“I keep getting older…. m*ch*g@n’s win total vs. Ohio State keeps stayin’ the same.” That’s how the saying goes, right? If not, that’s what it should be. As the title of this post indicates, today is my birthday… so what better way to spend it than be up at 7:00 in the morning writing an article for Home Base? I guess it’s acceptable after clonking out at about 6PM the day before.

This is an important birthday in my life. 31 is a prime number. 101010 is the only time in my life that my birthday can be confused with some sort of binary coding…. wait, am I exposing myself as a geek? If so, I will stop there. Instead, I will run down 42 reasons it’s great to be me today:

1.) This one is obvious, OSU plastered Indiana yesterday.
2.) m*ch*g@n lost to it’s little brother. That stings.
3.) Alabama lost.
4.) The Browns are favored to win today.
5.) There will be a parade up and down my street today for the festival. (it’s for the Italian Festival, but close enough.)
6.) After sleeping for 12 hours, I’m not hung over.
7.) Illinois won. It turns out the team that gave OSU a hard time is pretty tough themselves and might be bowl bound.
8.) I know for a FACT I’m eating pizza for lunch today.
9.) LSU almost lost.
10.) Auburn almost lost TO KENTUCKY.
11.) Did I mention Alabama lost?
12.) The SEC looks like it’s coming back to earth… even in the eyes of the ESPN/SEC hype machine.
13.) Meanwhile, the Big 10 is looking pretty strong.
14.) The PAC 10 is looking pretty good this year too…
15.) Which is good because we don’t have to deal with all the USC nut licking.
16.) USC, the school of murderers and Heisman cheaters, lost.
17.) Lebron James fell down the stairs, broke both of his legs, and will never play basketball again.
18.) No wait, #17 was only a dream… sorry.
19.) On a positive note, Mark Dantonio was back in action on the sidelines again. Good to see.
20.) Even better to see was what his team did on the field.
21.) Ole Shoelace’s Heisman run, m*ch*g@n’s expectations, and RichRod’s career were all slapped with a hard dose of reality: Gimmick offense will never, ever win against good teams.
22.) Speaking of Heisman runs, Terrelle Pryor racked up 334 yards and three touchdowns.
23.) Michael Jordan is still the greatest basketball player who ever lived.
24.) Looking back at Troy Smith’s 2006 Heisman campaign, his numbers through the first 6 games looked like this: 101/148/1261/15/2/85/0 (comp/att/yds/td/int/rush yds/rush tds). I witnessed all of that.
25.) Terrelle Pryor through 6 games this year 104/153/1349/15/3/354/3
26.) So Troy averaged about 17/25 with 210 yds and 2.5 TD’s per game. 1/3 of an INT and 15 rushing yds…. with one signature throw in the Penn State game.
27.) TP is averaging about 17/25 for 225 yds. 2.5 TD’s per game. 0.5 of an INT…. 59 rushing yds and 1/2 a rushing TD per game… he also has one receiving TD for 20 yds.
28.) TP > Troy through 6 games? I dunno. It’s pretty close. Troy had more talent around him (Tedd Ginn > Posey? ehh…. Chris Wells > Saine/Herron?) Just sayin.
29.) Back to the facts… Jim Tressel won his 100th game at Ohio State (100-21), becoming the third-fastest coach to win 100 games at a Big Ten school behind Michigan’s Fielding Yost and Bo Schembechler who each did it in 119 games.
30.) Tressel is the fastest to win 100 games at Ohio State ahead of John Cooper (138 games) and Woody Hayes (144 games). Cooper won 100 faster than Woody? That doesn’t seem right.
31.) Tressel is the second-winningest active FBS coach with 235 career wins (235-78-2).
32.) Ohio State is 93-16 since the start of the 2002 season, the fourth-best record among FBS teams.
33.) Ohio State has had 60 consecutive crowds of more than 100,000 at Ohio Stadium.
34.) October isn’t just a great month for birthday’s, it’s a great month for OSU football. Ohio State boasts an all-time record of 362-126-28 in October games.
35.) My wife is hot. Just sayin.
36.) There are 49 bars within 1.5 miles of my house. The closest is 491 feet. I have my favorites.
37.) I have walked or stumbled home from most of them at least once.
38.) Peyton Hillis and Josh Cribbs are Cleveland Browns.
39.) People may laugh at this one, but I think the Browns have hope… in 2012.
40.) In honor of my Birthday, Fox is carrying the Browns game in Columbus today instead of the Bengals. They knew.
41.) Kripes, I came up with 40 good reasons already.
42.) When I go to sleep tonight, OSU will be ranked #1.

And for all of our loyal readers out there who can’t figure out why I did 42 reasons, I leave you with this thought: There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don’t.