotie McMahon fouled out of the game in the fourth quarter. With Kelly on the court, Ohio State will need disciplined defense, or an officiating crew that isn’t whistle happy, like Saturday’s team that called 52 fouls overall.
Regardless of the fouls, the Buckeyes will need to shoot better. The last three games haven’t seen Ohio State shoot better than 32% in the first half, going down double-digits in all three games.
Guard Jacy Sheldon starting for a second game in a row could help in that department. After coming off the bench for sporadic minutes in the Big Ten Tournament, Sheldon started for Ohio State and found her scoring streak, getting 17 points on top of nine assists and four steals.
Start the game off strong and the Buckeyes and Tar Heels could go down to the wire.
Projected Lineups
Lineup Notes
- All five Buckeye starters registered a steal against JMU, with Sheldon and Thierry grabbing four and three respectively.
- Four Buckeyes scored in double figures against James Madison, showing a diverse offensive attack, although the bench provided only seven points.
- Although Mikulášiková didn’t start for Ohio State, the Slovakian played more minutes than Walker on Saturday.
Lineup Notes
- Kelly scored the game-winning basket Saturday against St. John’s, plus a trip to the line for a third.
- UNC lost to two Big Ten teams this season: the Indiana Hoosiers and Michigan Wolverines.
- Guard Eva Hodgson is the best deep threat for the Tar Heels, making 2.0 shots from deep per game.
Prediction
No result in this game would be a surprise. If Ohio State doesn’t shoot well, it could be a convincing UNC win. If the Buckeyes get off to a hot start, it could be a tough day for the visitors.
Monday’s game will be somewhere in the middle. The Tar Heels have struggled this season against Big Ten teams, but coach McGuff sees those defeats as more outliers for the Tar Heels.
Even so, Monday will see guard Taylor Mikesell have an improved scoring game from deep, offset by another impressive outing for McMahon. Thierry will also grab a double-double, continuing to set the standard for the Buckeyes in rebounding.
Ohio State will have their problems with Ustby and Kelly, but can control the game enough to keep it close late into the 40 minutes.
How to Watch
Date: Monday, March 20, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m. ET
Where: Schottenstein Center, Columbus, Ohio
Television: ESPN
Stream: ESPN App
LGHL Score Prediction: 80-75 Ohio State Buckeyes
Taylor Mikesell’s Farewell
Monday afternoon is the last time Mikesell will play for the Scarlet & Gray in Columbus, Ohio. Since joining Ohio State as a transfer before the start of the 21-22 season, Mikesell has started every game for the Buckeyes.
In those 55 games, Mikesell’s scored 1,164 points for the Buckeyes, and this season shifted from shooting guard to do-whatever’s-needed guard with both Sheldon and guard Madison Greene suffering injuries, taking them out for much of the year.
Regardless of the result of Monday’s game, and Mikesell playing with three teams, the Massillon, Ohio guard will always be synonymous with Ohio State.
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LGHL Land-Grant Uncut: Coach McGuff, McMahon and Sheldon on NCAA Tournament First Round win
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Land-Grant Uncut: Coach McGuff, McMahon and Sheldon on NCAA Tournament First Round win
1ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
The Buckeyes discuss a 16-point comeback, a strong JMU team and more
Throughout the year, Land-Grant Holy Land will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
The Ohio State women’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. After a Sweet Sixteen run in 2022, the Buckeyes opened up their 2023 campaign with a visit from the Sun Belt Conference’s James Madison Dukes. After an 80-66 victory, coach Kevin McGuff, forward Cotie McMahon and guard Jacy Sheldon spoke with the media.
McMahon discussed the 16-point comeback and what the team was thinking as they were down and how there wasn’t panic setting in. Also, the freshman’s first NCAA Tournament game in her career and the frustration causing her late technical foul.
Sheldon talks about returning to the starting lineup, at home, for the first time since Nov. 20, the motivation For Ohio State entering this tournament and addressing the reports that Sheldon was returning for another season.
Up last is coach McGuff. The Buckeyes’ leader discussed what went wrong with their early shooting woes, the Dukes program causing the team issues and if the NCAA women’s game is at the place where it can do neutral site games in the first two rounds of March Madness.
All that and more on Uncut, live from the NCAA Tournament.
Connect with Thomas:
Twitter: @1ThomasCostello
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1ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
The Buckeyes discuss a 16-point comeback, a strong JMU team and more
Throughout the year, Land-Grant Holy Land will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
The Ohio State women’s basketball team is back in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season. After a Sweet Sixteen run in 2022, the Buckeyes opened up their 2023 campaign with a visit from the Sun Belt Conference’s James Madison Dukes. After an 80-66 victory, coach Kevin McGuff, forward Cotie McMahon and guard Jacy Sheldon spoke with the media.
McMahon discussed the 16-point comeback and what the team was thinking as they were down and how there wasn’t panic setting in. Also, the freshman’s first NCAA Tournament game in her career and the frustration causing her late technical foul.
Sheldon talks about returning to the starting lineup, at home, for the first time since Nov. 20, the motivation For Ohio State entering this tournament and addressing the reports that Sheldon was returning for another season.
Up last is coach McGuff. The Buckeyes’ leader discussed what went wrong with their early shooting woes, the Dukes program causing the team issues and if the NCAA women’s game is at the place where it can do neutral site games in the first two rounds of March Madness.
All that and more on Uncut, live from the NCAA Tournament.
Connect with Thomas:
Twitter: @1ThomasCostello
Theme music provided by www.bensound.com
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