IYKYK.
This is March.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 1, 2022
Word of the Day: Batten.
BULLETIN BOARD. It's pretty widely accepted that if you need any extra motivation to get you ready to play in The Game, you're probably not going to be seeing the field anyway.
But it sure doesn't hurt!
Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy got pretty candid this week about how he views the Ohio State vs. Michigan rivalry and the Buckeyes wasted no time at all turning it into bulletin board material.
I posted our article at 7:05 a.m. and Teradja Mitchell posted that on his Instagram story at 9:30 a.m. When it comes to hating Michigan, Ohio State plays no games.
THREE KINGS. You know your team is stacked when you see a graphic of what's supposed to be the seven top returning players in the country and three of them are teammates.
Which returning college football player will have the best 2022 season? pic.twitter.com/LxcyijNv3c
— PFF Draft (@PFF_College) February 25, 2022
Ohio State could very realistically have the best quarterback, receiver and running back in the country next year and that's not even hyperbole.
I'm pretty sure that's not something that's happened before in modern history, but the last time anyone even came close was probably USC back in 2005 when Matt Leinart, Reggie Bush and Dwayne Jarrett were all on the same roster. I like this Buckeye offense better.
Side note: what the hell is Blake Corum doing in that graphic? Extreme "one of these things is not like the others" energy there.
LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE! I spent Saturday afternoon rooting for Purdue and Rutgers and playing out Big Ten championship scenarios in my head only to watch Ohio State give it all away unceremoniously with a road loss to some turtles (but not the mutated sewer kind or the "Happy Together" kind).
It was decidedly not cool, but if anyone's going to drop 27 points and hit six threes on my team, I'm glad it was Fatts Russell.
But even if the Bucks pissed away their chance to back right into a share of the Big Ten title, the good news is there's an extremely solid chance they still end up with a top-four seed and that coveted double-bye in the Big Ten Tournament.
At a quick glance, I think it would take losing two of three consecutive home games against unranked opponents to fall out of the top-four, starting with the worst team in the Big Ten tonight.
It's not out of the question! But I'm feeling okay.
DISRESPEK. The Ohio State women's team finished the season with a share of the Big Ten regular season title, earned the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament and has the best overall record in the country.
But none of that seems to matter to the NCAA Tournament's selection committee!
The final NCAA Top-16 reveal for WBB is out. pic.twitter.com/6wJv2dv8JR
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 1, 2022
You'll notice there are four Big Ten teams on the list, and none of them are the team currently sitting atop the Big Ten standings.
That's fine. I guess the Bucks will just have to go out and win the tournament title too and earn that respect.
SONG OF THE DAY. "Slow Burn" by Kacey Musgraves.
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