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Warfield then lined up on the opposite side of the field for the next play. Unverferth took the snap from under center and initiated a play-action fake to his fullback before rolling out to the left and resetting his feet.

What happened next may be the most underappreciated touchdown catch in the history of Ohio State football.

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At 17:34 in the above YouTube video of The Game, Warfield took off from the line of scrimmage out of a three-point stance and successfully evaded the Michigan defensive back in front of him playing shallow coverage. Before Warfield had even crossed the red zone on his go route, Unverferth had already made up his mind to chuck the ball deep despite the presence of two Wolverine safeties.

Beginning his leap from the goal line, Warfield put his broad jump credentials into action and flew through the air while turning back to the throw. He caught the first score of the day for the Buckeyes over a pair of defenders with just 41 seconds remaining in the first half.

The moment of brilliance from Warfield clearly inspired a comeback attitude from Ohio State's entire team heading into the locker room. The Wolverines would not score again for the remainder of The Game, and the Buckeyes finally captured the lead midway through the final quarter after a 15-play, 76-yard drive that concluded in a five-yard touchdown rush for Unverferth. Ohio State won 1963's edition of The Game by a final score of 14-10 and successfully avoided ending the season with merely a .500 record.

Warfield finished the game with five receptions for 76 yards and the phenomenal touchdown catch that proved to foreshadow his future as one of the greatest wide receivers of his era in professional football. Both totals were his second-most in a single contest across his Ohio State career only to his efforts against Northwestern in the previous game.

Two days later, the Cleveland Browns selected Warfield with the 11th overall pick in the 1964 NFL Draft. Warfield became one of six future Hall of Famers selected among the first 18 picks in that class. His conversion to wide receiver helped the Browns win the NFL Championship during his rookie year in 1964, and many fans of the franchise — including Ramzy Nasrallah — still consider him one of the best receivers in team history.

"to the ACC"? Why on earth would someone flip "to the ACC"?

calibuck said:

Am kinda upset that a newbie coming to tOSU and changing some hallowed traditions. And for what reason? Is it making the product better? The Victory bell is just that. To be played after a victory. Used to walk out of the stadium after a victory, hearing the melodious peals and smiled a bit more. Conversely, leaving after a loss, and not hearing said peals, made the day a bit more grim. Who does this nitwit report to anyway? He can't just be changing these things willy-nilly, can he?

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His moves seem to be saying he literally hates tOSU and is trying to cause chaos and damage while ticking off the fan base. There would be no love loss for yours truly if they fired him.

Login to view embedded media This would’ve been HUGE news about 4yrs ago

Spin Pass was 4/7 for 30 yards today in his preseason debut. Mostly easy check down throws to Addison. Captain check down is not going to win you a lot in the NFL in this day and age. Gonna be hilarious when he eventually gets benched in favor of Sam Howell.

Just sayin': This guy (i.e. Charles Robinson) was impressed with Sanders' performance:

Shedeur Sanders has Browns edging into real QB drama after solid exhibition showing vs. Panthers​

Entering Friday night, Shedeur Sanders’ NFL world orbited multiple qualifiers.

If the rookie quarterback could master NFL play-calling and verbiage … if he could learn head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense and maximize minimal practice reps … if he secured exhibition opportunities and showed a spark … then maybe there would be a reason to make him a serious part of the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback conversation.

Exiting Friday night, Sanders went ahead and started that dialogue. Whether the Browns are ready for it or not.

This is what Sanders’ first meaningful NFL incursion has generated. Get beyond the symphony of social media applause from celebrities (LeBron James, Jamie Foxx, etc.), former NFL players (Richard Sherman, Gerald McCoy, etc.), and too many NFL analysts to count. Tuck all of that away and consider this: For months, the spotlight on Sanders has washed out virtually every other storyline in the organization — and that was before there was something consequential to digest.

Now he’s actually played some relevant football. And the outcome was solidly impressive for exhibition work, even from the most conservative of vantages: 14-of-23 passing for 138 yards and two touchdown passes, with two sacks and zero turnovers in nearly three quarters against the Carolina Panthers. But the true gravity of the performance was more in how Sanders held up after being tapped to start Cleveland’s first exhibition game, despite getting very few high-level practice snaps since the start of training camp.

After a series where he looked like a quarterback treading water in his first NFL opportunity, he settled into a comfort zone that was intriguing if not impressive. And he did it rotating through a tide of situational challenges that should be useful when the Browns sit down to digest the game tape.

He threw from the shotgun repeatedly, but also tucked under center a handful of times. He played snaps in the red zone with scoring opportunities, as well as backed up to Cleveland’s own goal line and throwing out of his own end zone. He was faced with third-and-long, third-and-short, and at one point, even executed a quarterback sneak for a first down. And on a few occasions, he was forced to evade the rush inside the pocket or to move outside and operate off script.

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In one game, he packed in a multitude of scenarios that should have the coaching staff and front office feeling good about what it can digest as it heads into next week.
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Shedeur Sanders confronts Cleveland radio host Tony Grossi, asking if he'd have 'something positive to say'​

"What'd I do? What'd I do to you, Tony?" Sanders asked the sports radio personality

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"Tony, I hope you have something positive to say about me," Sanders said to Grossi following his postgame media availability. "You always say negative stuff about me. And I'm like, I didn’t do nothing to you. I’ve never seen you say anything positive about me.”

Grossi's response wasn't audible on the Well Off Media clip, but it was apparently enough to draw a good-natured laugh from Sanders. Maybe Grossi admitted he was unfair. Perhaps he briefly explained that being an outspoken critic is part of the sports radio job description.

"What'd I do? What'd I do to you, Tony?" Sanders asked with a laugh as he walked away.

