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Popularity: 34% [?]

I had to yawn Friday when I saw the news that Jim Tressel’s annual salary was bumped to $3.5 million.

When I finished yawning, I thought, “What too them so long?”

I had figured once the Forbes report was published two weeks ago, labeling Tressel as the “most underpaid” coach in America, it was just a matter of time before the movers and shakers at Ohio State would make him at least the highest paid coach in the Big Ten.

After all, Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz, a coach with a 19-18 record over the past three seasons, inexplicably has held that title for long enough.

And now Tressel is — deservedly so.

I am happy for Coach Tressel, who is the type of guy who has not made any gripes about his previous paycheck when he surely could have. In fact, he is one of the most philanthropic coaches in the country, consistently giving back peripheral income to good causes.

But after all, how much money does a guy need when his happiness is all that counts?

He’s got his John Deere tractor, a nice big house in Upper Arlington, a great family and a ton of respect and admiration of all Ohioans.

So as the 2008 season kicks off, all seems to be falling in place for Buckeye fans.

We have had the Best Damn Band in the Land for decades. We are hoping to have the Best Damn Team in the Land for 2008. And now we have the Best Paid Coach in the Big Ten.

Get this fact: Tressel now makes approximately $25,000 more in one week than Woody

Hayes earned in his final year of 1978 as head coach at Ohio State.

Oh well, that’s just a sign of the times.

And during Woody’s final year, a hot dog at Ohio Stadium cost 50 cents and a gallon of gas went for around 61 cents.

Ah, the good ol’ days….

Let me take that last line back … we weren’t beating Michigan much back then.

Popularity: 21% [?]

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Popularity: 37% [?]

As of Saturday, it will be 235 days since the Ohio State Buckeyes walked out of the Superdome, again losers of the BCS Championship Game.

Since, we have endured the critics and learned many things:

• Two consecutive losses in the BCS Championship Game has had no negative effect on recruiting. The Buckeyes continue to stockpile talent.
• All but one (Vernon Gholston) of the best senior-to-be Buckeyes chose to remain collegians to chase the ultimate team accomplishment — a national title. People like cornerback Malcolm Jenkins and linebacker James Laurinaitis are still wearing the scarlet and gray.
• The Buckeyes, although ranked No. 2 and No. 3 in the two major polls heading into the new season, undeniably have become the most-hated, most-mocked college football program by fans of other top-25 schools. (Just compare them to the Oklahoma Sooners, who have not even made the BCS title game but have lost consecutive BCS bowls as well — first to Boise State and then by 20 points to West Virginia. And yet, there is absolutely no vitriol or disdain directed their way.)
• Buckeye fans may be seeing the most-talented, most-motivated team in the 118-year history of Ohio State football. Skilled talent and deep, deep experience permeates almost every position.

That being said, I see the key to the 2008 season — and let’s face it, it is BCS-title-or-bust no matter what anyone says — lies with the OFFENSIVE LINE.

This is the one unit that has performed terribly in the past two title games, out-performed by quick defenses.

The Buckeyes’ offensive line has had few problems blocking the fronts of the Youngstown States, Northwesterns and even Michigans.

It is how well this line performs Sept. 13 against USC, Oct. 4 at Wisconsin and Jan. 8 in Miami (should the Buckeyes reach South Florida) which will determine whether 2008 becomes the special season all Buckeyes are anticipating.

Popularity: 14% [?]

For the second year the Buckeyes will take on Jim Tressel’s former team the Penguins of Youngstown State. Last year the Bucks started out slow and then came on strong to earn a 38-7 victory. Even though Ohio State has some respect for the Penguins, the truth is that this is little more than a warm up for USC. I wonder how much of a warm up it will really be. I expect to see a lot of players get some playing time, especially some of the highly touted freshman, but I still have trouble with the scheduling of a Division 1-AA team. No disrespect to the YSU Alumni, but since this game doesn’t count for any Bowl consideration; the Bucks need to lay the wood to the Penguins from start to finish.

