Yes, folks, the rumors are true: The big Buckeye blogging boy survived the weekend and has logged on to provide the #content Ohio State fans love to know.
Today's Skull Session is dedicated to Smokin' Bee-Bee-Q in Dayton, which was my winner of this weekend's Miami County Food Truck Rally & Competition.
My new goal is to raise enough money to purchase a franchise to park in my driveway.
ICYMI:
- Five long-shot targets Ohio State could land in the 2018 class.
- Four-star Ohio defensive end Steven Faucheux is one to watch in the 2019 recruiting class.
- Jaelen Gill and Emory Jones spearheading Ohio State's run to the top of national recruiting rankings.
- Help put a life-size statue of Woody Hayes in his hometown of Newcomerstown, Ohio.
Word of the Day: Aphorism.
WEBER FOR CAPTAIN. I have yet to see proof but people say the local team lost to Clemson back in January. All I remember is Curtis Samuel perambulating into the end zone against Michigan in double overtime. Six weeks later I woke up in the Qu Qua Ditch wearing one sock.
Maybe Clemson won. Maybe that happened. I'm not sure. But if it did, a 21 Marionaire Loko salute to Mike Weber's performance at a youth football camp in Hilton Head on Sunday. The Detroit import understands pettiness about sports is all that connects us with our savage ancestors.
From Weber's Snapchat, via Eleven Warriors tipster @will_mcchesney:
Those two chumps look ready to tell you the Confederate flag tattoos they got in prison are about heritage, not hate.
It's a good thing Buckeye Nation keeps a roster of worldwide agents:
No, I don't know why New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore went to Hilton Head to wait in line for Weber's autograph. It seems to me like they could've texted each other and handled that in a more efficient way. Regardless, it's good to see Buckeye blood still runs deep.
All jokes https://t.co/4BOK8DDvD3
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) May 21, 2017
LOL CAREFUL WHERE YOU CREEP TIDE. Sometimes lines emanating from Vegas look like objective rulings. Other times they look like a honey pot for idiots to fork over their hard-earned cash to organized crime. And yet other times they look easy payouts for a gentle laborer.
CG Technology, an app available to degenerates with enough disposable income to travel to Las Vegas and gamble on sports, foresees 2017's favorites as Alabama and Ohio State.
From casino.org:
CG has the Crimson Tide winning the most games next fall, at 10.5. The Buckeyes are right behind them, predicted to win 10. No other program is opening with a double-digit regular-season win projection. (Conference championships and bowl games aren’t included in the odds.)
As for the outright winner, Alabama is at +350 to win the NCAA title. Ohio State has the second-best odds at +500, followed by USC (+700), Florida State (+750), and Michigan and Penn State (+1200).
I'll just go ahead and say it: If Urban Meyer dumps Nick Saban for the 2017 title, he should retire or take a Godfather offer from a senile NFL owner. His stock could only come down from there, and every coach since Woody has left on acrimonious terms.
SHEFFIELD PLAYED SCHOOL. Kerry Coombs and Ohio State took their best crack at Kendall Sheffield when he was a five-star prospect in 2015. Sheffield ended up at Alabama before leaving for a year of JUCO ball at Blinn College in Texas last year.
That previous relationship helped Coombs ward off new suitors last year. But when you're watching Sheffield make the good football plays this fall, remember the academic work he did back at Blinn without 105,000+ screaming addicts fans.
From theozone.net:
"I think actually it was an advantage to us the second time around because I think the things that he and I had talked about the first time had come to fruition," Coombs explained. "I think that’s powerful recruiting when you tell someone something’s going to happen and it does. I’m not talking about with him. I’m talking about with us. It was an accurate portrayal of what happens in the corner room, and I think he was excited to have the opportunity to revisit it."
Sheffield enrolled in time for spring football, but arrived nearly three months later than the rest of the early enrollees. He hit the ground running, however, which didn't surprise Coombs in the least based on what Sheffield had to do just to get to Columbus.
"He had to front load all those classes, I don’t think everyone understands," Coombs said. "He took 24 credit hours in a semester at Blinn Junior College to be able to be here and be able to compete in March and be here for spring ball. His work ethic is outstanding. The thing they said at Blinn, which I found to be exactly true, is he’s the first guy out there and willing to work. That’s what I see. I’m really excited to have him in the room and really excited to have him as a part of our program."
Here's a perspective for those that didn't attend college: I didn't achieve 24 credits in six years of hilariously broken swings at college. I bagged about 12.
AKRON COACH POPS OFF. Akron head coach Terry Bowden apparently has some thoughts about how Nick Saban would be remembered if he stayed at Michigan State his entire career.
From coachingsearch.com:
“There are only so many schools in America that will give you whatever it takes to win,” Bowden said. “You put Nick Saban spending the rest of his life at Michigan State, he might just be another coach. But you put Nick Saban, who knows how to get things done at an LSU that says, ‘Whatever you need, we’ll give you,’ or at Alabama, that says ‘Whatever you want, we’ll give you.’
“They have the ability to get that ‘whatever you want’ and turn it into national championships. Some guys don’t have that.”
Saban went 34-21-1 at Michigan State, but was 9-2 in his last year. He went to LSU with more resources, posting a 48-16 record, with the 2003 national title. At Alabama, Saban is 114-19 with four national titles. Mark Dantonio hasn't reached quite such highs, but has shown to be a successful fit at MSU.
I love potshotting Saban, yet I'm uncomfortable with this. Where would any of us be if free agency and career advancement were illegal? I'd still be working at a pizza shop in Marion, bussing tables, and eating 3x my salary in pepperoni.
Plus, say what you will about Saban, but it's not like every Alabama coach in history has been on his level. He took a moribund program and turned it back into a machine. He deserves some props.
Now please excuse me while I shower in acid for the next three hours.
[~*~ 3 HOURS OF #MUZAK ~*~]
HELL, HUSKERS MIGHT BE WEST FAVORITES. The troops could win the Big Ten if they put together a team. It is known.
As such, it turns out Nebraska might be the new Big Ten team to beat.
From journalstar.com:
He was going to play college football. He was going to play college football despite the fact he'd never worn a football helmet before. Never played a game in high school. Never played a game in Pop Warner. Never even attended a football game.
Really? That can't be. …
A walk-on Husker few yet know is a Husker, fresh to Lincoln after spending four years as a member of the Navy SEALs, [Damian] Jackson smiles at the person giving him a surprised expression across the table. "There's a lot of weird things about me, like, 'Why am I playing football?' But it's definitely the sport I want to play."
Good news, Buckeye fans: Ohio State's schedule sets up where it could lose at Nebraska and still make the playoffs. And remember, Urban Meyer has never gone undefeated and won a championship.
Makes you think.
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