That's a tweet from 2 years ago from some guy named Cardale Jones. At the time, he was just a no name idiot on the OSU football team tweeting out something funny that sports blogs used to fill the page during the day. Now? Now he's starting at quarterback for Ohio State in the B1G Championship Game.
That just kind of sums up this game, though. I have no inside information, but I firmly believe athletes at Wisconsin actually have to take care of the student part of student-athlete. I know several recruits they really wanted had to go elsewhere because they couldn't even get accepted at Wisconsin. I'm going to assume it's not the same kind of operation at Ohio State. Feels like we're going up against a football factory.
And that's what will make it all the sweeter when we emerge from Indy with ANOTHER B1G title. 4 in 5 years would be downright stupid. Wisconsin fans are for sure going to be outnumbered in Indy - OSU is still alive for the playoff - but that won't be the first time that's happened. And we've done alright in Indy in recent years.
Now let's go beat the shit out of the Buckeyes and grab some hardware.
That just kind of sums up this game, though. I have no inside information, but I firmly believe athletes at Wisconsin actually have to take care of the student part of student-athlete. I know several recruits they really wanted had to go elsewhere because they couldn't even get accepted at Wisconsin. I'm going to assume it's not the same kind of operation at Ohio State. Feels like we're going up against a football factory.
And that's what will make it all the sweeter when we emerge from Indy with ANOTHER B1G title. 4 in 5 years would be downright stupid. Wisconsin fans are for sure going to be outnumbered in Indy - OSU is still alive for the playoff - but that won't be the first time that's happened. And we've done alright in Indy in recent years.
Now let's go beat the shit out of the Buckeyes and grab some hardware.
CHICAGO BADGERS: THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT NIGHT GAME ALERT. I LOVE NIGHT GAMES! And this one is great because we get to watch the UW hoops team STOMP Marquette during the day, rest up, and THEN we all gather at Will's to rage for another B1G Championship. CAN'T WAIT. See ya there.
WHO/WHERE/WHEN
THE BEST WISCONSIN ALUMNI
1) Ron Dayne
RONNNNN DAYYYNNNNEEEEE. Sure, it might SEEM preposterous to put Dayne over a guy who won TWO Nobel Prizes, Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs himself... but Dayne changed the entire landscape of UW athletics. And let's be honest, sports are really cool! And all I really care about. I don't drink all Saturday while watching footage of Nobel Prize presentations. I would never travel to the state of Michigan for ANY reason other than a football or basketball game. But because Ron Dayne came to Wisconsin and ran over and through every fool that tried to tackle him, Wisconsin is a national brand that pulls in millions of dollars and makes people want to Jump Around every single year.
I suppose Barry Alvarez gets the real credit for turning around UW athletics, but Dayne led the charge. It was him setting the NCAA career rushing record en route to leading Wisconsin to back-to-back conference titles (first time in over a century) and Rose Bowl victories. Dayne was the Heisman winner, the workhorse, coattails the rest of the team rode to glory. Yeah, maybe his NFL career didn't really pan out, but what did he do after his playing days were done? Came back to Madison to be some sort of official ambassador. It's clear he relishes his opportunity to be the longstanding face of UW athletics, and I love every inch of that.
It's scary to think what would've happened if Barry didn't come to Wisconsin and eventually get Dayne to join him. I'm aware that Barry won a Rose Bowl before he had Dayne, but Wisconsin's rise to the upper echelon of the conference was really cemented after Dayne left his mark.
PS - This is my list and if you want to hate on Ron Dayne go ahead but you're out of your damn mind. He IS Wisconsin.
PPS - One astute reader pointed out that every single alum on my list is male. Am I an ACCIDENTAL SEXIST? I hope not! Top 10 Female Alums coming in hot in the post-B1G Championship Mailbag.
I suppose Barry Alvarez gets the real credit for turning around UW athletics, but Dayne led the charge. It was him setting the NCAA career rushing record en route to leading Wisconsin to back-to-back conference titles (first time in over a century) and Rose Bowl victories. Dayne was the Heisman winner, the workhorse, coattails the rest of the team rode to glory. Yeah, maybe his NFL career didn't really pan out, but what did he do after his playing days were done? Came back to Madison to be some sort of official ambassador. It's clear he relishes his opportunity to be the longstanding face of UW athletics, and I love every inch of that.
It's scary to think what would've happened if Barry didn't come to Wisconsin and eventually get Dayne to join him. I'm aware that Barry won a Rose Bowl before he had Dayne, but Wisconsin's rise to the upper echelon of the conference was really cemented after Dayne left his mark.
PS - This is my list and if you want to hate on Ron Dayne go ahead but you're out of your damn mind. He IS Wisconsin.
PPS - One astute reader pointed out that every single alum on my list is male. Am I an ACCIDENTAL SEXIST? I hope not! Top 10 Female Alums coming in hot in the post-B1G Championship Mailbag.
Final List:
1) Ron Dayne
2) John Bardeen
3) Jim Lovell
4) Ol' Tommy Skillings
5) Michael Dhuey
6) Frank Lloyd Wright
7) Butch Vig
8) Anders Holm
9) William S. Harley
10) J.J. Watt
Honorable Mention: The Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs
1) Ron Dayne
2) John Bardeen
3) Jim Lovell
4) Ol' Tommy Skillings
5) Michael Dhuey
6) Frank Lloyd Wright
7) Butch Vig
8) Anders Holm
9) William S. Harley
10) J.J. Watt
Honorable Mention: The Daddy-O of SpaghettiOs
BIG TEN FEAR RANKINGS
1) Ohio State, 11-1 (8-0). Hey OSU, you don't have to come and confess, we lookin' for you, we gon' finnnnd you, we gon' finnnd you, so you can run and tell THAT
PS - Every once in a while I get back on the Antoine Dodson bandwagon. That video was fucking incredible. The song was somehow better. Can't get enough of the piano solo at the end of it.
