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Robby's World

Howie Mandel: High culture satirist or second banana to an animated adolescent, ostensibly a figment of his own imagination?

And then there were two. Robby Schoenhoft, tight end and former second-string QB is officially an ex-Buckeye. His departure leaves only two scholarship QBs on the roster (Moonlighting Pittsburgh Pirates minor leaguer Joe Bauserman being the third option.)

Schoenhoft, after sitting out a season, can be seen playing in a hideous uniform at Division 1-AA Delaware. Delaware is best known as the team that made it to the 2007 1-AA Championship, only to lose to Appalachian State--the team that beat Michigan.

Best of luck to Rob, who was quite the item coming out of high school at St. X, but never managed (or got the chance) to live up to his potential.

• Ryan Mallet also made it clear he'd be packing his bags. Mallet was assumed all-but gone at Michigan from the moment Rich Rod was hired but now it's official and reports as of posting say he's off to Arkansas. With Bobby Petrino, former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Louisville, at the wheel, Mallet may be given a real chance to shine. The #2 Qb recruit in last year's class, this kid is big and accurate, so it's best that he's down south where we don't have to worry about him.

• I would have loved to have been in the room at NBC head-quarters when they were deciding who would host their new, high stakes, top-rated game show and some guy said, "What about Howie Mandel, you know, from Bobby's World?"

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Another chapter from The Vest Chronicles

The legend continues to grow with the help of this piece on ESPN.com by Ivan Maisel. The story is the same, about a noble man from Mentor, Ohio who emphasizes special teams play as much as he does class.

You kind of wish they would dig up some new, juicy info on the guy, but the affirming fact remains that the man we've come to know as The Senator has no skeletons to speak of (though ESPN did some probing during the Clarett saga), no quirks other than his intimidating win percentage and modest offensive output. Even that one tear-jerking viral anecdote about his generous donation to a disabled player proved to be mostly fictitious.

Les Miles, on the contrary, makes for a much more interesting feature story. His erratic fourth quarter play calling and public snub of Michigan are the trappings of a movie-of-the-week.

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• As this section is fast and reluctantly becoming the "Pryor Watch" it seems appropriate to report the word that highly touted freshman QB Ryan Mallett plans on leaving Michigan. Nothing is official as of yet, no paper work to speak of, but a transfer, supposedly to UCLA, wouldn't be a shock. Mallett was heavily recruited out of high school as a pro-style QB, much like his contemporary, Jimmy Clausen (Notre Dame's on-again 0ff-again frosh starter.) Mallet, who started for the Weasels when Chad Henne was hurt this season, was a sure-bet to start next year until Richie Rich rolled in to town, guns blazing with talk of bringing Terrelle Pryor to Ann Arbor. Does Mallett know something we don't? It's hard to believe a blue-chipper golden boy would leave his post because he isn't sold on a new offense after what, two days. Or maybe Rich Rod wasn't exactly trying to push his product to this particular costumer, if you catch my drift...

• SI.com lists college football greats by number. Heavy on Buckeyes between 33-66 Twenty-eight minutes of your life you will never get back. Such is the internet.