Bitter Buckeyes: Blake Corum Offers Savage Take On 'Excuses'

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There's an old saying about excuses. I'll spare you the details, but the bottom line is that they all stink.

Sophomore quarterback C.J. Stroud is learning that lesson the hard way this morning, after recently suggesting that the flu may have played a factor in Michigan's dominant 42-27 win over the Buckeyes.

"I'm not making excuses," said Stroud when addressing reports about an illness within the team. "It kind of does matter."

C.J. Stroud says "I'm not making excuses," but that many of the Buckeyes having the flu for the Michigan game "kind of does matter."

— Griffin Strom (@GriffinStrom3) December 8, 2021

Stroud says "dudes were dropping out, missing practice" because of the flu before the Michigan game. "At the end of the day you got to do a job. We fell short."

"I'll play with one leg, I don't really mind."

— Griffin Strom (@GriffinStrom3) December 8, 2021

C.J. Stroud on Ohio State's two losses this season: "I just know that when it comes down to playing football, I’ll take Ohio State against any team ... We lost two games, and I don’t think neither of those teams are better than us, but you gotta give them respect."

— Griffin Strom (@GriffinStrom3) December 8, 2021

No matter how you try to spin it, it's not a great look for the starting QB in Columbus. After all, the Buckeyes spent the better part of the last year insinuating that the Wolverines used the COVID-19 pandemic to get out of playing 'The Game' in 2020. In fact, former Buckeye quarterback and current ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit got himself into a bit of hot water for joining in on the ridiculous conspiracy theory. 

VIDEO: Michigan AD Warde Manuel said it was 'ridiculous' for Kirk Herbstreit and others to suggest U-M would use COVID to torpedo Ohio State's Playoff chances.

"To insinuate that is a statement by a fool," Manuel said. Herbstreit apologized Tuesday for his comments. pic.twitter.com/zUolnSxvLD

— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) December 2, 2020

Regardless of where you stand on what happened in 2020, the reality is that it's 2021 - and the Michigan Wolverines defeated Ohio State, captured the Big Ten Championship and are now preparing to face Georgia in the first round of the College Football Playoff. 

Put simply, there's no time for excuses in Ann Arbor. Just take Blake Corum's word for it.

Excuses are tools of incompetence used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness, and those who use them seldom specialize in anything else. Go Blue

— #2⃣BeSavage (@blake_corum) December 9, 2021

Timely, don't you think?