Are old men allergic to towels in gym locker rooms? This is a very serious inquiry.
Some hits from yesterday:
- Jim Tressel is now quoting Tupac Shakur on Twitter.
- ABC/ESPN's primetime slate was announced yesterday. OSU's home stands against Virginia Tech and Illinois, as well as the trip to Happy Valley, will all be in primetime. And don't fret, there's still a chance Ohio State and Michigan State could play at night.
- Our Ross Fulton broke down what he took away from OSU's new-look defense during the spring game.
NCAA LOOSENS FOOD LAWS. After UConn's top dog Shabazz Napier told reporters there were many nights he went to bed "starving," the NCAA has loosened some of their draconian feeding laws.
Division I student-athletes can receive unlimited meals and snacks in conjunction with their athletics participation, the Legislative Council decided Tuesday. The rule, which applies to walk-ons as well as scholarship student-athletes, is an effort to meet the nutritional needs of all student-athletes.
And before you use this as a muse for some internet jokes:
People are on here joking about the NCAA ruling about food but this is serious. You'd be surprised how hard it is to fuel ourselves properly
— Joshua Edward Perry (@RIP_JEP) April 16, 2014
This new food rule is actually pretty clutch. Now you can save money on food and put it somewhere else. I spend like 600 a month on food.
— Not Mike Bennett (@mike63bennett) April 16, 2014
I'll tell u what the NCAA really lucked out that I don't have any eligibility left.
— jared lorenzen (@JaredLorenzen22) April 15, 2014
There's an old Shawnee saying, I think it really applies here: Give a starving athlete unlimited burritos, and next he'll want a 125 million-dollar contract.
Really makes ya think, huh? Eat the bread, everyone.
WHY DO MOST COLLEGE KICKERS SUCK? If you think about it, Ohio State has had solid kickers since Jim Tressel came down I-71. This is not the case for most colleges.
Here's former NFL punter Chris Kluwe on this subject:
Want to know why your team has a shitty kicker? Because your team has a shitty coach who doesn't know the first thing about the basic fundamentals of kicking and punting, but figures that a soccer castoff will do just fine so long as he gets screamed at loudly enough.
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If you want your team to stop trotting out Shanky McWideleft, then you need to get on the coaching staff's collective asses and force them to actually learn the fundamentals of kicking, and not just regard the special teams coordinator as the bottom rung on the ladder toward head coach.
Until then, yeah, good luck with those 35-yarders.
I hope Nick Saban never reads this, because befuddled Nick Saban after a biffed Alabama field goal is one of my favorite types of Nick Saban.
CRYSTAL FOOTBALL TROPHY IS BACK, BABY! The only thing cool about the BCS was its trophy, which was the coolest in sports. (Please don't hurt me due to my internet opinions, hockey fans.)
Thankfully, unlike the BCS, the crystal football trophy did not get the ax. It just got a new sponsor. From CBS:
Amway is expected to be announced as the new corporate sponsor of the American Football Coaches Association national championship trophy, CBSSports.com has learned.
Dr. Pepper has been the corporate sponsor of the award since 2009. The AFCA has scheduled a Wednesday morning conference call regarding "the USA Today coaches' poll and AFCA coaches' trophy."
Going forward in the College Football Playoff era, the glass football will be awarded to the team that finishes No. 1 in the final coaches' poll. In the BCS era (1998-2013) , the trophy automatically went to the winner of the BCS championship game.
... the GLASS football? Hell. I thought that thing was made of pure crystals harvested by student-miners in developing countries. That's a game-changer for me.
This is like when my dad told me professional wrestling wasn't real all over again; I am definitely going to have to rethink my trophy rankings now.
MICHIGAN LOSES SOME WEAPONS. It was made official yesterday: Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III are declaring for the NBA draft. If Mitch McGary is smart, he'll be out the door right behind them.
Stauskas was probably my least favorite college basketball player in recent memory, so I'm looking forward to him being relegated to the end of an NBA bench as a three-point specialist. Of course, the joke's still on me because he'll be getting paid like a prince to do just that. Such is life.
THOSE WMDs. Photos of American bachelors' bathrooms and kitchens... Surprising gut microbes of African hunter-gatherers... "Blood moon" GIF... Let's watch Paul Pierce get his ankles shattered... Still waiting on those answers, Nigeria... Retired NFLer rips Michigan's 2013 offense, Taylor Lewan... Worst jobs in America: Lumberjack, newspaper reporter... An interview of one of Silk Road's biggest drug dealers... Early data in e-cigarette study may raise safety concerns... I like Akron's new unis... People try to jump as high as Ronaldo for a header, fail...