The Penguins come into this game with only one appearance in the playoffs since Tress left and are picked 3rd in their league. I’ve heard comparisons to Appalachian St. v UM, but App St. won their Nat’l Championship a few years in a row. YSU comes into the game with some good Ohio “football players” but they have big holes at QB and running back and really only have four experienced players on the defensive side of the ball. Expect them to throw some wrinkles into the game early with Ferlando Williams taking direct snaps and running behind the experienced but undersized line. Don’t expect too much throwing from the first year QB but they will have to put the ball in the air or “the animal” and friends will stuff the line of scrimmage.

I expect to see a lot of running from the Bucks. They are going to establish the ground game with some controlled passing game with the hopes of rolling down the field and racking up some early points. Tress will rotate a lot of the ones and twos and once he gets the comfortable lead, he’ll take the foot off of the pedal and we will see some of the young blood. Look for Boeckman to be consistent with no mistakes and Joe Bauserman to be tested a little when he gets in there, with Pryor coming in to everyone’s anticipation.

Back in the old days, the Bucks would take a mid-level WAC team and run up 60 points on them, but I would expect to see the Bucks play a lot of people and maybe stay around 40 points with holding the Penguins to maybe a touch with a kick. The goals: ball control, solid running game, no sacks, no turnovers, third down conversions and scoring TD’s in the red zone.

GO BUCKS!

Popularity: 13% [?]

All eyes are on Terrell Pryor going into the 2008 season. Well he is definitely a highly touted recruit and a very talented young man but it is a big step on to the collegiate stage especially at a place like Ohio State. He has been doing well in practice although he is running in the third spot behind Boeckman and Bauserman. What it is really going to come down to is: Can he run the offense efficiently and distribute the football to the other play makers? Can he make the right pre-snap reads and get the O in the right play? Can he avoid making the costly turnovers at the wrong times? Does he have the mental toughness to make it through a long and physical season with the academic load thrown in? These are some tough questions and the results remain to be seen.

I think the advantage to all of the attention to Pryor is going to be a benefit to Todd Boeckman. Although he is the starter and had a pretty good campaign last year, he is really under the radar and that could be a big help for a low keyed guy like Todd. He is the leader on the offense. He has a lot of big play makers around him and a veteran offensive line with some talented freshman thrown in. He has running backs that can carry a big load and get the D on their heels and he has a bevy of receivers that can make him look real good.

Even though Terrell has all the talent in the world, I think the Buckeyes are going to get back to run a little more this year. Beanie has proven that he can carry the load and he is healthy plus he should get some good relief from Saine and Maurice. I like the fact that the coaches have been spending a lot of time in finding a quality fullback or two to get out in front and clear the road. This doesn’t mean that Tress will abandon his offensive attack but I think he sees an opportunity to control the ball a little more and keep the D off the field more this season. Remember, at YSU Tress had the philosophy to change his offense to fit his talent and won Championships with different offensive schemes.

The big fix this year needs to be special teams. The coverage last year was terrible and the kicking game was below what we are used to around here. Look for the coaches to put better athletes on the field in kick coverage and focus on pinning teams deep for the D to get a 3 and out.

You can talk about all the talent in the world and how they are going to use Pryor but winning games in the Big Ten always comes down to the fundamentals: field position, time of possession and turnovers.

Popularity: 21% [?]

So here we go again — the Buckeyes enter another football season with expectations higher than the very top row of C Deck.

As an alumnus and proud fan, anything less than a Big Ten title, another crushing of Michigan and a national title for a team that returns 20 starters from last season’s BCS Championship runner-up team will be a disappointment to me.

There-in lies the rub.

As Buckeyes, you can say that our expectations have peaked.

Meanwhile, the nation has turned against us.
The critics are calling us the Buffalo Bills of college football.
Remember when the Bills lost four consecutive Super Bowls, they were regarded as the lovable, never-give-up team for whom everyone wanted a break-through championship?
What is vastly different is that unlike the Bills back then, the Buckeyes attract haters like no other program in the country.
I feel it everywhere I go. I read it almost every day on the internet. If you are not a Buckeye, you are not just indifferent about Ohio State. You hate Ohio State. Just ask Carson Palmer, who lives in Ohio and pays state taxes.
In fact, a recent ESPN poll and accompany column made it official by calling Ohio State the most-hated program in the country.
Now we know how Notre Dame felt for all those decades. Except we still have a top-notch football team to go with our pride and fandom.

I guess we should take it all as a compliment.

