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OL Marcus Hall (The Bird Man of Ann Arbor)

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ysubuck said:
Fuck scUM. Fuck you Delaney. That was a bush league move by UM and it worked like a charm. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but they gathered around Dontre right away...as if it had been planned. Fuck them.
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If by "worked like a charm" you meant "failed miserably", then yeah, it worked like a charm. Thousands of scUM fans got flipped the bird, Ohio State scored the next 21 points after the incident, won the game, and all hands are on deck as their two rivals play each other for a championship while they sit at home. I guarantee there are troglodytes on their message boards pulling their hair out over the "slap on the wrist" that the Buckeyes got. The league office just trolled the shit out of them. Meanwhile those of us on the side of good and virtue are laughing all the way to Indianapolis and beyond, middle fingers raised high. Who cares if a couple of their scrubs are made to sit out a third-tier December exhibition game or not? The aftermath of what happened is already punishing them way worse than the B1G office ever could with suspensions or reprimands.
 
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ysubuck said:
Fuck scUM. Fuck you Delaney. That was a bush league move by UM and it worked like a charm. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but they gathered around Dontre right away...as if it had been planned. Fuck them.
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The fight lit a fire under a team that was playing like total shit up to that point. They were expecting to show up and win by 50. That fight showed them they would have to buckle it up and go. So it worked great - for Ohio State.
 
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jlb1705 said:
If by "worked like a charm" you meant "failed miserably", then yeah, it worked like a charm. Thousands of scUM fans got flipped the bird, Ohio State scored the next 21 points after the incident, won the game, and all hands are on deck as their two rivals play each other for a championship while they sit at home. I guarantee there are troglodytes on their message boards pulling their hair out over the "slap on the wrist" that the Buckeyes got. The league office just trolled the [Mark May] out of them. Meanwhile those of us on the side of good and virtue are laughing all the way to Indianapolis and beyond, middle fingers raised high. Who cares if a couple of their scrubs are made to sit out a third-tier December exhibition game or not? The aftermath of what happened is already punishing them way worse than the B1G office ever could with suspensions or reprimands.
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They did not. The folks in the league office aren't smart enough to troll anybody. Unless they asked both Urban and Hoke if they wanted to file a complaint, and they both responded with a NO, the league office did nothing. That might be the best case scenario for what happened. The worst might be that they mentioned to either coach that they might suffer suspensions on their own team if they did file a complaint.

However, to say the refs in question handled the situation correctly, and made the correct ejections..well...maybe they are capable of trolling somebody...but it sure as hell ain't the scUM fans.
 
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HorseshoeFetish said:
They did not. The folks in the league office aren't smart enough to troll anybody. Unless they asked both Urban and Hoke if they wanted to file a complaint, and they both responded with a NO, the league office did nothing. That might be the best case scenario for what happened. The worst might be that they mentioned to either coach that they might suffer suspensions on their own team if they did file a complaint.

However, to say the refs in question handled the situation correctly, and made the correct ejections..well...maybe they are capable of trolling somebody...but it sure as hell ain't the scUM fans.
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Honestly, who cares. It's over and no further penalties. That's all anyone cares about.
 
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jlb1705 said:
If by "worked like a charm" you meant "failed miserably", then yeah, it worked like a charm. Thousands of scUM fans got flipped the bird, Ohio State scored the next 21 points after the incident, won the game, and all hands are on deck as their two rivals play each other for a championship while they sit at home. I guarantee there are troglodytes on their message boards pulling their hair out over the "slap on the wrist" that the Buckeyes got. The league office just trolled the [Mark May] out of them. Meanwhile those of us on the side of good and virtue are laughing all the way to Indianapolis and beyond, middle fingers raised high. Who cares if a couple of their scrubs are made to sit out a third-tier December exhibition game or not? The aftermath of what happened is already punishing them way worse than the B1G office ever could with suspensions or reprimands.
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I have to admit that my curiosity got the best of me and I looked up the meaning of the word "troglodyte."

Makes sense.:excited:

Peace
 
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http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/10066130/ohio-state-vs-michigan-game

"Tell us again, grandfather, of the Day of the Double Bird."

