Cinco de Mayo Skull Session: Kevin Wilson Backs J.T. Barrett, Raekwon McMillan Starts Over, and Non-Revenues Win Big

By D.J. Byrnes on May 5, 2017 at 4:59 am
The Best Damn Band in the Land praises the Cinco de Mayo Skull Session
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Shoutout to all American workers that will say, "You know what? I'll have Cinco de Mayo margs with the work gang" to ostensibly celebrate Mexican Independence before ending up in the local drunk tank on drunk driving charges.

ICYMI:

Word of the Day: Assignation.

 WILSON BACKS BARRETT. What I love about local fans is they're a diverse group. It wouldn't be fun to support a team with 800 fans, 687 of which hold the same opinions. 

Ohio State's fanbase is big enough to include tinfoilers who don't think the only way J.T. Barrett doesn't start is if he dies. 

Those pirates would do well to give up the forks before they get hurt.

From 247sports.com:

“I thought he was a great player as an opponent,” Wilson said [this spring]. “I was just impressed with the way he carried himself and went about his business. As an opposing coach, you could see he had a phenomenal dynamic of being a great leader.

“Being with him, he is significantly better than I thought. He has phenomenal leadership skills. He is very, very driven.”

Wilson said he saw improvement in Barrett from the beginning of spring practice through the spring game.

“I think he got significantly better in the throw game (this spring),” Wilson said. “He has always been a winner and a great quarterback and a run-around guy. But Coach Day has him spinning it good.”

To the militant faction who insists there's a quarterback derby: Put down your arms. There will be enough bloodshed by this time next year. There's no reason to get ignorant now.

 BACK DOWN THE TOTEM. Raekwon McMillan went from five-star recruit to backup on Ohio State's national championship team. He left as a two-time captain and All-American.

Like a high schooler who once again has to find their footing in college, McMillan is back on the bottom of the totem pole in Miami. The newest Dolphins linebacker says he's ready to do whatever to earn his way back onto the field.

FINS UP

My controversial #take: Miami will look smart for drafting McMillan. Also, it'd be sweet to work in Miami. My sources say there's no state income tax in Florida.

 JAKE SAYS THANKS. The Denver Broncos drafted Jake Butt, who tore his ACL (for the second time) in the Orange Bowl, in the fifth round. On another timeline, perhaps the Pickerington product played for Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.

From Jake Butt's Instagram account:

A family friend just dropped this off and man it's a hell of a gift. This was at the end of my 6th grade year during career day almost 10 years ago. A classmate of mine brought his dad in, who was part of Jim Tressels staff at the time.

This was after my first year of playing football. He spoke on what it takes to become a successful student athlete and play at the college level. I still remember that speech like it was yesterday and carry many of the lessons with me through everyday life.

Here we are 10 years later and he returned my thank you letter as a gift. Mr Gillum, thank you for helping me spark a career long before I had any idea what the game would mean to me.

Jake Butt Never Beat Ohio State (I'm petty for this; I know).

I wish we had a machine that could prove Jake Butt would've played at Ohio State if Jim Tressel hadn't incriminated himself via his FOIA-able email. I would wager all $32 of my savings.

 COME SING OHIO'S PRAISE. Fake congrats to everyone except Cardale Jones for making the mistake of graduating Sunday:

Enjoy the cold and the rain. But hey, at least you'll always have your time on the campus we folks love to know:

 THOSE WMDs. My 14-year-old cousin taught me how to be a cool #teen... The weasel war dance... NYC's mad scientists could literally change our world... Adrian Wojnarowski finally wins his war against ESPN... Chris Rock starts over... In Mexico, "It's easy to kill a journalist."

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