Happy Monday!
Ohio State men’s basketball’s got one more week of its regular season before the Big Ten tournament. Ohio State football is nearing the start of spring practice as the spring game inches closer and closer.
Let’s talk about it. Here are my 10 thoughts heading into the week.
And they start with what happened in College Park Sunday afternoon.
The narrative from Ohio State’s loss to Maryland remains the same as the ones before.
Maryland was a different team at home against Ohio State than it was on the road earlier this month.
To head coach Chris Holtmann, it was a team with a little more “bite,” showing much more physicality, toughness and competitiveness than the Buckeyes showed in the aftermath of their comeback victory at No. 15 Illinois Thursday.
It was an Ohio State team that couldn’t stop the Terrapins’ backcourt, allowing 50 points combined from Eric Ayala and Fatts Russell, who combined for eight 3-pointers on 15 tries. It was an Ohio State team that struggled down low against forward Donta Scott, setting the tone on the offensive glass and giving Maryland multiple second-chance opportunities.
Instead, it was an Ohio State team that missed open looks, beginning to settle for open 3s instead of competing with the physicality of Maryland down low. It was an Ohio State team that without the offensive consistency of Malaki Branham and E.J. Liddell had no identity.
It was an Ohio State team that wasn’t prepared.
“It was a tremendous environment, give credit to the Maryland fans. Phenomenal environment. We just didn’t… it’s on me. We have to prepare them,” Holtmann said. “We tried to make it clear to them what they were going to face: a quality group that was starting to play really good in the last month.”
What Maryland brought Sunday afternoon was nothing necessarily new.
Holtmann said Maryland did a good job trapping Liddell, getting him off his spots and making him uncomfortable offensively, something he needs the junior forward to work on ahead of the postseason.
“He has to work to get a little more involved,” Holtmann said. “He has to bring more effort in certain areas, but we have to find ways to get him in his spots.’
Holtmann said Maryland did a good job taking advantage of Ohio State’s “Achilles’ heel,” using rebounds, winning the rebound battle by five, and second-chance points—, scoring 17 compared to the Buckeyes’ six — to earn the win.
Holtmann also said that the Terrapins continued to bother Branham. After an eight-point performance against Maryland earlier this month, the Ohio State freshman guard continued his struggles, making only four of his 13 attempts from the field, clearly bothered by the defensive’s length and physicality on cuts.
“He’s had a phenomenal year, a phenomenal year for us, giving us a tremendous lift,” Holtmann said. “He’s got to learn from this and move forward. He struggled a little bit last time playing these guys. I think their length and size and physicality really bothered him.”
With a few exceptions, these are the things that work for opponents to beat Ohio State, whether it’s Iowa, Rutgers or earlier in the year against Xavier and Indiana.
Yes, Holtmann said it’s hard to win on the road in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes have split its 10 Big Ten games on the road.
Yes, Holtmann admitted Branham, Liddell and a few other players looked tired against the Terrapins, the product of ending the season with seven games in 15 days.
But the opponents’ game plan doesn’t seem to change from loss to loss.
And when the Ohio State head coach was asked if Ohio State came in with the right mindset after its emotional win Thursday, he didn’t sugarcoat it.
“Clearly not.”
What could Zed Key’s injury mean in this final stretch?
Holtmann didn’t know anything about the status of Zed Key postgame.
But it didn’t look good.
Jumping up to defend a shot attempt by Ayala in the paint, the Ohio State sophomore forward twisted his right ankle, falling to the ground. He needed help getting off the floor, but walked to the locker room under his own power, but with a severe limp.
Holtmann said Key would be “evaluated,” and that they would know more soon.
“I’m not sure yet on Zed,” Holtmann said. “He couldn’t play, clearly. He was out for today. Obviously we have three games this week. I’m not sure what that’s going to look like. Hopefully we will get him back, but we have postseason to think about as well.”
Key’s really struggled for Ohio State in each of his last six games. The sophomore, averaging 16.5 minutes per game, has scored only 4.8 points per game, shooting 44% from the field — 14 percentage points lower than his season average — while balancing 3.8 rebounds per game with 2.8 fouls and one turnover per game.
The sophomore forward has not recorded double-digit points or rebounds since his double-double Feb. 9 at Rutgers: his first and only of the season.
While production is important with Key, the threat of what he could do down low is just as vital: playing the role as an atypical “center” for a team without a truly productive big man against the Zach Edey’s and the Hunter Dickinson’s of the world.
