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Weekly Vernon Gholston shot
September 7, 2007 by 5 Comments
That’s right, it’s time for a new feature here at Men of the Scarlet and Gray — the weekly Vernon Gholston shot.
I’m beginning to think Jim Davidson has a bigger man crush on Gholston than I do.
Vernon Gholston, cut by the Bears
August 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
Normally, this would go into a “In Case You Missed It” post, but since Vernon Gholston is a member of the MotSaG Mount Rushmore, he gets his own post. Even when it’s bad news:
The Chicago Bears have waived defensive end Vernon Gholston…
Drafted sixth overall by the New York Jets in 2008, Gholston was released in March after failing to record a sack in three seasons. He appeared in three preseason games with the Bears.
Don’t shed too many tears for the human flotation device, though (emphasis mine):
In an attempt to salvage Gholston’s career, the Jets moved him to defensive end before last season, but that didn’t work out either. He was so far down in the depth chart he was declared inactive for all three playoff games, sealing his fate. He made $20 million in guarantees from the Jets.
Here’s to hoping the Brownies take a flyer on Gholston and bring him home. And if not, we’ll always have this.
Ten Years of Buckeye Blogging
June 22, 2016 by Leave a Comment
It’s still doesn’t seem possible, but today marks ten years (TEN FREAKING YEARS) since I posted the first post here at Men of the Scarlet and Gray dot com. Join with me for a little navel gazing as I reminiscence on the wild ride that started when myself (el Kaiser), Jeremiah (SYR), Grant (sportsMonkey) and Trevor (Zeke) started this here Ohio State blog. (Don’t ask us why we went with nicknames. We were young and dumb)
In the lifetime of the site, we’ve seen a Heisman Trophy Winner (should have been at least 1 more), 3 trips to the National Championship game, a Final Four and an NCAA Finals (including that amazing comeback in the Sweet 16), a major scandal, and the most amazing run of a football team in 2014.
We’ve gone through not one, not two, not three but FOUR Michigan coaches.
We’ve humiliated and/or killed off Kirk Herbstreit in a number of ways (here, here, here, here, and here). We introduced the world to Tressnac The Magnificent and his trusty side-kick Lllloyd Carr.
We spawned at least one other blog, with the birth of blog The Buckeye Battle Cry, happening here in these comments. As far as we know we haven’t fathered any other blogs, but that doesn’t mean they’re not out there.
As fans, we’ve witnessed all sorts of ups and downs. We’ve witnessed some heartbreaking moments. We had Jeremiah breaking the Carlos Hyde story. We’ve had interviews with former and future Buckeyes, (we even had Cris Carter agree to be interviewed by Shannon but that fell through.)
While having fun at our opponents expense, we coined the phrase “Stiff Arm of Justice” (this one was a personal fave, as is this video)
Oh, and if you’ve been around since the beginning, you know that we single-handledly put Vernon Gholston (and his glorious biceps) on the map.
Look at them. LOOK!
He even followed @MotSaG on twitter!
As you may have noticed, my regular posting around these parts has been next to zilch the past year plus. It kills me that Real Life© has gotten in the way, but I’d like to thank all of our writers contributors, past and present, for all the hard work they’ve put in to keep the site going and bringing you guys the top-notch Buckeye writing we hope you’ve come to expect. We are going to be losing a couple of our staff to our brothers at tBBC but this site will still be chugging along. I would be remiss if I didn’t profusely thank my co-founder and Best Friend Jeremiah. The work he has put in the past few years dragging the site into the limelight has been nothing short of amazing. He’s the hardest working blogger out there and his Twitter Troll Game is strong. Thanks for everything you do, big fella.
It’s been a wild ride and it’s been a great time spending it with all of you. We have some changes that are going on behind the scenes and we’ll be making an announcement soon about some exciting changes, but we hope you’ll stick around with us for another 10 years of Buckeye (and Ohio) greatness!
MotSaG’s Annual NCAA Tournament Pick ‘Em (Updated)
March 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
As you have undoubtedly noticed, content here at Men of the Scarlet and Gray has slowed to a trickle. This is normally a dead time for our mostly-football Ohio State blog but that doesn’t mean we aren’t fans of our Buckeye Cagers nor are we March Madness averse. We want to get our community engaged during this time of the year, and the best way for us to do that is our annual March Madness NCAA pick ’em.
Please join us by joining our Yahoo Tourney Pick’em here. The password is “vernon”. Because of course it is.
We don’t have any prizes to offer this year besides the undying adulation of your Buckeye brethren. Do it for the glory.
Don’t disgust Tom Crean.
Update: While we might not have any prizes for the MotSaG Pick ‘Em, the Buckeye Bloggers Network is also holding a contest with real honest to goodness prizes. Read about how to join here.
The Face of the Team
April 9, 2009 by 9 Comments
A real quick check-in post so we don’t fall completely off the radar.
As we hear the reports coming out of spring camp, I got to wondering how was going to be the poster boy of the 2009 Buckeyes. It’s no secret that a certain Mountain of a Man was our man-crush for 2007 and a particular Stiff Arm was the face (hand? arm?) of the Buckeyes of 2008. So who will it be this year?
I present two candidates. The first was an emerging beast of a man last year, one Thaddeus Maximus. He’s already on people’s radar with lines like “Destroy everything moving” and “You just have to know when to be aggressive”.
The other nominee, via The Silver Bullet, is incoming freshman Dominic Clarke who, as Drew says, certainly passes the “Look Test”.
So who is your nomination for the 2009 MotSaG man-crush Face of the Buckeyes?
Now that’s high-quality H20
December 19, 2007 by Leave a Comment
In 19 days, the Ohio State Buckeyes will take on LSU for at least one year’s worth of bragging rights.
In order to better understand OSU’s opponent on January 7th, you must first understand southern football. And what better way to edumacate yourself than by watching the best southern football documentary of all time, The Waterboy.
Only by close scrutiny of the movie will you understand the subtle nuances of the way football is played down south. For example, you will learn that when a southern team is insecure about its own abilities, it overwhelms its opponents with cockiness and overconfidence to compensate, even to the point of self-detriment.
Such is why, from this point forward, we at MotSaG will not be referring to the title game under its preferred moniker: The BCS All-State National Championship Game.
Instead, we will be referring to it henceforth as The Bourbon Bowl. Also, from now on, Les Miles will become Red Beaulieu.
Bobby Boucher is adaptable to any number of Buckeye backfielders — from the obvious Little Animal, to our favorite defensive end Gholston, or any other player that will gaze through his face mask at the cocky, taunting Southern Louisiana foolsball players on Jan 7th.
As for Dan Fouts’ character? No worries, I’m sure that Fox Sports’ Thom Brenneman can speak touchdowns with his mouth arm, too.
This also has the side benefit of appeasing both camps of BCS folks: those who love it and see the “life-imitating-art” parallels of having the title game in southern Louisiana; or those who hate the current system, wish for a playoff, and want to boycott the BCS reference.
Whatever side you fall on, we encourage you all to follow our lead (especially you OSU bloggers) in boning up on your southern football knowledge by watching The Waterboy. And feel free to join us in referring to the Bourbon Bowl from now on.
We’ve got plenty of content planned for the next couple of weeks. Naturally, we’ll give most of our attention to the big game. Lots of other things happening in CFB and the Big 10 for us to comment on, too. Watch for a post that addresses how unusual 2007 was for teams that hail from the State of Ohio. And you never know when Tressnac might stop by for a visit. Stay tuned.
