Cardale Jones should be a millionaire right now.
The Iron King, Cardale Jones, First of His Name, Poacher of Badgers, Controller of Tides, Slayer of Ducks, Troll Sultan, and 12th Son of Ohio went from bad tweeter to Immortal in two months.
And now he's the most scrutinized player on the team.
Imagine spending a non-trivial amount of your night rooting for your quarterback to fail: pic.twitter.com/tXfv8TTeLX
— Luke Zimmermann (@lukezim) October 18, 2015
(Moment of silence for that fella's everyday misery.)
There are only 10 good NFL quarterbacks at any given time.
Cardale Jones should be a millionaire.
And yet...
From NFL.com:
Executive 4: Cardale Jones, QB, Ohio State
"Cardale Jones should be benched."Executive 5: Jones
"Not much has gone right for Cardale Jones. He's been very disappointing."Verdict: Jones collected two votes, which isn't a big surprise given the immense amount of hype surrounding him after he helped lead Ohio State to the national championship. Jack's presence isn't about disappointing play, rather that his college career has been prematurely cut short.
That was written last Wednesday, and I'm sure Saturday's tape won't turn those tides.
Urban Meyer has three more championships than me, but I'll be shocked if Cardale starts in Piscataway,
Dolo should be a millionaire, but reality is undefeated, If the staff doesn't trust him enough to throw downfield — and the receivers don't get healthy as a unit — then what else is there?
BAYLOR, EH? Players may be focused on their first trip to Rutgers, but that doesn't mean fans can't look ahead.
First, relax..deep breath..it will work itself out. Exhale.... My top 4. 1-Baylor 2-Ohio St 3-Bama 4-LSU Next 2 Clemson TCU @CollegeGameDay
— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 18, 2015
Baylor, outside of Art Briles' whines, doesn't register with me on the "dumpability index." Sure, they score points, but that's only until they meet a defense worth its weight in salt. When that happens? It's a normal CFB game.
I hope the CFP committee puts the Buckeyes at No. 2, No. 3, or No. 4. That's all it will take to put a chip on their shoulder entering the playoffs.
THE RIGHT OPTION. There's no denying J.T. Barrett was the most effective quarterback on Saturday night. Penn State's James Franklin — he is who we thought he is!!!! — thinks the Texan was the difference in the game.
From TheOzone.net:
COLUMBUS – Watching the end of Ohio State’s 38-10 win over Penn State felt like the return to J.T. Barrett as the starting quarterback.
In a fourth quarter where Barrett led the Buckeyes on two full touchdown drives after taking over behind center late in the third, the chants of “J.T. J.T.” start from the south stands of Ohio Stadium and carried through all 108,423 fans in attendance.
Those watching from the stands weren’t the only ones who saw Barrett as the deciding factor in what was still a close game in the third quarter.
“I think Barrett makes a difference for them, there’s no doubt about that,” Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin said after the game.
What's most interesting to me about Barrett's performance is he only had four passing attempts.
Does this mean the coaching staff doesn't trust Barrett? I don't think so; I think it means they don't trust their pass blocking.
On top of that, Ohio State is missing warhorses on the outside. Evan Spencer and Devin Smith to graduation, and Noah Brown to injury. Ed Warinner and Tim Beck's best bet might be riding the legs of J.T. Barrett and Ezekiel Elliott like they're Braxton Miller and Carlos Hyde and it's 2013.
Urban wants balance, but he's always said he runs a power game. Can they win a title going run-heavy like 2013? As long as the defense plays to its potential.
MIKE THOMAS MADE MORE (FIGURATIVE) MONEY. If Ohio State does lean to the run, it still has a monster on the outside:
My WR NFL prospect rankings over the summer was 1) Laquon Treadwell 2) Michael Thomas and I haven't seen any reason to change that yet.
— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) October 18, 2015
WR Michael Thomas has vacuum hands. Total package at WR. And a beautiful toss from QB J.T. Barrett. He shouldn't leave the field.
— Dane Brugler (@dpbrugler) October 18, 2015
MINNESOTA GETS 8 P.M. KICK. We knew the Minnesota game (Nov. 7) would be a 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. kickoff.
Ohio State announced on Sunday that the game will be an 8 p.m. kick and will be broadcast on ABC, ESPN, or ESPN2.
AN IMPROMPTU MONUMENT TO MICHIGAN'S LATEST L. I took a nap before the Penn State game, and I went laid down thinking "Michigan is back."
When I woke, I thought I had fallen into a wormhole and was back in the Brady Hoke gravy era.
I only saw the replay — and the GIF in which a Michigan Man looks like he ingested a sheet of LSD — and I'm just shocked I didn't overdose on schadenfreude.
Seriously, folks, I've been getting stoned on Michigan "S" for damn near a decade, and I that made me feel as if I had just mainlined a $100 sack of Heiseinberg's latest package.
As reader KeepOnBraxtonMeBabe pointed out: Jim Harbaugh lost two of his first seven games. It took Urban Meyer two years to hit that mark.
From WSJ.com on Dec. 31, 2014:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
The private jet cut through the clouds and eased onto the airstrip at Detroit Metro Airport, just a few miles from where Charles Lindbergh once tested World War II bombers.
This plane’s mission wasn’t nearly so serious. But the joy it gave to the people below probably exceeded just about everything since V-J Day.
*hits corncob pipe*
LOL.
*hits fast forward button*
From MLive.com on October 18th, 2015:
ANN ARBOR -- Michigan's played football for 136 years.
It could play for another 136, and then another 500 years on top of that, and never see anything like this again.
Kordell Stewart notched "The Miracle at Michigan" in 1994. It had nothing on this.
Agony in Ann Arbor.
Heartache. Pain. Disbelief.
More like hilarity and awesomeness:
Poor Michigan punter. I feel bad for him and his family because he is forever sentenced to a lifetime of remembering that play from his trip to America. (Michigan fans naturally trashed him on Twitter, which led to Michigan AD Jim Hackett issuing a statement of condemnation.)
Is this going to stop me from getting these jokes off? No.
The smack from @SamWebb77 on monday (10/12 Sam is fired up) http://t.co/SNkcsCkK54 was accidentally providential. pic.twitter.com/cSc93ASBJT
— Josh Winslow (@jwinslow7) October 18, 2015
Michigan beat my statue, but they couldn't beat the MSU Football team! Lol #GoGreen #GoWhite
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) October 18, 2015
A fan at Michigan Stadium had a heart attack on the final play of the game. Currently in stable condition at University Hospital.
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) October 18, 2015
The crazy thing about the above tweet is that everyone thinks it was a Michigan fan, but it could've been a Sparty fan too.
Had Ohio State won like that I really would've died of a schadenfreude — right there on my apartment floor clutching my phone in a futile attempt to let off one more bad tweet and covered in my shit.
This bar went from screaming the fight song and screaming HARBAUGH to just dead silence. Except the MSU woman taunting them
— Brian Floyd (@BrianMFloyd) October 17, 2015
As for the videos, well, I can't decide which of these two I like more:
Although I'm feeling hurt and a lil salty, I'm not nearly as bad as homeboy that was next to me in the stadium! Lol
Posted by Scott Edwards on Saturday, October 17, 2015
Orrrrrr:
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Posted by Terrence Shells on Saturday, October 17, 2015
Let's call it a draw.
MGOBLOG's blog thread (via Brutus) is also a must-read.
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