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Word of the Day: Ribald.
BAN NIGHT GAMES! Last year, people lost their minds at Ohio State playing seven of its 12 regular-season games at noon.
I'd like to kindly remind those folks that we're not far removed from folks calling for the athletic director's head for having the audacity to even schedule a night game!
Rick Bay remembers the disapproving letters.
Thirty-five years ago, as he helped pave the way for the first night football game to be held at Ohio Stadium, they arrived at the Ohio State athletic director’s office.
“You got the sense that people thought it was a terrible idea,” Bay said in a phone interview last week. “I think it more or less violated the tradition of afternoon starting times.”
Ohio State had played in the early afternoon on fall Saturdays for almost a century, a seemingly fixed time slot that offered a familiar routine for spectators.
But as the season opened in 1985, the Buckeyes hosted Pittsburgh in a game that began much later. Kickoff came at 8:08 p.m. In order to stage the contest after the sun faded, portable lights were installed at the stadium.
It remains a watershed moment in the Buckeyes’ history as one of the earliest instances when a television contract dictated when a football game at the Horseshoe would start.
*Whispers*
One day The Game is going to kick off at 8:00, too.
FAN MAN IS A LITTLE BOY. Freshman running back Miyan Williams – aptly self nicknamed "fat man" – famously underwent an absurd body transformation that took him from certified dad bod to legit Division I athlete, and that was even before Coach Mick got ahold of him.
But unfortunately for him, there ain't too much you can do to fix his height.
Tony Alford joked about Miyan Williams: Miyan's about two-and-a-half feet tall. More seriously, Alford praised Williams' toughness and strength, and said his lack of height can actually be an advantage because it's harder for the defenders to see him.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) October 6, 2020
I mean, Darren Sproles made an entire career out of being too small to do anything about, so I buy it.
Ohio State lists him at 5-foot-8, 227 pounds, which seems delightfully bowling ball-sized. Say what you want about his height or his weight, but I sure as hell wouldn't look forward to meeting that in a gap. That shoulder would feel like a sledgehammer to the chest.
CHOOSE WISELY. Ohio State's 2021 recruiting class is all but signed and delivered at this point, but there are a few finishing touches that still need to be put in place, namely a few five-stars that need to align.
If you're into crystal balls, the Buckeyes seem to still be in good shape for J.T. Tuimoloau and Emeka Egbuka, but not quite Tristan Leigh... Unless you think this is a sign.
God forgives, I dont @RickRoss pic.twitter.com/GrmPDM791o
— Tristan Leigh (@Leigh71Tristan) October 5, 2020
I'm not gonna read too much into a #teen's wardrobe choice, but I personally think that Ohio State should do all the things that it did to land Nicholas Petit-Frere and Paris Johnson Jr., because can't-miss offensive tackles are a luxury I very much appreciate.
HOCKEY SZN IS NIGH. Football's got the green light to start in just over two weeks, but it looks like another contact sport is ready to roll as well – complete with one of the most bizarre affiliate schools we've seen yet.
Miss hockey already? The 2020-21 #B1GHockey season will begin as soon as November 13 & will feature:
— Big Ten Hockey (@B1GHockey) October 6, 2020
24-game conference schedules
Additional 4 games per school vs @SunDevilHockey at Big Ten venues
Revised tournament format
For more: https://t.co/Jhm13y4KEO pic.twitter.com/RCrguuPPSy
We're going B1G!@B1GHockey has agreed to a scheduling arrangement for 2020-21! We'll visit all 7 schools for four games. #ForksUp #RoadWarriors pic.twitter.com/H20XtoSKFU
— Sun Devil Hockey (@SunDevilHockey) October 6, 2020
Yes, Arizona State is effectively joining the Big Ten this season (though they won't be eligible for the Big Ten tournament), playing a 28-game conference schedule all on the road.
I respect the hell out of this. None of these games will be within 1,500 miles of Tempe, but they're still going for it.
You've gotta do what you've gotta do to play.
GOAT TO GOAT SALUTE. We lost a music legend yesterday, and some fellow music legends had to pay their respect.
RIP, Eddie Van Halen. pic.twitter.com/nQeA7aahns
— The Ohio State University Marching Band (@TBDBITL) October 6, 2020
Rest up, Eddie Van Halen.
SONG OF THE DAY. Eddie Van Halen's legendary "Eruption" guitar solo.
NOT STICKING TO SPORTS. You can be a sexy mail-in ballot for Halloween... Health Canada recalls eye drops that claimed to contain human placenta... Life on the International Space Station... A library employee is accused of stealing at least $1.3 million in printer toner... A startup's supersonic jet will fly twice as fast as today's passenger planes...