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So Grossi picking on Sanders after being drafted and throughout his development in OTAs, minicamps, training camp and the preseason shouldn't be a surprise. He derided Sanders as a "developmental quarterback." Among his dubious criticisms of Sanders, via Awful Announcing, was developing a sore arm during training camp and missing a practice.

Yet Grossi acknowledged after Friday's performance that Sanders was "outstanding." Whether those remarks were made after Sanders asked for some positivity isn't clear. But it would have been difficult for the sports talk personality to maintain credibility if he hadn't confirmed what was apparent on the field, even if it was a preseason contest.

Wasn’t sure where this belonged, but figure he will primarily be an analyst on the defensive side. Although I am often wrong;-)

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That is one way to say it.

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You cut that sentence off too soon, too

DaddyBigBucks said:

Scheduled for Tuesday?

Do they know something about Monday?

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Like we have been saying this whole time. Monday is the day. Trust me, bro.

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Ohio State President Ted Carter Appointed to NCAA Board of Governors​

Ohio State’s president is now a member of the NCAA’s leading governing body.

The NCAA announced Thursday that Ohio State president Ted Carter is among the new appointees to the Board of Governors, which provides strategic leadership on NCAA-wide issues. Carter will serve a two-year appointment on the board.

In a social media post on Friday, Carter said he is “honored” to join the Board of Governors and “excited” for Ohio State to have a seat at the table amid a time of change in college sports.

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Carter becomes Ohio State’s first representative on the Board of Governors since former OSU president Michael Drake, who chaired the Board of Governors from 2019-20, his final year with the Buckeyes.
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Maurice Clarett Says There’s “No Need” for Jeremiah Smith, Current College Football Players to Push for Early NFL Draft Eligibility Like He Once Did​

Jeremiah Smith’s spectacular freshman season has renewed the debate about whether players should have to wait three years to enter the NFL draft. But the former Ohio State star who tried to change that rule two decades ago says there’s “no need” for Smith – or any other college football player – to try to change that rule now.

Twenty-two years before Smith became Ohio State’s biggest star as a true freshman and led Ohio State to a national championship, Maurice Clarett did the same in 2002. Clarett broke Ohio State’s freshman rushing records by running for 1,237 yards and 18 touchdowns and delivered in a huge way in the Buckeyes’ national title game win over Miami. In addition to scoring the game-winning touchdown in double overtime, Clarett made perhaps the greatest hustle play in Ohio State history by stealing the ball out of Sean Taylor’s hands during an interception return by the Miami safety.

Unfortunately for Clarett and the Buckeyes, that would be the final game of his Ohio State career. Clarett was suspended and ultimately dismissed from the team before the 2003 season after accepting improper benefits. He then filed a lawsuit against the NFL, alleging that the requirement for players to be three years out of high school before entering the NFL draft violated federal antitrust laws.

A federal judge initially sided with Clarett, but the decision was overturned after an appeal by the NFL, keeping Clarett out of football for two years before he entered the 2005 NFL draft. His career never recovered, as he never played a snap in the league despite being selected in the third round by the Denver Broncos.

Having gone through the experience of taking the NFL to court and losing that fight, Clarett says Smith or any other college football player would be mistaken to try to challenge the league’s eligibility rules to enter the draft early.

“I would tell him ‘Don’t even waste your time, man,’” Clarett said while participating in the most recent 12th Warrior Happy Hour. “You don't know what you don't know when you're first starting to fight the battle, and you may emotionally want to go and you may think that it's best for you, but I would never wish the fight that I had on any person. I would say, ‘Hey man, enjoy football.’”

Of course, the calculus is much different for today’s college football stars than it was for Clarett. While Clarett became ineligible to play at Ohio State for accepting thousands of dollars in benefits, Smith is making millions of dollars now that college athletes are allowed to profit from their name, image and likeness. Given that the players who would be top draft picks can now take care of themselves and their families financially while still in college, Clarett sees no reason for players to rush their way to the NFL now.

“There’s no need,” Clarett said. “I was poor and I couldn't afford $1,200 for a transmission. That was essentially, like if you talk about what happened, a $1,200 transmission that my family couldn't afford is what really started everything for me in college. So I wouldn't even tell (Smith) to even think about it; if there was anybody even advising it, it's pointless. He can have fun, he can learn, he can grow here. You can get a ton of high-quality reps.”

When Clarett thinks back on his own Ohio State career and how it ended, he says one of his biggest regrets is that he didn’t get to have a full collegiate experience. So he encourages today’s college football players to enjoy their time in college while they can.
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calibuck said:

Say what you will about Herbstreit, he went out of his way to be impartial…

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That is one way to say it.

DaddyBigBucks said:

Yes, he went out of his way to paint himself as impartial

And that has included taking completely undeserved shots at his alma mater that were red meat to the ignorant.

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That’s what I never understood about Kirk. Why go SO far at times to try and seem impartial when none of your colleagues Even attempt to do the same. He is a very great guy in person, but it almost is like he takes himself too serious for Gameday. Desmond will sit right next to him and have no problem predicting an average scUM to beat Texas, UGa or any other program that is far superior. I’m surprised that he never just dunked on Mark May for all of the asinine things he would say about OSU. That would’ve made for great TV

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exhawg said:

He did what he needed to do to stay in the conversation. I was in the Never Shedeur camp the first couple days of the draft, but I'll love to eat crow if he is everything the talking heads said he was when they were pumping him up before the draft. Nothing would fix this team faster than a starting QB with a 5th-round contract for the next 4 years. That was step 1. Step 2 is Pickett and Gabriel looking like dog crap in preseason game two.

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I don’t think Pickett is going to be healthy enough for any of the preseason from what they were saying last night. So it’s really Gabriel he has to get past to back up Flacco I think. That job seems to be sitting there for the taking at this point.