I understand if soccer isn't your thing, but I'm telling y'all: The World Cup is one of the biggest off-season #blessings this side of the Heat getting smacked up by the Spurs.
I've officially talked myself into the United States being a dark horse. FIFA better not let us slide through the backdoor into the knockout stage, either; Spain wants no part.
Anyway, here is some 11W goodness you might've missed:
- I would back King Citro, first of his name, King of the Andals and the First Men and True Ruler of the Horseshoe.
- Jonesy's look at a question that will be debated for the next 25 years: Did Tom Herman make the right call on that final fourth and short against Michigan State?
- Vico's latest installment of Better Know a Buckeye: 2014's crown jewel that was chiseled straight out of SEC country: Raekwon McMillan.
- Antoine Winfield DA GAWD and Troy Smith DA GAWD lead the 2014 class to be inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in September.
- Is it time to move on from Torrance Gibson? (Let Torrance Gibson tell it, and it sounds like OSU already has.)
NSFW Anti-Work #Bangers:
- Sting terrorizes the NWO throughout 1997.
- Louis CK on cell phones, kids and the sadness of life.
- Omar Little and Brother Mouzone hold court.
URBZ BUILDING PIPELINES IN THE MITTEN. Urban Meyer and his band of rogues traveled up 23 to Detroit's Sound Mind Sound Body Football Camp, and per the way the world works, were doing bossy things as soon as they arrived:
#OhioState football staff including Urban Meyer just rolled into @SMSBFootball camp deep.
— Rico Beard (@RicoBeard) June 12, 2014
Damn right they did.
Ohio State assistant Kerry Coombs and his soon-to-be cornerback Damon Webb. #Buckeyes pic.twitter.com/ruHeCfez3E
— Ryan Ginn (@RyanGinnBSB) June 12, 2014
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer addressing the campers at @SMSBFootball in Detroit tonight. #Buckeyes pic.twitter.com/KYdb3Axxuv
— Ryan Ginn (@RyanGinnBSB) June 13, 2014
Ohio State defensive line coach Larry Johnson spent a lot of time today with coveted 2015 DE @Jay_Rock16. #Buckeyes pic.twitter.com/IgriOVZ3jy
— Ryan Ginn (@RyanGinnBSB) June 13, 2014
For as long as Michigan football has thrived by leeching talent out of the great state of Ohio, it's nice to see Urban Meyer kicking down their door and putting Hoke's squad on their heels on their own turf. Hopefully Damon Webb is what Desmond Howard could've been.
TOUGH SLEDDING IN 2014. Berry Tarmel of The Oklahoman put together a list of the top 64(?) toughest out-of-conference schedules. It's not clear how he defined "toughest," but the Buckeyes are well represented so we're going to run with it. (Florida State was No. 1.)
5. Ohio State: at Navy, Virginia Tech, Kent State, Cincinnati. Solid schedule. Not great, but not terrible. Which makes it great in 2014.
Tough but fair, IMO. The SEC had a poor showing on the list, but so would your school if they played eight games of BABY NFL every year.
Shifting to the regular season, here's a de-slided Bleacher Report article speculating on the first loss of every Top 25 team, and it includes this gem:
The quest for a third straight perfect regular season will end midway through in 2014, as OSU will serve as the sacrificial lamb for a rising Penn State team that will be the best team not playing in a bowl game this fall.
A sacrificial lamb to a rising (out of the gutter) Penn State?
I... uh... I disagree with that notion. I'm not exactly quaking in my boots over my team's date with the "best team not playing in a bowl game," either.
ONTO THE NEXT ONE, MARCUS. I was going to make a "I BET HE FLIPPED THE DOUBLE BIRDS ON HIS WAY OUT" joke, but then I realized there was literally 0% chance somebody hadn't already beat me to the lowest-hanging fruit. Alas:
#Colts announced release of former Ohio St. G Marcus Hall. In all likelihood, his legacy in football will forever be defined by double-bird.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) June 12, 2014
THE GREATEST PHOTOSHOPS EVER. (Related: Kenny Guiton is with Gene Simmons' arena team, the LA Kiss.)
Who made this? I have a crown for you.
This is a disconcerting image of Kenny Guiton. How am I just now seeing this? pic.twitter.com/syL0lnkYrd
— Michael Citro (@11W_Michael) June 12, 2014
And this is a very close second. I want to kiss Twitter user hecBGHP:
Thanks to @hecBHGP, we now have visual evidence of Peak Michigan Man: http://t.co/oBJQZR8G8P pic.twitter.com/QSQAfvU4sz
— Black Heart (@BHGP) June 12, 2014
THOSE WMDs. The story of Gyp the Blood, a turn-of-the-century gangster who invented the getaway car... Mild NSFW: Hamilton, Ohio, stand up!!!... Mike Tyson on Lebron James, life and his never-ending quest to make good... I don't care if I'm a rookie, I AIN'T PAYING... Seriously tho, is Pitbull three-feet tall?... Greg Oden shamed Mark Titus last night... Psh, my grades were worse than all these luminaries... People apparently love online quizzes... RIP Kelly's and D&J's Carry-Outs...
