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Wassup With The Black Stripes?

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Major H's picture
September 25, 2018 at 3:12pm
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but the way I understand it, when a Buckeye footballer has his black stripe removed, that means he is “game ready.” However, after hours of infallible research, I have found some discrepancies. Seems that several Buckeyes have been getting a fair amount of playing time before they have formally had their black stripes removed.

Jaelen Gill – 2 games

Antwaun Jackson – 2 games

Nicholas Petit-Frere – 3 games

Josh Proctor – 2 games

“Blue” Smith – 1 game

Alex Williams – 2 games

In addition, the following Buckeyes are still in possession of their black stripes but have not seen the field:

Kamryn Babb

Matthew Baldwin

Marcus Hooker

Matthew Jones

Max Wray

After analyzing this data, the only reasonable conclusion I can reach is that the “Committee for the Removal of Black Stripes” has been slacking off. I know there has been a fair amount of turmoil over the past few weeks, but now that things are back to normal, I feel those committee members need to up their games and correct these grievous oversights.

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