Gone Girl is a really awesome movie until the last 30 minutes. Do not go see it unless you like watching something you've come to care about crash, burn, and die screaming in front of your eyes. (I followed it up with 80 minutes of Sons of Anarchy because I am my own worst enemy.)
SAVING J.T. BARETT'S ARM. Ohio State is on the rise once again, and J.T. Barrett's right arm is the most valuable appendage on the team. As such, the coaching staff is taking precautions to preserve it.
From cleveland.com's Bill Landis:
On Tuesday's Big Ten coaches teleconference, OSU coach Urban Meyer said Barrett no longer throws on Fridays or Sundays in practice in effort to save his arm, which has become a much-used weapon this season.
Barrett leads the Big Ten in passer rating and total offense. There were questions about his arm strength coming into this season, but Meyer has seen progress.
"His arm strength seems to be getting better," Meyer said. "We're limiting some of his throws and when he's fresh he's good for us."
This seems to be working out well for Barrett, and it's like Woody Hayes used to say: If it ain't broke there ain't no need to go fixin' it.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO. I understand music is subjective, which is why I can tolerate 99% of music. The exceptions to this rule, however, are extreme death metal and country music:
I would rather listen to the Starcat get flayed with a spork than be subjected to a Kenny Chesney concert. SO IMAGINE MY HORROR WHEN I SAW THIS:
1st ever @BuckeyeCountrySuperfest in Columbus coming up. Gonna rock @OhioStadium w/ some buds. pic.twitter.com/RQM69qSsUy
— Kenny Chesney (@kennychesney) October 7, 2014
Kenny Chesney and his "buds" are about to "rock" Ohio Stadium like a bottle of bleach would "rock" my intestines. Somebody needs to go to jail over this.
"Awww but country is about life, man!" Uh, yeah, the shitty parts of life. I do not drive a truck, my wife isn't getting balled on by the mailman and I don't like the taste of beer. Why would I listen to country music?
Ohio State may never win another game.
JUSTIN HILLIARD TO VISIT IOWA. Not to step on the toes of the Lord of Whispers, but I know a lot of Ohio State fans will be interested in this:
#OhioState five-star LB commit Justin Hilliard will take an official to #Iowa: http://t.co/1RKXlc1OSM via @247Sports #Hawkeyes
— Steve Wiltfong (@SWiltfong247) October 8, 2014
Hilliard is 2015's crown jewel, but his brother plays for the Hawkeyes. While I think this would be an easy way to spend a free weekend with your bro (who is trapped in Iowa), I'll let the recruitniks break down the meaning of this. As a layman, I am not worried about losing a guy like Hilliard to Iowa. (I assume Justin Hilliard likes to win trophies other than the Big Ten Coach of the Year, after all.)
AJ MCCARRON HAS SOME ADVICE FOR NICK SABAN. AJ McCarron, one of the most unlikable quarterbacks from a school that is seemingly an assembly line of unlikable quarterbacks, is back in the news. (No, it's not for anything related to him performing on a football field.)
From Michael Casagrande of Al.com (via r/CFB):
"I don't know if that's Lane doing that or if coach Saban is kind of putting the handcuffs on Lane like I've known Coach to do in the past on his offensive coordinator and we're going to be very bland and run this play and do this and we'll throw it on third down if we have to," McCarron told the Tide 99.1 audience. "It's going to be interesting to see how they bounce back against Arkansas this week and what kind of offense comes out this week."
[...]
"I understand Coop is an unbelievable player," McCarron said. "He was that for us when I was there, but when you target somebody so much ... I think that was one of the best things we did while I was there. We spread the ball around to everybody. I mean, I think in numerous games ... where we had almost everybody on offense catch the ball that was eligible to catch the ball. Teams could never really pinpoint and play their defenses to cover Coop and I think that's one of the things they're struggling with right now."
[...]
"I think one of the things that this team is lacking that hurts them the most is not having the true leaders like we had last year and guys that, when things go bad, 'hey, let's calm everybody down, pick it back up and go back to work and get back on the right track. I feel like when things go bad, this team struggles a little with bouncing back and making good plays."
It's amazing Tuscaloosa doesn't burn to the ground whenever Alabama loses a football game. Why would A.J. McCarron go on Alabama radio and torch his former team like this? SOUNDS LIKE A FAKE TIDE TO ME, PAWL.
Regardless, it's hard for me to take anybody seriously when they're wearing tattoos like this:
SPEAKING OF THINGS BURNING TO THE GROUND... When I was in Nashville last weekend, I ran into a Michigan Man. Because Martin Luther King Jr. taught me to confront evil when I come across it, I told the Michigan Man his team was about to get whipped by Rutgers.
"We'll see," he responded.
That's where Michigan "minds" are right now. They're responding with "We'll see" to taunts about Rutgers putting a chainmail boot up their ass.
And then there was this:
Yes, our soccer team had more offense against ND than the fball team RT @theblockm FINAL Michigan mens soccer upsets No. 6 Notre Dame, 3-2.
— Yost (@MZoneBlog) October 8, 2014
Folks, I think it's time to #RelegateMichigan.
THOSE WMDs. How bacon conquered America... Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich — Then Vegas Made Them Pay... Good Tinder strat, bro... Great take from premiere football mind Mike Bianchi... I assume Wiz Khalifa has no friends... Bo Pelini vs. Mark Dantonio: Who do ya got?
