Folks... it's Michigan Week, and there's only one YouTube clip that gets me in the mood to drink a FourLoko (illegally caffeinated) at six a.m. on a Monday:
It's hard to envision that I would ever be able to love my son as much as I love that grainy WWF Attitude Era clip.
... Before we get too wet, though, I'd be remiss not to mention the Sunday night commitment of 2015 Utah OL Brandon Bowen. Director of Player Personnel, Mark Pantoni, had some anti-Michigan flair to his usual commitment confirmation cannon:
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— ark Pantoni (@markpantoni) November 24, 2014
The Lord of Whispers broke down what the commitment of Bowen, who was once a Utah commit, means for Ohio State, but the amount of #teen meat Ohio State is pumping into Ed Warinner's dojo is staggering:
As @birm points out, Bowen joins 6-9/300 Kevin Feder, 6/5/300 Matt Burrell and 6-6/300 Grant Schmidt on the OL in OSU's '15 class.
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) November 24, 2014
Urban has said his 2014 class is the best he's recruited, but I think this 2015 class will surpass it.
URBAN'S BANGER.Ohio State opened up yesterday as 20-point favorites over Michigan. That line feels right (from a bookie's perspective), but I'm not sure how I feel about The Game yet.
Don't get me wrong: I expect Ohio State to win handily, but will it be the video game-like blowout certain fans seem to expect every game? I'm not sure that's a wise expectation heading into the country's most fabled rivalry. Hell, Rock Bottom Michigan might be the most dangerous Michigan of all.
I will say, however, the least confident I've felt about Ohio State putting the lumber to Michigan came in the immediate aftermath of reading about the "#banger" Urban and Mickey Marotti keep on rotation this week.
From Ryan Ginn of BuckeyeSports.com:
“Players will get tired of hearing the song I always play,” he said. “It's nuts. Insane. Same way when it was Coach Bruce in 1986 when I experienced my first rivalry game. It's different. Everything… it's the song and it's just, the whole Woody changes for this game. We're honored to play it. We understand our responsibilities of it, too.”
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“It’s Time For War, by I think LL Cool J,” the senior defensive tackle said. “It’s an awesome song, but you hear it for two years. When he says he plays it all the time, it’s on non-stop from the time you walk into the Woody until the time you leave. There’s no watching TV that week, it’s just ‘It’s Time For War’ and highlight videos.
Please hire me, Urban. I will coordinate the #bangers your team needs to get the juices flowing for the rivalry game. (My offer extends to Ohio Stadium as well, because wow is its playlist atrocious.) Ohio State football deserves better than LL Cool J.
WHISPERS OF #MIRRORLAKEMONDAY. Last year, Ohio State cracked down on the Mirror Lake jump by putting a fence around the "lake" and requiring wristbands to enter.
To protest the regulation on day before the official jump, the legendary Chilliam Wallace led a band of student-rebels through the fences and into Mirror Lake. It was dubbed #MirrorLakeMonday.
Well, Ohio State is trying regulation again this year. Will the students rebel? Here's the Editor-in-Chief of The Lantern:
Take this for what it's worth from an anonymous app, but lots of Yik Yak posts about Mirror Lake. Some suggested jumping on Monday again.
— Liz Young (@lizyoungosu) November 16, 2014
(Gotta love the Yik Yak.)
If I were a student, I have no doubt I'd be stupid enough to jump tonight. And I say stupid because it looks like Ohio State police won't be handing out any reprieves:
Police will be ready this year for any attempt to take the plunge early, [OSU spokesman Dan] Hedman said: “If something like that were to happen, they would respond. The situation would dictate what would happen.”
"The situation would dictate what would happen." That's the kinda ambiguous word salad I expect from a suit before some commando puts their black boot up my ass.
And while students might have a few drinks and feel better about their chances, they need to remember an important lesson; AT THE END OF THE DAY, only one side has this in their arsenal:
TBDBITL MEETS THE FOOTBALL TEAM. Thought this image from Ohio State football's Instagram was pretty cool:
LET'S GET IT BRAXTON. Braxton Miller — who will apparently be celebrating his 22nd birthday along with Doran Grant after The Game — is still on the comeback trail for his part in the QB controversy that will cause the greatest divide in #OSUTwitter since the great Bauserman-Miller debate of 2011.
[OSU Head Athletic Trainer Doug] Calland says Braxton works about six days a week, three hours a day rehabbing his shoulder. He’s even worked alongside Dr. James Andrews group of people down in Alabama. Braxton has range of motion back, and is doing some resistance training now. He is close to throwing foam balls and nerf balls, but is still about a month away from being cleared for any sort of “real” football throwing.
Good to see Braxton is on schedule. Having Dr. James Andrews around this time makes me feel a lot better about No. 5's rehabilitation.
THOSE WMDs. The second largest excavated hole is a Stalin-era diamond mine... From Chris Catanzaro: Spider vs. Snake... SMDH, Bill Cosby... If You Wanna Dress Like A Convict, Wear PUMA®... As my friend Fletcher said: 50 Cent's son looks like 50 Cent playing a high schooler... Three babies named Pizza... KOBE... Evan Turner won't live this one down for awhile.
