As two-time defending champion of Marion's most prestigious computer football league... I am set to make the hajj to the City of Kings on Friday for our draft.
Does anybody know any good lawyers who work for pennies on the ten thousands of dollars? I need to draft up a living will. I'll be damned if my gang of bastard children steal the Starcat's inheritance from under my bloated, rotted corpse.
OFFENSE IS BRANCHING OUT. Carlos Hyde, a rolling ball of concrete with frightening lateral quickness, is gone to the NFL. As such, Ohio State will have to get a bit fancier on the offensive side of the ball.
Meyer: "We'll probably rely on quick passing game more than we have ... last yr we got comfy with that big back and that OL."
— Patrick Maks (@maksimuspatrick) August 10, 2014
Offensive line authority Ed Warinner concurs. From Tim May of The Columbus Dispatch:
“The way we gained yardage last year a lot of times was five guys and the tight end blocking, hand it off to the big boy (Hyde) and let him go,” line coach Ed Warinner said. “Now, we have more speed and more options on the perimeter, so distribution of the ball in different ways, hitting different areas of the field, can be a way to gain yards.”
It could be an offense closer to Urban Meyer's roots (again via Tim May):
"I’ve always been a perimeter (advocate) my whole career, wanting to get great players the ball in their hands in space,” Meyer said. “And that used to be hard to do. (In the) I formation, the only way to get it to a receiver was to throw it to him. In spread sets, you can run screens, hand it to him on reverses, jet sweeps and such."
Braxton Miller, Taylor Decker and Pat Elflein are the only three proven commodities on offense... and yet I think this unit will shatter a plethora of records this year because they won't be as one-dimensional as last year.
URBAN TALKS TO MACK. Urban Meyer sat down with Mack Brown for a Sunday conversation betwixt two gentlemen:
I think ESPN should rebrand these segments "Gettin' Drunk with Mack Brown" as Brown traverses the country and drinks malt liquor with his former colleagues.
You know who wouldn't watch Les Miles and Mack Brown playing Edward Fortyhands in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Baton Rouge? Liars.
(Give me a moment as I recover from the shock of Edward Fortyhands having its own Wikipedia page.)
BRO SCHEMBECHLER GETS LAID OUT. Mz Dee (featured in Citro's breakdown of Buckeye Mama Bears) is Ezekiel Elliott's mother.
@BroSchembechler ELLIOTT 2 Ls and 2 Ts btw... not a damn thing is fragile. he just goes hard!
— Dawn (@itz_mizdee) August 9, 2014
Don't get slept, Bro Schembechler. Don't get slept.
THEY GET IT IN TURKEY. With LaQuinton Ross headed overseas, BSB's Jeff Svoboda sought insight into the overseas grind from former Buckeye basketballers.
The article was interesting, but this video of fans of Turkey's Pinar Karsiyaka (the team employing Jon Diebler these days) is terrifyingly fascinating:
These are the kinds of things I envision in the Horseshoe.
*gets hit with a taser by a Horseshoe usher*
Actually, let's run Seven Nation Army back for the ten thousandth time. I LOVE THAT SONG. Can't get enough of it, actually.
DAVE BRANDON MIGHT HAVE A CRACK HABIT. Is Dave Brandon's Michigan work simply ironic performance art? Because if that's the case, I may have to send this man a cask of my finest Lady Bligh.
From Michigan's official athletic site (via Ramzy) on "Saturday Night Lights:"
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan football team will hold an open practice free to all fans on Saturday, Aug. 16, inside Michigan Stadium. Gates will open at 7 p.m. with practice slated to begin at 8 p.m.
All fans must register online at MGoBlue.com/tickets to obtain free tickets or pick up tickets through the U-M Athletic Ticket Office. The deadline for obtaining complimentary admission is Wednesday, Aug. 13, at 5 p.m. EDT. There is a limit of eight tickets per season-ticket holder account. Registration will begin Friday (Aug. 8) at noon.
Michigan football season-ticket holders that obtain tickets to the practice will receive the exclusive benefit of early access at 6:30 p.m. through Gate 1. Season ticket-holders must sign in to their online ticket account to register for tickets to this event.
A few things here:
- I'm not sure if there will be more talent at Michigan's Saturday Night Lights than OSU's Friday Night Lights.
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Michigan is issuing assigned seats for an open practice. - Michigan set a ticket limit of eight on an open practice.
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Michigan season-ticket owners get the "exclusive benefit" of sitting in Michigan Stadium
(in their assigned seats)for an extra half an hour while awaiting practice.
Somebody get Dave Brandon a raise. He is the athletic director Michigan deserves.
THOSE WMDs. Extreme close-up photo of a living human brain... From Kurt: a man and his cat... Outkats... Hit the reset button on your brain... Craig Bohl is a fascinating coach... Deion Sanders could go to jail for this, right?... Why Bert is beloved in Fayetteville... VIDEO: Kobe vs. MJ: Identical Plays.
