Headset Mandatory, Vest Optional
With the recent discussion of how best to use Pryor, there’s no doubt that many of you have your own ideas about how to best run the Buckeye offense.
Well, the good news is that the athletic department is giving you a chance. At least for a day — in an honorary capacity. And that part about calling plays? It’s a stretch.
But why dwell on the fine print?
Through an officially sanctioned auction, one lucky bidder will win the right to serve as an honorary assistant coach for the spring game. The athletic department is billing it as “The Ultimate Spring Football Game Experience” and although you won’t necessarily get a chance to call any plays, the gig sounds pretty sweet:
Prior to kick-off you will head over to the home team sidelines to watch the game. Throughout the game you will have the option to put on a headset and listen in as the coaches on the field communicate with the coaches in the press box. You will join the home team in the locker room during halftime and listen in on all of the halftime adjustments. You will return to the sidelines for 2nd half action. Following the final whistle you will join the home team in their locker room for post game comments from the coaching staff which will mark the conclusion of this Ultimate Spring Football Game Experience.
All this, of course, assumes you have the necessary cheddar on-hand to win the auction. As of the time of this writing, the leading bid was already up to $1425.
If you do have a couple of extra grand lying around, be sure to get your bid in as the auction ends on April 9th. Which would leave you about 10 days to find that perfect sweater vest.
I don’t like this for two reasons:
1) I don’t have the coin to participate
2) I don’t like the idea of auctioning off access to the football program because it exacerbates the already bullshit trend of OSU’s revenue sports (bball and football) becoming an option only for the country club elites.
*I am admittedly bitter because I don’t have an extra $2k to bid and I can’t afford to join the Buckeye or President’s Club to get the OPTION to buy season tickets. I’m also bitter because each year the ticket office sends me my alumni application for my one home game and it always starts off as a good game (last year Wisco, the year before MSU) then I get tickets to Youngstown State in the mail. Sorry for the rant.*
What if we all pulled our money and sent Wil?
I 2nd that idea!
You guys hear about the PSU bball player? You guys will love this and have a field day with it I’m sure:
http://dottingthei.com/index.php/i-should-but-i-dont-feel-bad-for-penn-state/
“Stanley Pringle, your supposed let the fans do the White Out at football games, not you doing it in the library.”
Since he’s the point guard, couldn’t his defense just be that he was working on his ballhandling skills?
Actually, I heard his coach had told him he wanted him to practice SHOOTING more.
Hey 11W…
Rumor has it Lane Kiffin has the high bid for the honorary assistant coach position…