ICYMI: High four-star DE Chase Young committed to Ohio State at Friday Night Lights.
- Ohio State also earned the first commitment of its 2018 class, four-star Florida RB Brian Snead.
Yesterday I went from writing about Brutus Buckeye crop circles to an ugly domestic dispute real quick, real quick.
Domestic abuse is always ugly, and Ezekiel Elliott's situation is no different. Sure, it could be a setup, but...
Entirely possible that Elliott's GF threatened to ruin him and she's doing it using photos of something he actually did. Facts aren't out.
— Julie DiCaro (@JulieDiCaro) July 22, 2016
Like Diana Moskowitz of Deadspin said, only two people know what happened that night, though four witnesses couldn't corroborate the accusations. If it's indeed a setup, justice should be rendered on behalf of Elliott as quick as the legal system allows it.
But what's also unfortunate is some people men would take it as "further" proof ~89% of sexual assault accusations are made up. That's a joke.
My only hope is the truth comes to light.
BUCKS WIN STRAW POLL. Good news: The Buckeyes won a preseason media straw poll. Bad news: This particular straw poll has never predicted a Big Ten champion.
From cleveland.com:
Unlike last year, Ohio State wasn't a unanimous choice for 2016. But in a survey of writers who cover the Big Ten, 39 voters named the Buckeyes the overwhelming choice, with 27 predicting Ohio State as the Big Ten champ.
Michigan was the preseason choice of 11 voters, while Iowa, the heavy favorite to win the West Division, received just one vote to win the whole league.
I joked last year I would turn heel and start flaming Ohio State to break up the sea of praise Ohio State swam in. I didn't, and the expectations crippled our fanbase.
Not this year.
Ohio State sucks, and the media doesn't know shit. How does Jacksonville sound, Buckeyes fans? Because that's the tier on which your team will bowl this winter. I wouldn't be surprised if you called Tim Beck "head coach" by this time next year either.
A.J. HAWK. Remember when Ohio State was good? I don't, but people tell me the Buckeyes were good at least 10 years ago, which by my math would make it 1946.
Here's video (surprised it's not in black and white) of famed linebacker A.J. Hawk slaying a Nazi wearing futuristic body armor:
(Update [9:26 a.m.]: Thank you to the Golf Channel for deleting this video in the middle of the night. This is one of many reasons why I will never watch the golf channel. An alternate video of Hawk destroying a guy can be found here.)
If only Ohio State had blue collar linebackers like A.J. Hawk and not some lazy-ass millennials demanding free school. It might climb past Penn State in the Big Ten East standings this year.
JIM DELANY SHITS GOLD. Give unto Cesar—despite the Big Ten's flagship university flailing in football mediocrity, he cobbled together an empire scandal free and sitting on a war chest as the next round of expansion approaches.
Not a bad view as media days approach.
From espn.com:
The highlight of the two-day event is expected to come when commissioner Jim Delany formally announces the Big Ten's massive new television rights deal. As Sports Business Journal has reported, the deal will pay the league $2.64 billion over six years, nearly tripling the current contract. That works out to $31 million per school annually and should again make the Big Ten the richest conference in the land.
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Delany and the 14 head coaches can focus mostly next week on just talking football. A blissfully quiet offseason means the Big Ten doesn't have to worry about scandals like those plaguing Baylor and Ole Miss. There's no chaotic scrambling for expansion teams like the Big 12. The biggest offseason controversy involving the Big Ten was over satellite camps, and the conference came out on top in that one, allowing Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh to roam the earth playing catch with teenagers to his heart's content.
One of Delany's pet projects -- reducing time demands for student-athletes -- came to fruition when the Power 5 conferences agreed to new concepts earlier this month about when players can be asked to work on their sports.
That TV contract is going to look like a player's price whenever Ohio State gets back on its feet. I feel like six losses are coming this year, though.
SERIOUSLY, OHIO STATE USED TO BE GOOD. I watched these games, but I don't remember them, because all I think about is Michigan destroying Ohio State this year, by three touchdowns at least.
Just your daily reminder that since 2001 Ohio State is 13-2 vs TTUN and have outscored them 444-315.https://t.co/VtpmO4JRCk
— tOSU Recruiting (@tOSURecruiting) July 20, 2016
Please play this at my funeral to blare out the protestors picketing it with Urban Meyer Sad Papa Johns memes.
PEOPLE LOVE GIVING OHIO STATE MONEY. Despite the football team being trash, people are falling over themselves to write the university money.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State University achieved $454 million in fundraising activity from 245,653 donors, including a cash total of $388 million – all records – during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
The prior record of $407 million in activity was set in 2011, the same year as the transformative $100 million gift from Les and Abigail Wexner. The cash and donor totals surpassed records of $360 million and more than 237,000, both set in 2015.
Total activity rose 12 percent from 2015, while cash receipts increased nearly 8 percent and donors grew by 3 percent.
It's just one man's opinion, folks, but not enough millions are going into duffel bags exchanged at area Waffle Houses for elite football talent. Please vote for me.
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