After a 12-0 first season and a very good recruiting class last year, Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes coaching staff responded with an even better recruiting class this year. The class was ranked from 1-4 depending on the publication, but signing day coups like getting 5-star safety Vonn Bell helped make this a stellar class. Meyer is obsessed with competing with the SEC, so it will be interesting if the Buckeyes can get a shot in 2013.
This Manti Te’o story is nuts. Was he the victim, or did he have something to do with it? When you see his interviews, he does come across and a wide-eyed sucker who could fall in love with a girl he never met. Now we know why online scams work so well. We’ll see how this story develops.
Meanwhile, Twitter has been hilarious. Here’s my favorite funny tweet so far:
Nick Saban didn’t become the best coach in college football by being afraid to start a 3-year online relationship with a possible opponent
The Philadelphia Eagles announced today that they will hire Chip Kelly as their new head coach. This comes as a surprise to many, as it appeared that Kelly was staying at Oregon. Perhaps the looming sanctions made him nervous again.
We’re all interested to see how Chip Kelly’s offense will translate to the NFL, and all of the talking head are paid to give an opinion on it, but frankly none us know what he will do. We can probably expect him to continue with his up-tempo innovations, but who knows how much he’ll incorporate the read-option and/or a running quarterback into his pro offense.
It will be fun to watch all of this play out, but as a tortured Browns fan I didn’t want to see this experiment happen in Cleveland, as I’m skeptical about running quarterbacks in the NFL. At least in Philly they have Micheal Vick, and with him I’d try anything. If he gets hurt just move on to the next guy.
Yes, the game sucked, but Miss Alabama Katherine Webb became an instant sensation when the cameras identified her in the stands as AJ McCarron’s girlfriend. Brent Musberger was immediately smitten by this Southern beauty, which led to a series of hilarious tweets as people tried to find something fun to occupy their time during this epic beat down. This one was my favorite:
Musberger hasn’t been wearing pants for a solid 45 minutes now.
This video is getting a lot of attention, as a son surprises his father with tickets to the Alabama/Notre Dame National Championship game as a Christmas present.