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Nebraska already a heavyweight | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-07-29

CHICAGO - Forget, for once, the annual regular season-ending blood feud between Ohio State and Michigan. The Buckeyes and Wolverines go at it on Nov. 26 in Michigan Stadium, with first-year coaches at the helm for the first time since 1929. But the bowl-ineligible Buckeyes are in the NCAA doghouse and the Wolverines are coming off the nightmare of the 3-year Rich Rodriguez coaching experiment, during which the winningest program in the history of college football went 15-24, including 6-18 in the Big Ten.

No, the Big Ten game of the year in 2011 figures to be the Oct. 1 scrum in Camp Randall Stadium between two red-clad heavyweights that, in certain ways, are mirror images of one another. Wisconsin, the home team on that date, has one of the most formidable ground games in all of college football, and its highly regarded opponent, conference newcomer Nebraska, also has a running attack that eats up huge chunks of real estate. It would come as a shock to no one if both teams showed up in Indianapolis on Dec. 3 for a rematch in the first Big Ten championship game.

Whoever said the objective of handing the ball off or tossing it to the tailback is 3 yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust? That kind of thinking is so Woody Hayes.

"Oh, absolutely," Nebraska junior I-back Rex Burkhead said when asked if the Huskers and the Badgers are linked by more than a matching color pattern. "I guess you could say, with the uniforms, it's going to look like our spring game. Or theirs. But there are other similarities. We have the same kind of players, and I love watching Wisconsin on film because they are such a physical, running team."

Burkhead started only two games a year ago as the backup to Roy Helu, now a rookie with the Washington Redskins, but he still rushed for 951 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 5.5 yards per carry. Pretty impressive. Then again, Wisconsin came within 4 yards of becoming the first team in Football Bowl Subdivision history to have three running backs rush for 1,000 yards. Sophomore James White (1,052 yards) and junior Montee Ball (996) are back; John Clay (1,012) left after his junior season and is now with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Drake's status iffy

Curtis Drake, Penn State's redshirt sophomore wide receiver out of West Catholic High, missed the entire 2010 season after suffering a broken leg in the first week of preseason practice, and suffered another broken leg in the first week of preseason practice last spring.

Rackham Ogres to Blood Bowl Ogres « Painting Miniature Wargames

Rackham Ogres to Blood Bowl Ogres

To compliment the Halloweenie Snotlings I have been asked to paint up some Rackham Ogres for the Ogre team. At first I was a little hesitant at chopping up these awesome models and was struggling how to Blood Bowl these figures up. I couldn’t really think of any ideas that didn’t involve massive amounts of sculpting rework, so in the end I just went for simple weapon snips.

To paint the skin I used the Games Workshop guide. I started with a base coat of Shadow Grey and then gradually added in Kommando Khaki until the final highlight was pure Kommando Khaki.

The most difficult part of the conversion work was what to do with the Ogre that was holding his weapon in a two handed grip. There wasn’t any easy way to separate the miniatures hands and still have a realistic pose to the Ogre. I was watching a game of Rugby on TV one evening and I noticed how the players passed the ball. This got the cogs turning and using a spare snotling miniature managed to convert the Ogre into throwing a passable snotling rugby pass.

These miniatures were a joy to paint and despite not being very Blood Bowlish look great on the pitch.

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