After yesterday's 11W Grassroots Golf Outing, I am ready to declare that golf, the sport, is okay. Please do not consider this an endorsement of watching others play golf on TV, which is still bad.
There was a moment yesterday where lightning went off right above my head, and before I heard the boom I thought, "This is it. This is the golf gods having their vengeance on the blasphemer." Thankfully (or not) my ticket wasn't punched just yet.
ICYMI: Aaron Craft broke the NBA Summer League assist record.
BUCKEYE HEISMAN ODDS. That dang J.T. Barrett is just so hot right now.
From Tim May of Dispatch.com:
To hear one expert oddsmaker put it, though, Elliott probably should enjoy his status while he has it. That’s because the biggest threat to his Heisman chances could be lurking in his own locker room, disguised as the three-headed quarterback conundrum of Braxton Miller, J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones.
“Every time a rumor comes out about who will start, the three quarterbacks’ odds change,” said Kevin Bradley, sportsbook manager for Bovada.lv based in Las Vegas. “As of right now, due to very recent money on Barrett, he is the favorite of the three at 12-1, with Jones and Miller both at 16-1.”
By that, he meant in odds to win the Heisman, for which Bovada lists Boykin at 9-2 and Elliott at 7-1. But Barrett, Miller and Jones are in the top 10.
If I were a betting man, I still think I'd pass on betting on a Buckeye to win the Heisman. Urban Meyer's offense is about balance and spreading the ball around.
Plus, Ohio State will control most (read: 85 percent) regular season games, and I don't see the coaches battering Ezekiel Elliott's body for four quarters against the likes of Illinois, Indiana, etc. etc.
Of the quarterbacks, I think Braxton Miller is the only one capable of producing enough insane, must-see highlights required to win any Heisman Trophy. Whoever wins #QBgeddon also won't have the benefit of playing weekly against farcical Big 12 defenses like Trevone Boykin.
FNL COMETH. Friday Night Lights, Ohio State's annual recruiting extravaganza, happens this week. As always, swaths of the nation's top talent will be in Columbus to learn from the reigning champion coaching staff.
These are the five most important recruits on campus for the vent, according to Dave Regimbal of BleacherReport.com:
- Luke Farrell, four-star TE.
- Damar Hamlin, four-star CB.
- Lamont Wade, four-star CB.
- Bruce Judson, four-star ATH.
- Keyshawn Johnson Jr., four-star WR.
Judson is an OSU commit, obviously, so out of the rest of those guys... give me Keyshawn Johnson Jr. He'll make the perfect heir to Mike Thomas, who is undoubtedly off to reap NFL millions after this season. (It'd be hard to argue with the job the staff did on Thomas, right?)
DID U KNOW: OSU'S OFFENSE WAS GOOD LAST YEAR? My favorite part about Urban Meyer's offense, is that it's a punch-you-in-the-mouth-repeatedly kind of offense capable of incinerating an opponent at any time:
46 Days to CFB Kickoff: Ohio State had 46 plays that gained 30+ yds last season, 2nd most in FBS #CountdownToKickoff pic.twitter.com/O1xKyq1jA6
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 19, 2015
And to think, there were people around here who thought Tom Herman sucked. I'm sure those people can't wait to tell you how much Ed Warinner sucks, either.
PRYOR'S CAREER AIN'T DEAD YET. The more I watch Terrelle Pryor workout at wide receiver, the more I'm stunned it took him this long to make the switch:
I am 93 percent sure Terrelle Pryor is already the Browns' best receiver. (Don't sleep on Taylor Gabriel though.)
WE'RE NO. 5 AND NO. 9 RESPECTIVELY, BABY! In college, I was a devout loyalist to Natural Light. In fact, I routinely said that it was "good" and that my refrigerator would be stocked with it until the day I died.
Since then, I've evolved. Natty Light (and Bud Light, etc.) is now eschewed for craft beers. It looks like I'm not alone.
From ColumbusUnderground.com:
Consumer trends analysts at Neilsen recently completed some research on craft beer and local beer, and Columbus stood out big in two categories. It was the ninth ranked city when looking at the share of dollars spent on beer that goes to craft beer, and was the fifth ranked city when looking at that stat’s growth over last year’s information.
In addition to the growth in craft beer drinkers, the emphasis on local is also on the rise. Neilsen surveyed drinkers on their local preferences, and not only did over half of craft drinkers cite locally brewed beer as being very important when deciding what to drink, but so did 45 percent of all beer drinkers of all ages.
I'm never going to be a guy who sips beers and waxes about the amount of hops, the aroma, etc. etc. I'm not built like that.
I just can't trust an employed man older than 23 and of the opinion Natural Light is objectively better than something like Land-Grant's Stiff-Arm IPA. People like that are ready to die at anytime, and I've learned it's best to avoid those types of people at all costs.
So, it's good to see Columbus is maintaining the sensible track en route to its destiny.
THOSE WMDs. Surfer fights shark... Life After Prison, While Single, Sober, and Scared... Funny Money... Radio Shack, 1963... Stayin' Alive (metal cover).
