gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Oct 12, 2011 3:21pm
Via Grantland, part 1 of 2: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7088858/life-two-parts
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Oct 12, 2011 3:31pm
He had some big ass ears even when he was kid.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 12, 2011 3:32pm
is it worth a read? I try to avoid giving grantland page hits.
gorocks99
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Oct 12, 2011 3:37pm
It's not the best. I'd say part 2 will probably be better since it will include his Ohio State and pro days. Why no Grantland hits?karen lotz;931456 wrote:is it worth a read? I try to avoid giving grantland page hits.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Oct 12, 2011 3:41pm
gorocks99;931459 wrote:It's not the best. I'd say part 2 will probably be better since it will include his Ohio State and pro days. Why no Grantland hits?
Just don't like it. I read it when it first launched and wasn't impressed at all. I do like Simmons though, just seems like a bunch of the other guys he has write for it are trying too hard to be him.
bradmaynard
Posts: 277
Oct 12, 2011 3:46pm
David Jacoby is pretty solid but he's on the pop culture crew. The Clarett story wasn't all that interesting, not to mention the fact that it reads like a tenth grader's English autobiography. I'm hoping part two is better as far as content goes.karen lotz;931460 wrote:Just don't like it. I read it when it first launched and wasn't impressed at all. I do like Simmons though, just seems like a bunch of the other guys he has write for it are trying too hard to be him.
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Oct 12, 2011 3:54pm
It wasn't a bad article but not really anything great either.
thedynasty1998
Posts: 6,844
Oct 12, 2011 8:30pm
Nothing real insightful.
Question, would Clarett get paid for that?
Question, would Clarett get paid for that?
FatHobbit
Posts: 8,651
Oct 13, 2011 9:03am
Do you think he did that for free?thedynasty1998;931747 wrote:Nothing real insightful.
Question, would Clarett get paid for that?
gorocks99
Posts: 10,760
Nov 15, 2011 3:28pm
Part 2 was posted last week: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7209489/life-two-parts
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Nov 15, 2011 3:29pm
good read--hope he keeps it up and follows through
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Nov 15, 2011 3:31pm
He's the largest waste of talent in world history.
With that said, he's a buckeye. #championship
With that said, he's a buckeye. #championship
Dr Winston O'Boogie
Posts: 1,799
Nov 15, 2011 3:45pm
I would argue that from Ohio State, Art Schlicheter was an even bigger waste.sleeper;974183 wrote:He's the largest waste of talent in world history.
With that said, he's a buckeye. #championship
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wkfan
Posts: 1,641
Nov 15, 2011 3:57pm
Professionally...yes.Dr Winston O'Boogie;974195 wrote:I would argue that from Ohio State, Art Schlicheter was an even bigger waste.
Collegiately....no. MC in a landslide.
Scarlet_Buckeye
Posts: 5,264
Nov 16, 2011 11:09am
I'm glad to see Clarett recognizes how truly special that play was. Far too many college football fans, and Ohio State fans, do not grasp just how important that play really was. It was an unbelievable play by two spectacular players at a pivotal moment in the game.One play I will remember for the rest of my life is the play in which I stripped the ball from Sean Taylor. I can remember Craig Krenzel calling the play in the huddle and I was just thinking, we need to score. I can remember Ben Hartsock telling me about how he was going to run his route, and jokingly telling Craig to throw him a touchdown. We broke the huddle. The ball was hiked. I ran to my blocking assignment, and, in the process, Sean jumped under the route and made a great play. The first thing I thought was to get out of the way, because people will knock the shit out of you on interceptions. Guys look to blindside people.
I saw Sean running down the field, but I also saw how loosely he was carrying the ball. I took a good angle, and he never saw me. I put my arm between the ball and his body and just dropped my weight. To this day, when people ask me about my career at Ohio State, they always ask about that play.
Almost brings tears to the eyes.
Also sounds like Clarett has his head right now and finally "gets it."Everyone wishes things would have played out differently, but they didn't, and I can live with that. I'm back to being friends with all of my old teammates and coaches, and I'm back to being a responsible father.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Nov 16, 2011 11:33am
That play gets drowned in the other close plays that happened in that game. However, without Clarett stripping the ball, we lose the game no doubt.