For as good as Kyle Young has been for Ohio State as of late, bringing in at least five rebounds in each of his last four games, while shooting 66.7% from the field, he is only 225 pounds compared to Key’s 245 while both being 6-foot-8.
Ohio State still has to face players like Marcus Bingham from Michigan State and Dickinson and Moussa DIabate from Michigan. Forwards are the one position Ohio State can’t afford to lose at this point in the schedule, especially as the Buckeyes play for a double-bye in the Big Ten tournament.
So what now?
Let’s look at the big picture.
Heading into Sunday’s game, Ohio State had a chance at a four-way tie for a Big Ten championship, something it lost with the loss to Maryland. Now, the Buckeyes are the only team in the conference with six losses in Big Ten play, sitting alone in the No. 4 spot in the standings with three games to play.
If Ohio State wins out against Nebraska, Michigan State and Michigan — not an easy task by any means — it seems to be locked into that No. 4 spot in the Big Ten tournament, assuming that Illinois beats both Penn State and Iowa, the latter of which is not a given either.
There’s not a lot of wiggle room for the Buckeyes anymore.
If Michigan State wins out, beating Ohio State on the road Thursday, the Buckeyes would fall below both the Spartans and the Hawkeyes, assuming that both keep their seven-loss total in conference play.
A double-bye could turn into a date against Minnesota, Northwestern, Nebraska or, wait for it, Maryland in the second round of the conference tournament with Iowa/Michigan State or Illinois waiting for the Buckeyes in the quarterfinal.
But here’s the thing…
Ohio State’s heading home, where it has only lost once all season long.
The Buckeyes are always better within the cavernous confines of the Schottenstein Center, averaging 76.1 points per game — 1.4 points above the season average — and 64.2 points allowed per game: 3.2 points below the season average.
In Ohio State’s 12 home games this season, it has won by an average of 11.9 points per game, including seven double-digit wins, including a 46-point blasing of IUPUI. This includes the 13-point loss to Iowa Feb. 19.
As for Ohio State’s upcoming opponents, each has had its struggles on the road. Nebraska has not one any of its eight true road games this season, while Michigan has won only four of its 11 road matchups, including double-digit losses to North Carolina, UCF, Illinois, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Michigan State has had its share of struggles on the road, falling to Rutgers and Iowa by double-digits. But the Spartans have found success too, beating Wisconsin on the road by 12.
A double-bye for Ohio State is achievable. And these final three teams are beatable. But the Buckeyes will have to play some of its best basketball it has all season to do it, something they usually save for their home floor.
A few final notes from the Maryland loss.
If you are reading this past a certain point in the day, you already know there’s a pretty long story up about the 2023 linebacker out of Many, Louisiana about how he became such a big target for Jim Knowles and the Ohio State defense.
Please read it. I think it’s pretty good. I hope you do too. I’ll wait…
OK, now that you all have read it, this will make sense. I think he’s the most important player to secure in the 2023 class. And I don’t think it’s very close.
This is a player that represents Knowles and what he wants to do defensively. And here’s the thing: Curtis knows that. He’s a confident kid who knows who he is as a linebacker, embraces every aspect of versatility defensively instead of being a one-trick pony. He WANTS to do everything. Knowles is a coach who EXPECTS for a linebacker to do a little bit of everything defensively.
Yes, Knowles is changing this defense from the inside out, and he’s going to start with what he’s inheriting. You have heard me say in the past that this is only good news for players like CJ Hicks, Sonny Styles, Steele Chambers, Cade Stover, etc. I do believe he’s going to change the way the Buckeyes recruit linebackers.
And I do think Curtis officially starts that trend.
Will he be a member of Ohio State’s 2023 class? I think there’s a very good chance, but who knows. But he’s as important of a piece especially if the Buckeyes want to continue their defensive transformation.
Maybe I’m too high on his film. Maybe I put too much stock into a quarterback who tucks and runs 80 yards off a bootleg or a linebacker that flies in from outside of the camera and into a play within milliseconds.
But as I was talking to this kid, as I was talking to his coach, as I heard that when he commits he commits in “blood,” I see a potential future for the Ohio State defense.
And it’s a bright one.
Speaking of, here’s what’s on the offseason checklist for Ohio State’s linebackers.
Just like we did last week with the defensive line, here’s three things Ohio State’s linebacker room must do this offseason to set up for a successful fall.
