Ohio State Game Time 2012 Season in Review [with Urban Meyer]

Greatest of Birthday Gifts for a true diehard Buckeye fan!
I bought this as a birthday gift for my brother who lives and breathes The Ohio State Buckeyes!
He LOVES this DVD! I couldnt have gotten him a better gift! He really enjoyed the commentary provided by Urban Meyer.

Buckeye fans must have.
A review of a unique season with clips of each game and a summary of the season. If you are a Buckeye fan you need this in your library. Go Bucks!!

Great OSU Season, so-so video
This DVD is focused on the excellent undefeated 2012 season of Ohio State. ... and of course, the amazing Devon Smith one-hander is nicely featured. Though Buckeye fans are likely to enjoy this DVD and the highlights are well-selected, overall production values are generally poor. Please view the 4-star rating as one from a fan's perspective, rather than that of a video critic.

I will separately comment on the production quality, and the game summaries....

Game Summaries: The DVD presents highlights of all 12 games of the season, spanning just over an hour total. Individual game highlight summaries range from 3-7 minutes. The highlights are well selected from each of the games, and give a good picture of scoring plays, turnovers, and other significant plays. With only a few minutes on each game, however, no single game summary delivers much of a feeling for the individual game. Having said this, I would still expect a Buckeye fan will enjoy the game...

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The San Francisco Giants: 2012 World Series Collector's Edition [Blu-ray]

Great set for any Giants fan!
Just got my set today and the video is gorgeous in full HD quality. In case anyone's wondering ... following is exactly what is on the 8th BONUS blu-ray (not DVD) disc:
- Walk-off wins (I think I counted five of them)
- Season Highlights: Pitching Highlights (excluding the Perfect Game which is on a separate disc), 20-Game Hit Streaks (Sandoval, Pagan, Scutaro), NL West Clinch Game
- Postseason Highlights: NLDS Games 3, 4, NLCS Games 2, 6, 7 (includes postgame celebration)

The other seven discs are as described in the product description. Each disc has multiple audio options: original TV announcers, Giants announcers, Reds/Cards/Tiger announcers. For the WS games and Cain's perfect game you even get a Spanish option. For a Giants fan it's actually kinda fun to watch the games with the Reds/Cards/Tigers announcers because it gives you a different perspective of someone rooting against the Giants. Lots of props to the Tigers announcers for their call at the end...

Game 5 vs Game 7
I was initially disappointed that the bonus disc is Game 5 and not Game 7 of the NLCS. But I just got my copy of the MLB Official 2012 World Series Film 2-disc set "World Series Champions" from amazon, and THAT bonus disc includes Game 7 of the NLCS. So if you purchase both, like I did, you'll have both Game 5 with Zito and Game 7 in the rain, plus all of the WS games.

Essential Set - But No Vogey Love
Look, I am a fanboy when it comes to these things. Watching this 2012 World Series Collection on Bluray makes this better than any of the discs on the 2010 collection. The picture is sharp and brilliant. The Phantom Cam - the super-slo-mo camera - is awesome (Romo's victory dances on the mound, Panda's 3 homers, Scutaro in the rain -- all iconic shots!) The 2010 collection only had every broadcast on the WS discs. Not here. Getting to listen to all of the broadcasts on the LDS & LCS discs is great, too - it's worth it just alone to hear the disappointment on the Reds and Cards sides. I love the fact that MLB added Cain's perfect game to the mix. I played the Spanish broadcast of Blanco's catch for my 10-year old daughter - she loved it.

However...

I would have preferred this set feature Game 6 of the LCS, Ryan Vogelsong's greatest game as a pitcher. Game 5 of the LDS was historic, sure. But along with Game 7 on the Official WS Film, and three of Cain's postseason...

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