Skull Session: Ohio State Produced Some Freaks at Linebacker, Jerry Rice Encourages Justin Fields, and Ohio State Gets Into NFTs

By Kevin Harrish on April 15, 2021 at 5:45 am
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There's a pretty good chance five-star center Efton Reid decides to bless the Buckeyes with his talents today.

There's also a very real chance he goes to LSU, Pitt or Florida State instead, because nobody really seems to have any idea what the hell is going on with his recruitment, which is honestly a refreshing change of pace.

We'll have you covered regardless. In the mean time, enjoy this, which may be the best selfie ever taken.

Just a couple of GOATS.

Word of the Day: Fitful.

 PHYSICAL FREAKS. To the NFL decision makers who I'm sure are definitely spending their final pre-Draft days reading my online words: if you're into physical freaks, peep Ohio State's linebacking corps.

Hilariously, there's a very real chance Ohio State has both the most athletic and the least athletic linebacker in the class, because...

To be fair to Tuf, his athleticism was never going to be the thing to got him drafted, so none of that really matters all that much. It's just wild that those human beings both play the same position.

 GOAT TO GOAT. Justin Fields put on a show at Pro Day II yesterday, looking to prove he's got what it takes to be the next San Francisco 49ers legend.

Nobody really knows what the Niners are going to do with that No. 3 overall pick, but it sure sounds like the best wide receiver of all time would be riding with Fields if the decision were up to him.

The Niners' GOAT offering his approval of the next Niners' GOAT. Love it. And let's be honest, he would have loved to be on the receiving end of some of these.

Pull the trigger, Kyle Shanahan. Listen to your elders.

 BUCKEYES INTO NFTs. For some reason, the NFT craze continues to drag on across this country, and now it looks like Ohio State's getting in on all the action.

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are digital identifiers that are created by computer algorithms to certify the authenticity of an asset, similar to a digital certificate of authenticity that cannot be counterfeited in any way. The Ohio State football creative media team has taken a unique approach to generating interest in their program by putting the first tweet from the football account up for auction as an NFT. 

“This is just scratching the surface of tremendous potential and value,” Chris Charizopoulos, director of Ohio State football creative design and branding, said. “We’re going to see NFTs revolutionize digital asset management.”

The highest bid on the Ohio State tweet from 2016 reading “O-H #GoBucks” is currently 0.4581 Ethereum, a form of cryptocurrency, which is equal to about $850.

Charizopoulos said that although the potential of NFTs goes far beyond sports, the variety of potential uses within sports is larger than most people realize. He said that being able to buy a moment in sports history without having to worry about keeping it in good condition or losing it will allow for a new group of collectors to find the same excitement and thrill of traditional sports card collecting.

Cool, I guess?

Listen, nothing makes me feel older and more out of touch than this whole NFT thing. I'm clear on what it is and I mostly understand why it exists, but then people try to explain the "value" of an NFT and that's where my brain turns to Elmer's Glue.

But hey, at the end of the day, I don't need to understand. If you want to spend $25,000 to "own" the famous "Leave Britney Alone!" freakout, who am I to stand in your way?

 DAWSON DEBUTS. Y'all might remember Ronnie Dawson from when he used to pimp home runs back in Columbus. Now, he's officially in the big leagues, making his MLB debut last night and getting his first big-league hit.

His final year of college, the dude slugged 0.611 and had an OPS of 1.030 with 13 home runs and 51 RBIs in 65 games. I'd say there are going to be quite a few more hits where that came from.

 SONG OF THE DAY. "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers.

 NOT STICKING TO SPORTS. A man fined for farting on a cop argues that farts are protected forms of expression... A popular North Carolina teacher was killed trying to rob a Mexican drug cartel member... The took mushrooms together and meditated together; how did it end in murder?... A casino got hacked through a fish-tank thermometer...

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