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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
A CONNOISSEUR'S GUIDE TO THE VINTAGE OF SPRING GAMES
FIRST COURSE: EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY MADE UP
As you begin enjoying the spring game, note the subtle air of chaos and lack of planning. While disconcerting at first, eventually you'll be comforted to know that none of what you're witnessing actually has to make sense or follow some established rulebook. Points will appear and disappear. Statistics will be made up on the fly. Plays will be reset and run over and over again for little rhyme or reason. Two-hand touch rules will be forgotten at random intervals, with no punishment.
It's football, but it's not. It's all very avant-garde.
Drink pairing? Something cheap and portable, yet familiar.
SECOND COURSE: SOMEONE WILL MATTER FOR A SATURDAY, AND ONLY A SATURDAY
Every spring game, a player jumps off the field at you with a complex and intriguing aroma of competence. It is typically an illusion, an aperitif meant not to give you something substantial, but to encourage excitement for the season yet to come. Demario McCall, Ray Small, Torrance Gibson, and T.Y. Williams whet our appetite for things yet to come... and that's about it.
Drink pairing? A fancy (but gross) IPA you took a sip of, then took a few more sips to try and look cool, and then put down on someone's chair and forgot about forever.
THIRD COURSE: GOOFY SHIT
The most satisfying part of any spring game is the bombastic tones of the absolutely absurd. There is no reason whatsoever to take anything that happens particularly seriously, so why bother with the artifice? This is about having fun, man. If you're hoping for Justin Fields to go out there and announce his Heisman candidacy by looking like a combination of Joe Montana and Michael Vick, you're taking this a bit too seriously.
A soupçon of returning alumni, peppered with silly competitions like Who-Can-Throw-The-Ball-Longer and Who-Can-Run-Faster, makes for an entertaining and surprising afternoon, particularly after the novelty of sitting in the sun on metal bleachers and watching bad football begins to wear off after about, oh, 25 minutes.
Drink pairing? Something that you can play a drinking game with and not die.
FOURTH COURSE: FOOTBALL, KIND OF
I'll admit, the fourth course usually leaves a lot to be desired.
The two hand touch element of the proceedings startled people in 2017, which was as logical as it is boring (read: very), and going back to well over a decade you can see people bemoaning the fact that either the game itself kind of sucked or was too convoluted to tell if it actually sucked or not.
In truth? Don't worry about it too much. The football itself is rarely ever the point, and if you happen to find yourself in Ohio Stadium for the event, finding fun ways to distract yourself from what's on the field is sometimes a necessity.
Drink pairing? Something fun and bubbly, like Ale-8.
DESSERT: RECRUITING
The most underrated part of the spring game is the recruiting aspect. If you're someone who buries themselves in a mountain of data about teens picking colleges, the spring game is a bounty of information and potentially juicy tidbits about who is going to end up where. It doesn't always matter in the long run, but recruiting is eternal and provides a crucial element of surprise to the proceedings.
Drink pairing? Whatever floats your boat.
Ultimately the spring game is what you make of it. If you're going into the thing hoping for elite football that'll tide you over for the next, oh, five months? You've come to the wrong place.
But, if you're looking for an increasingly weird and absurd event attended by tens of thousands of your fellow Buckeye fans, it's hard to argue against this being one of the best bangs for your buck. All it takes is an expert's nose for exactly what makes it so special.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...oisseurs-guide-to-the-vintage-of-spring-games
FIRST COURSE: EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY MADE UP
As you begin enjoying the spring game, note the subtle air of chaos and lack of planning. While disconcerting at first, eventually you'll be comforted to know that none of what you're witnessing actually has to make sense or follow some established rulebook. Points will appear and disappear. Statistics will be made up on the fly. Plays will be reset and run over and over again for little rhyme or reason. Two-hand touch rules will be forgotten at random intervals, with no punishment.
It's football, but it's not. It's all very avant-garde.
Drink pairing? Something cheap and portable, yet familiar.
SECOND COURSE: SOMEONE WILL MATTER FOR A SATURDAY, AND ONLY A SATURDAY
Every spring game, a player jumps off the field at you with a complex and intriguing aroma of competence. It is typically an illusion, an aperitif meant not to give you something substantial, but to encourage excitement for the season yet to come. Demario McCall, Ray Small, Torrance Gibson, and T.Y. Williams whet our appetite for things yet to come... and that's about it.
Drink pairing? A fancy (but gross) IPA you took a sip of, then took a few more sips to try and look cool, and then put down on someone's chair and forgot about forever.
