Ohio State Has Hired Bill O’Brien… On Purpose

I know, right? Like what?! Part of me wants to slap this meme on a billboard in the heart of Columbus.

Michigan hasn’t played in a couple weeks and yet they’re still notching W’s. Your response to the team up north ripping off a 15-0 season and a natty is to hire… BILL O’BRIEN?!

Look, Bill O’Brien is a fine person to hire if you’re fine not winning championships.

Look at that stat and try not to let your jaw scrape the floor. The two greatest head coaches of all-time, and he just so happened to be on their staff in the years they DIDN’T hoist trophies. That’s incredible. That’s like sitting in the live studio audience of Big Bang Theory during an episode where they actually said something funny. Like what are the odds?!

But anyone who’s tracked Bill O’Brien’s career, this should come as no surprise.

This is a man who had a 24-point lead on the Kansas City Chiefs just 4 minutes into the second quarter and somehow was trailing at halftime. Oh, and proceeded to give up 41 unanswered points on the way to a 51-31 loss. But hey, it’s not like he was playing in that game. But when the Texans added GM to his office nameplate, he did proceed to trade Deandre Hopkins for a stalk of celery, three paper clips, and a

Don’t get me wrong. I’m a blogger. Not a Buckeye. I’m not a fan of Ohio State. I’m a fan of Content U. So I love the move. Do I think it’s dumb as hell? Of course. But we crave dumb because we are dumb. So hell, bring back Urban Meyer while you’re at it.