Marquez Callaway and Brandon Johnson lost their black stripe today

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Power T-Rev said:
Do black stripes even matter. I've never really understood the significance
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They should matter. Actually the whole team including coaches earned those black stripes back vs App State. DeBord should actually wear black bandana until Dobbs completes at least 2 passes in a row (and 2 yard passes to Kamara do not count).
 
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TGVol said:
They should matter. Actually the whole team including coaches earned those black stripes back vs App State. DeBord should actually wear black bandana until Dobbs completes at least 2 passes in a row (and 2 yard passes to Kamara do not count).
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Malone caught 2 in a row. One for 67 yards.

But I do despise Debord.
 
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TGVol said:
They should matter. Actually the whole team including coaches earned those black stripes back vs App State. DeBord should actually wear black bandana until Dobbs completes at least 2 passes in a row (and 2 yard passes to Kamara do not count).
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Glad to see nega made it in. Get over it bro, we won move on. Hope the team can learn and move on better than you.
 
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I read Fingers practice thread for today. Surprised that Kongbo still has his stripe. I'm pretty sure he got in the game Thursday (Sutton's interception play)
 
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iBleedOrangeWhite said:
ALL stripes matter.
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Power T-Rev said:
Do black stripes even matter. I've never really understood the significance
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I guess this needs to be repeated until everyone gets it:

1) the right to have your black stripe removed is now determined by the other players at your position, and
2) you have to earn it in the classroom, the film room, and in workouts as well as on the field.

The stripe is removed when you've proven to your position-mates that you can be counted on the same as anyone else in the locker room. So a player could be having great gamedays but still not have his stripe removed if he's not demonstrating comittment elsewhere.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
I guess this needs to be repeated until everyone gets it:

1) the right to have your black stripe removed is now determined by the other players at your position, and
2) you have to earn it in the classroom, the film room, and in workouts as well as on the field.

The stripe is removed when you've proven to your position-mates that you can be counted on the same as anyone else in the locker room. So a player could be having great gamedays but still not have his stripe removed if he's not demonstrating comittment elsewhere.
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Butch, thanks for clear and detailed explanation. :good!:
 
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BruisedOrange said:
I guess this needs to be repeated until everyone gets it:

1) the right to have your black stripe removed is now determined by the other players at your position, and
2) you have to earn it in the classroom, the film room, and in workouts as well as on the field.

The stripe is removed when you've proven to your position-mates that you can be counted on the same as anyone else in the locker room. So a player could be having great gamedays but still not have his stripe removed if he's not demonstrating comittment elsewhere.
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Thank you for clarifying Mr. Debord
 
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Power T-Rev said:
Do black stripes even matter. I've never really understood the significance
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As far as I can tell, Urban Meyer started doing this in 2001 in order to eliminate hazing.

On most college football teams, a player has to earn his stripes. But at Ohio State under first-year coach Urban Meyer, new players are trying to earn the right to lose their stripe.

A thin strip of black tape that runs over the middle of the helmet gives the gray headgear an Oakland Raiders-like look. But it means the wearer is considered to be the little brother of a designated upperclassman on the team.

“The symbolism of it is defining them as a freshman,” said junior center Corey Linsley, whose little brother is freshman lineman Joey O’Connor. “When they become a grown man, as we’re always talking about, that’s when there will be kind of a ceremony in which the stripe is removed.”

The program is not about hazing, something Meyer abhors. It’s why he introduced the stripe idea at his first head coaching job at Bowling Green in 2001.

“I wanted to put them through a ritual to become a member of the team, but not allow hazing,” Meyer said. “They had to earn it the right way, not through hazing and silly, dangerous stuff. They had to earn the right on the football field and by being accountable.

“And it took off. It’s been a hit ever since every place we’ve been.”
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Ohio State football: Freshmen want to be stripped of stripes | Buckeye Xtra Sports
 
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