Anyway, if we should get to the title game again, this time in Miami on January 8, and lose it, the avalanche of scorn and revulsion will grow like moss on the north side of an oak tree.
On the other hand, if Ohio State should win the 2008 national title, the critics will crawl into a hole for another year and probably hate us even more.

Which brings me to the pre-season polls. Does anyone have any doubt whatsoever that if the Buckeyes had won either the 2006 or ‘07 national title, that they would enter this season as the unanimous No. 1 team?
They clearly are being penalized for past failures by opening as No. 2 in the AP poll and at No. 3 in the coaches’ poll.
Of course, it will work itself out, beginning Sept. 13 in the L.A. Coliseum.

Here are a few other opinions and ramblings:
Some other opinions regarding the first Top 25 poll:
* The underrated: No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 24 Alabama, unranked Utah and unranked Florida State.
* The overrated: No. 1 Georgia, No. 7 LSU, No. 9 Clemson, No. 20 Illinois, and No. 25 Pittsburgh.
* I am not just saying this as an Ohio State fan, etc., but I really expect Michigan to struggle to win games. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Wolverines fall to an 4-8 debacle. They will start a quarterback with no experience and an offensive line decimated by departures. Where will the yards — and the points — come from? I expect Utah to beat the Wolverines in Ann Arbor to start the long, long season for the Maize and (really, really) Blue.
* As for Ohio State, I expect the Oct. 4 game at Wisconsin to be as difficult as any game on the schedule, perhaps even more difficult than the USC game.

Popularity: 16% [?]

There have been 220 medals awarded to TEAM USA to date at the 2008 Summer Beijing Olympics.

They are as follows:

LaShawn Merritt - Men’s Track & Field 400m - Gold Medal
Dawn Harper - Women’s Track & Field 100m Hurdles - Gold Medal
Angelo Taylor - Men’s Track & Field 400m Hurdles - Gold Medal
Stephanie Brown-Trafton - Women’s Track & Field Discus Throw - Gold Medal
Shawn Crawford - Men’s Track & Field 200m - Silver Medal
Allyson Felix - Women’s Track & Field 200m - Silver Medal
Jeremy Wariner - Men’s Track & Field 400m - Silver Medal
David Payne - Men’s Track & Field 110m Hurdles - Silver Medal
Kerron Clement - Men’s Track & Field 400m Hurdles - Silver Medal
Sheena Tosta - Women’s Track & Field 400m Hurdles - Silver Medal
Christian Cantwell - Men’s Track & Field Shot Put - Silver Medal
Jenn Stuczynski - Women’s Track & Field Pole Vault - Silver Medal
Walter Dix - Men’s Track & Field 100m - Bronze Medal
Walter Dix - Men’s Track & Field 200m - Bronze Medal
David Neville - Men’s Track & Field 400m - Bronze Medal
Sanya Richards - Women’s Track & Field 400m - Bronze Medal
David Oliver - Men’s Track & Field 110m Hurdles - Bronze Medal
Bershawn Jackson - Men’s Track & Field 400m Hurdles - Bronze Medal
Shalane Flanagan - Women’s Track & Field 10,000m - Bronze Medal

Phil Dalhausser - Men’s Beach Volleyball - Gold Medal
Misty May- Treanor - Women’s Beach Volleyball - Gold Medal
Todd Rogers - Men’s Beach Volleyball - Gold Medal
Kerri Walsh - Women’s Beach Volleyball- Gold Medal

Deontay Wilder - Men’s Boxing Heavy (91kg) - Bronze Medal

Kristin Armstrong - Women’s Cycling Individual Time Trial - Gold Medal
Mike Day - Men’s BMX Cycling - Silver Medal
Jill Kintner - Women’s BMX Cycling - Bronze Medal
Donny Robinson - Men’s BMX Cycling - Bronze Medal
Levi Leipheimer - Men’s Cycling Individual Time Trial - Bronze Medal

Laura Kraut - Equestrian Jumping Team - Gold Medal
Beezie Madden - Equestrian Jumping Team - Gold Medal
Will Simpson - Equestrian Jumping Team - Gold Medal
McLain Ward - Equestrian Jumping Team - Gold Medal
Gina Miles - Equestrian Individual Eventing - Silver Medal
Beezie Madden - Equestrian Individaul Jumping - Bronze Medal

