Sometimes, the NFL is just like a vintage Ohio State practice.
Denzel Ward was asked if he intercepted Burrow when they played together at Ohio State.
— Tom Withers (@twithersAP) November 7, 2021
Im sure I did, he said. pic.twitter.com/wNtC7p74Wa
Word of the Day: Irascible.
BACK TO EARTH. I'm sad to report that after back-to-back clunky performances, Ohio State no longer has the top offense in college football in either scoring or yardage, much less both.
Ohio State no longer leads the nation in points or yards per game, but it still ranks second nationally in both categories, behind Pittsburgh in scoring offense and Virginia in total offense.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) November 7, 2021
It's kind of wild that this offense just put up almost 500 yards of total offense with a receiver setting a new single-game record and it was one of the worst offensive showings of the season and brought Ohio State's statistical averages down.
I assume Ryan Day will be handing in his resignation letter this morning.
B1GTIME RECEIVERS. I'm not huge into conference pride or anything, but after years of hearing about SEC speed, it sure is nice to see the Big Ten with by far the best collection of receivers in the country.
3 200-yard receivers on the same day, since 2000:
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) November 6, 2021
2001 WAC
2012 Big 12
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It seems relevant to note that Ohio State could very likely have two receivers drafted in the first round in a couple of months and the guy who just caught 15 passes for 240 yards isn't even one of them.
Also, tough luck for David Bell here. The dude caught 11 passes for over 200 yards with a touchdown and had decidedly the third-best receiving performance of the week in his conference alone. He probably won't even earn a share of Big Ten Player of the Week.
FOR THE KIDS. Cancer took an uppercut to the chin this week courtesy of some dancing Buckeyes.
Ohio State's annual BuckeyeThon dance marathon raised more than $1 million this weekend for Nationwide Children's Hospital to help fight pediatric cancer.
Together, Buckeyes make miracles.
— Ohio State (@OhioState) November 7, 2021
Thank you @BuckeyeThon for championing the kids, families and doctors at @nationwidekids and for fundraising an astounding $1,025,812.46 for kids battling cancer and blood disorders. pic.twitter.com/735OwS3HyD
Cancer can get properly dumbed, in my opinion.
NATTY SZN. While the football team was busing mucking it up on the road against Nebraska this weekend, a couple of Buckeye tennisers rolled through everybody on their way to a national title in doubles.
A tremendous fall for the Ohio State men’s tennis team was capped on Sunday with a doubles national title as Matej Vocel and Robert Cash claimed a three-set victory over Stanford’s team of Arthur Fery and Alexandre Rotsaert.
The victory put a bow on an undefeated fall for Vocel and Cash who also won the ITA All-American Championship doubles title in September. The duo was 14-0 this fall with six wins over ranked opponents. They become the third Buckeye doubles team to win an ITA Fall National Championship, joining Chace Buchanan and Blaz Rola in 2011 and Scott Green and Ross Wilson who won back-to-back titles in 2004 and 2005.
Ohio State's got quite a few incredible and consistent programs in its athletic department (highlighted by the synchronized swimming team that wins national titles with more regularity than the football team wins games), but the men's tennis program is an underrated one.
Ty Tucker is a straight-up legend who has built an absolute machine.
SONG OF THE DAY. "Blue Ridge Mountains" by Fleet Foxes.
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