Sunday Skull Session

By D.J. Byrnes on August 2, 2015 at 4:59 am
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Repeat after me: Ohio State football is back on the 10th. 

Oh, and make sure to mark your calendars, or whatever device you use to gauge your spot on the time-space continuum.

11W WEEK IN REVIEW. Here is some stuff written this week by people more talented than myself:

MCCALL TALKS FUTURE ROLE. The Lord of Whispers said 2016 Ohio State commit Demario McCall was "just ridiculous" at Friday Night Lights. There are some, however, who still wonder how Ohio State will feed him, Kareem Walker, and George hill.

From Bill Kurelic of 247Sports.com:

“I came out and performed [at Friday Night Lights] just like coach wanted me to,” McCall said. “I played a little bit of everything. I was over at running back for a while. Then I went over at receiver. Actually I got a lot of work in.”

And what kind of work role does McCall see for himself at Ohio State?

“My role at Ohio State - I would say more like a Marshall role – Jalin Marshall all over again,” McCall said. “Other than that I should be like an H-back, be in the backfield sometimes, be in the slot and catch some swing passes, come through with the jets and counters.”

Have we passed the rubicon of the "Percy Harvin role"? Because I'm cool with that.

I also got a kick out of this line from McCall about other schools still recruiting him:

“Oh yeah,” McCall said when asked if anyone is still recruiting him. “Georgia, West Virginia, Michigan State. Those are only three that’s really heavy right now. I’m still nice to them, but they know I’m committed to Ohio State. They still try to get me to come down for visits. But I don’t really pay attention.”

Sounds like a good allocation of resources for those schools. (That chronic must be thick over there in Morgantown.)

THE SENATOR SURFACES IN A LAWLESS DYSTOPIA. The Cleveland Browns — a criminal syndicate masquerading as an incompetent football team — appears to be harboring the criminal mastermind of Jim Tressel. 

Is that a #SkinnyLeg pose I see? Not even El Chapo was that brash in taunting law enforcement officials. 

I'm not sure about that; it doesn't look like Terrelle Pryor is dropping much of anything in fall camp:


I feel like other teams are going to regret not chasing Terrelle Pryor harder. 

HEY IDIOTS, GIVE ME YOUR MONEY INSTEAD. It's still unseen what happens with Jim Harbaugh's Michigan on the field, but I would think all but their most deluded fans would concede there's no hope for a national title.

So if you're gambling on Michigan to win the title, which apparently people are, you're a degenerate gambler who is likely on a one-way bullet train into financial ruin.

Let's think about this rationally.

Michigan is likely to be led by an Iowa castoff who routinely plays Monopoly.

Playing a horseshit game like Monopoly in 2015 is almost as stupid as betting on the Wolverines to win the title. Almost. First of all, it's a horseshit, easily-gamed game.

I'm no longer nervous about The Game. Though I'm only 28, I feel confident in saying the phrase "a group of regular Monopoly players" has never been used to describe the winner of a physical confrontation.

I propose that people just PayPal their money instead. Or they could just put the cash into their bathtub and light it on fire. Either route will at least be as profitable on betting on Michigan to win the 2015 title.

THOSE WMDs. Game of Thrones will have eighth season, could go longer... A trip to South Africa's million dollar pigeon race... What emotions are (and aren't)... Patriot turkey terrorizes Michigan's campus... These barbarous kids are vaping caffeine now.

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