Where'd that Monkey go?

Well how does it feel OSU/Big 10 fans? did you feel it? around 8:00 PM New Years day the proverbial monkey woke up, decided he had had enough, and got off our back. With Penn State's win over LSU in the Capital One Bowl and Ohio State slowing down Oregon, the Big 10 is no longer the official laughingstock of the college football world (here's looking at you, Pac 10). All of the pundits said that in order for the Big 10 to gain respectability, the conference "big boys" needed to step up and win meaningful bowl games. Mission:accomplished. What the weekend did for the Buckeyes was springboard them to a national title run in 2010. They will undoubtably be a preseason top 5 team and to say they play a manageable schedule would be an understatement. Terrelle Pryor looks like he finally gets it and will be one of nine returning offensive starters, and should the dominoes fall the right way (in other words: not fall), Ohio State could boast arguably the nations top defense. Things are all well in Columbus, Ohio. At least until Marshall invades the Horseshoe.