As 2016 closes, let's take a look back at the year through 11W's lens. Tonight: April.
The Good
Ohio State's Hero in a Half-Shirt and parents.
- Over 100K fans showed up at Ohio State’s spring game and saw JTB and Cardale's friendly throwing competition. Recruits were thoroughly impressed by everything.
- Jerome Baker was not impressed with the earth's gravitational pull.
- Lots of Buckeyes were at the NFL Draft, and Ohio State's bevy of 1st rounders made a lot of money.
- Ohio State had a player from every positional group taken. Nine strong indeed.
- Torrance Gibson and Malik Hooker - lookin’ good!
- Jim Tressel accepted Urban's invitation to appear at OSU's football camp.
- Emmitt Smith declared new Dallas Cowboy Ezekiel Elliott to be a better back than he was. SMH he hasn’t even played a single down yet. Emmitt really thinks Zeke going to be a pro bowler or NFL MVP in his first year what is he crazy
- Back in Columbus, Jamarco is ready.
THE SAD
- RIP, Will Smith, who was shot eight times and left us too soon.
- Troy Smith got arrested and apologized.
- Blood clots ended Donovan Munger’s football career.
- Not good, Baylor.
HMMM...
- Nobody knows how to quietly dump bad news quite like Alabama.
- Hey whatever happened to Ohio State’s vertical play-action game? Surely that will be fixed for the 2016 season.
- Haters' predictions for Urban's tenure when he quit retirement to coach Ohio State have not aged well.
- Nick Mangold, classic New York sports fan.
- Jack Nicklaus got carded. At Augusta.
- Former 11W Beat Writer Kyle Rowland can see the future:
@MattSBN They're going to be atrocious.
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) April 19, 2016
@MattSBN Yes. No way they win six games.
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) April 19, 2016
- NCAA bans satellite camps.
- Our five best landing spots for Cardale Jones, confirmation that the Buffalo Bills consult 11W.
Your Faves
- Top Skully for the month - key passage:
How fluent in German is Kerry Coombs? Sounds like it could be the new pipeline. You know SEC coaches won't be hip to it either because they've never heard of Europe.
- Top Film Study for the month: The Aggressive Approach of New Michigan Defensive Coordinator Don Brown...hey wait a second *checks the click sources* oh hello visitors from Every Michigan Site - 11W readers, here's your top Film Study for March - Blitzing Buckeye Cornerbacks in the Spring Game.
- Clickiest article: Jim Harbaugh got a talking to from Ezekiel Elliott.
- Busiest forum post: Todd Sibley is going to Greyshirt.
