The Reds are complete ass this season, but at least I have this:
The Cincinnati #Reds become the first team to beat the #Yankees when trailing after eight innings, scoring 4 runs in the 9th inning for
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) July 13, 2022
4-3 victory. The Yankees had been 49-0 when leading after 8 innings.
And all it took was a bases-loaded hit by pitch to start the rally.
Word of the Day: Morass.
THEY'LL BE BACK. We *should* be getting ready to watch our favorite collection of former Ohio State hoopsters compete in the TBT this weekend, but Carmen's Crew is taking a brief hiatus this year.
But never fear, Jared Sullinger says the team will be back next year – with an even younger roster.
After playing in Sunday’s Kingdom Summer League at Ohio Dominican University, Sullinger said they were scrambling to finalize a roster before realizing they would have to turn their focus ahead a year.
“We have a lot of guys that was playing a lot of minutes overseas and at the time we was scrambling to try to get enough guys to make a full roster and we couldn’t do it at the moment,” Sullinger said. “We’re going to expand our time and look forward to the next year.”
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Now, the plan is to return in 2023 but potentially with a different-looking roster.
“We’re going to try to get younger,” Sullinger said. “It’s not really hard (to find new guys) when you’ve got (Ohio State coach Chris) Holtmann bringing in pros every day. You’ve got to give credit to Holtmann. As long as he keeps getting pros and they do all four years and they want to play TBT then they’ve got an open door to us.”
Speaking of the team getting younger, remember like three years ago when Jae'Sean Tate wasn't considered good enough to play for Carmen's Crew and he had to play for some other TBT team instead. Now, he's starting on an NBA roster. Wild stuff.
BEWARE OF CHOP. I don't think there's a person on the planet – Miyan Williams included – who would suggest that Miyan Williams was any better than the second-best running back on Ohio State's roster last season.
That's absolutely mind-blowing because he actually had the second-best rushing grade since Pro Football Focus started keeping tack seven years ago, behind only Ezekiel Elliott's natty season.
Highest rushing grades in a season by an Ohio State Running Back
— PFF College (@PFF_College) July 12, 2022
Ezekiel Elliott (14): 92.4
Miyan Williams (21): 89.8
Trey Sermon (20): 88.0 pic.twitter.com/iq5RFcoutr
To be clear, this isn't an "actually, Ohio State should be giving the ball to Miyan Williams instead of TreVeyon Henderson" post, it's a "holy shit, Ohio State's running backs room is ungodly good" post.
I sincerely believe that Henderson could go down as the single best running back in Buckeye football history (yes, that includes the multiple Heisman winners). And if you look at the numbers, the dude behind him might just be top-10.
Oh, and then there's Evan Pryor.
Evan Pryor mix from today pic.twitter.com/JOo53LEjGK
— Colton Denning (@Dubsco) April 17, 2022
FEED ZEKE. Speaking of dominant Ohio State running backs, the Ezekiel Elliott hype seems to have died down a little in recent years, but if you look at his total number since entering the league, the dude has absolutely dominated the NFL.
Most rushing yards in the NFL since 2016:
— NFL On Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) July 12, 2022
Ezekiel Elliott (7,366)
Keep. Feeding. Zeke. pic.twitter.com/JobHYN45ht
He's got three seasons of more than 1,000 yards and three seasons averaging more than 4.5 yards per carry. Dude's been stunningly consistent, and it just feels like folks have forgotten.
But hey, keep sleeping on him!
EVERYONE LIKES THE BUCKS. I'm not sure I like this juju, but I feel obligated to share it with y'all – almost the entire world is picking the Buckeyes to win the national title this year.
More than half the money pouring into the MGM Sportsbook for the national title is on Ohio State. And no other team is even close.
Ohio State is dominating national championship betting at @BetMGM.
— Andrew Doughty (@DoughtyBetMGM) July 12, 2022
Buckeyes have 51% of the handle.
Next closest: Bama 17%
I want to say this makes me nervous, but it's not like Bama hasn't been heavily bet on before the season starts and been just fine.
Hype isn't necessarily a bad thing. You just gotta like, live up to it.
SONG OF THE DAY. "Thank you" by Diddo.
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