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On May 12, 2025, Emily posted some pictures from a wedding we attended. In the past, I would have never let her post those - it was disgusting and shameful! I now know it was subconsciously intentional (is that a thing?!) on my part because I needed to be held accountable, even if it was “forced”. Those pictures were the moment I hit a version of rock bottom that a lot of people probably never saw on the outside - I’ve always been good at masking it - but I felt it every single day.
I was over 280 pounds, carrying over 30% body fat, exhausted mentally and physically, and honestly just not living anywhere close to the standard I knew I was capable of. The hardest part wasn’t the weight itself - it was knowing I was settling. Settling for average habits, average discipline, average effort - things I vehemently preached against to teams I had been tasked with leading - and becoming somebody I didn’t fully recognize anymore.
Then on May 26th, I made a decision.
Not to tweak a few things.
Not to “try harder.”
Not to wait until Monday.
I decided to change EVERYTHING - all at once.
Sugar? Gone.
Starbucks runs? Gone.
Fast food for breakfast? Gone.
Breads, pastas, junk food? Gone.
No gradual transition. No cheat-weekend mindset. I was done negotiating with myself.
And the results came fast.
The weight started falling off over the course of just a couple months, but more importantly, I started regaining something I hadn’t felt in a long time:
Control.
Clarity.
Momentum.
Then in July of 2025, things shifted into another gear entirely.
That’s when the gym stopped being “something I was doing” and became part of who I am. Over the last ten months, I may have missed 7-8 total days in the gym.
That’s it.
The callouses on my hands tell the story. The physical transformation tells the story. But honestly, the mental transformation has been even bigger.
This journey became about a lot more than me.
I have two girls watching me every day: Avery and Mila.
Avery has been my best buddy through thick and thin for the last seven years. She’s seen the highs, the lows, the stress, the rebuilding, and now she’s seeing what consistency and discipline look like in real time (she actually made this kick ass video!).
That means something to me!
And Mila… well, Mila is almost four years old, which means life is basically a combination of laughter, chaos, exhaustion, negotiations with a tiny terrorist, and somehow finding crayons in places crayons should never exist. Let me tell ya, having a toddler at this stage of life hits differently! You realize your energy matters. Your patience matters. Your health matters. I want to be fully present for every phase of their lives - not watching from the sidelines tired, unhealthy, and mentally drained.
I wanted to set a standard for them.
Not perfection.
Not vanity.
A standard.
A standard that says when life gets hard, we don’t fold. We adapt. We fight. We grow.
And the crazy part is… this entire transformation happened during one of the most uncertain periods of my life.
I unexpectedly found myself out of work. Ultimately, I made one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever made: moving across the country, temporarily away from my family until they join me, for what has literally turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime.
The old version of me would have absolutely used that as an excuse.
Stress? Excuse.
Unemployment? Excuse.
Travel? Excuse.
Being away from family? Excuse.
But this time was different.
I never got derailed once.
Not once.
And I know people have seen me go through health kicks before. I get that. But life is different this time because for the first time ever, I truly have everything dialed in:
Proper nutrition.
Proper supplementation.
Proper sleep.
A disciplined fitness schedule.
Consistency.
Routine.
Focus.
No more guessing.
No more extremes.
No more starting and stopping.
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How badly does Ann Arbor wish that Dillingham didn’t turn them down as if they were a pimply-faced teenager asking the head cheerleader to HOCO?
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Expecting a 2024-esque result this weekend. A lot of talk going in about how Iowa will run on us, etc. but it’ll be a fairly comfortable win with JJ rag-dolling another dude - or two - along the way.
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This guy @BenHeavyDuty made these two posts 5 minutes apart from each other. Total lunatic!!!
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Burning question to play out:
Was yesterday Julian’s corner that needed to be turned or will it be the exception when the dust settles? Would have been fun to see CJ play more like he did in the Georgia game - here’s to hoping we get that chance with Julian the rest of the year.
“Playmaker Julian” peppered the field between the hashmarks Saturday. 14/18 in the middle and 13/17 outside.
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A lot of talk about Patricia not earning his $ yet - maybe it’s the exact opposite. Young team, first time starters with low reps coming in, apparent misses in the portal. Maybe he’s actually coaching his ass off so far while trying to figure out what THESE guys do well 🤔
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Damn, just watched the end of the 2nd quarter and 2nd half.
Are we allowed to have concerns about the defense?
Or would that be lunatic behavior?
Asking for a friend.
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Ok, can’t lie, the access to the reply convo is one of the best fan-friendly broadcast features they’ve ever created. Top-notch stuff!
Oh yeah, and Jeremiah Smith is NOT HUMAN!!!
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Great first drive by Julian. First option wasn’t there and he didn’t get antsy feet. Had some time and didn’t get antsy feet. Not a lot of pressure so that’ll be something to watch for when it comes.
That’s how it’s done!
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Playing Jeremiah Smith with man coverage inside the red zone - or anywhere - is a wild choice.
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First, great play by 26. That said, this is a perfect example of how Twitter debates work 😂: find a clip supporting your narrative and proclaim it as the only solid proof, evidence or take out there. Just blatantly ignore all the other film that doesn’t support your opinion.
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The shark has been jumped.
1.04M kids played HS football last season. About 6,600 held a Rivals star rating… roughly 0.6%.
That's not a talent gap. It's a capacity gap. Our scouts have always focused on FBS prospects, and FCS, D-II, NAIA and D-III kids rarely get their film watched.
Rivals Recruits puts the same scouts, held to the same standards, on more of that film.
You can pay for an evaluation. You can't pay for the result.
Great resource and link for all college coaches and scouts. More opportunities for athletes.
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Some of us were burned at the stake for having the same takes 🙋🏻♂️
It would seem Ryan Day would agree with many fans who have been critical of the offense.
Ryan Day basically gave OSU’s offense a "fix-it" list
• Run more physically
• More explosive runs
• Improve 3rd down
• Finish RZ drives
• Better run/pass balance
• Sayin: trust his feet + deliver on time
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Ohio State is always the standard the SEC compares themselves to.
NEW: Lane Kiffin called the LSU-Ole Miss game the Rebels' "Super Bowl"👀
"If it wasn’t for the name, Ole Miss, and if it was more of a traditional name that we were playing, we hadn’t coached at before, how would everybody be feeling if, in your third game of your first year of a program, you went to Ohio State and came all the way back?"
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Feel the need to address the whirlwind that is the Ohio State fan base at the moment. It is completely okay to critique a team and their performance, that doesn’t make someone a “fringe fan.” Sometimes a take someone has might be more emotional or stupid, but people have bad takes all the time, me included. That’s just the internet. Where I have issue with it is when these opinions become absolutes and after a single bad game from a player, a “fan” gives up on them, or after a rough loss you go after Ryan Day and automatically say he’s not fit to be the head coach. The dude that literally brought a National Championship to Columbus less than 2 years ago, and people think he’s a bad coach after losing by 1 point to Texas. Then the people that are actually coming at the players personally and their families, they’ve been doing it for years. I’ve got a list of death threats from every bad game I’ve ever played in, that’s just a sad group of people with nothing better to do in their lives and we shouldn’t give them the attention. We can hoot and holler all we want about what players are doing good, who should get more playing time, what the team needs to do better, but as long as it never devolves into personal attacks, completely giving up on players and coaches, and these egregiously premature notions that this is a bad team literally 3 weeks into the season, then it’s all good. Okay to point out the flaws, still celebrate the wins. This is a national championship level squad and there’s no other team and group of guys I’d go to bat for. Buckeyes
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