I’ll preface this by saying I am one person. I can’t cover everything. There’s a lot going on with both the men’s basketball and football programs by themselves.
But the Buckeyes athletic department has been on an absolute tear when it comes to sports, whether it’s the second-best women’s hockey team in the country, the No. 3 men’s tennis team in the country or, my personal favorite from my days with The Lantern, the No. 15 men’s volleyball team in the nation.
But one team did something that the Ohio State men’s basketball team lost its chance to do Sunday in College Park: earn a share of a Big Ten title.
With a six-point win against Michigan State in the regular season finale, the No. 17 Ohio State women’s basketball team earned a share of the Big Ten title with Iowa, coming into the conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.
And it’s done so without any sort of size. Rebeka Mikulasikova leads the team with 5.3 rebounds per game at 6-foot-4, while the Buckeyes are, on average, out-rebounded by 0.9 boards per game.
However, with players like Jacy Sheldon and Tanaya Beacham shooting over 50% from the field and Taylor Miksell shooting 47.1% from 3, the Buckeyes have still developed an offense that can barrel through teams.
And after the past few years Kevin McGuff and company have had, it’s good to see this program on the rise once again.
I’ll bite, here’s my dream team.
Thank you to @ELammers for the idea here on the board. I do have to confess something: I did not grow up watching Ohio State football.
I grew up outside of Houston, Texas, where my sports-watching was primarily focused on the Astros, Texans and Rockets, even though my first college football game ever was Texas A&M vs. Missouri Johnny Manziel’s freshman season.
But here’s mine anyway, which are going to be biased since I arrived in 2015.
Offense
QB — Justin Fields — based on what I think could happen next year, this might change quickly
RB — Ezekiel Elliott
WR — Chris Olave
WR — Cris Carter
WR — David Boston
TE — Jake Stoneburner
OT — Orlando Pace
OG — Wyatt Davis
C — Nick Mangold
OG — Pat Elflein
OT — Taylor Decker
Defense
DE — Joey Bosa
DT — Cam Heyward
DT — Jonathan Hankins
DE — Chase Young
LB — Ryan Shazier
LB — AJ Hawk
LB — Chris Spielman
CB — Denzel Ward
S — Malik Hooker
S — Vonn Bell
CB — Jeff Okudah
Song of the Week
This made my week, my month or maybe even my entire 2022.
I love Phish. You know this. I listened to them more and more as I was cooped up in my Michigan apartment during the height of the pandemic, quickly becoming one of if not my favorite band.
But Dave Matthews Band has been up there for me since I was in middle school, falling in love with the Piedmont Park and Europe live albums and putting them on repeat to this day.
And to see two of my favorite artists perform "Tweezer Reprise" together, even just from a video, it almost makes me cry tears of joy.
I hope it makes your day and sets the tone for your week.
Let’s make it a good one.
See you on the board.
Ohio State men’s basketball’s got one more week of its regular season before the Big Ten tournament. Ohio State football is nearing the start of spring practice as the spring game inches closer and closer.
Let’s talk about it. Here are my 10 thoughts heading into the week.
And they start with what happened in College Park Sunday afternoon.
The narrative from Ohio State’s loss to Maryland remains the same as the ones before.
Maryland was a different team at home against Ohio State than it was on the road earlier this month.
To head coach Chris Holtmann, it was a team with a little more “bite,” showing much more physicality, toughness and competitiveness than the Buckeyes showed in the aftermath of their comeback victory at No. 15 Illinois Thursday.
It was an Ohio State team that couldn’t stop the Terrapins’ backcourt, allowing 50 points combined from Eric Ayala and Fatts Russell, who combined for eight 3-pointers on 15 tries. It was an Ohio State team that struggled down low against forward Donta Scott, setting the tone on the offensive glass and giving Maryland multiple second-chance opportunities.
Instead, it was an Ohio State team that missed open looks, beginning to settle for open 3s instead of competing with the physicality of Maryland down low. It was an Ohio State team that without the offensive consistency of Malaki Branham and E.J. Liddell had no identity.
It was an Ohio State team that wasn’t prepared.
“It was a tremendous environment, give credit to the Maryland fans. Phenomenal environment. We just didn’t… it’s on me. We have to prepare them,” Holtmann said. “We tried to make it clear to them what they were going to face: a quality group that was starting to play really good in the last month.”
