Urban Meyer is known for taking things to the extreme, so it's no surprise before drills during Patriot Week his team pledged allegiances to a video board rendition of Old Glory.
Summer workouts are in full swing and @MickeyMarotti is making sure #PatriotWeekOSU plays a major role. pic.twitter.com/Ofn6Hc5EHg
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) May 24, 2016
This is why I wish my life were a sporting event. "When the hell was the last time I said the Pledge of Allegiance?" My mind's eye would then show grainy footage of high school me—yes, haters, I had ditched the bowl cut by then—saying the Pledge in 2005.
This, along with my pedestrian athleticism, is why I would wash out of Meyer's program within a fortnight.
TERRELLE PRYOR ZEN. The Cleveland Browns Super Bowl 51 victory will be propelled by two pistons: Quarterback Robert Griffin and wide receiver Terrelle Pryor. This much is known.
But how will Pryor reach the pinnacle of his sport? Thankfully, there's a new Cleveland Browns head coach for that.
From clevelandbrowns.com:
“The biggest thing, I think, that [Terrelle Pryor has] done is he’s settled down and understands this is really what I want to do and I want to be good at it,” [Browns head coach Hue] Jackson said. “‘I’m athletic enough to do it. What’s my why? Why do I want to do this? Do I want to be great at this?’”
And that gave Pryor pause.
What’s your why?
“Coach asks that, you know, he says that in the team meeting room,” Pryor told ClevelandBrowns.com on Monday, “and my why is, why I do this, and what made me really want to keep pushing at this receiver thing is my son, and my grandma."
(Not listed: Money.)
I've bought into Hue Jackson, mainly because he's the first Browns coach in the expansion era that other teams wanted. Hue keeps it 100 with his players, and Pryor is no longer a spring chicken on an NFL roster. The average height of the Browns' receivers is Crying Jordan, but I don't think this new regime would keep him around if they didn't believe he could realize his potential at the position or they wouldn't have cut Brian Hartline.
I'm buying Pryor's stock on the ground floor, and I may be fleecing somebody. (Ah, the offseason bliss of a Cleveland Browns fan...)
DRAFT EZEKIEL ELLIOTT HIGH. I tanked the City of Kings Computer Football League last year after starting 0-3 because you either finish first or last in this cold world of ours. Now I control the No. 1 overall pick in a keeper league of Ohio State fans.
It's the middle of May, and I already know who I'm picking.
From pff.com:
No. 1 Ezekiel Elliott, RB, Dallas Cowboys (23) — As mentioned above, Elliott and Gurley could easily flip-flop in this spot for the foreseeable future. However, I’m giving a slight edge to Elliott, who will have two NFL seasons of NFL experience behind him but less wear and tear than Gurley. One or two pieces might be missing from the Cowboys’ current dominant offensive line, but it won’t make enough of a difference to keep Elliott down.
I'm hoping Zeke runs for 300 yards in every game before Tony Romo throws a crippling interception and the Cowboys go 0-16. This result should satisfy everyone in this room. I wager any Ohio State–Cowboys fan was long ago cannibalized by the people they duped into friendship.
ARMANI REEVES: NINJA WARRIOR. Former CB Armani Reeves tweeted (and then deleted) confirmation in mutual graduate transfer interest with Boston College. Nothing is official on that front, so Reeves is heading to American Ninja Warrior, a show for which he's trained since summer of 2015.
Follow my snapchat areeves26 as I will showing my time participating on @ninjawarrior this week in Philadelphia !
— Armani Reeves (@PTReeves8) May 24, 2016
Props to Reeves for realizing his dream. I defy anyone to say they watched American Ninja Warrior and didn't immediately want to try it.
American Ninja Warrior premieres next Wednesday, June 1, at 9 ET on NBC.
KAM WILLIAMS DUNK. Like Armani Reeves, Kam Williams is training in feats of strength:
I'd need to check the Columbus law books, but I'm pretty sure it's legal to riot if Williams punches on some Big Ten stiff like that in a live game. However, this appears to be part of an upcoming documentary about the Towson, Maryland product:
#TunnelVision featuring @kd__will coming out next week. #TrueDocsProductions #TrueDocs
— TrueDocs Productions (@True_Docs) May 25, 2016
This is my story. Where I come from, where I got my game, my life experiences. And my journey to where I am today https://t.co/S7TdldEIi1
— Kam Williams (@kd__will) May 25, 2016
CMH NO MORE? Sounds like Columbus International Airport will undergo a name change to honor one of the bigger bosses to come out of the Buckeye State.
From dispatch.com:
If things progress as expected this week in the Statehouse, passengers will soon be flying out of the John Glenn Columbus International Airport.
What better tribute, some say, for the decorated Marine Corps and Air Force aviator who flew in two wars, broke the transcontinental speed record in 1957 as a test pilot and in 1962 became the first American to orbit the earth.
“I can’t think of a more fitting honor,” said Dale Butland, who worked with Glenn in the U.S. Senate for 20 years in roles including press secretary and Ohio chief of staff.
As an east sider, I approve this move. Go Bucks.
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