This past Saturday, June 22nd, marked the seventh anniversary of the launch of this here little OSU blog site, Men of the Scarlet and Gray.
(Just for reference to how old MotSaG is, the freshmen joing the OSU football team this fall were in the fourth or fifth grade when MotSaG was launched. Twitter didn’t exist. At least we had YouTube.)
In that time, we’ve watched a Heisman Trophy winner grow up right before us, we’ve seen on of the most amazing human specimen to grace a Buckeye uniform, have watched a stiff-arm become a meme, saw the Buckeyes assume their rightful position as Rose Bowl Champs, and got the SEC monkey off their back (no matter WHAT the NCAA says, that game happened and you can not take that away from us).
Unfortunately, we also had to watch a legend fall from grace but along with that, got to watch a phoenix rise from his ashes.
Oh, we’ve also been on a couple amazing NCAA tournament runs, too. A couple Final Fours ain’t too shabby. This was pretty great (see also: here and here).
Oh, and this happened in that time, too:
We shared this Ted Ginn Jr. Highlight film in our first post, and I feel it’s only appropriate that we share it here again, for old-times sake, to remember how blessed we Buckeye fans have been in the 21st century, and to remember how badly Ted Ginn and company deserved that title in 2006. He did not deserve to go out like this.
Those teams of Ted, Troy and Gonzo were something special. I have a feeling Urban has been amassing a group of kids that are going to make Ted Ginn Jr. look like he was running in molasses.
It has been a real pleasure serving these 7 years with all of you guys…. only 3 left on this 7-10 year sentence the judge ordered me to serve with you guys. Barring good behavior and an early release that is.
Wow, I had completely forgotten that I put together that Tressel slideshow. Who would have thought that almost all the characters featured in those images would have such terrible ends to their careers?
SYR – The parole board has met and your request for early release has been denied.
It’s crazy to think how different this team is compared to Tressel. And looking back, it’s equally stark how different the first couple years under Tressel were compared with the last couple under Cooper.