Nicole Barnhart - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Shannon Boxx - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Rachel Buehler - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Lori Chalupny - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Lauren Cheney - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Stephanie Cox - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Tobin Heath - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Angela Hucles - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Natasha Kai - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Carli Lloyd - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Kate Markgraf - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Heather Mitts - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Heather O’Reilly - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Christie Rampone - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Amy Rodriguez - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Hope Solo - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Lindsay Tarpley - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal
Aly Wagner - Women’s Soccer Team - Gold Medal

Mariel Zagunis - Women’s Fencing Individual Sabre - Gold Medal
Sada Jacobson - Women’s Fencing Individaul Sabre - Silver Medal
Emily Cross - Women’s Fencing Team Foil - Silver Medal
Erinn Smart - Women’s Fencing Team Foil - Silver Medal
Hanna Thompson - Women’s Fencing Team Foil - Silver Medal
Tim Morehouse - Men’s Fencing Team Sabre - Silver Medal
Jason Rogers - Men’s Fencing Team Sabre - Silver Medal
Keeth Smart - Men’s Fencing Team Sabre - Silver Medal
James Williams - Men’s Fencing Team Sabre - Silver Medal
Becca Ward - Women’s Fencing Individual Sabre - Bronze Medal
Sada Jacobson - Women’s Fencing Team Sabre - Bronze Medal
Becca Ward - Women’s Fencing Team Sabre - Bronze Medal
Mariel Zagunis - Women’s Fencing Team Sabre - Bronze Medal

Shawn Johnson - Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam - Gold Medal
Nastia Liukin - Women’s Gymnastics Individual All Around - Gold Medal
Shawn Johnson - Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise - Silver Medal
Jonathan Horton - Men’s Gymnastics Horizontal Bar - Silver Medal
Nastia Liukin - Women’s Gymnastics Uneven Bars - Silver Medal
Nastia Liukin - Women’s Gymnastics Balance Beam - Silver Medal
Shawn Johnson - Women’s Gymnastics Individual All Around - Silver Medal
Shawn Johnson - Women’s Gymnastics Team - Silver Medal
Nastia Liukin - Women’s Gymnastics Team - Silver Medal
Chellsie Memmel - Women’s Gymnastics Team - Silver Medal
Samantha Peszek - Women’s Gymnastics Team - Silver Medal
Alicia Sacramone - Women’s Gymnastics Team - Silver Medal
Bridget Sloan - Women’s Gymnastics Team - Silver Medal
Nastia Liukin - Women’s Gymnastics Floor Exercise - Bronze Medal
Alexander Artemev - Men’s Gymnastics Team - Bronze Medal
Raj Bhavsar - Men’s Gymnastics Team - Bronze Medal
Joe Hagerty - Men’s Gymnastics Team - Bronze Medal
Jonathan Horton - Men’s Gymnastics Team - Bronze Medal
Justin Spring - Men’s Gymnastics Team - Bronze Medal
Kevin Tan - Men’s Gymnastics Team - Bronze Medal

Ronda Rousey - Women’s Judo - 70kg - Bronze Medal

Erin Cafaro - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Anna Cummins - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Caryn Davies - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Susan Francia - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Anna Goodale - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Caroline Lind - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Elle Logan - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Lindsay Shoop - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Mary Whipple - Women’s Rowing Eight - Gold Medal
Michelle Guerette - Women’s Rowing Single Sculls - Silver Medal
Wyatt Allen - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Micah Boyd - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Steven Coppola - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Beau Hoopman - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Josh Inman - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Marcus McElhenney - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Matt Schnobrich - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Bryan Volpenhein - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal
Dan Walsh - Men’s Rowing Eight - Bronze Medal

Anna Tunnicliffe - Sailing Laser Radial - Gold Medal
Zach Railey - Sailing Finn - Silver Medal

Glenn Eller - Men’s Shooting Double Trap - Gold Medal
Vincent Hancock - Men’s Shooting Skeet - Gold Medal
Matt Emmons - Men’s Shooting 50m Rifle Prone - Silver Medal
Kimberly Rhode - Women’s Shooting Skeet - Silver Medal
Jason Turner - Men’s Shooting 10m Air Pistol - Bronze Medal
Corey Cogdell - Women’s Shooting Trap - Bronze Medal

