Tragic news yesterday as the family of former Ohio State wrestler/current walk-on defensive lineman Kosta Karageorge reported him missing since 2 a.m. Wednesday morning.
It's believed Karageorge was last seen wearing these clothes:
If you see Kosta or know anything about his disappearance, call the Columbus Police Department at 614-645-4545.
THE GAME'S LOST LUSTER. Fire up the Internet Rage Machine, Buckeye fans, because a Michigander has slandered the prestige of The Game!
From Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News:
Can we be honest, just for a second? You don’t want this. Ohio (State) doesn’t want this. The Big Ten doesn’t want this.
Oh, the Buckeyes will have great fun Saturday at the game (formerly The Game), and fans might even stay until halftime to watch the band spell out script H-O-K-E. They’ll laugh and cheer and pretend all is right, but they know it’s not.
The truth is, the rivalry passion has seeped out, like chaw juice dribbling down a Buckeye’s chin(s). Beating Michigan is neither the challenge nor the point anymore. Nobody wants to admit it, but this is the problem with Michigan’s inexplicable de-emphasis of tackle football: A wobbly conference that desperately wants to be considered better than it is, no longer can count on the program renowned for inflated self-worth.
(YOU DON'T KNOW ME, WOJNOWSKI!!! I AM REPULSED BY DIP [well, more so dip spitters] AND I ONLY HAVE ONE CHIN.)
While The Game will always be The Game to Ohio State, there is no denying it's better for OSU's national hopes when Michigan is at least capable of mustering large stretches of competent play.
But I'm not going to sit here and wring my hands about Michigan returning to glory. As a fan who has experienced both, I can honestly say I get as much enjoyment out of watching a No. 2 Michigan team get beat as I do watching a Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl-caliber Michigan team get beat. (I'm a hater like that.)
Because here's the rub: Ultimately, Ohio State doesn't need a competent Michigan to compete for a national title. Would it help? Sure, but it's not needed.
MARCUS HALL TALKS INFAMOUS EJECTION. Are some of you curmudgeons ready to loosen up your britches and forgive Marcus Hall for his exit from last year's Game?
From Jeff Svoboda of BuckeyeSports.com:
“I’ve never told anybody this, but honestly, I just thought it was a bench-clearing altercation, and I didn’t want to be that guy that didn’t stand up for his teammates,” Hall told BuckeyeSports.com. “A lot of people probably never heard that side of it, and it was wrong. But it just happened.
“If I had to think about it over again, it wouldn’t happen again, but if it happened the same way it happened, it probably would have happened the same way.”
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“It wasn’t planned,” he said. “It happened in two seconds. Two seconds. The heat of the moment…”
It was immature and crass, but Marcus Hall's exit was also baller as hell. (Makes you think.)
CHAD MORRIS TO SMU. As first reported by 24/7's Clint Brewster, Clemson is losing its talented offensive coordinator to Southern Methodist University.
What's more pertinent to Ohio State fans, however, is that Co-Offensive Coordinator Tom Herman was a finalist for the SMU job, according to HornsDigest.com's Chip Brown. So, as was expected, Herman must be sniffing around potential jobs.
On the face of it, Herman to SMU would make a lot of sense. SMU reportedly wanted an offensive-minded coach with Texas ties, and it would have gotten that in Tom Herman.
I expected someone to be smart enough to hire Herman last summer, so Ohio State is playing with house money at this point; however, I would like to see Herman stick around for another year (take another shot at a national title) and get a better job than something within SMU's tier. That or — and I'm just spitballin' here — he could hang around for the next decade and a half (fingers crossed) as Ohio State's Co-Offensive Coordinator/Coach-in-Waiting.
LES MILES FOR MICHIGAN. He's already got the electrifying offense thing down pat. From last night's LSU-Texas A&M game:
LSU just possessed the ball for 8:31 to gain 35 yards and came away with no points.
— Glenn Guilbeau (@LSUBeatTweet) November 28, 2014
Yes, the drive chart is as majestic as one might think.
#FLASHBACKFRIDAY. Just like Marcus Hall's 2013 exit, this was something immature and crass and yet still baller as hell:
I wasn't close to being born in 1973, but I am pretty sure this incident would've melted the internet. Also pretty sure I would've died from chugging a handle of Lady Bligh Spiced Caribbean Rum due to the adrenaline rush from watching that.
THOSE WMDs. Geckos' sticky pads are wild... Lions QB Mathew Stafford and Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw played on the same youth soccer team... How a Browns rookie helped save his family from violence and drugs... Still my favorite Mirror Lake tweet... Florida Man's bold plan backfires spectacularly... Thanksgiving sunset from space.
