Thursday Skull Session

By D.J. Byrnes on July 17, 2014 at 6:00 am
The Armory, circa 1950s via The Ohio State Archives
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What's the best fast food joint? Rally's has the highest ceiling, but they're awfully inconsistent.

This Internet Man, after much rumination, has cast his stone for Wendy's.

THE GAME WILL NOT BE AT NIGHT. Back in my day, WE PLAYED THE GAME OF THE CENTURY AT NIGHT, AND IT WAS AWESOME. *waves cane in the air wildly* 

From Columbus' biggest daily newspaper:

At least one tradition in college football will remain the same this year: The Ohio State-Michigan game to end the season will kick off during the day.

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said the game between the Buckeyes and Wolverines won’t move to prime time on Nov.29, even though OSU is already scheduled to play a record five night games this season.

“Dave Brandon, the athletic director at Michigan, and I constantly have conversations that that should not be a night game, and it will not be a night game,” Smith said. “It won’t be (at night) this year, nor in following years.”

Gene, I love ya, my guy, but it could be a bad sign when you're in agreement with Dave Brandon.

I'm a little shocked Brandon is against making the Ohio State game a night game. After all, YOU CAN'T SEE FIREWORKS AS WELL IN THE DAY TIME. ***Just little fireworks humor to begin your day***

I guess I'll have to settle for a 3:30 kickoff, because so help me if The Game is a high noon affair... 

URBAN THREW A #BANGER. Urban Meyer had his team over to his compound for a team dinner last night, and none of his thugs shot anyone, which is always nice.

Hope Urban's neighbors locked their doors......

OSU IS MSU'S NEW RIVAL. Hmmm... *runs hands through beard* a lot of talk this week about rivalries and the state of Michigan this week.

(Wow, am I ready to watch Ohio State crack some Michigander skulls open. Is it huntin' season yet!?)

From Pat Caputo of The Oakland Press:

Since Michigan State gained full membership to the Big Ten Conference in the early 1950s, the Spartans have been fighting the perception the true rival of their primary rival, Michigan, is Ohio State.

What has never been the view is MSU’s primary rival is Ohio State rather than Michigan.

Not anymore.

[...]

Now, it’s “The Big Two and the Little Dozen.”

Ah yes, I remember those days of Michigan fans claiming Michigan State was their true rival.

My, oh my, how the tables have turned. 

(And yes, I'm a bit salty I didn't think of "The Big Two and the Little Dozen.")

S-E-C! (WEST) S-E-C! (WEST). I have much respect for SEC football (more than most in these parts, I'd reckon), but a dirty, dirty secret about the conference is only one division carries their weight, especially since Urban Meyer left Gainesville.

From Jon Solomon of CBS Sports:

Entering Dec. 5, 2009, the king of the SEC resided in the East. Florida was riding a school-record 22-game winning streak, putting Urban Meyer and Tim Tebow in position to possibly win their third national championship in four years.

Then came the SEC Championship Game. Alabama obliterated Florida 32-13, causing Tebow to shed tears, Meyer to get hospitalized and eventually leave Gainesville, and Nick Saban to win the first of three national titles in four years at Alabama. The SEC hasn't been the same since, tilting heavily to the West over the past five years.

[...]

The West has won five straight SEC championships thanks to Alabama (two titles), Auburn(two) and LSU (one). If the West wins the SEC again this year, the six-year streak would match the longest by any SEC division since the SEC Championship Game started in 1992. Florida and Tennessee combined to win six in a row for the East from 1993 to '98.

I had forgotten Nick Saban made Tim Tebow cry. Wow, that was as surreal as it was hilarious.

I didn't even cry when Florida eviscerated Ohio State in the title game... but then again, unlike Tim Tebow, I drank a bevy of Budweiser 40 ouncers to dull my pain.

TEXAS REALLY WANTED NICK SABAN. Remember those Saban-to-Texas rumors following the end of the 2013-2014 season, and how we were never quite sure if they were real or just a mirage created by Saban's agent as leverage for an ungodly raise?

According to troll lord Paul Finebaum, Texas was more-than-ready to make it rain on lil' Nicky.

From America's finest literary source, Al.com, who obtained an early copy of Finebaum's book:

"Texas was dead serious about trying to money-whip Saban," Finebaum and Wojchiechowski write. "Depending on whom you talk to -- Bama big hitters or Texas big hitters -- the Longhorns were prepared to give Saban somewhere between a $12 and $15 million signing bonus and a salary package worth $100 million (plus performances)."

Saban eventually got paid (only eight NFL coaches will earn more than him this year). Still, hard to believe he wasn't interested in $100 million plus performance bonuses.

Either way, scroll up and look at the pictures of Urban Meyer's house again. THAT COMPOUND BELONGS TO A MAN WHO IS PROBABLY UNDERPAID. 

Let that wash over you.

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