I am literally blown away by the misuses of the word "literally" in the COBOL article.  Why is COBOL still in use in so many government and banking applications?  It's damned near bulletproof, albeit clunky; those AS/400 and COBOL guys really knew what they were doing.

Plan to replace the Schott, use St. John Arena as a temporary b-ball arena, rediscover its brilliance, bow to corporate complaints about lack of amenities in St. John Arena, scrap plan, design new Schott-like multipurpose building, have quiet b-ball arena.  Wash, rinse, repeat.  When will OSU get smart and build a newer St. John Arena with updated amenities?

GO BUCKS

Those were some tough years.  Teams loaded with talent that always found some way to lose games inexplicably.  It is still hard to believe how two back-to-back head coaches to this day are seen as having been “just okay”, but that is the life of a coach at Ohio State, where expectations are always so incredibly high. 

Great piece!

More like Rebel without a clue.

Same here, but Mrs. WC says that she’s the lucky one.  How much better does it get than that?!?

Best wishes to the newlyweds.  Don’t be as competitive with her as you are with everything else, Drue, or it will go up in flames.

I’d have to say that Urban made a great hire.  I hope he stays around a while.

I am looking forward to seeing Sermon plant his foot in Michigan's ass. 

GO BUCKS, BEAT COVID19

And that was and always will be very important

I wonder if the online poker outlets are seeing the same uptick in professionals mixing it up with amateurs? 

I love everything that's going on with recruiting in the two main revenue sports.  It's a great time to be a Buckeye!

WC mom and dad lived in Coupeville, and yes, I agree - the old seaplane base is spectacular.  The whole island is, in my opinion, from Deception Pass all the way to Fort Casey.

For the first time in a while, the athletic department lost money this year. Declining attendance will further hurt revenues, and that means bloating expenses is a pretty bad idea. Give opponents a check, sure, but make it reasonable and add a kicker - they get part of  the gate and concessions, to be negotiated.

Wow.  This is absurd.  With what is happening with attendance figures and the athletic department’s financial performance as of late, how can anyone justify this?

I was born on Whidbey Island when WC dad was stationed there many moons ago. The Oak Harbor hospital was actually officially part of the base way back when, I’ve been told. 

Best of luck to you out there, brother Buckeye. I hope the good weather sustains you as things start to get real weird, which is imminent, I think.

Good call.  Stay safe!

Wear your hazmat suit.  No one will think anything of it, and those reservation casinos will be going like gangbusters.  Stay safe.

This just in from HQ in CA: local police actually canvassed local businesses yesterday to ensure that they were not a) having meetings of more than 10 people and b) serving anything but prepackaged food in the canteen.  As if a company of that size and community reputation WOULDN'T HAVE already taken these (and many other) measures to protect its employees. 

What a shit show.  So glad I don't live there anymore - it's about to get a whole lot worse.

I know you're right, but California just upped the ante last night, I think.

That's pretty sad.  These times surely do bring out the best and the worst in humanity.

Watch what happens to the birth rate in CA in about, oh, nine months.

Stay ALL KINDS of safe out there. fellow Buckeyes!

“...traveling over to Marysville to watch...”

I sincerely hope his layover wasn’t too long, and that he got peanuts on his flights...

As Zhou En Lai so eloquently stated, "It's too soon to say".  We won't know if there was really anything to have feared until the final body counts are tallied.  All I do know is that there are soon going to be pallets of toilet paper available on store shelves - all who have hoarded it have driven artificially high supply chain signals, and now they won't need to buy any for a year.

I do, but I think you missed the point of the OP regarding correlating a terrorist event with a natural disaster.  One is intentional, the other not.  I was trying - apparently not well - to sharpen that point.

If I may...

I think the big difference is that one is premeditated murder and the other is not (at least if everyone puts their tin hats down for a moment). The other one that took place in Ramzy's lifetime?  How about SARS? Nowhere near the same measures were taken in the US, and no one really remembers much about it.  It was also a very serious disease.

Discuss.

Maybe a new NCAA Football video game?

Props, Ryan - see your future as a motivational speaker in front of you, and know that you have come further than many ever thought you could have. Hang ‘em up and lead in other ways. 

Glad to see that I am not the only one who sees things for what they are.  It’s so easy to start believing that I have begun to lose my mind.