Happy Raekwonmas to you and yours on this blessed and anointed December day!
The five-star linebacking prospect is scheduled to make his commitment today at 12:30 on some Mom and Pop production on the NBC Sports Network. (No, I don't know what channel that is on either.)
McMillan probably won't commit 'til around 12:45-1ish, if you want to skip that stupid pageantry usually attached to events like this. I know I will.
The Hinesville, Georgia, product is considered by many to be the best linebacking prospect in the country. He has offers from everybody prominent. Obviously, he'd be a nice gem to scoop out of SEC country on Ohio State's route to the Super Orange Bowl.
Ohio State will be have a built-in advantage, in that last night Urban Meyer, Luke Fickell, Mike Vrabel and Everett Withers had an in-home visit with McMillan. Urban Meyer, as they say, was built for situations like this.
I am not a recruitnik, so now would be a good time to follow the likes of Jeremy, Jordan, John and 11W Recruiting for all your needs in this area.
THE COACHING SEARCH THE INTERNET DESERVES. In case you missed it over the weekend, Mack Brown declared he wasn't going anywhere and reports of his demise were false. Shortly thereafter, Nick Saban reportedly signed an extension at in the $7 million/year range. Then, on Saturday night, Mack Brown then resigned in an apparent effort to nuke whatever chance Texas had at replacing him with Nick Saban. (Never change, Texas.)
Jim Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin(!?) surfaced as possible replacements, but that report was quickly shot down by the subjects.
Texas has the recruiting bed, the facilities, the academics and the money to haul damn near whomever they want to Austin. (STAY AWAY FROM URBAN, YOU BURNT ORANGE, MONEY-HOARDING IDIOTS.) Saban could still be in play because contracts in the sports world aren't worth the paper they're printed on when push comes to shove, but one guy that would fit quite snuggly would be Iggles coach Chip Kelly.
ESPN is reporting Texas AD Steve Patterson's has a Christmas wish-list and it includes names like Eagles coach Chip Kelly, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and Packers coach Mike McCarthy(!?). On Kelly's 18th month show cause:
Kelly is also limited to some degree by the “show cause” order placed on him by the NCAA for recruiting violations at Oregon. That 18-month penalty likely wouldn’t deter a college team from hiring Kelly.
Ah, well, okay then.
Either way, this coaching search will probably melt the internet, and we're still in the middle of December. It will be fascinating to watch who the 'Horns eventually hire. As long as it isn't Urban Meyer. Ohio State has more money than Texas, right? SOMEBODY GET ME LES WEXNER ON THE BATLINE.
JAMEIS WINSTON PLAYING... BASEBALL? Now that Manziel has fallen short of Archie Griffin's timeless Heisman mark, Buckeye Nation turns its eye to Jameis Winston, who became the first redshirt freshman to win the prestigious trophy since.... Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel did it last year. It sounds like, however, Jameis' focus could be split in 2014:
Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston hadn't definitively said whether he would play baseball for the Seminoles this spring. That changed Sunday.
Winston, who won the Heisman on Saturday night, was on CBS' The NFL Today pregame show Sunday and said "of course" when asked if he would play baseball for FSU in 2014. He could end up as the Seminoles' closer.
Winston was a pitcher/outfielder for FSU's baseball team in 2013. He started 20 games in right field and 10 at designated hitter. Winston hit .235 with nine RBIs. He also made 17 relief appearances, going 1-2 with a 3.00 ERA. He struck out 21 in 27 innings.
Oh, so it was also spit in 2013 and he produced a Heisman-winning campaign. Awesome. Now I guess our only hope against a repeat is that Duke isn't the second best team in the ACC in 2014. (As I've been saying since Ohio State lost to Michigan State: football is a stupid, stupid sport.)
14's "The Dream" recruiting class was on campus this weekend.MOUNT UNION TO THE CHIP... AGAIN. Playoffs are coming to the FBS next year, but every other division in college football has had playoffs like a civilized peoples. Ohio's Mount Union, a D3 power — I'm partial to Heidelberg, myself (#bergpride) — has punched their ticket to the D3 title game for what seems the third century in a row:
Mount Union persevered through eight lead changes -- four in the fourth quarter -- to reach its 17th Stagg Bowl national championship game. The No. 1-ranked and defending champion Purple Raiders (14-0) will play for their 12th title Friday night in Salem, Va., against No. 5 Wisconsin-Whitewater (14-0), a 16-15 winner over No. 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (13-1) on Saturday. It will mark the eighth time in nine years that Mount and Wisconsin-Whitewater have played for the championship.
Well, D3 isn't known for their parity.
I always laugh when I see Wisconsin-Whitewater, because I think back to Kyle and I on Spring Break in Daytona in 2009. A kid in our hotel played for Whitewater, and one night he got drunk, left his friends in a stupor at the bar and locked himself out of his room. Instead of going to the front desk and getting a new key, he took his grandmother's van to the airport and booked a red-eye to Atlanta.
Those are the characters you meet on Spring Break and D3 football.
"CONGRATS" TO THE SMOOTH SENSATION. And the same sarcastic congratulations to all the other Buckeyes who made the worst decision of their lives by leaving college. Also apparently Ohio State's handing out blank degrees these days!?!?!?!
THOSE WMDs. Worldstar! I assume that guy is dead... Noted egoist Johnny Manziel voted himself third in Heisman voting.. Baggy flask, key hustle... Cincinnati's six-year strip club fight goes to trial... CPD: Meeting to buy shoes leads to three people shot... CoolNFLphoto.jpg... Joe Germaine talks the winning Rose Bowl drive... Tyler Murphy latest Gator to transfer... "Coach mailed her back a check for $25"... 50 influential people tell their favorite books of 2013... A Cleveland Browns fans swiped Tashaun Gipson's Pick-6 ball...
