One of the worst things on Twitter is when everyone on your timeline dunks on a shitty tweet for six hours. This, however, deserves to be roasted in the deepest pits of Hell:
Why is Brooklyn barbecue taking over the world? https://t.co/aiemJpWxZw pic.twitter.com/dGPyQ7X912
— MUNCHIES (@munchies) March 4, 2018
Charging a person money for that plate should be a crime. Thinking that abomination is taking over anything other than the nearest trashcan is peak Brooklyn.
ICYMI: Big weekend for Buckeye sports.
- The wrestling team captured the Big Ten crown as Kyle Snyder got his revenge.
- Tom Ryan won Big Ten Coach of the Year.
- The women's basketball team won its first conference tournament since 2011.
- The women's hockey team earned its first NCAA Tournament berth.
- LeDan Hope crushed the reporting portion of the NFL Combine.
- Despite a disappointing loss to Penn State, Ohio State still has much to play for.
- Spring Preview: Special Teams.
- Reserve your (or your business’) spot next to the life-size statue of Woody Hayes coming to Newcomerstown!
Word of the Day: Panacea.
OTHER BATTLES, TOO? Friends, hopefully you're ready to argue about who should start at quarterback. Ohio State opens spring practice tomorrow, and the three-man race at QB will undoubtedly earn the most intention.
However, that's far from the only position of intrigue. It feel as this team will start a new era for Ohio State due to the faces. Outside of QB, I'll be watching the offensive line as well as the battle to replace Damon Webb.
From Tim May of The Columbus Dispatch:
OFFENSIVE TACKLE: With left tackle Jamarco Jones gone, Isaiah Prince, the towering right tackle the past two seasons, will get a look on the left side. Thayer Munford, a backup as a freshman to Prince, will step up to the No. 1 spot on the right as spring begins. Branden Bowen, the starter at right guard last season before suffering a broken leg midseason, will be limited in spring practice. And Demetrius Knox, who played well in place of Bowen, returns, so one of them might spill into the picture at right tackle. So could five-star recruit Nicholas Petit-Frere when he arrives in June.
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SAFETY: The departure of Damon Webb leaves an opportunity for Isaiah Pryor to assert himself to join Jordan Fuller, the returning starter at the other spot. But Brendon White, Jahsen Wint and perhaps Wayne Davis and Amir Riep could step into the picture before Josh Proctor and Marcus Hooker — younger brother of former Ohio State standout Malik Hooker — arrive in June.
Isaiah Pryor is my pick, but that's only because he looked like an NFL player while in high school. Given the talent available, it will be a miscarriage of coaching if the Buckeyes can't replace Webb.
At offensive line, I'm curious to see what Urban Meyer and Greg Studrawa do with Isaiah Prince. Despite vast improvements in play, he may not have the lateral quickness usually found in left tackles. I also want to see if Brady Taylor can hold off the blue chip talent gunning for Billy Price's vacated throne.
THAT MAKES SENSE. I have said before that I will go to my grave not being able to explain what I watched on Nov. 11th when Iowa bludgeoned Ohio State behind a woodshed in Iowa City.
One of the most shocking results of the year unsurprisingly interests NFL scouts at the combine. Those that played the game don't know even know what happened.
From collegefootballtalk.com:
“I just look at them and I don’t know what happened,” Ohio State’s Jayln Holmes said at the combine, per Land of 10. “I’m still trying to find those answers out. They played the best game of their life. That’s all it is. We didn’t come to play that day. They came to play. I feel they played the best game of their life, and the score showed.”
“It’s a tough subject and something you’ve got to handle head on because we didn’t do good enough that day,” former Buckeye defensive end Sam Hubbard said.
If that wasn't the best game of their lives, I cringe to think of what would have happened to our beloved local team had it been. Bizarrely, it's comforting to find out the result was a perplexing to the team as it was to fans.
TIME TO REFLECT. The best thing about beating Michigan six times in a row is every subsequent win ensures another Ohio State class graduates with a flawless Rivalry record.
Combine participants got a moment this weekend to reflect upon the achievement. As you can imagine, it feels good.
From mydaytondailynews.com:
“I never lost to them, so I don’t have a problem with them,” Ohio State defensive lineman Jalyn Holmes said. “They’ve probably got a problem with me, though.
“That’s a great rivalry. I feel like that’s the best rivalry in college football. To say that I never lost to them, I don’t know what it feels like. I guess a guy from Michigan here, I just see him, I don’t even have to say nothing he already knows what it is. I never beat Ohio State. It’s cool.”
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“I’m really glad we didn’t lose against those guys,” Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett said. “That rivalry is always going to be there. I don’t think that fire ever burns out that we have between those guys, not just teams but fans. To say I was a part of teams that didn’t lose means a lot to me.”
I remember my dad once telling me it'd be nearly impossible for Ohio State to surpass Michigan in the lifetime record thanks to the Wolverines' dominance during the Stone Age. In his defense, that was during the John Cooper era.
That record stands at 58-49-6, and it's basically the last thing Michigan fans can take pride in, as no Michigan fan alive has personally witnessed more Rivalry wins than losses. Taking the series lead no longer seems as impossible as it once was.
COMBINE DISAPPOINTMENT? NOT A PROBLEM. Any Ohio State player worried about their combine performance should take heed of Mike Vrabel's story. Though he went on to become a key cog in three Super Bowl teams, he did not impress scouts at the combine.
From titansonline.com:
“I don’t remember him,” Hall of Fame general manager Ron Wolf, who was with the Green Bay Packers at the time, said of Vrabel. “I don’t remember anything about him at the combine. Some guys you remember, but I don’t remember him.”
“I’d be lying if I told you I remembered him,” said former Titans general manager Floyd Reese. “Of course I remember him in the NFL, but I don’t remember his combine workout.”
Long-time NFL sports writer John Clayton, who has covered 29 combines, has no recollection of Vrabel either.
“None,” Clayton said. “Zero.”
Scouts don't remember my performance, either. Sadly, I win one Super Bowl, let alone three.
OHIO GROWS MORE POWERFUL. The Arnold World Classic went down this weekend. Normally I avoid it because insurance salesmen that swollen make me uncomfortable.
It's a great for Columbus' economy, though. And thanks to contractual language, Ohio picked up another super soldier for the coming cultural war:
Just watched Ray Williams squat a new World Record 1,070 lbs at the Arnold Sports Festival. pic.twitter.com/XrnW1OSQco
— Brad Olson (@pastorbradolson) March 3, 2018
I squatted 400 once upon a time and couldn't walk for a week. Watching somebody squat over 1,000 pounds is enough for me.
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