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Today we closed the sale of our old house. It’s done, over, and finished. Finally. At closing I got a check for $186. (After we paid the bank $108,700)

Due to the ridiculously bad housing market, we ended up selling for about $10,000 less than expected, which is a blow to the gut, but it’s finally behind us and we can move on with our lives. It’s like the anchor that was tied around our back has been untied. It’s bittersweet because of the $$, but it’s finally over.

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The weather for tomorrow’s OSU/Minnesota game looks like “shitty with a chance of hellish.” This hurts OSU. It has rained here in Columbus for nearly two days straight, and even though it’s supposed to stop by noon (3:30 kick) it’s supposed to be gusting from 25 to *50* MPH. If this is the case, and if I know Tressel, don’t expect a wide open playbook Saturday. Expect a lot of short passes and a lot of Pittman and Wells. I also expect a lower scoring game than many are predicting, if the weather is as bad as I think it’ll be. Passing into (or even with) a 30 MPH wind is a bitch. I dunno if Minnesota will score much, if at all, but don’t expect OSU to hang 40 on the Gophers, either. I expect a game like Penn State. Close to the vest and closer on the scoreboard than some expect.

Anyway, the NCAA Hoops Top 25 Preseason poll is out and OSU is #4.

Don’t believe the hype. Yet.

I love the respect and all, but you need to keep in mind that OSU will be without Greg Oden until late Dec/early Jan. Without Oden this will still be a very good team, but not an elite team. With Oden…well, yeah, they can beat anyone.

But Oden will miss a lot of the huge non-conference games (OSU is ducking NO ONE this year) and I dunno how they’ll fare without the monster in the middle. We’ll see.

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