Monica Abbott - Softball - Silver Medal
Laura Berg - Softball - Silver Medal
Crystl Bustos - Softball - Silver Medal
Andrea Duran - Softball - Silver Medal
Jennie Finch - Softball - Silver Medal
Tairia Flowers - Softball - Silver Medal
Vicky Galindo - Softball - Silver Medal
Lovieanne Jung - Softball - Silver Medal
Kelly Kretschman - Softball - Silver Medal
Lauren Lappin - Softball - Silver Medal
Caitlin Lowe - Softball - Silver Medal
Jessica Mendoza - Softball - Silver Medal
Stacey Nuveman - Softball - Silver medal
Cat Osterman - Softball - Silver medal
Natasha Watley - Softball - Silver Medal

Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 200m Freestlye - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 100m Butterfly - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 200m Butterfly - Gold Medal
Rebecca Soni - Women’s Swimming 200m Breaststroke - Gold Medal
Natalie Coughlin - Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke - Gold Medal
Aaron Peirsol - Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke - Gold Medal
Ryan Lochte - Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley - Gold Medal
Nathan Adrian - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Matt Grevers - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Cullen Jones - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Jason Lezak - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Garrett Weber-Gale - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Ben Wildman-Tobriner - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Ricky Berens - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Klete Keller - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Ryan Lochte - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Peter Vanderkaay - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Erik Vendt - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Dave Walters - Men’s Swimming 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay - Gold Medal
Ian Crocker - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal
Mark Gangloff - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal
Matt Grevers - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal
Brendan Hansen - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal
Jason Lezak - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal
Aaron Peirsol - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal
Michael Phelps - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m medley Relay - Gold Medal
Garrett Weber-Gale - Men’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Gold Medal

Dara Torres - Women’s Swimming 50m Freestyle - Silver Medal
Katie Hoff - Women’s Swimming 400m Freestyle - Silver Medal
Christine Magnuson - Women’s Swimming 100m Butterfly - Silver Medal
Rebecca Soni - Women’s Swimming 100m Breaststroke - Silver Medal
Matt Grevers - Men’s Swimming 100m Backstroke - Silver Medal
Margaret Hoelzer - Women’s Swimming 200m Backstroke - Silver Medal
Aaron Peirsol - Men’s Swimming 200m Backstroke - Silver Medal
Natalie Coughlin - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Silver Medal
Kara Lynn Joyce - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Silver Medal
Lacey Nymeyer - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Silver Medal
Emily Silver - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Silver Medal
Julia Smit - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Silver Medal
Dara Torres - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Silver Medal
Elaine Breeden - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal
Natalie Coughlin - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal
Margaret Hoelzer - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal
Megan Jendrick - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal
Kara Lynn Joyce - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal
Christine Magnuson - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal
Rebecca Soni - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay- Silver Medal
Dara Torres - Women’s Swimming 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Silver Medal

Natalie Coughlin - Women’s Swimming 100m Freestyle - Bronze Medal
Jason Lezak - Men’s Swimming 100m Freestlye - Bronze Medal
Peter Vanderkaay - Men’s Swimming 200m Freestyle - Bronze Medal
Larsen Jensen - Men’s Swimming 400m Freestyle - Bronze Medal
Margaret Hoelzer - Women’s Swimming 100m Backstroke - Bronze Medal
Natalie Coughlin - Women’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley - Bronze Medal
Ryan Lochte - Men’s Swimming 200m Individual Medley - Bronze Medal
Katie Hoff - Women’s Swimming 400m Individual Medley - Bronze Medal
Ryan Lochte- Men’s Swimming 400m Individaul Medley - Bronze Medley
Caroline Burckle - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal
Natalie Coughlin - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal
Katie Hoff - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal
Christine Marshall - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal
Allison Schmitt - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal
Julia Smit - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal
Kim Vandenberg - Women’s Swimming 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Bronze Medal

Venus Williams - Women’s Tennis Doubles - Gold Medal
Serena Williams - Women’s Tennis Doubles - Gold Medal
Mike Bryan - Men’s Tennis Doubles - Bronze Medal
Bob Bryan - Men’s Tennis Doubles - Bronze Medal

