It ain't a true football season without a wise-cracking specialist.
Noah Ruggles cracks himself up while talking about Jesse Mirco: Jesse has been great holding for the field goals this year holding my balls, you could say.
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) November 9, 2021
He is without a doubt Ohio State's biggest and best transfer portal pickup of all time. I'm not sure there's even a close second.
Word of the Day: Osculate.
REMINDER – HE HAS LEGS! C.J. Stroud's absolute refusal to tuck the ball and run has moved from frustrating to straight-up hilarious in my mind. It almost feels like he's trolling us at this point, and as an extremely online boy, I can only tip the cap.
It's even more hilarious in the context that he played eight total snaps last season, and this was one of them:
With all the talk about CJ Stroud not running the football, it's hard to believe that this was his introduction to Buckeye nation last season: pic.twitter.com/Fu4NovkKCp
— Adam King (@AdamKing10TV) November 8, 2021
Point is, his legs clearly work. And I think if push really comes to shove, I do honestly believe he'll use them. I get extremely "Trevor Lawrence vs. Ohio State in 2019" vibes and could see his running ability coming up huge in a big-time game.
As for his hilariously blunt "if my job was to run the ball, I'd be a running back" comments, I would assume he just gets frustrated that he hasn't thrown for fewer than 250 yards in almost two months and all anyone ever wants to talk about is whether or not he wants to run the football.
Regardless, I am quite excited for the inevitable semi-sarcastic standing ovation the first time he scampers for a first-down in these next few games. He will have certainly earned it.
JUST WIN, BABY. I understand the desire to get mad online about the College Football Playoff rankings. I really do! But this blogger has seen the light and I am officially joining Ryan Day in "Just Win, Baby!" mode.
“I think college football could maybe be the only sport in the world where it matters sometimes how you win,” the Ohio State coach said.
Day said it matter-of-factly, with bemusement more than frustration. But it’s clear that the criticism about Ohio State’s recent play has penetrated the walls of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.
After a month of cruising to lopsided victories with an offense that scored at least 50 points per game, the Buckeyes have muddled to 9-point victories over Penn State and Nebraska the past two weeks. Both opponents were reeling entering the games but hung with the Buckeyes until near the end.
This week, Ohio State (8-1) is a 20-point favorite over visiting Purdue (6-3). Let’s just say that Day is not concerned with beating the spread or style points.
“We can’t get caught up in that,” Day said. “Because when you start getting caught up in that, that’s how you lose, and our No. 1 goal is to win the game. If that means we've got to win by one point, we win by one point. And if we have to apologize for winning by nine points on the road at Nebraska against a really good team, then life's pretty good.”
Here's the thing. It might be bullshit that Ohio State is ranked below Oregon, or even Alabama for that matter. You could certainly be frustrated that the Bucks have now won back-to-back games by just single digits. You could certainly expend your online energy and bandwidth with plenty of angry Internet words about many, many things. But...
It doesn't matter at all!
The way I see it, if Ohio State wins out – however ugly or dominant – it will be No. 2 or No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings at the end of the season. And given that those teams play each other, it barely matters which one the Buckeyes would be.
So while the committee fully and completely sucks, I just no longer care this season. Just win the games, please.
ABSOLUTE LOCKDOWN. For as concerned as I was about Ohio State's defense the first few weeks of the season, it's been lowkey lockdown ever since, especially downfield.
Yeah, they'll give up some underneath stuff, but downfield against these corners is a straight-up no-fly zone.
Ohio State CBs on 20+ yard targets
— PFF College (@PFF_College) November 8, 2021
Denzel Burke
10 targets
1 catch allowed
0 TDs (1 INT)
Cameron Brown
10 targets
3 catches allowed
0 TDs (1 INT) pic.twitter.com/tUEjFXvIhs
Denzel Burke intercepting as many of the opponent's passes as he's allowed catches is pretty nuts. And that 3-1 ratio for Cameron Brown ain't bad, either.
Bring on David Bell. I'm ready.
ENTREPRENEUR. For those of you who missed Ohio State's banger of a season opener last night, we had a Zed Key game-winner, and it was absolutely glorious.
1-0 #Team123 #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/hl6CpSZWOA
— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) November 10, 2021
Perhaps even more glorious, however, was Zed's entrepreneurial spirit kicking in right after the game.
Finger GUNS NIGHT go get your shirts!!!! https://t.co/IW41E3d2pz pic.twitter.com/rH0R3haRNw
— Zed Key (@iamzedkey) November 10, 2021
He ain't just a businessman. He's a business, man.
SONG OF THE DAY. "Honeybee" by Head and the Heart.
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