I'm still thinking the Cavs handle the Warriors in six. Ain't nobody on the Warriors won anything of note outside of the time their coach got dragged to some rings by Michael Jordan. (Note: Rings are the only thing of note.) Plus, LBJ can punish any GSW defender in the post.
I just hope Cleveland wins it in Cleveland. I wanted it to be the Browns to break the curse, but I'd have probably went to my grave wishing that.
VATECH LOSS WAS GOOD, ACTUALLY. Wow, I had almost forgotten Ohio State lost to Virginia Tech.
That game, which doubled as an elite recruiting showcase, was a compounded calamity for Ohio State. But like all good great coaches, Urban Meyer salvaged valuables from the wreckage.
It's tough facing recruits after a loss, but Meyer didn't need a pep talk with 2015 blue-chip OG Matthew Burrell, who is from Virginia and was being recruited by Virginia Tech as well.
From Ari Wasserman of cleveland.com:
"We lost against Tech," Burrell said. "It was awesome to be able to see how they reacted to the loss. Me and Josh were pretty close at the time, so it was good to have the best of both worlds and just learn about things because they aren't always good. Everyone isn't always going to win every game, so it was just good to see how the team was."
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"The growth (during the national title run), it shows how close they got," Burrell said. "Switching quarterbacks, who is compatible with what, and Coach Meyer never let up on them. It just showed me where I wanted to be.
"I wanted to come home. This is home."
*In my Jim Ross voice* You're damn, right, Majin Buu! You're damn right.
OSU coaches called Burrell a "must-have," and it's easy to see why. He's the kinda horse you want to ride into war. (Disclaimer: I have never been to war or ridden a horse.)
#DONTEVERREADTHECOMMENTS. Bruce Feldman tweeted about Urban Meyer's debut book, which upset waves of bitter people on the internet.
Lest you think I'm cherrypicking, there are two more pages of responses just like that. (Irony levels: An FSU fan accusing another program's coach of being "shady.")
Perhaps this is a lesson to Buckeye fans. Perhaps we must humble ourselves before YE FOOTBALL GAWDS. It feels like Florida was rolling high like two weeks ago, and now they're sleeping in Wal-Mart bathrooms. It's a fall I'm not sure the Grand Canyon could accommodate.
CHRIS SPIELMAN'S CAMP. Former OSU All-American LB, Chris Spielman, is hosting a football (and cheer) camp at Dublin Coffman High School on July 14th through 15th.
The camp is open to boys and girls grades 1-8. Prices range from $49 to $99, and each camper gets a Spielman autograph, a shirt, and a team photo with the Buckeye great.
Full info and registration can be found here.
#DARKMATTER. Folks, I'm going to play this one straight: I don't know what any of this means, but it makes me seem smart if I share it. If anyone wants to translate this to Idiot in the comments, that'd be sweet.
My barrel-fire take? That guy's going to be super jacked-up about science until he opens some wormhole and gets his dang face eaten off by an alien centipede. WE'RE STRANDED HERE FOR A REASON, MAN, JUST LET THE ALIEN CENTIPEDES LIE.
D'ANGELO RUSSELL: ANOTHER GREAT OSU QB. At this rate, maybe every OSU student — past and present — is an excellent quarterback?
(BRB, trying out for the Browns.)
THOSE WMDs. Drunken teen sets up DUI checkpoint, pretends to be state trooper... New Music Festival Just Large Empty Field To Do Drugs In... Car pulled over in Missoula, Montana for swerving; found to be filled with bees... This paragraph about the Red Cross escalated quickly... When an Everton fan was too close to the microphones at Goodison Park.
