So, as you may have noticed (unless you are blind or reading this on one aggregator or another), there have been a few changes here on Around the Oval. Welcome to SportsBlogNation 2.0. There are a lot of changes, quite a few of which are described just below this post. I'm still getting familiar with the fancy new system myself, so I can't provide that much in the way of direction just yet. But know this: just about every change to the site has been made with you, the reader, in mind. The goal is to make this not just a site you read, but a place for you, in a website sort of way, to call home.

The goal here is to make this not just a site for you to stop by from time to time, but a final destination of sorts, a place where you can either see or provide just about any Ohio State information worth having. So please, play around with things, post things, try and do stuff just to see what happens. SBN 2.0 is a new experience for all of us, to one degree or another. This is a chance not just to continue on with what Around the Oval used to be, but a chance to make this site something new and exciting for Buckeye fans everywhere. So, as Beck says, get crazy with the cheez whiz, and play around with the new site. If you have questions, mail them to me and I'll see if I can't help you out. I don't have all the answers, but I know two things: 1.) there are some very smart people here that can answer just about any question you have about the new SBN and Around the Oval and I'd be happy to send your questions their way if I can't answer them, and 2.) if you all are interested, we can make this a truly special site for Ohio State fans. So play around with the newness, be patient with any flaws you find (but please point them out), and help us make this the best OSU site on the interwebs.