THIRD COURSE: GOOFY SHIT
The most satisfying part of any spring game is the bombastic tones of the absolutely absurd. There is no reason whatsoever to take anything that happens particularly seriously, so why bother with the artifice? This is about having fun, man. If you're hoping for Justin Fields to go out there and announce his Heisman candidacy by looking like a combination of Joe Montana and Michael Vick, you're taking this a bit too seriously.
A soupçon of returning alumni, peppered with silly competitions like Who-Can-Throw-The-Ball-Longer and Who-Can-Run-Faster, makes for an entertaining and surprising afternoon, particularly after the novelty of sitting in the sun on metal bleachers and watching bad football begins to wear off after about, oh, 25 minutes.
Drink pairing? Something that you can play a drinking game with and not die.
FOURTH COURSE: FOOTBALL, KIND OF
I'll admit, the fourth course usually leaves a lot to be desired.
The two hand touch element of the proceedings startled people in 2017, which was as logical as it is boring (read: very), and going back to well over a decade you can see people bemoaning the fact that either the game itself kind of sucked or was too convoluted to tell if it actually sucked or not.
In truth? Don't worry about it too much. The football itself is rarely ever the point, and if you happen to find yourself in Ohio Stadium for the event, finding fun ways to distract yourself from what's on the field is sometimes a necessity.
Drink pairing? Something fun and bubbly, like Ale-8.
DESSERT: RECRUITING
The most underrated part of the spring game is the recruiting aspect. If you're someone who buries themselves in a mountain of data about teens picking colleges, the spring game is a bounty of information and potentially juicy tidbits about who is going to end up where. It doesn't always matter in the long run, but recruiting is eternal and provides a crucial element of surprise to the proceedings.
Drink pairing? Whatever floats your boat.
Ultimately the spring game is what you make of it. If you're going into the thing hoping for elite football that'll tide you over for the next, oh, five months? You've come to the wrong place.
But, if you're looking for an increasingly weird and absurd event attended by tens of thousands of your fellow Buckeye fans, it's hard to argue against this being one of the best bangs for your buck. All it takes is an expert's nose for exactly what makes it so special.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...oisseurs-guide-to-the-vintage-of-spring-games
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
OHIO STATE RELEASES SPRING GAME ROSTERS, WITH DEFENSIVE STARTERS ON SCARLET AND OFFENSIVE STARTERS ON GRAY
With a quarterback battle still raging on, both Justin Fields and Matthew Baldwin are on the Gray roster, featuring the first-team offense, but Day said he expects multiple players to play for both teams, and Fields and Baldwin seem likely candidates.
The roster also lists a few injured scholarship players who will not see action on Saturday: Jordan Fuller, Jaylen Harris, Tuf Borland, Kamryn Babb, Robert Landers, Marcus Williamson, Ronnie Hickman, Marcus Hooker, Tyler Friday and Thayer Munford.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ensive-starters-and-gray-taking-the-offensive
With a quarterback battle still raging on, both Justin Fields and Matthew Baldwin are on the Gray roster, featuring the first-team offense, but Day said he expects multiple players to play for both teams, and Fields and Baldwin seem likely candidates.
The roster also lists a few injured scholarship players who will not see action on Saturday: Jordan Fuller, Jaylen Harris, Tuf Borland, Kamryn Babb, Robert Landers, Marcus Williamson, Ronnie Hickman, Marcus Hooker, Tyler Friday and Thayer Munford.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ensive-starters-and-gray-taking-the-offensive
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Looks like watching the gray on offense against the scarlet defense will be more interesting than when the scarlet has the ball.
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scarletngray
Gold Pants
Looking forward to the Spring Game (Scrimmage). Players I am most interested in seeing are:
DEFENSE:
Sack Harrison
J. Baptiste
T. Mitchell
J. Proctor
T. Johnson
OFFENSE:
J. Fields
M. Baldwin
J. Gill
G. Wilson
NPF
DEFENSE:
Sack Harrison
J. Baptiste
T. Mitchell
J. Proctor
T. Johnson
OFFENSE:
J. Fields
M. Baldwin
J. Gill
G. Wilson
NPF
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bucknut502
Hall of Fame
You look like you have worked in an office your whole life.
#workinghands
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Go Bucks! beat that stinky butt defense!
No wait! Stop them fart sniffers cold!
No wait! Go Bucks!
I'm so confused...
No wait! Stop them fart sniffers cold!
No wait! Go Bucks!
I'm so confused...
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Something I saw at a store that was so cheesy and tacky I couldn't pass it up!
Damn thing is heavy enough to make a good door stop.
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