This is it. This is the day the losing streak ends. The corn folk are getting buried by a barrage of threes from Andre Wesson. People forget he's a 90 percent shooter now.
ICYMI
- Nate Ebner tells our Dan Hope about how Ohio State prepared him for the league.
- A five-game losing streak ain't great, but you gotta keep the faith.
- Parris Campbell sees a lot of Jaelen Gill in himself, as Gill steps into his H-back role.
- We desperately miss role playing big men on the basketball team.
- The Buckeyes somehow lost to Michigan in wrestling???
Word of the Day: Rebarbative.
HAPPY TERRY MCLAURIN WEEK. Regretfully, Terry McLaurin week comes to a close today, but not before a few more glorious anecdotes.
One of the coolest things I saw at @seniorbowl was Ohio State WR Terry McLaurin uncover in 1-on1s & make catches & then explain some of his route work to DBs between reps in order to help him. Three DBs dapped him up after 1-on-1s finished. I e never seen that there before.
— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) January 25, 2019
Coincidentally just got this text about McLaurin from an NFL scout: "Terry McLaurin... one of the best kids Ive talked to, awesome human being. Favorite kid I've ever interviewed."
— Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman) January 25, 2019
Terry's got that Tim Tebow trait where he's absolutely going to be successful in whatever he chooses to do, and he can choose to do just about anything.
He's owned this entire week down at the Senior Bowl practices in Mobile, Alabama so it would be only fitting to see him own the game too. You can watch him do his thing at 2:30 p.m. on the NFL Network.
FIELDS VS THE OTHER TRANSFERS. Justin Fields' transfer destination was the biggest story in college football for a hot minute.
Now that the dust has settled and he's at Ohio State, Mark Schlabach of ESPN ranked the top-10 transfer quarterbacks based on the impact they'll have heading into the season, and Fields checks in at a shockingly low No. 4, behind Jalen Hurts, Kelly Bryant, and Jacob Eason.
4. Justin Fields (Georgia to Ohio State)
Fields, the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2018 ESPN 300, left Georgia after playing sparingly behind starter Fromm this past season. There are still unanswered questions about his availability this coming season; his attorney, Thomas Mars, is expected to file a hardship waiver appeal with the NCAA, asking for Fields to be ruled eligible in 2019. If the waiver is not granted, he'll have to sit out this season. Fields might be the most physically talented quarterback who changed schools in this cycle. Fields has tremendous mobility and exceptional arm strength, and UGA coaches believed he had a very high ceiling. It's probably unfair to judge him by his performance with the Bulldogs, since he was used so sporadically.
I wanted to be mad at this, but then I put myself Schlabach's shoes, trying to rank a dude who's either going to be the starting quarterback on a championship contending team or have absolutely no impact on the season at all with nothing in between.
Four is probably fine, given that the three ahead of him are absolutely starters.
But wait, there's more! Tate Martell checks in at No. 9:
9. Tate Martell (Ohio State to Miami)
Martell, a former four-star recruit from Las Vegas, transferred from Ohio State to Miami after Fields joined the Buckeyes. Martell is also expected to apply to the NCAA for a hardship waiver, which would allow him to play for the Hurricanes this coming season. He was the No. 6 dual-threat quarterback in the 2017 ESPN 300. Playing behind starter Dwayne Haskins in 2018, Martell completed 23 of 28 passes for 269 yards with one touchdown. He also ran 22 times for 128 yards with two scores.
I used to be jealous at how wild the NBA offseason is with free agency and trades, but folks, we've got our own quarterback free agency going on now and I can't say I'm not entertained.
ANDRE WESSON MAKES TOP-10 PLAYS. Andre Wesson absolutely could not miss on Wednesday night, and his range included behind the half-court line.
I'm gonna need a heat-check three from Andre on Ohio State's first possession today just to see what we're working with from the start.
DAME TALKS TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. Damon Arnette popped by a local Columbus middle school to impart some of his wisdom and knowledge on some of our most impressionable #youths.
@da3_ysn took time out to visit and share words of wisdom with the students at Yorktown Middle School.#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/clCz7N2Olo
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) January 25, 2019
Damon's a braver man than I am, stepping foot in a middle school voluntarily.
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