How's this for wild? Urban Meyer and Nick Saban are grouped for the Chik-Fil-A Bowl golf outing. Despite being repulsed by golf... I will caddy. ("Shit, I don't know. What do you want from me, Urban? Hit it with the wood-headed one.")
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The No. 10 lacrosse team takes on Rutgers to close the Big Ten season. The game's at Rutgers, but also on ESPNU at noon.
THE RISE OF THE BIG TEN EAST. Ever since Urban Meyer left, the SEC's been a one-division conference. And that division has two, sometimes three, actual good teams.
Could the SEC, as a conference, be on the way out?
From Dave Briggs of BCSN.tv:
Ohio State’s victory over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl on the way to a national championship last season was part of a larger Big Ten mutiny — or, as one down-and-out fan lamented to Paul Finebaum of ESPN Radio, the worst day in the south since Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
If 2014 was the season of the SEC West, get ready for the year of the Big Ten East.
Along with Ohio State — the first team north of Alabama to win a title since the Buckeyes won in 2002 — Michigan’s blockbuster hire of Jim Harbaugh, Michigan State’s consecutive top-five national finishes, and Penn State’s revival has the league’s disproportionately loaded eastern half gunning squarely for the SEC.
I would just like to say it's an honor to cheer for a team that caused so much pain and suffering upon the Neoconfederates that live amongst us like they're actual people. They better buckle up too, because Urban Meyer is cast from the same iron of General Sherman. There's only one way this ends, and it's with Nick Saban and the rest of his deep-fried, grits-eating cohorts in bodybags.
I see now I had to suffer under the heel of a brutish SEC overlord to truly appreciate freedom, as well as the next four national titles. (Don't worry, MSU, PSU, and Michigan fans: After awhile, our glory becomes your glory too.)
VA TECH'S "SECRET" WEAPON. The Virginia Tech game was nothing short of a debacle, and it was orchestrated by a guy known as "Bud."
It's not a name I haven't forgotten.
From Bruce Feldman of FoxSports.com:
Against Ohio State, Foster wanted to make sure he had a backside player, rather than the defensive end or backer, to account for the quarterback read game, so he kept his corner there and pushed the coverage to the side of the motion. The Buckeyes were running the speed motion and then ran either a sweep or a flood concept of the jet mesh.
"What Ohio State did on first and second down with their play action game was lethal," Foster said. "We couldn't get caught running with motion and get picked with their rub routes." So against that speed motion, Foster would tell his defensive end or backer, who are usually contain players, to "attack the mesh point of the quarterback" and have his Rover or free safety fit inside to protect against the flood concept. The play-side corner would take the most outside receiver, the Nickel would handle No. 2 (which was usually the X in motion) and the Rover would play No. 3. The free safety, who is responsible for the back, will add on to the rush if it is a pass."
On Monday, Sept. 7, the Buckeyes get a chance for revenge against the Hokies' and Foster's Bear D when Ohio State visits Blacksburg in the season opener for both teams.To read much more from the series, go here.
No disrespect to Mr. Foster, who, again, owned Ohio State. But, I am quite thankful Virginia Tech is the first name on this year's docket. It might not have ultimately mattered, but you can't tell me playing Navy a week before Virginia Tech (while the Hokies played mighty William & Mary) didn't affect the outcome.
Regardless, I look forward to the rematch in September. Urban Meyer doesn't take lightly losing.
#TEEN TO WATCH: NICK CONNER. Remember when Urban came to Ohio State and OSU's linebackers were bad? We won't have those problems for a long, long time.
From Tony Gerdeman of TheOzone.net:
"[Nick Conner] finds the ball...all the time," said senior linebacker Joshua Perry, seemingly pausing for effect.
"He was good," is how Urban Meyer put it after the Spring Game. "We had high expectations for him, though. Hope he doesn't redshirt and gets involved in the kicking game. He had a very good, had a good day today. He's a tough guy who plays hard. Good qualities to have."
Meyer wasn't the only person raving about Conner's toughness after the game, because sophomore offensive lineman Billy Price was as well, and when an interior lineman is talking about how tough you are, it is difficult to come up with a better seal of approval than that one.
Just curious: How foolish do the #FireFickell people feel now? Those guys disappeared quicker than Justin Zwick loyalists.
AUSTIN GRANDSTAFF POWERS UP. Meet the next John Diebler, a comparison that I 100% did not make because of the color of their skin:
#OhioState is in good hands with long range shooter Austin Grandstaff. @AustinGstaff_3 #GoBuckeyes https://t.co/PrQfS1WiZ6
— College Basketball (@CBKonScout) April 24, 2015
GREAT TAKE, SHITLORD. Prayers up for this lonely man that had to insert himself into a conversation between Cardale Jones and a kid recovering from at least seven heart surgeries:
@CJ12_ The ONLY reason why Ohio State went undefeated, and won the National Championship is you played shit teams. #nocompition
— GO HORNED FOOTBALL (@GoHorned) April 24, 2015
If Florida State's bumbling brigade of jort-wearing, Dew-drinking, painkiller-poppin' yokels don't make it into the CFP this year... then I guess frog flesh will have to suffice.
THOSE WMDs. Unforgettable Hubble Space Telescope Photos... First picture ever taken... The only good apps... Alarm only stops ringing once people are out of bed... Cat Wars.