What Maryland brought Sunday afternoon was nothing necessarily new.
Holtmann said Maryland did a good job trapping Liddell, getting him off his spots and making him uncomfortable offensively, something he needs the junior forward to work on ahead of the postseason.
“He has to work to get a little more involved,” Holtmann said. “He has to bring more effort in certain areas, but we have to find ways to get him in his spots.’
Holtmann said Maryland did a good job taking advantage of Ohio State’s “Achilles’ heel,” using rebounds, winning the rebound battle by five, and second-chance points—, scoring 17 compared to the Buckeyes’ six — to earn the win.
Holtmann also said that the Terrapins continued to bother Branham. After an eight-point performance against Maryland earlier this month, the Ohio State freshman guard continued his struggles, making only four of his 13 attempts from the field, clearly bothered by the defensive’s length and physicality on cuts.
“He’s had a phenomenal year, a phenomenal year for us, giving us a tremendous lift,” Holtmann said. “He’s got to learn from this and move forward. He struggled a little bit last time playing these guys. I think their length and size and physicality really bothered him.”
With a few exceptions, these are the things that work for opponents to beat Ohio State, whether it’s Iowa, Rutgers or earlier in the year against Xavier and Indiana.
Yes, Holtmann said it’s hard to win on the road in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes have split its 10 Big Ten games on the road.
Yes, Holtmann admitted Branham, Liddell and a few other players looked tired against the Terrapins, the product of ending the season with seven games in 15 days.
But the opponents’ game plan doesn’t seem to change from loss to loss.
And when the Ohio State head coach was asked if Ohio State came in with the right mindset after its emotional win Thursday, he didn’t sugarcoat it.
“Clearly not.”
What could Zed Key’s injury mean in this final stretch?
Holtmann didn’t know anything about the status of Zed Key postgame.
But it didn’t look good.
Jumping up to defend a shot attempt by Ayala in the paint, the Ohio State sophomore forward twisted his right ankle, falling to the ground. He needed help getting off the floor, but walked to the locker room under his own power, but with a severe limp.
Holtmann said Key would be “evaluated,” and that they would know more soon.
“I’m not sure yet on Zed,” Holtmann said. “He couldn’t play, clearly. He was out for today. Obviously we have three games this week. I’m not sure what that’s going to look like. Hopefully we will get him back, but we have postseason to think about as well.”
Key’s really struggled for Ohio State in each of his last six games. The sophomore, averaging 16.5 minutes per game, has scored only 4.8 points per game, shooting 44% from the field — 14 percentage points lower than his season average — while balancing 3.8 rebounds per game with 2.8 fouls and one turnover per game.
The sophomore forward has not recorded double-digit points or rebounds since his double-double Feb. 9 at Rutgers: his first and only of the season.
While production is important with Key, the threat of what he could do down low is just as vital: playing the role as an atypical “center” for a team without a truly productive big man against the Zach Edey’s and the Hunter Dickinson’s of the world.
For as good as Kyle Young has been for Ohio State as of late, bringing in at least five rebounds in each of his last four games, while shooting 66.7% from the field, he is only 225 pounds compared to Key’s 245 while both being 6-foot-8.
Ohio State still has to face players like Marcus Bingham from Michigan State and Dickinson and Moussa DIabate from Michigan. Forwards are the one position Ohio State can’t afford to lose at this point in the schedule, especially as the Buckeyes play for a double-bye in the Big Ten tournament.
So what now?
Let’s look at the big picture.
Heading into Sunday’s game, Ohio State had a chance at a four-way tie for a Big Ten championship, something it lost with the loss to Maryland. Now, the Buckeyes are the only team in the conference with six losses in Big Ten play, sitting alone in the No. 4 spot in the standings with three games to play.
If Ohio State wins out against Nebraska, Michigan State and Michigan — not an easy task by any means — it seems to be locked into that No. 4 spot in the Big Ten tournament, assuming that Illinois beats both Penn State and Iowa, the latter of which is not a given either.
There’s not a lot of wiggle room for the Buckeyes anymore.
If Michigan State wins out, beating Ohio State on the road Thursday, the Buckeyes would fall below both the Spartans and the Hawkeyes, assuming that both keep their seven-loss total in conference play.
A double-bye could turn into a date against Minnesota, Northwestern, Nebraska or, wait for it, Maryland in the second round of the conference tournament with Iowa/Michigan State or Illinois waiting for the Buckeyes in the quarterfinal.
