Skull Sesssion: Cardale Jones Spends a Day in Perry, Picking Wide Receiver Wild Cards, and More Soccer Could Come to the Shoe

By D.J. Byrnes on July 14, 2016 at 4:59 am
Cardale Jones brought the shades for the July 14th 2016 Skull Session
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ICYMI:

In hopes that's the last time I mention that story, here's Kentucky running back Jojo Kemp demonstrating three dances you can pull off next time you're saucy in the club:


I'm hitting all my enemies with The Sprinkler this weekend.

 CARDALE JONES: STILL BALLING. Cardale Jones is a certified millionaire and plays in the NFL. Nobody would be surprised if something like that caused a swollen ego. 

But Cardale, who used to wander around the streets of Cleveland as a youth wondering where he'd get his next meal, is as humble a player as can be found at the level.

Looking for some extra offseason practice, Jones contacted Perry High School's program to secure a field and some receivers. What happened next will shock you.

From news-herald.com:

What happened certainly wasn’t planned,” [Perry High School assistant principal Scott] Niedzwicki said. “He called spur of the moment and wanted to come and work out. There were kids there to catch passes for him — we kept it quiet at that point so it didn’t turn into a circus — and then he just decided to hang out. He moved some things around on his schedule and just spent the day with our kids.”

After making some calls to clear his schedule, Jones threw the football around at Alumni Stadium for a few hours, went out for pizza, joined a group of Perry players at the house of Tyler Horvath to play video games, treated the boys to a trip to the Great Lakes Mall to see the movie, “The Shallows,” and then asked if they could go back to the school to play some basketball.

“Man, it was pretty unreal,” Perry multi-sport athlete Andy Foley said. “He’s great. He’s just a big kid, just like us. I can’t say enough about him and his personality. We had a great time.”

Cardale got lucky the teens were in a benevolent mood. I've seen scenarios like this end as a hostage situation—or worse.

Still, this speaks to the Iron King's swollen heart and outlook on life as NFL QBs don't hang around Perry often.

 WILD CARDS, BABY! I liked this tweet from a fellow Marionaire:

I'll take one Austin Mack and one K.J. Hill to go, please. I'd also like to put Johnnie Dixon on layaway until I can fly my medical team in to evaluate how his knees are holding up.

Meyer said James Clark had his best spring. Ohio State getting anything out of him and McLaurin would be a bonus at this point.

Parris Campbell is the wild card of wild cards. I have no idea how to project him.

 MORE SOCCER EN ROUTE. Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germaine FC play in Ohio Stadium on July 27. Though neither team will feature Zlatan Ibrahimović, the greatest footballer in history, organizers expect attendance that will bring more games to The Shoe.

From dispatch.com:

An organizer for the match featuring Real Madrid and Paris St. Germain said that ticket sales are approaching 70,000 and promoters plan to bring other big games to Ohio State’s campus. 

[...]

The absence of [Cristiano Ronaldo], known for stripping off his top after goals to expose his sculpted abs, could hurt the walk-up crowd. Tickets range from $35 to $275-plus. Stillitano and OSU executive associate athletic director Xen Riggs are still predicting 80,000 for game night. 

[...]

“I don’t even want to say wait and see,” [organizer Charlie] Stillitano said. “I want to tell you Ohio State University really wants these events there, and we want to make sure we keep bringing them there.” 

I too felt disappointment when Ronaldo blew his knee out in the Euro Finals. "I wanted to see those sculpted abs!" I shouted while shaking my fist at the sky.

Still, I remain excited to cover an international soccer game, even if it won't officially count. And people who will use this opportunity to grumble about soccer better buckle up, because it's about to be a turbulent 50 years for them.

 EVERYONE HATES DRAYMOND. Draymond Green slapped a now former Michigan State football player, but it would have gone down differently had a Michigan Man been there.

Here's Michigan RB De'Veon Smith in a tweet let stand for hours before deleting:

Fun fact: Michigan State is 7-1 against Michigan since Smith was in high school.

 INTERNATIONAL SHIT SHOW COMES TO OHIO. My secretary called Wednesday. She said she cleared my schedule in early August and booked a trip to London. I was excited until I found out she wasn't talking England.

From farmanddairy.com:

Researchers and manure science experts are gearing up for the annual North American Manure Expo, to be held Aug. 3-4 at the Ohio Farm Science Review grounds, in London, Ohio.

The event will bring together farmers, custom manure applicators, equipment vendors, and “will appeal to anyone who wants to learn more about the best utilization of livestock manure,” said Glen Arnold, co-chairman and nutrient specialist with Ohio State University Extension.

Arnold said there are three main parts to the show: on-farm tours scheduled for opening day, a trade show, and field demonstrations that will show different types of solid and liquid manure application.

Farmers: They'll never get the props they deserve. If they all had my heart, this country would subsist on Twinkies.

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