Played some backyard football over the weekend with the neighborhood kids, and I'm still pretty fired up about a controversial call on a crucial fourth-down stop.
You know, I'm just not sure I have the mental makeup to be a high-caliber athlete. One day, I might end up booked on manslaughter charges due to a bad call in a game of "significance."
It might be time to table my NFL dreams........
LET'S TALK GAMBLING. Good golly, Warren G. Harding has probably already put down tens of thousands of dollars on this glorious line at the Las Vegas Superbook:
@kholloway658 : Ohio State -1.5 at Mich St, Nov. 8.
— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) July 14, 2014
So, Ohio State will officially be favored in every regular season game in which they play this year. I can't say I'm surprised.
For comparison's sake, Michigan State will be 15 point dogs when they travel to Eugene to take on the Oregon Ducks. Michigan State +15 at Eugene seems tasty, but it's only July.
You might think Vegas isn't too high on the Spartans, but here are the odds on conference champions, you know, if you live or are traveling to Las Vegas, where gambling is legal:
Superbook conference title odds: ACC: FSU 1/4, Clemson 8/1 B1G: OSU 5/4, MSU 3/1, Wis. 3/1 Pac12: Ore 5/7, UCLA 5/2 SEC: UGA 7/2, Aub 4/1
— David Payne Purdum (@DavidPurdum) July 14, 2014
I'LL JUST LEAVE THIS HERE. This screencap of a conversation between former Buckeyes Bradley Roby and Christian Bryant, spurned by Argentina's Angel Di Maria's injury, made me chuckle:
THE FOOTBALL TEAM BONDED THIS WEEKEND BY SHOOTING EACH OTHER. You know what, folks? When you recruit thugs this is the kind of imagery you get.
Had a good time and 1st time out there paint ballin with my boys!!! Goin to be the coldest wideout core in the country just wait on it...
One hell of a time paintballing with the LB's! #family pic.twitter.com/R4s6biupDs
— Joe Burger (@jburgs37) July 12, 2014
Seriously, though, I've always wanted to go paintballing, but I don't want to get glocked down by guys who think they're part of Seal Team-6. (Serious people ruin everything.)
If only there were a way to join a college football team...
BEST WINGS IN COLUMBUS. Who you got?
Wings over Columbus just might be one of my fav.
— BRAXTON MILLER (@BraxtonMiller5) July 13, 2014
Roosters has best wings in Columbus hands down
— Adam Griffin (@yunggriffsays) July 13, 2014
I'm not a big "food guy," but Wings Over Columbus runs wild over Roosters, and I'm not just saying that because I always got awful services at Roosters before I wrote them off.
Warms my heart to see Braxton Miller, the linchpin of my favorite college team, is a man with good tastes and high character.
JEREMY HILL IS AN INTERESTING CAT. I am going to need six months to decipher my #take on this back mural:
If you gone go hard why not go the hardest #inky #tigerstadium #maserati #donthateonthebrodie pic.twitter.com/uBgavoRjId
— Jeremy Hill (@JeremyHill33) July 13, 2014
Can that be the motto for the 2014 football team? Why not go the hardest? That's some Will Hill-level philosophy right there.
THOSE WMDs. Can Julio Urias be the first pitcher in 40(ish) years to debut as an 18-year-old?... How one college handled a sexual assault... How is this a real thing?... What can't Tim Howard do?... Only in Boston... Only in Cleveland... The author of "How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona" just got gored by a bull in Pamplona.... Which of These Photos Will Win the RGO Astrophoto of the Year?.... A deluded German and three dead bodies...