But here’s the thing…
Ohio State’s heading home, where it has only lost once all season long.
The Buckeyes are always better within the cavernous confines of the Schottenstein Center, averaging 76.1 points per game — 1.4 points above the season average — and 64.2 points allowed per game: 3.2 points below the season average.
In Ohio State’s 12 home games this season, it has won by an average of 11.9 points per game, including seven double-digit wins, including a 46-point blasing of IUPUI. This includes the 13-point loss to Iowa Feb. 19.
As for Ohio State’s upcoming opponents, each has had its struggles on the road. Nebraska has not one any of its eight true road games this season, while Michigan has won only four of its 11 road matchups, including double-digit losses to North Carolina, UCF, Illinois, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Michigan State has had its share of struggles on the road, falling to Rutgers and Iowa by double-digits. But the Spartans have found success too, beating Wisconsin on the road by 12.
A double-bye for Ohio State is achievable. And these final three teams are beatable. But the Buckeyes will have to play some of its best basketball it has all season to do it, something they usually save for their home floor.
A few final notes from the Maryland loss.
- Fatts Russell was a beast for Maryland, scoring a career-high 27 points with six 3s on 10 attempts. He came in shooting 32.7% from 3 this season. Sometimes players get hot. As for 3-point shooters to watch moving forward, here’s four names: Nebraska’s C.J. Wilcher (38.6% on 4.1 attempts per game), Michigan State’s Gabe Brown (35.9% on 5.5 attempts), Michigan’s Caleb Houstan (35.9% on 5.0 attempts) and Michigan’s Eli Brooks (39.5% on 4.4 attempts).
- Eugene Brown III was unusually aggressive offensively, missing all four of his attempts from 3 along with only one make on six tries. In games where the sophomore guard has five shot attempts or more, he’s shooting 51.5% from the field with 9.4 points per game.
- Ohio State only had six assists against Maryland, while the Buckeyes recorded 11 turnovers. Only one player didn’t record a single turnover: Justin Ahrens, who played 16 minutes and was one of two players, along with Kyle Young, to have a positive plus/minus.
- Ohio State has not lost back-to-back games this season, averaging 76.6 points in those games, while allowing 68.3 points to opponents. However, the Buckeyes have had three stretches of games this season where they have lost two-of-three.
If you are reading this past a certain point in the day, you already know there’s a pretty long story up about the 2023 linebacker out of Many, Louisiana about how he became such a big target for Jim Knowles and the Ohio State defense.
Please read it. I think it’s pretty good. I hope you do too. I’ll wait…
OK, now that you all have read it, this will make sense. I think he’s the most important player to secure in the 2023 class. And I don’t think it’s very close.
This is a player that represents Knowles and what he wants to do defensively. And here’s the thing: Curtis knows that. He’s a confident kid who knows who he is as a linebacker, embraces every aspect of versatility defensively instead of being a one-trick pony. He WANTS to do everything. Knowles is a coach who EXPECTS for a linebacker to do a little bit of everything defensively.
Yes, Knowles is changing this defense from the inside out, and he’s going to start with what he’s inheriting. You have heard me say in the past that this is only good news for players like CJ Hicks, Sonny Styles, Steele Chambers, Cade Stover, etc. I do believe he’s going to change the way the Buckeyes recruit linebackers.
And I do think Curtis officially starts that trend.
Will he be a member of Ohio State’s 2023 class? I think there’s a very good chance, but who knows. But he’s as important of a piece especially if the Buckeyes want to continue their defensive transformation.
Maybe I’m too high on his film. Maybe I put too much stock into a quarterback who tucks and runs 80 yards off a bootleg or a linebacker that flies in from outside of the camera and into a play within milliseconds.
But as I was talking to this kid, as I was talking to his coach, as I heard that when he commits he commits in “blood,” I see a potential future for the Ohio State defense.
And it’s a bright one.
Speaking of, here’s what’s on the offseason checklist for Ohio State’s linebackers.
Just like we did last week with the defensive line, here’s three things Ohio State’s linebacker room must do this offseason to set up for a successful fall.
