If the Cleveland Cavaliers complete the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history, Cleveland would break off Ohio's mainland, drift into Lake Erie, and immediately become a sovereign nation where anarchy reigns.
Can't wait to watch J.R. Smith sign the Declaration of Independence by dumping a bottle of Hennessy on generic printer paper.
YEAH, WE'RE TALKING SUBTWEETING, SWEETHEART. Wide receivers coach Zach Smith is one of Urban Meyer's best recruiters. There's no denying that. But there's also no denying he is the biggest subtweeter on Meyer's staff.
A few weeks back, Smith ripped off a subtweet about how he'll beat coaches in recruiting despite their cheating, and Nebraska wide receivers coach Keith Williams responded with his own wave of not-so-subtle subtweets. Smith denied he was talking about Williams, but rather an unnamed SEC school. Such is life in 21st-century recruiting.
Fast-forward to this week. Smith and Williams—currently battling for the services of five-star receiver Tyjon Lindsey—were back up to their old tricks. And Smith was the one who started it by taking aim at the informative videos Williams posts to his feed from time to time.
From The Lincoln Journal Star:
The first of those from Smith said: "Take your videos of average players doing a drill you 'claim' works and put it against ACTUAL PROOF that #DevelopmentHappensHere #Shhh."
Smith later deleted it, but not before it was screen grabbed by several fans and passed around online.
Anybody who has been on Twitter has made a bad tweet before deleting it. I have made and deleted thousands of bad tweets.
But Smith doubled down in a tweet he didn't delete:
Watch closely. What are other coaches ACTUALLY teaching? "Bam" and "Boom-Blow"#DidYouJustTryToCoachHimUp ? #LevelsToThis
— Zach Smith #Zone6 (@CoachZachSmith) June 15, 2016
There is no playing the SEC card after that, and Williams responded in kind:
It's crazy when you see people in person TWICE,just you & that person and they forget what they want to say until they get to their Twitter
— Keith Williams (@wideouts) June 15, 2016
That's why 90% of my page is about ME and WIDEOUT PLAY---that way I don't ever have to delete what I post
— Keith Williams (@wideouts) June 15, 2016
SMH pic.twitter.com/1Xg3yW3bhu
In my day, we settled disputes like this by chesting up under the monkey bars on the playground and kissing. Obviously, times have changed.
I understand both men are under pressure to land elite recruits, but these antics leave both in a bad light. I'm somewhat surprised Meyer hasn't cracked down on this behavior, but maybe these are the new parameters in a game that doesn't have many.
I love trash talk, but I can do without the subtweeting. "Either bash somebody directly or don't bash them at all," my dear mother advised me when I flamed people on message boards during the early 2000s.
My unsolicited advice to Smith: Leave the Twitter antics alone and let the commitments do the talking. Nebraska ain't got much to say to him in that regard, which is always the most effective rebuttal.
FIXING THE B1G IMBALANCE. Does anyone here remember when the Big Ten's two divisions were "Legends" and "Leaders?" Damn, that was stupid.
The Big Ten mercifully switched to geographical divisions in 2014, but it led to its own problems. Namely, the Big Ten West will never be good unless Purdue starts cheating or Lovie Smith turns out to be a legendary college football coach. Even then, it's unlikely the West will ever contend with Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, or Penn State when it fires James Franklin.
Alas, sbnation.com came up with a dynamite plan to fix this problem, and it includes eliminated divisions entirely:
Since just lopping four teams isn't really an option, there has to be a way to help. Right?
Luckily, we might have figured it out.
This week, our colleagues proposed a radical change for the SEC, banishing divisions entirely in favor of three protected rivalries per team. That same approach could work just as well for the Big Ten, placing three annual rivalry games per team and ensuring everybody plays the other 10 conference schools three times every five years.
The only beef I have with this plan is it makes a casualty of Rutgers-Michigan, which is my favorite rivalry in the Big Ten outside of The Rivalry. Still, I suppose Indiana-Rutgers has the potential to get to that level after a few years.
Of course, this plan makes too much sense to ever been enacted, and if it does it will be some watered down version. When I am commissioner of this league, I promise swift reform based on good articles I read online.
CAMP RANDALL, OH HELL YEAH. Outside of an out-of-conference date with Oklahoma and the annual scourging of Jim Harbaugh, the game which excites me most is Ohio State's trip to Madison, Wisconsin. And it's good to know somebody agrees with me.
From espn.com's Ultimate Big Ten road trip, which dubs Ohio State–Wisconsin as the conference's must-watch game in Week 7:
Wisconsin traditionally hasn't had much success against Ohio State. The Buckeyes have won seven of the past eight games. But when the Badgers win, it's a big deal. Wisconsin's 31-18 victory against No. 1 Ohio State at Camp Randall in 2010 is considered among the most memorable wins for the program in school history. If the Badgers can spring the upset again, Madison will go wild.
And if they don’t? This is still worth watching. This contest will serve as the Buckeyes’ second-biggest test at this point of the season, as only two of their Power-5 opponents in the first seven weeks -- Oklahoma and Wisconsin -- had winning records last season. So we’ll all be watching this game; there’s a lot at stake.
I can't recommend the hajj to Madison enough. It's a Midwestern gem, their fans know how to party and more importantly talk original shit. I love to get heckled, and their fans bring the highest quality to the fray despite their team being bad.
If you're on the fence about going and have never been—go. You won't regret it. The stadium is sweet, too.
BRUTUS WITHDRAWS FROM PRIDE. Columbus Pride kicks off this weekend, and the start of it is always marked with a parade. Brutus Buckeye, however, won't be in attendance.
From outlookcolumbus.com:
There’s only one official withdrawal from Columbus Pride this weekend as a result of Sunday’s mass murder targeting LGBT people in Orlando.
Ohio State University officials say they will not let Brutus, the buckeye-headed mascot of the school’s football and basketball teams, march in the LGBT Pride parade on Saturday because of concerns for his safety.
“We appreciate all of the work that has gone into this and look forward to helping next year,” Siobhan St. John, OSU’s assistant spirit coach and event coordinator, said in an email to members of the Columbus Ohio Gay Lesbian & Ally Hockey Association.
This decision surprises me. I figured Brutus came armed with Batman-like combat abilities.
DALE IS AS DALE DOES. If Cardale Jones locks down his accuracy the NFL might as well start working on his Hall of Fame bust:
Cardale Jones. SPLASH! pic.twitter.com/6DuubmWYEU
— Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) June 15, 2016
Can't wait for him to earn the starting job so I can shed my Browns fanship and cheer for a respectable team.
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