ICYMI:
- The best play calls of the 2014 season.
- Freshmen numbers and social media profiles.
- Pryor's uphill climb.
THEY GENTRIFIED WOODY'S OLD MANAGER, YALL. College football is a business — unless we're talking about paying the kids putting their bodies on the line, obvii — but something like this doesn't sit right with me.
From Bob Hunter of Dispatch.com:
As Dick Luckay talks about his experiences as an Ohio State football manager from 1948 to ’51, it’s hard not to wonder how many current players would be comfortable with telling this 85-year-old former Air Force pilot that he needs to move out of Varsity O football sections of Ohio Stadium in 2016 to make room for them.
Fortunately, they won’t have to. The Buckeye Club is doing that for them.
Past Varsity O football managers were recently mailed a letter explaining the “exciting changes” that were coming in 2016, including one Luckay wouldn’t describe that way: “in order to accommodate the demand for seating for former players … you will select your seats based on your donor priority points in the stadium, and not within the current Varsity O Football sections.”
Am I to believe droves of old Ohio State players are putting the squeeze on Ohio Stadium seating? Because it'd seem the more logical explanation is the university is using it as cover to redistribute premium seats to big-time donors.
It's a good plan if the end goal is a Horseshoe that sounds like a morgue.
NOT FALLING FOR THIS PLOY, BEAMER. I'm sorry, but I refuse to buy this "Aw shucks, we're just a scrappy underdog trying to last three rounds in the ring with Goliath" act from ol' Frank Beamer.
Playing golf today with Frank Beamer. Standing over 40 ft putt he says, "This ain't pressure. We open with Ohio State." He drained the putt.
— Lars Anderson (@LarsAnderson71) June 29, 2015
I used to think Ohio State was going to beat the brakes off Virginia Tech, but there's no doubt in my mind the Hokies have something up their sleeves.
I'm not saying OSU is going to lose — the opposite, actually — but I think it's going to be a closer game than most Ohio State fans think.
#MAROTTIEFFECT. As it turns out: Eating right and exercise are two pillars in transforming your body.
Was 330 this winter, 308 when I got here, no #TheGrind #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/w7aMwUwWCa
— Matthw Brrell Jr!! (@majiiinbuu) June 29, 2015
I look forward to reading Mickey Marotti's tell-all book in 2028. I'll also be an avid supporter of his eventual Tae Bo DVD series.
TAKE PRIDE IN CUTTING YOUR MOM'S LAWN Sam Dekker's mom checked her son and made him mow the lawn, but Tyvis Powell isn't impressed.
Just saw the Sam Dekker post on sports center. No way he can cut the grass better than me! #GuessHisMomDontPlayEither
— Tyvis Powell (@1Tyvis) June 29, 2015
Here's a tip for y'all: You can judge a man's character by how much pride he takes in lawn care.
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