Another Saturday closer to Buckeye football.
DAMN THE COWBOYS TO HELL. There are few things worse in sports than the Dallas Cowboys and their fans, especially the millions that claim fandom via a connection flight that departed Dallas in 1996. I wish nothing but bad things on anybody stupid enough to associate with that idiotic brand. /rant
The Cowboy staff visited Columbus on Friday to stage a private workout with various Buckeyes. Ezekiel Elliott and Joey Bosa are two names often associated with Dallas' No. 4 pick in the draft, but it looks like the Cowboys cooled on Bosa.
From nfl.com:
"I don't believe the Dallas Cowboys will draft Joey Bosa," [NFL media analyst Jeff] Zierlein said on The Pick Is In podcast. "I've heard that they're not in love with Joey Bosa. I don't think Joey Bosa is going to be a Cowboy."
Zierlein said it's his understanding that some other top prospects appeal more to Dallas for the No. 4 pick, while opinions in the Cowboys' building are more split on Bosa. The Cowboys coaching staff was in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday to conduct private workouts with some Buckeyes, and according to the Dallas Morning News, Bosa was among them. Zierlein's latest mock draft projects Dallas to take a different Buckeye, running back Ezekiel Elliott, at No. 4.
Zeke Elliott is a complete package, but he's no lock to Dallas at No. 4 either. My theory is the Cowboys weren't in Columbus to look at Bosa or Elliott. It's supported by an Instagram post:
Damn everything! It makes too much sense, doesn't it? Tony Romo's brittle body only has so many more season-ending injuries and game-deciding interceptions in it. They could develop Cardale Jones behind him until Romo's inevitably broken in half by an unblocked pass-rusher within the next three years.
It's not even 5:00 a.m. and this Saturday may already be cancelled. Let's move on.
BUCKEYES BOOMING. Ohio State had national swagger before Urban Meyer descended from ESPN studios, but there's no denying he elevated that during his first four and a half years in Columbus.
Darnay Holmes, 2017's No. 1 CB, hails from Calabasas, California. Stanford, Arizona, UCLA, and Nebraska are the clubhouse. Urban Meyer and Ohio State will get their shot, however.
From cleveland.com:
Holmes -- who is visiting Arizona and Arizona State this weekend and has a trip to Stanford planned for April 1 -- is planning on visiting for Ohio State's spring game on April 16. Holmes has already been to Ohio State twice, but his next visit is going to be big for the Buckeyes.
"I've never toured the campus. That's one thing I've never done at Ohio State before," Holmes said. "I've never been to a real game where fans are interacting with the players, so that's something I am really looking forward to.
"I talk to the coaches at Ohio State daily, and I am very high on their board. I am not the type to brag, but I know they want me pretty badly."
What will blow him away is that Ohio State's campus is actually a bustling city nestled into the intestines of metropolis. And when I say "what will blow him away" I'm actually talking about what blew me away.
FATHER COOL IF TEAM WANTS TO GIVE SON MILLIONS. As it turns out, Stacy Elliott loves the idea of his son getting drafted to a team that will give him millions of dollars. More importantly, however, is it would mean a reunion with former running backs coach Stan Drayton.
From chicagotribune.com:
“If he went to Chicago,” Stacy Elliott told the Tribune on Friday, “that would be a beautiful thing.”
[...]
“We love him,” Stacy said. “His family and my family are very tight to this day. My wife was in Chicago last week and saw them.
“He’d be reunited with the man who has had the most to do with the rise of Ezekiel Elliott. He’s a great teacher and his expectation is greatness. There’s a spiritual component in his teaching, too. To be in his (meeting) room, you have to study the game beyond technique and your position.”
That's a sizable endorsement for Mr. Drayton, indeed.
HERMAN BRINGS HOLY WAR TO HOUSTON. There's so much footage of Urban Meyer's Ohio State and Tom Herman's Houston engaging in intrasquad circle drills that sometimes I wonder if they do anything else in practice.
Adding some Easter Bunnies into the mix, though, is a stroke of genius:
Happy Easter ya filthy animals! #gimmethemeggs #gocoogs pic.twitter.com/lu2oqBTh5H
— Dan Carrel (@DanCarrel) March 25, 2016
Not that we should be surprised by ingenuity from Tom Herman. The man did found MENSA, the organization of geniuses.
BIER STUBE JUKEBOX WILL NEVER DIE. When asked about your favorite campus-area bar, there is only one correct answer: The Bier Stube.
One of the best features of the Stube, besides the faint aroma of bleach and piss that fills your nostrils upon entrance, is the classic jukebox. Even me, the guy who only listens to music that puts him in a mood to burglarize a crack house, finds tranquility in the Stube's music library.
From bizjournals.com:
Customers take pictures with the jukebox. They ask [Bier Stube owner Craig] Kempton if they can rent it for their weddings (no, they can’t).
“As long as it keeps working, I’ll do anything and everything to keep it going,” says Kempton, who first worked for the bar as a doorman in 1996 and became owner in 2004. “It’s the Bier Stube. The jukebox is the Stube. If there’s one piece, that’s it.”
Fair warning to the gentrification cartel that is Campus Partners: I will chain myself to that jukebox should you goons ever come for that pearl.
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