In the second quarter of what already had been a carnival of a first half, Michigan had just scored to take a 21-14 lead. Ohio State's Dontre Wilson fielded the kick at his own goal line and ran it back 16 yards. However, deep in the pile, ill feelings mysteriously arose. Family relationships were disputed loudly. Within seconds, a WWE card broke out. Helmets flew, as did at least one punch. An exaltation of penalty flags took wing. By the time the game officials had finished approximating who had done what to whom, and whose mothers had been most grievously insulted, two Ohio State players and one Wolverine found themselves dismissed.

"I was disappointed in that," Ohio State coach Urban Meyer grumped afterward.

(It is devoutly to be hoped that the Buckeyes followed the direction of their governor, John Kasich, regarding the letter "m" and remembered to call people "otherfuckers" in the scrum. These are the things I worry about.)

One of the expelled, offensive lineman Marcus Hall, was particularly exercised. He slammed down his helmet. He kicked what I can only hope was the bench. And then, as he was being led off into exile up the tunnel, Hall enthusiastically flipped off the Michigan crowd with both hands. This being Thanksgiving weekend, there were a lot of people out there watching with nothing in their hands save beer, and nothing on their hands but time. Within two minutes, Hall's gesture had been GIF'ed approximately 9,678 times. This guaranteed him the kind of instant fame only the Internet can provide. It also guaranteed that Marcus Hall never will have to pay for a meal in Columbus for the rest of his life — whether he and the Buckeyes play for the national title or not. He demonstrated vividly that he don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan. I know I'm supposed to be outraged by this, but I can't be. That would require me to be a TV drone and worry about things like The Image Of The Sport. Hell with that. Marcus Hall lived the dream of every Ohio State fan since the series began in 1897.
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Ohio State football: Marcus Hall tries to come to terms with his actions


Carlos Osorio | Associated Press
Marcus Hall was ejected for punching a Michigan player in the second quarter.

By Bill Rabinowitz
The Columbus Dispatch Thursday December 5, 2013

  • Success can be undone in a moment. Reputations can change with one bad decision.

    That’s the case with everybody — except most people don’t come unglued on national television in the most-important game of the season.

    Until that fateful second-quarter fight against Michigan on Saturday, Marcus Hall been one of Ohio State’s biggest success stories of the season. Offensive line coach Ed Warinner called the senior right guard his most improved player.

    An affable guy with a quick laugh, Hall is popular with his teammates. But to those unfamiliar with him, he will forever be remembered as the guy who was ejected for throwing a punch at Michigan’s Keith Heitzman and then making an obscene gesture with both hands as he left the Michigan Stadium field.

    Hall escaped suspension for Saturday’s Big Ten championship game against Michigan State when the league publicly reprimanded him but imposed no further penalty.

    Hall has not been made available to the media since the incident, but he issued a lengthy apology on Twitter on Sunday.

    “I let my emotions get the best of me and didn’t conduct myself properly in the heat of the moment,” his tweet said in part. “My actions do not reflect who I am as a person and teammate. I love The Ohio State University and appreciate everything it has done for me. From the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry and hope everyone can accept my sincere apology.”

    On Monday, his linemates said that Hall was still coming to grips with what happened.

    “He is distraught and completely wiped out and feels bad about what he did,” center Corey Linsley said. “It was the heat of the moment. We’ve all done things in the heat of the moment that we regret.

    “After the game, I sat in the locker room and waited for him after he talked with coach (Urban Meyer), and he was at a loss for words and said he couldn’t believe it. ‘Everything was going right in my life.’

    “I said, ‘Whoa, dude. It’s just football. It’s not like your life is off track now.’ I think we all did an OK job of bringing him back.”

    But that will take some time.

    “Marcus is a little bit down on himself because he knows that wasn’t a good representation of himself,” left tackle Jack Mewhort said. “He knows he did wrong. He’s usually an upbeat guy, but he knows he messed up.”

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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...-tries-to-come-to-terms-with-his-actions.html


 
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