Mark Lopez - Men’s Taekwondo Under 68kg - Silver Medal
Diana Lopez - Women’s Taekwondo Under 57kg - Bronze Medal
Steven Lopez - Men’s Taekwondo Under 80kg - Bronze Medal

Betsey Armstrong - Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Patty Cardenas- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Kami Craig- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Natalie Golda- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Alison Gregorka- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Brittany Hayes- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Jamie Hipp- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Heather Petri- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Jessica Steffens- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Moriah van Norman- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Brenda Villa- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Lauren Wenger- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal
Elsie Windes- Women’s Water Polo - Silver Medal

Henry Cejudo - Men’s Freestyle Wrestling 55 kg - Gold Medal
Adam Wheeler - Men’s Greco Roman Wrestling 96kg - Bronze Medal
Randi Miller - Women’s Freestyle Wrestling 63kg - Bronze Medal

Popularity: 16% [?]

I am going to try to keep an updated posting of the television schedule for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. Check this blog daily for an updated schedule of television Olympic events.
Here is the schedule for Saturday August 23, 2008.

For additional information, or to check the channel listings in your area you can visit http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=ET/day=2/time=60/tv.html

SATURDAY AUGUST 23 2008

NBC 12:30am – 2:00am

Women’s Volleyball - Medal Event
Synchronized Swimming - Medal Event
Table Tennis

NBC 2:00am- 6:00am

Replay of Diving
Replay of Track & Field - Medal event

NBC 10:00am – 6:00pm

Women’s Basketball - Medal Event
Women’s Volleyball - Medal Event
Rhythmic Gymnastics - Medal Event
Synchronized Swimming - medal Event
Boxing - Medal Event
Canoe/Kayak - Medal Event

NBC 7:30pm – 12:00am

Men’s Marathon - Medal Event
Track & Field - Medal Event
Men’s Diving - Medal Event

MSNBC 8:00am – 9:00am

Table Tennis

MSNBC 9:00am - 10:00am

Men’s Field Hockey - Medal Event

CNBC 12:00am – 2:00am

Men’s Soccer - Medal Event

USA 2:00am – 5:00am

Baseball - Medal Event

USA 5:00am - 6:00am

Women’s Handball - Medal Event

USA 6:00am - 9:00am

Baseball - Medal Event

USA 9:00am - 10:00am

Women’s Handball - Medal Event

Popularity: 16% [?]

I am going to try to keep an updated posting of the television schedule for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. Check this blog daily for an updated schedule of television Olympic events.
Here is the schedule for Friday August 22, 2008.

For additional information, or to check the channel listings in your area you can visit http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/zone=ET/day=2/time=60/tv.html

FRIDAY AUGUST 22 2008

CNBC 12:00am – 2:00am

Baseball
Boxing

CNBC 2:00am - 4:00am

Boxing

CNBC 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Boxing

NBC 12:30am – 2:00am

Men’s Volleyball
Men’s Beach Volleyball - Medal Event
Track & Field

NBC 2:00am – 5:00am

Replay of Men’s Beach Volleyball - Medal Event
Replay of Track & Field - Medal Event
Replay of Women’s Diving - Medal Event

NBC 10:00am – 1:00pm

Men’s Basketball
Track & Field - Medal Event
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Table Tennis - Medal Event

NBC 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Men’s Diving
Track & Field - Medal Event

NBC 10:00pm - 12:00am

Men’s Diving
Track & Field - MEdal Event

USA 2:00am – 8:00am

Track & Field - Medal Event
Table Tennis
Canoeing - Medal Event
Men’s Water Polo

USA 8:00am – 10:00am

Men’s Basketball

USA 10:00am - 11:00am

Men’s Water polo

USA 11:00am - 12:00pm

Table Tennis

MSNBC 5:00am - 10:30am

Women’s Cycling
Men’s Soccer - Medal Event
Men’s Volleyball

MSNBC 10:30am - 2:00pm

Women’s Field Hockey - Medal Event
Women’s Pentathlon
Men’s Handball

MSNBC 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Baseball

Oxygen 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Women’s Field Hockey - Medal Event

Popularity: 15% [?]