2) Wisconsin, 10-2 (7-1). What can I say about that win against Minnesota that can't be better summed up with this GIF of an armadillo playing with a toy:
3) Indiana, 4-8 (1-7). So Indiana beats the SEC East champion AND finally gets a B1G win? Real recognize real. Nice job.
You give up yet?
Gangnam Style. It has 2 BILLION views. BILLION! That's not even hyperbole! LITRALLY BILLIONS OF VIEWS. If Melvin Gordon played agains Nebraska every game, it would take him like SEVEN games to get to 2 billion yards. Gangnam Style got so many views that it physically broke YouTube's view counter. They had to modify their code to account for the staggering number of views that video got. That's big time.
5) Minnesota, 8-4 (5-3). <3Gangnam Style. It has 2 BILLION views. BILLION! That's not even hyperbole! LITRALLY BILLIONS OF VIEWS. If Melvin Gordon played agains Nebraska every game, it would take him like SEVEN games to get to 2 billion yards. Gangnam Style got so many views that it physically broke YouTube's view counter. They had to modify their code to account for the staggering number of views that video got. That's big time.
7) Iowa, 7-5 (4-4). When trolling backfires:
8) Nebraska, 9-3 (5-3). So they fired Bo Pelini. Does that mean we won't score 900 points on them every time we play now? If so, kinda sad.
9) Northwestern, 5-7 (3-5). Weekly reminder that we lost to this team. And we'd maybe kinda sorta be playing OSU for a spot in the playoff if we simply took care of business in Evanston. I'm gonna go swim some laps in my own tears, brb.
10) Michigan, 5-7 (3-5). It's great, to be, a Michigan Wolverine:
Long live The Onion.
12) Rutgers, 7-5 (3-5). Let's play a game. It's called DOG OR WHITE WALKER:
13) Illinois, 6-6 (3-5). Apparently one B1G team that's bowl-eligible could get screwed and end up on the outside looking in. My money's on ILLINOIS. They've got bowl shafting written ALL OVER them.
14) Purdue, 3-9 (1-7). I found this amusing:
RANDOM MUSIC WE'RE DIGGING HARD THIS WEEK
MATCHUP TO WATCH
Dave Aranda's Nasty D vs. Ohio State's 3rd String QB Who Probably Was Still A 9 Star Recruit
Somehow, Dave Aranda was not a finalist for the Assistant Coach of the Year award in college football. YAY! He is OURS. And now he gets to unleash the Chevy Boys on a third string quarterback, thrust into the starting role with OSU's entire season on the line. I LIKE THIS MATCHUP.
I'm looking for each linebacker to record 8 sacks, each defensive back to snag 3 interceptions, and Aranda to dump an entire thing of Gatorade on himself because he's just the ultimate badass like that.
I'm looking for each linebacker to record 8 sacks, each defensive back to snag 3 interceptions, and Aranda to dump an entire thing of Gatorade on himself because he's just the ultimate badass like that.
THIS WEEK'S GAME IN HAIKU
Hey Urban Meyer
The Soup Nazi called. He said:
No playoff for you
YOUTUBE
PS - Arguably the dumbest video I've ever posted here.
I wonder if he was serious or just messing around with the news crew. Could just be some great trolling.
#FOODPORN
NOODLE KUGEL. YES. JEWISH MAC AND CHEESE. My family spiced it up a bit at Thanksgiving this year. We swapped out some more conventional sides (FUCK YOU SWEET CRANBERRY STUFF) and opted for some tastier options. Like this awesome kugel that my little brother cooked up.
There was also this big pan of scalloped potatoes au gratin. I'm not entirely sure what the difference is between scalloped potatoes and the au gratin variety, but I think these were scalloped and then coated with cheese and some onions. Hence, SCALLOPED POTATOES AU GRATIN. Highly possible that just makes these some au gratins. I'm also not sure if it's potatoes au gratin or au gratin potatoes, so I'm avoiding calling them by either name. Either way, delicious verdict? GUILTY
I accidentally deleted half the #foodporn pics I took on Thanksgiving because I am a moron, but here's what Second Dinner looked like later that night. Am I crazy to think that Second Dinner was actually better than normal Thanksgiving dinner? What is it about this food that makes heating it up taste so damn good? Look! There's like 7 Brussels sprouts in there! Vegetables make this meal HEALTHY!
#SKYPORN
Oooo, CAMP RANDALL #SKYPORN. That's one fine variety of #skyporn right there. Sneaky part about sitting in the student section is that they really have the best #skyporn viewing angles. And it looks so much cooler if it's happening over the Field House instead of over the scoreboard.
Must have been a blast watching us crush Minnesota's spirits with a gorgeous sunset like that going on in the background. Dreams are made of less.
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Must have been a blast watching us crush Minnesota's spirits with a gorgeous sunset like that going on in the background. Dreams are made of less.
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PREDICTION CITY
EAT ME URBAN
THE PICK:
WISCONSIN 31, OSU 27
***
ON WISCONSIN
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