sparcboxbuck
What happened to my ¤cash?
Something to the effect of “...never saw the field while at tOSU, how’d that work for you?”
The reply couldn’t have been more appropriate.
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Something to the effect of “...never saw the field while at tOSU, how’d that work for you?”
The reply couldn’t have been more appropriate.
Bill Lucas
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I’ve never had a twitter account and I pretty much have never used social media but I have a hankering to open an account to thank Stephen Collier for his years at Ohio State. Under the radar and underappreciated. Without men like him the successes we see on the field are not possible. Thank you Stephen.
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TampaBuckeyes
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Do all diplomas say little to nothing about what you earned your degrees in other than what college you participated in? I swear mine said more, but I don't want to dig mine out of wherever the wife put them.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
The main part of mine (1991) just says "Bachelor of Arts [from] "The Colleges of the Arts and Sciences.
I also had a couple of honors notations which appear at the bottom left under the school seal almost like footnotes. One was "with distinction in history" (that one just means that I went to the trouble of writing a passable senior thesis, not that I excelled) that happened to ID my major just because of what it was.
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zincfinger
Gert Frobe-approved
Mine has the degree and the college, and also says "Getty Images" right across the middle.
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http://www.dispatch.com/sports/2018...all-block-his-path-to-success?template=ampart
Ohio State's Collier didn't let loss of football block his path to success
By Tim May
Posted Jun 10, 2018 at 9:33 PM
Updated Jun 10, 2018 at 9:58 PM
Stephen Collier — his football days long behind him, the ambition of striking it big in New York ahead of him — remains on the competitive fast track, and he has at least two sheets of sheepskin to prove it.
One is his bachelor's degree in communications. The other is his master's in sports management. The former quarterback earned both from Ohio State in four years.
"Not exactly how I planned it when I first showed up at Ohio State as a 17-year-old, but you've got to take life how it comes and make the best of your situation," Collier said. "As someone once said, 'You want to make God laugh? Tell him your plans.' You adapt."
Stephen Collier Sr. watched his son go from star high school quarterback to Ohio State signee, to a career-ending knee injury in 2016, to walking through two graduation ceremonies.
"From my perspective, I think the right word is proud," Stephen Collier Sr. said. "I don't care how well a kid can be raised, there are so many opportunities for someone to just veer off and either lose passion, or lose sight of what's right, stumble and never really get back on track when things don't go like you think they should. I have to say I am proud just because he always has been focused on being successful in some capacity, and most times at a very high level.
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Ohio State's Collier didn't let loss of football block his path to success
By Tim May
Posted Jun 10, 2018 at 9:33 PM
Updated Jun 10, 2018 at 9:58 PM
Stephen Collier — his football days long behind him, the ambition of striking it big in New York ahead of him — remains on the competitive fast track, and he has at least two sheets of sheepskin to prove it.
One is his bachelor's degree in communications. The other is his master's in sports management. The former quarterback earned both from Ohio State in four years.
"Not exactly how I planned it when I first showed up at Ohio State as a 17-year-old, but you've got to take life how it comes and make the best of your situation," Collier said. "As someone once said, 'You want to make God laugh? Tell him your plans.' You adapt."
Stephen Collier Sr. watched his son go from star high school quarterback to Ohio State signee, to a career-ending knee injury in 2016, to walking through two graduation ceremonies.
"From my perspective, I think the right word is proud," Stephen Collier Sr. said. "I don't care how well a kid can be raised, there are so many opportunities for someone to just veer off and either lose passion, or lose sight of what's right, stumble and never really get back on track when things don't go like you think they should. I have to say I am proud just because he always has been focused on being successful in some capacity, and most times at a very high level.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
SKULL SESSION: URBAN MEYER TROLLS MICHIGAN IN THE SUBTLEST OF WAYS, STEPHEN COLLIER REFLECTS ON HIS BACKUP QUARTERBACK CAREER, AND SHAUN WADE COULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN A FIRST-ROUND PICK
TALES FROM THE END OF THE BENCH. Ohio State fans have an uncanny affinity for players who barely play, and it absolutely rules.
Buckeye fans basically knighted Mark Titus for sitting on the bench and blogging about it, Joey Lane was arguably the most beloved player on the roster last year, and Kenny Guiton got the loudest ovation on his senior day despite only ever entering a game in meaningful moments when Braxton Miller broke himself.
Stephen Collier felt that love too during his career, but that didn't mean it was always easy being a career backup.