- Steele Chambers, that’s it: I think Steele Chambers is in for the most important offseason of any player on Ohio State’s roster, offense or defense. Not only is it his first as a full-time linebacker after moving from running back during the preseason and recording 47 tackles, a sack and an interception in 2021, but it’s his first with Knowles as an outside linebacker: the centerpiece of all his defenses from Duke to Oklahoma State. Whoever ends up in that outside spot needs to have the capabilities of doing everything from rushing the passer, to playing pass defense and shedding blocks from linemen to get to the running back. Chambers became a playmaker at linebacker last season. Can he fit the mold into what Knowles is looking for? If he can, watch out.
- In the same way, make Cade Stover and DeaMonte Trayanum full-time linebackers: Cade Stover looked like a linebacker against Utah in the Rose Bowl, bringing in six tackles, while finding himself in the middle of seemingly every single play along with Tommy Eichenberg. Over the course of the offseason, Stover has been on the tip of the tongue of many early enrollees, from safety Tanner McCalister, saying he could play the LEO spot, to early-enrollees CJ Hicks and Gabe Powers. In that same vein, DeaMonte Trayanum is looking for a resurgence, transferring from Arizona State as a running back and joining Knowles room with a “clean slate.” Will the two have the same or more success than Chambers did in their first full seasons after moving from offense to defense?
- Find a way to develop depth, while keeping the morale of the room: Ohio State’s linebackers room was the center of attention during the 2021 season for all the wrong reasons, whether it was the lack of success or the amount of movement with the transfers of both Dallas Gant and K’Vaughan Pope. After transitioning to a 4-2-5 defense last season, which is Knowles’ base defense, there’s not a lot of room for playing time, especially with a room filled with experience and potential. Can Knowles and company create an atmosphere that can develop players in that position and keep them around with only two spots to work with?
I’ll preface this by saying I am one person. I can’t cover everything. There’s a lot going on with both the men’s basketball and football programs by themselves.
But the Buckeyes athletic department has been on an absolute tear when it comes to sports, whether it’s the second-best women’s hockey team in the country, the No. 3 men’s tennis team in the country or, my personal favorite from my days with The Lantern, the No. 15 men’s volleyball team in the nation.
But one team did something that the Ohio State men’s basketball team lost its chance to do Sunday in College Park: earn a share of a Big Ten title.
With a six-point win against Michigan State in the regular season finale, the No. 17 Ohio State women’s basketball team earned a share of the Big Ten title with Iowa, coming into the conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.
And it’s done so without any sort of size. Rebeka Mikulasikova leads the team with 5.3 rebounds per game at 6-foot-4, while the Buckeyes are, on average, out-rebounded by 0.9 boards per game.
However, with players like Jacy Sheldon and Tanaya Beacham shooting over 50% from the field and Taylor Miksell shooting 47.1% from 3, the Buckeyes have still developed an offense that can barrel through teams.
And after the past few years Kevin McGuff and company have had, it’s good to see this program on the rise once again.
I’ll bite, here’s my dream team.
Thank you to @ELammers for the idea here on the board. I do have to confess something: I did not grow up watching Ohio State football.
I grew up outside of Houston, Texas, where my sports-watching was primarily focused on the Astros, Texans and Rockets, even though my first college football game ever was Texas A&M vs. Missouri Johnny Manziel’s freshman season.
But here’s mine anyway, which are going to be biased since I arrived in 2015.
Offense
QB — Justin Fields — based on what I think could happen next year, this might change quickly
RB — Ezekiel Elliott
WR — Chris Olave
WR — Cris Carter
WR — David Boston
TE — Jake Stoneburner
OT — Orlando Pace
OG — Wyatt Davis
C — Nick Mangold
OG — Pat Elflein
OT — Taylor Decker
Defense
DE — Joey Bosa
DT — Cam Heyward
DT — Jonathan Hankins
DE — Chase Young
LB — Ryan Shazier
LB — AJ Hawk
LB — Chris Spielman
CB — Denzel Ward
S — Malik Hooker
S — Vonn Bell
CB — Jeff Okudah
Song of the Week
This made my week, my month or maybe even my entire 2022.
I love Phish. You know this. I listened to them more and more as I was cooped up in my Michigan apartment during the height of the pandemic, quickly becoming one of if not my favorite band.
But Dave Matthews Band has been up there for me since I was in middle school, falling in love with the Piedmont Park and Europe live albums and putting them on repeat to this day.
And to see two of my favorite artists perform "Tweezer Reprise" together, even just from a video, it almost makes me cry tears of joy.
I hope it makes your day and sets the tone for your week.
Let’s make it a good one.
See you on the board.
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