Tuesday's Buckeye Bits

Good morning fellow Buckeye honks! Welcome to your Tuesday edition of the bits. There is lots going on this week so let's skip my regular "random link" and get right to it shall we?

Hey, I remember him!- All Buckeye fans, and most other fans, know Mark Titus by now. He was a benchwarmer for OSU a few years back but developed a cult-like following for his blog Club Trillion. That cult-like following quickly turned into millions of followers.

 The guy is a blog sensation at this point (if you can be such a thing). He has parlayed that success into a contributing role over at Bill Simmons' Grantland.

Whatever you think of Bill Simmons, Grantland is a good place to stop on your daily internet adventure. I stumbled upon this cool piece by Titus overviewing the first weekend of the tournament. It's pretty funny. Give it a look.


Good Overview- The tournament started out a little slow but picked up as the weekend approached. I know that thoroughly enjoyed watching Michigan go down in ball of flames. That game was quickly followed by another epic collapse as Duke went down at the hands of Lehigh. That was possibly the greatest 15 minutes of sports in the past 2 months for me. Eamonn Brennan had a great first look for this weekends games.

Friday's Buckeye Bits

Good Friday morning! We've got a good deal of news and stuff to talk about today, so let's get right to it.

Jordan Whiting headed back home. As Ian told you yesterday, the Kentucky-born linebacker is transferring to Louisville. After sitting this year, he'll have only one year of eligibility left to play.

He never got the playing time he expected as a four-star recruit, as he could never move up the depth chart. Despite being part of Tatgate, he seems to be a fine young player and gentleman, tweeting thanks to Coach Tressel and AD Gene Smith. Best of luck, Jordan.

Another DB coach? Yep, and again Ian's on top of it. I really need to quit my job so I can get these awesome breaking stories. Or not...Anyhow, Kerry Coombs comes north from the University of Cincinnati to fill Bill Sheridan and Taver Johnson's shoes. Coombs led Colerain High to a state championship in 2004, so he certainly knows his way around recruiting. However, considering he's the third guy to hold the DB job in about six weeks, chances are he'll be hired as a head coach somewhere in a few weeks...

Some retaliation for Bleacher Report.

For those of you that don't know yet, Bleacher Report came out with a post today, regarding what Mark Titus had said on the Bill Simmons show. Let's break down what he said.

I write this because I am sick of reading the trite Titus has been spewing about Turner. I read his blogs. In most every statement he demeans and insults Turner in an effort to be cheeky. Now I know kidding around when I hear it. Fun is fun; but more and more Titus insinuates negative things about Turner's character and paints him in a less than flattering light.
Let's get one thing straight Mark Titus, the only reason you have access to Mr. Turner is because you are along for the ride.

First off, let's get one thing straight. These guys are buddies, messing around with each other constantly. They have little "tweet" battles, and mess around with each other. That's what friends do..next, again and again, Titus has said that Turner is the best player in the country, and rightfully deserves the Naismith trophy. The reason Mark Titus "has access" is because he walked on, and decided to try and earn a spot playing. Just because he didn't doesn't make him less of a person. He tried, and that's what counts, because he makes the best of it every day.
 
Mark Titus tweets disparaging remarks about Turner as they ride the bus home from a game that Turner has won for them. He invades the privacy and betrays the confidences of his teammates. Let's face it, we all know his blogs are read because he blogs Turner's name in them just so people will hit his site. We all know the deal here.

As I said before, the tweets are normal fun for kids their age, and Turner does it right back to Titus. You don't see anyone getting upset over this, it's a look into superstar life by a regular individual, is that so wrong? The reason his blog is popular is because he's one of the first benchwarmers to ever try blogging in his situation. He doesn't put Turner's name in there to get hits, he started writing because he did it with 2 other guys on his team. They thought it would be a fun project, and it exploded. Not really a bad thing.

I, for one, can understand Turner throwing the ball at him. He rebounded for a guy who will never see any minutes. A guy who takes pride in that fact.

So now it's OK for a freshman to beam balls at another freshman. Titus had an opportunity to play, but he couldn't make it. Doesn't give him any right to make him feel like he is higher than Titus.

What kind of person takes advantage of a triumph he has done nothing, nothing to earn? Then, in the next moment, turns around and disses the tournament MVP in a tweet; "Evan Turner is listening to Lady Gaga..." What is that about?

I do believe that Turner turned right back at him on Twitter saying that Lady Gaga was awesome. They are poking fun at each other. Stars always need a couple of people to bring them back to earth once in awhile. If it was so bad, don't you think Turner would have asked him to stop by now?

In this story, Mark Titus is the villain. In this story the villain doesn't win. In this story the villain loses everything and learn a lesson lesson. Jerks don't prosper.
I implore the fans to boycott this Trillion club. Don't let Mark Titus believe he is bigger than the Buckeye team. Don't let anyone think that one part is greater, than the whole.

Mark has never been considered a Villain, and your the only one who seems to think so. If jerks don't prosper, why are you writing a post on a college kid poking some fun at his teammate, which by the way he said later that Turner was level-headed, and brilliant, and writes a blog with his friends help? We won't boycott Club Tril, and Titus has never thought he was bigger than the Buckeye team.

The Buckeyes won't be losing anything...nothing at all.

Except, maybe, someone that inspires the players, or a friend, but most importantly, a teammate. He has been on this team for 4 years, and no one has had a problem. If you look at your post's comments you will see almost no one agrees with you here, and that you are sadly mistaken if what you think is that this is all real things that Titus says to Turner just to make him mad. Again, Titus has said Turner is an outstanding athlete, and a great person to be around.

Quotes from: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/368607-titus-of-club-trillion-should-be-kicked-off-the-bench

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Your POW.

It's time for this week's POW. This is ITS's 5th overall POW, and it comes from Club Tril night at VCA when they played the final regular season game to win the Big Ten championship. Mark Titus, the lovable bench-warmer, who got, most likely, his last trillion Wedensday, showed some heart felt emotion towards to crowd wearing the Club Tril Shirts. Known as the Trillion Man March, people in hordes came out wearing their shirts, willing Titus for one more Trillion. We wish him good luck in the future. If you would like to suggest some photos, just email us at insidetheshoe2009@hotmail.com or tweet @InsideTheShoe, or even fire off a message at Facebook.

Mark Titus is ballin'

And he's heard the mother *******'s who have been saying he can't.