Justin Fields is out here trying on his work uniform before his first day.
Justin Fields in his @ChicagoBears uniform pic.twitter.com/ScG8k99IIP
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) June 15, 2021
Just like me ahead of my first day at Cold Stone Creamery in high school.
Tip tip, hooray!
Word of the Day: Replete.
THEY SHOULD RENAME THIS AWARD. Ryan Day has Ohio State rolling as QBU these days, but Buckeye quarterbacks were dominating the Big Ten long before Day got to Columbus.
Here's a sample:
B1G QBOY, by year:
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) June 15, 2021
11, R. Wilson
12, Braxton
13, Braxton
14, J.T.
15, C. Cook
16, J.T.
17, J.T.
18, Haskins
19, Fields
20, Fields
Here's a memorable TD pass from @BraxtonMiller5, @JT_theQB4th, @dh_simba7 & @justnfields on #TouchdownTuesday. pic.twitter.com/LlSRMPj2Hk
Hmmmm. I wonder who's going to win it this year...
The wildest part is that even in 2015, the only reason Connor Cook won the award is that J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones split time. If either one of them played the entire season, we're looking at nine straight, going on 10.
Oh, and Braxton Miller's best throw of 2011 puts Russell Wilson's to shame (and gave him his only Big Ten L).
GOODBYE, DIVISIONS? A 12-team playoff is going to change college football as we know it in all of the obvious ways, but there will definitely be some ramifications that aren't so obvious, too.
Like the potential death of divisions.
There's multiple scenarios to consider. Could a league's top ranked team get upset by an 8-4 team and end up with the league getting shut out of CFP? Also, could an upset allow two teams in the league to get in. (Much like the Clemson-ND scenario from this division-less season.)
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) June 15, 2021
Personally, I could not care less which team Ohio State uses as a launchpad for its national title run, but this would certainly hurt Northwestern's claims of "almost" winning the Big Ten title two of the past three seasons.
TO TOKYO HE GOES. Hunter Armstrong's incredible year just got even better as the Buckeye backstrocker (backstrokeist? I understand that I'm making up both of these words, I'm just trying to workshop which one sounds cooler) effectively punched his ticket to the Tokyo Olympics last night with a second-place finish in the 100m backstroke.
#TokyoOlympics
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) June 16, 2021
@OhioStSwimDive Hunter Armstrong rallies to take 2nd in 100m backstroke at #OlympicTrials #GoBuckeyes Toky-OH!
pic.twitter.com/pCyKOEFaT7
While he isn't officially on the Olympic team until the team is formally announced on June 19th, since second-place finishers don't automatically earn a spot, Armstrong is absolutely expected to make the team and will become the first Ohio State men's swimmer to earn a spot on the United States Olympic team since 1956.
Shoutout to Zach and Phil for writing in to make sure Armstrong got the love he deserved. We try not to make a habit of disrespecting Olympians around here.
FISHERMAN TERRY. It would seem that Terry McLaurin is a man of many talents.
Just throwing this out there: I would pay an unsmall amount of money to watch an outdoors show hosted by Terry McLaurin and Quinn Ewers.
If anybody out there can make that happen, I would promote the hell out of it, and you wouldn't even have to pay! me (although, you could...)
SONG OF THE DAY. "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" by The Doors.
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