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Wednesday, 26 March 2008

  • WTF

    I apologize to anyone who read the post below and thought it was authored by me. I am a little disappointed that no one called me out on how lame it is, as I would hope to slap MYSELF if I ever wrote something like that. It must go up automatically if you haven't signed in for a long time. Thanks for the comments, and while I know some of my stuff on here is pretty crappy (see AJ Hawk story), this one was not me.

Wednesday, 05 March 2008

Sunday, 05 February 2006

  • Soo, its been a while since I last updated. The end of the Killer Nuts' saga has not yet been documented. So, after an undefeated and dominating regular season, I dropped the ball on the whole playoff thing. I was unsure of how the playoff brackets were going to be posted, and I was waiting for an email of some sort to inform us of where we could find our game information. No email came and I found our gametime one day late...figures we played on the first day of the playoffs.
    Upset over this decision, I decided to sign up or all-star team to play in the annual Beat Michigan Flag Football Tournament. Our first game went pretty well. On our first drive, I dropped a wide-open on-the-run first down catch on a fourth down where I called for a conversion try. The other team got the ball and failed to score, eventually turning it over on downs. Our next drive ended in a score. I intercepted a pass on the next drive and returned it for a score. I picked off another pass on the next drive, was running for the score, but Olivia followed on the right. Right before I ran into the defender, I pitched the ball back to Olivia who ran it across the goal line for the score. I had 2 more interceptions in the game. Their team wanted to throw long a lot and I was the safety, so I had a fun time. It helps to be the fastest guy on the field too. We won a shutout that game.
    During our next game, the other team got off to a quick score. Then during our next drive, I saw Laura Quinn on the sideline. For those who don't know, Laura Quinn is OSU football star AJ Hawk's girlfriend, but also Notre Dame QB Brady Quinn's sister. OSU spanked Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl later in the season. Anyway, Laura is standing on the sideline and I point to her, she looks, and I give her the finger. The game continues. The other team is up 20-0 at halftime. In the second half, Jeff hits Sarah for a TD, with the conversion cuts it to 20-10. I intercept a pass on the next possession and score to cut it to 20-19. They score on their next drive, making it 26-19. We get the ball on our own 20 with 5 seconds left. Jeff throws me a short screen. I catch it, burn a couple of defenders and put a sick juke on the last one. I am headed to the endzone and out of the corner of my eye, I see long-haired OSU linebacker AJ Hawk chasing me. He's got a good angle, so I dive for the endzone. He slams into my right knee, I feel a good tear before I helicopter into the endzone for the game-winning score with no time left on the clock. I laid on the ground as the team came over to celebrate.
    *The previous paragraph may be an exaggeration or entirely fictional.
    A month later I have ACL reconstruction surgery and 8 months of rehab[or physical therapy...thanks cindy] ahead. However, I am one of the few to survive a tackle by AJ "the manbeast" Hawk.

Saturday, 29 October 2005

  • Alrite, so I've been under some pressure to give an intramural update, but there's a good story after it too. This week, the Killer Nuts won convincingly, 44-0. We started the game with 2 straight interceptions but got our act together when Jeff threw me a 5-yard pass and I eluded a couple of defenders to score. Our defense held strong, and I caught another touchdown pass from Jeff. Once again, a solid defense held and we got the ball back. I caught another 5 yard pass and sprinted for the sidelines. There were 2 defenders, one about 5 yards away and the other about 10 downfield. I got the corner on one, and the other wasn't going to let me. So, I got the corner on the first one, and still at a dead sprint, I cutback between the two, heard the loud "OOOOHHHHHHs" and headed to the end zone. More defense and Jeff threw a 15 yard touchdown to Sarah who crossed the goal line. Even more defense, we got the ball back and Jeff hit Randy on the first play for a long touchdown. They got the ball back, and on 4th down threw deep. It was overthrown, and I sprinted over from my safety spot to make the pick barely keeping my foot inbounds. I should have dropped it because it was 4th down, but I was stupid. They ended the game after that on a "mercy rule". We won 44-0. Good times. Good defense.

    This is how bush league OSU can be:

    My friend lost his football season ticket. All the games are printed on one ticket and you bring it to each game and they scan it and let you in. Well, he misplaced it and we had to go get it replaced. We went to the Schott and the ticket agent asked him to pay face-value for the last two games. I immediately asked him if I could get into the games with the ticket he lost. He said, "No, we void that ticket." I smiled and asked why he had to pay full price for another ticket for the same seats he lost. No one was getting in with the other ticket, so shouldn't he just have to pay a small fee for a new ticket. "No," he replied, "this is just policy." I could tell he didn't agree with it either. I didn't want to fight with him because he really agreed with us, but was just doing his job. I respect that. So, we waited for him to print out the ticket. He never did, he just said, "Just bring your BuckID (our student ID...get it...Buckeye-D...BuckID...its cute.) to the next game. The ticket is on there." My resident immediately says, "Well, why didn't you just do that in the first place instead of giving me a ticket I could lose?" Again, the ticket man said "This is just what we do."

    So, OSU, the largest school in the country, one of the richest schools in the country, the most passionate football school in the country, is going to make my friend pay face value for a ticket that he lost, but is now worthless and he doesn't even get a new ticket in return. He paid $56 ($46...haha Jeff) at the window and got nothing for it...they didn't even remind him what seat he sits in. Seriously, we have the technology to void a single ticket out of 105,000 tickets sold, but for what? So they can make extra money and charge an out-of-state college student for a ticket that he already paid for? That, my friends, is the definition of Bush League.

Thursday, 20 October 2005

  • Well, its been a while since I've updated...seems like I say that everytime. Ohio State won this weekend. It was a great game to be at...even though we fumbled 6 times, our defense once again proved to be the best defense in college football and gave the offense a chance to win the game that they tried so hard to lose. AJ Hawk, once again, is the best defensive player in college football. Go Bucks.

    Our flag football team is 2-0 in games that we have played. We were wrongfully forced to forfeit a game that we won anyway...long story. Our game last night was a lot closer. We started off down 19-0 on a couple of touchdown receptions by their girls. So, Olivia hit Lydia in the endzone to bring the score to 19-10. Matt ended the half with a nice INT with the same score. They got the ball in the second half and marched down to inside the 20 when I stepped in front of a girl (I felt kinda bad) to make an interception. I scored the next touchdown on a bubble screen taken for 40 yards and a TD. I must have been 10 feet from the sideline when I caught it with a defender about 10 feet down field. Somehow I beat him to the corner and went all the way. After a defensive stop, we got the ball back down 6 points. We marched down the field and Jeff threw me another short pass and I stretched the ball over the endzone before my flag was pulled to make it 22-19 in the fourth quarter. We didn't get our 3-point try. They had the ball for one last drive with about a minute left. We played solid defense and forced them into 3rd down. They threw me another INT and I took a knee. Jeff did the rest to run the clock down. I realize I need better defensive stats, so I may just play the whole game on offense and defense, per order of our GM.

    Other than that bit of good news, my job keeps me pretty busy. I don't have a lot of time to see my old friends, but all my new friends are cool, so i guess it's fine. Dave Chappelle is coming to OSU this weekend. All the tickets are free, so I was all over that. OSU has its men's hockey home opener Friday night. We're ranked #2 nationally (ahead of BC, BU, NH, and all those other hockey teams) ranked behind only Michigan, but that will change once we beat them. Go Bucks

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