Stephen Collier left small-town Georgia for Ohio State thinking he’d push for playing time by Year 2 once Braxton Miller was gone.
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“I didn’t really know what I was getting into,” Collier said. “I don’t think a lot of people do."
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“While it’s nice to have those perks and that notoriety and that attention from colleagues, peers, women, things like that, it kind of eats at you a little bit, too,” Collier said. “Like, ‘This sucks. I want to be playing,’ because then you see the attention and all those things get magnified when you’re a starter. It’s a double-edged sword, for sure.”
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In spring ball, the No. 2 will get pretty equal reps with the starter, but by the time fall comes around, it’s more like 25 percent. Third-string reps are essentially nonexistent. For most, it’s a lot of work with the scout team offense against the defense. If you’re low enough in the pecking order, you might be throwing balls up for the defense in drills. Maybe you’ll get one or two reps a practice.
“That always kind of sucks, too,” Collier said, “because where a starter gets 100 reps in a game and when he messes up one or two it’s not that big a deal, we’re only going to get two reps at practice, and those two reps are the biggest reps of your life.”
I've long maintained that there is not a better job in the world than a backup NFL quarterback, but I can't say the same about college, even if it does come with a scholarship. Collier put up with a lot of bullshit to never actually see the field when he could have transferred at any time, but he stayed and I respect that.
It's not like he didn't have a purpose – the guy portrayed Marcus Mariotta for the scout team and learned Oregon's cutting-edge offense in a few days to make sure they were running plays every 16 seconds in practice. He earned his ring in 2014, he just did it in a different way, and never got the recognition.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...f-ways-stephen-collier-reflects-on-his-backup
TALES FROM THE END OF THE BENCH. Ohio State fans have an uncanny affinity for players who barely play, and it absolutely rules.
Buckeye fans basically knighted Mark Titus for sitting on the bench and blogging about it, Joey Lane was arguably the most beloved player on the roster last year, and Kenny Guiton got the loudest ovation on his senior day despite only ever entering a game in meaningful moments when Braxton Miller broke himself.
Stephen Collier felt that love too during his career, but that didn't mean it was always easy being a career backup.
Stephen Collier left small-town Georgia for Ohio State thinking he’d push for playing time by Year 2 once Braxton Miller was gone.
...
“I didn’t really know what I was getting into,” Collier said. “I don’t think a lot of people do."
...
“While it’s nice to have those perks and that notoriety and that attention from colleagues, peers, women, things like that, it kind of eats at you a little bit, too,” Collier said. “Like, ‘This sucks. I want to be playing,’ because then you see the attention and all those things get magnified when you’re a starter. It’s a double-edged sword, for sure.”
...
In spring ball, the No. 2 will get pretty equal reps with the starter, but by the time fall comes around, it’s more like 25 percent. Third-string reps are essentially nonexistent. For most, it’s a lot of work with the scout team offense against the defense. If you’re low enough in the pecking order, you might be throwing balls up for the defense in drills. Maybe you’ll get one or two reps a practice.
“That always kind of sucks, too,” Collier said, “because where a starter gets 100 reps in a game and when he messes up one or two it’s not that big a deal, we’re only going to get two reps at practice, and those two reps are the biggest reps of your life.”
I've long maintained that there is not a better job in the world than a backup NFL quarterback, but I can't say the same about college, even if it does come with a scholarship. Collier put up with a lot of bullshit to never actually see the field when he could have transferred at any time, but he stayed and I respect that.
It's not like he didn't have a purpose – the guy portrayed Marcus Mariotta for the scout team and learned Oregon's cutting-edge offense in a few days to make sure they were running plays every 16 seconds in practice. He earned his ring in 2014, he just did it in a different way, and never got the recognition.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...f-ways-stephen-collier-reflects-on-his-backup
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
BACK LIKE HE NEVER LEFT. Stephen Collier never even attempted a pass in an Ohio State football game, but the fact that most people reading this remember him fondly proves that he didn't need to start to become a proper Buckeye legend.
He reached legend status in my mind when he learned Oregon's prolific offense in a couple of days to be able to simulate Marcus Mariotta and run that high-speed offense in practice, getting plays off every 16 seconds.
You know how prepared the Ohio State defense looked in that game? You have him to thank for that.
And after his playing days, he went on to get himself a bachelor's degree from Ohio State, a master's degree from Ohio State, and now he's going to finish off the trifecta with a law degree from Ohio State.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...rin-and-cam-heyward-are-media-darlings-and-ej
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