We're getting Tuesday out of the way like we're lava and it's an abandoned Ford Mustang:
Absolutely insane video out of Leilani Estates, HI.
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) May 7, 2018
Watch a wall of lava engulf a car. pic.twitter.com/PIlpxpYZsT
ICYMI:
- Projecting how the offensive staff will rank its top 20 players.
- Film Study: Finding new ways to run Ryan Day's favorite passing play.
- Urban Meyer is off to the best six-year start in Ohio State history.
- Chris Holtmann adds former point guard Andrew Dakich as a graduate assistant.
- Musa Jallow earns chance to play with USA U-18 national team.
Word of the Day: Cajole.
BRINGING BACK A BEAST. Ohio State should be good this year, and it should be talented and deep at every position.
Urban Meyer, however, would not turn down a chance to bring back a former player. Who should he choose? The list is impressive despite only being six years old.
From landof10.com:
All of those guys would be great choices. Decker would give Ohio State more depth at tackle, allowing whichever quarterback wins the job to breathe more easily. The same could be said of Elflein. Bringing back Hooker would resolve one of Ohio State’s lingering 2018 depth chart battles and also give the Buckeyes one of their best playmakers in recent memory. And Lee and Shazier would capably fill the middle, giving Ohio State a beastly playmaker who easily would provide 100 tackles and a handful of sacks and other big plays.
All of those are practical, sensible choices that couldn’t fail. The same goes for anyone wanting to add Michael Thomas as a dependable receiver target. However, I’ve always been more of a best-player-available guy, so I’m going rogue and bringing back Joey Bosa to form the biggest must-watch defensive line in the history of the program. In my mind, Bosa is pound-for-pound the best player to suit up for Ohio State during the Urban Meyer era. For that alone, he’s worth considering.
Michael Thomas was my first pick, just because I'm still salty about how the local offense underutilized his talent. (Reminder: He never broke 1,000 yards in Columbus.)
You could also make an argument for Taylor Decker, but I'm a believer in Thayer Munford and Isaiah Prince. Which means Bosa is the correct pick.
Imagine a third-down package of Nick Bosa and Chase Young on the ends with Joey and Dre'Mont Jones in the middle. That might not even be legal in most states.
EMPTY MEYER NEST LOOMS. When Meyer returned to Ohio State, he promised his family he would strike a balance between work and family life. Entering Year 7, Meyer has maintained that pact as his son, Nate, celebrated Senior Day with his Bishop Watterson baseball team.
From nbc4i.com:
"I try not to get into his work with him a lot because that's his whole day. He loves to talk about baseball. That’s, I think sometimes, his favorite sport." Nate says.
Meyer played some minor league baseball after college, in the Atlanta Braves organization, and says he learned baseball from his father. Urban says he and Nate have spent ample time in the summers bonding over baseball.
"I think when I took him to Cooperstown, just a father-son trip... we went to Cooperstown, New York for the field of dreams tournament and watched them play and be a part of that. It's maybe the best 10 days I’ve ever had." Urban says.
I'll go ahead and say it: I'm glad Meyer washed out of the minor leagues. A university like Ohio State probably would have not hired a baseball player to coach its renowned football program.
I used to worry Meyer would retire after the 2018 season and head to a tropical beach with his wife, Shelley. Thankfully he quashed that notion by signing an extension earlier this year.
ANOTHER LEGEND DOWN. In 10 years, High Street will just be "luxury" apartments and chain restaurants. Columbus will be worse for it.
From dispatch.com:
One of the few places in Columbus still serving liver and onions is about to close its doors.
The Blue Danube, a hangout near Ohio State University since 1940, will go dark June 17 as the landlord embarks on a major renovation of the building.
“Essentially, (owner) Bob (Swaim) told us he is done, the ’Dube is closing, and that’s the end,” said assistant general manager Lindsey Heyob.
Restaurants are an insanely time-consuming, so I'm never surprised when an owner says, "That's the end." Still, it won't stop me from shedding a tear at the loss of another campus-area icon.
COACH DRINKS RAW EGGS WITH #TEENS. A 2019 three-star QB named Cale, who looks like he's 12, committed to the Ducks yesterday. Head coach Mario Cristobal decided it was an occasion to drink a glass of raw eggs.
Oregon QB commit Cale Millen (@millen_10) drinks raw eggs with @coach_cristobal to celebrate his commitment. Thats dedication - for player and coach pic.twitter.com/W6tNB7d8fA
— Andrew Nemec (@AndrewNemec) May 6, 2018
If I'm drinking a glass of raw eggs, this kid better lead my team to at least two national titles.
MULLEN DENIES QB INTEREST... FOR NOW. Nebraska coach Scott Frost said after the Huskers' spring game he'd rather stick with the quarterbacks he had than bring in an outsider and "muddy the waters."
New Florida coach Dan Mullen coached his statement.
From seccountry.com:
“This year? I don’t know. I don’t think we would take one,” Mullen said. “Baker Mayfield left, right? He graduated and left. You know, I don’t think that’s a spot we would look to take anyone. … At this point there’s no plan of taking a grad transfer.”
"There's no plan of taking a grad transfer" should change if Joe Burrow becomes available. Emory Jones won't play this year, and it's not like Jim McElwain left a QB room filled with future Hall of Famers.
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