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I found this...makes it sound complicated as to how much opportunity Ewers would've had to shine. Ohio State easing Quinn Ewers into practice, 'There's just so much for him to learn in a short period of time' ByPATRICK MURPHY Aug 18, 12:03 PM Wednesday was practice 13 this fall for Ohio State's football team, but it was just practice three of the young college career of Quinn Ewers. After arriving over the weekend and taking part in picture day on Sunday, the former five-star quarterback was quick on to the field but not quick to do too much. But that is by design. Head coach Ryan Day made it clear on Monday, following Ewers putting on pads and his practice uniform for the first time, that this was going to be an easing-in process for the quarterback. He reiterated those comments again on Wednesday. "Just learning where to go and where the locker room is and everything else," Day said when asked about Ewers' first few practices with the Scarlet and Gray. Day and the rest of the Ohio State offensive staff are of course aware of the talent of Ewers; that's why they recruited the top-ranked prospect in the 2022 class, and one of the highest-rated high school players ever. But when Ewers made the decision to reclassify to the 2021 class, finish high school early and enroll in college months before it was expected, the Buckeyes understood that this process wasn't going to be normal. After missing the first couple of weeks of fall camp, Ewers was with the quarterbacks on Wednesday but only took part in individual throwing drills. When the Scarlet and Gray went into team periods, Ewers stood behind the offense, often talking with presumed starting quarterback C.J. Stroud, who also didn't do much because of a workload management day. "There's just so much for him to learn in such a short period of time," Day explained of Ewers' activity in practice. "Usually we have months upon months of time to prepare them before they even step on the field. He (just) showed up and is learning formations, learning everything like that. So it's just individual drills and we keep him after practice and start to teach him the offense, but we're certainly not just going to throw him in there." To Day's point, both Stroud and classmate Jack Miller have been in the Ohio State program for over a year now after enrolling in January of 2020. While last season was far from normal, these two quarterbacks got to take part in practices and watch and learn behind starter Justin Fields for months. True freshman Kyle McCord arrived this past January. He went through winter conditioning, spring football, summer workouts and now has multiple practices in fall camp under his belt as he gets ready for his first season of college football. All three of these players have worked and earned the right to get snaps in practice, while Ewers is still learning how the day to day works for the Buckeyes. "I mean, that's not fair to him and also it's not fair to the other guys," Day continued. "If he doesn't know where things are, you can get somebody hurt. But he'll pick it up quick and he's learning and I think the guys are doing a good job of helping him along because I think they understand this is a very unique situation." What's next for the Buckeyes? Make sure you're in the loop -- take five seconds to sign up for our FREE Buckeyes newsletter now! As camp progresses and Ewers gets more comfortable with life at Ohio State, and everything that comes with it, the freshman's reps and what he does in practice will certainly increase. But Day and the Buckeyes are going to handle the quarterback the right way and not rush him into anything with the season approaching.

Me, if we do... "I take back every rust-pickin', squid-hatin' thing I've ever said about swabbies Dominic!"

I don't know what this means, but I have a semi just reading this thread, so it hits close to home.

Big Kahuna, you say?

Me every morning:

I can't laugh at this because it still hurts to watch.

Are the horses pregnant, though? Because you know we get conjugated estrogens from pregnant horse piss. Wyeth Ayerst marketed this product as Premarin, a portmanteau of PRegnant MARes' urINe. And I don't know if the follow-up studies to this gem from 1941 were ever substantial enough to disprove this hypothesis:

Max Weiss, me, and probably millions of rational Americans agree with you.

Looking forward to December to Dismember!

Not gonna read the whole thread, but am I the only one who wants to know if Gruden, his brother, or his buddy Allen in the WFT front office discussed the need to portray Colt McCoy as worthless when he started as QB? We all witnessed the unfair comments on MNF, and my immediate recall of the Gruden era there was that he typically liked to praise guys that played in the games in which he was serving as the color guy.

Nicole, are you asking me why that was my favorite moment from the game in Foxborough? (not sure if I understood your post in response to mine) I am a fan of TB and have been for 14 or so years (was never a hater, but didn't care much either way up to that point). What the clip didn't show was how that "old" QB did something he doesn't do that much anymore (pull down the ball and run nearly 10 yards to get to the 1st down marker -- which I didn't think he was quite going to make, until he DID). But what the clip did show was his own reaction to that improbable feat and that's what I loved -- that smile, which I (perhaps incorrectly) interpreted as him being happy yet thinking, "holy crap, I did it?" He's one of the ultimate competitors, no doubt, but his reaction kinda demonstrated a more human side that I don't expect in the heat of battle. Damn right he's a badass. I think more people appreciate him now that he doesn't have the Pats uniform on. Even some Steelers fans on social media have stated such. Fun to watch!

Lincoln Riley thinks ambassadors don't need the vaccine because they have Diplomatic Immunity.

My favorite moment from last night:

Thanks for pointing that out and count me as another who hadn't heard about it. This is from that linked article: uh, what's going on with #4 here? I mean, I know he's "The Holder" but WTF? Couldn't even wait until he got home, or at least the locker room to whack it?

Oh, yes, indeed we know Our players will find a way to go No matter what the man said And Moore is fine, for all we know For all we know, he's gonna roll That's what the man said So won't you listen to what the man said? He said All gas and no brakes, baby However I digress.

x, F, F, x -- Lewandowsky, apparently

What is the length of a turtle's dick?

Before Mongone went on a ventilator, she sent Vereckey a very emotional text. "One of her last texts to me was, 'I was so dumb. I should have gotten vaccinated. It was my belief. I was worried, wanted to do more research. But I was wrong. I should have gotten vaccinated,'" Vereckey said. "It broke my heart because I just knew she was really, really sick." After Mongone got sick, she made sure her 17-year-old daughter got vaccinated, her friend said.