Wild but true: We're halfway through November, and only two games remain in the Ohio State regular season. Can't wait to turn 30 next month and years to start feeling like weeks.
Regardless, let's try to attack today with the vigor of Curtis Samuel:
#Curtis4Heisman
— tOSU Recruiting (@tOSURecruiting) November 14, 2016
- 637 Rush yards (8.0 AVG)
- 7 Rush TDs
- 750 Rec yards (13.2 AVG)
- 6 Rec TDs pic.twitter.com/VoA8lQ6QGF
Curtis Samuel: Like Percy Harvin, except without the raging narcissism and undependability. The two embody the recruiting lessons Urban Meyer learned between Gainesville and Columbus.
A GOOD OL' JUGGALO BRAWL. A lot of people look down on juggalos. I don't. Any adult that drinks Faygo, doesn't shower, and unironically likes clown rap is a venerable foe, no matter the arena.
My message to Ohio State fans is clear: Steel your constitutions to face an enemy that fights with Denny's utensil shivs.
From dispatch.com:
“Even when we beat them 49-37 at their place two years ago,” right guard Billy Price said, “you’re in the locker room like, wow, that was physical. Everything is sore.
“They’re cut from the same fabric we are. They’re tough, blue-collar type guys who just go out there and go to work. Those type of games are a slugfest.”
Meyer’s theme for the week is “You only get one shot.” A video with that message, accompanied by knockouts in mixed-martial arts fights, is playing on a loop above the practice field at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
Oh, and #shoutout to the dirtbag troll who heckled my mediocre son on the playground yesterday. Of course I let my son drink Mt. Dew — it's much more nutritional than Fagyo— and no, Mark Dantonio coaches the Houston Rockets. Mike D'antoni coaches the Michigan State Spartans.
Facts used to mean something in this country.
Also love the lunch pail, blue collar message Meyer is sending this week by beaming a stream of martial arts knockouts at his team. The P.C. mafia might whine about it, but these are the harsh realities of a daytime raid in Faygo Country.
GET DUMPED THEN, PAPA JOHN. The College Football Playoff Committee releases another round of arbitrary rankings Tuesday at 9 p.m. You can watch the jilted and commercial-stuffed ESPN broadcast or just come here as soon as the info is public. Your choice.
Wherever Ohio State jumps, it should be ahead of Louisville.
Pretty clear winner, right? pic.twitter.com/MsLfLptrTm
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) November 14, 2016
One key stat not mentioned: A Marionaire (RB L.J. Scott) plays for Louisville. Coupled with Papa John bribe money, it means no trickery can be ruled out, unfortunately.
LEWIS WANTS PACE. Trent Richardson practiced with the Alabama scout team because that's what you can do after swindling the Browns into a multi-million dollar rookie contract.
Urban Meyer apparently didn't realize NCAA bylaws allow former players to practice with their old teams as long as the school "doesn't advertise it."
If Tyquan Lewis had his way, he'd get a chance to spar with 41-year-old NFL Hall of Famer Orlando Pace:
Tyquan Lewis asked about which former player he would like to go against in practice.
— Kevin Harrish (@Kevinish) November 14, 2016
His choice: Orlando Pace
"He's still got it." pic.twitter.com/w6LGzUPOS3
90s babies: Who would you rather have for the stretch run? 41-year-old Orlando Pace, 43-year-old Eddie George or 44-year-old Joey Galloway?
Give me Galloway. That dude walks around in such good shape he could play both sides of the ball this Saturday.
JUSTICE SERVED. Beaver Stadium partied when PSU upset No. 2 OSU. Few things worse in life than seeing a celebratory James Franklin, but at least a handful of idiots marred what should be one of the best sports memories of their lives.
From ap.org:
STATE COLLEGE, PA (AP) – Authorities in central Pennsylvania have charged 13 people in connection with disturbances following Penn State’s upset over No. 2 Ohio State last month.
Police in State College said Monday that charges filed in district court included felony counts of riot, misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and reckless endangering, and summary counts of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Police said 11 of those charged are Penn State students, and they will be referred to the university’s Office of Student Conduct for further disciplinary action.
Life in prison with no parole sounds like a tough but fair sentence to me.
HERE COMES O'KORN. Mgoblog.com broke it and multiple outlets confirmed Michigan starting QB Wilton Speight broke his collarbone against Iowa and will miss the rest of the season.
Jim Harbaugh said on his radio show no doctor told him that, which, lol.
All Ann Arbor eyes turned to John O'Korn, the Houston castaway:
In 2014 at Houston O'Korn played 6 games
— Brandon #GoBucks (@FieryBuckeye) November 14, 2016
6 TDs 8 INTs sacked 11 times 52% completion.
Was benched in week 5 after his 3rd loss.
Here are some of his good plays, though:
Though O'Korn shunned tutelage from Tom Herman, who founded MENSA, the organization for geniuses, I'm told Harbaugh is also a "quarterback whisperer."
Herman and Meyer won a title with a "third-string" QB, so this should be light work for a football mind of Harbaugh's caliber.
I saw OSU win that title, and Michigan State stole my team's dreams with a backup last year, so nothing changes for me. Still gotta get through East Lansing and Thanksgiving, though.
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