Im a huge Buckeye fan and Clarett and that game against Miami is some of my earliest memories watching sports. His story is tragic but im glad he has seemingly turned it around and is a motivational speaker type guy now.
Thank you so much for this video... I played football with Maurice and he is truly one of the most humble people I've met. Did he have some issues "yes" but let's be honest... we do in some way. So glad he turned his life around. There is so much more to Maurice that most people will ever know. I'm truly blessed to have known this man. Stay up big homie... much love from the 330.
Former sportswriter here. You should do a piece on Ceasar O'Neal, without a doubt one of the greatest defensive players to ever play in the state of Texas. Unbelievable combination of size (6-9, 280), speed and quickness, and a great kid, too. Miami, back in the '90s, won a huge recruiting war for him, but it turned out to be one of the saddest stories I ever had to cover.
Maurice Clarett was a true hero at Ohio State. There were plenty of people wanna be around him, but when he went to prison. Nobody came to visit him in prison. He changed his life for the better.
I went to 7 games that season . Tickets were dirt cheap and me and my grandpa had nothing but time . I was in 2nd grade . Best season of football I’ve ever watched . The way he snatched that ball back from Sean Taylor . A true champ
I went to every game except the Michigan game. I got in free around half time to all games but the Penn State game. They let us in with 2 minutes left. I asked my buddy if he wanted to find a seat and he was like no lets just grab a bite here at the snack bar and watch it on the TV. That game went into overtime and I think we sat there for about an hour. What a year of football. I met Maurice at a function when they were introducing their blue chip guys and he was a very nice kid. I got his autograph at the first and maybe the second game but after that he would sneak out of the stadium somewhere. I never found him again.
I was just a kid living in a suburb of Columbus when Clarett was playing ball for the Bucks but I still remember how dominate he was on the field. Just like many great athletes, off the field is where life hit the hardest.
DONTRE WILSON will be another good one to do former ohio state running back built like a receiver very electric but injury bug got him. last time I checked he doing pretty good at least financially got his cdl’s
Great video bro. He was a legend at Ohio State from what I heard. You should do a video on Lawrence Phillips because his story is pretty sad to listen and how much bullshit things that he had to deal with throughout his entire life before he killed himself in jail.
35:51 One of my favorite sayings was something a security guard in college told me - prison is a university for a wise man, but a playground for a fool. So glad to see it was the former for Clarett
Thanks for the video, I thought I knew the Clarett story. Of course I figured he had to have done something heinous for OSU to turn on him. This has me completely puzzled and all I can say thank GOD for NIL, another example of why it is needed!
The way dude covers it definitely doesn’t help lol. He’s approaching the video w/ the hindsight of NIL and was already of the mindset where he was gonna excuse or minimize every line-step or infraction so it comes off like OSU just wanted to screw themselves out of the best RB they had in a decade. But when you frame it that way it really makes no sense and that’s bc dudes video is full of fanboy smoke
@@tjanderson5892 Fanboy?? Matt isn't a fan of OSU how is he a fanboy? Spoke to my uncle and he agrees with Matt's sentiments that the AD appeared to make matters worse, especially when you are talking about what actually lead to the Clarett's suspension. As far as NIL, the system was broken (still is) I was just trying to point out that in the world of NIL this would be an nonissue.
@@chele992 wasn’t saying he was an OSU Fanboy. He’s a player fanboy. The type of media we see more of more of now that’s nauseating at times where ppl just inherently side w/ the players to the point that they disregard and excuse so much that they’re really not providing any substance or value. Just fanboy seal claps. NIL today has nothing to do a/ Mo decades ago. His problem wasn’t that he was broke or not getting insane benefits. His problem was that he prioritized living like he had made it as a pro when he was 18. He got everything handed to him and never had to be held accountable until it was the only option left. The AD had a choice. Let Mo continue to slide and allow the NCAA to come in and BBQ the program. Bowl games and schollies gone. Or show that you didn’t lack institutional control w/ Mo’s endless transgressions. All Mo had to do was what he agreed to do when he signed and started accepting the cash in the hundreds of thousands. It says a lot more about him that the one time things didn’t go his way he chose to up and quit. Only to prioritize getting high and living reckless thinking rules didn’t apply to him in college or the NFL. Found out quick that when his talent slipped he instantly became way more headache than he was worth
@@chele992 would be a dope ass video if he actually looked into the transgressions he just shrugged off and made excuses for. He woulda actually had to do some research for that tho and that’s prob asking for too much lol. Watching and regurgitating a 10yr old 30 for 30 that most every sports fan that ever had ESPN or Netflix has seen multiple times was enough in his eyes lol.
I tell you, I'm 54. You have a different perspective if you live long enough to get to my age. Things that happen 20 years ago are ancient history to you kids. They seem like they happened the day before yesterday to me. It's hard for me to grasp the fact that Maurice Clarett's story is being traded like ancient history. At the same time, I have to admit that I forgotten as much of his story as I once knew. So I guess time is real whether it seems that way to me or not. I remember that he wanted national championship. I remember that he got in some trouble. I almost want to remember that somebody took a chance and drafted him, and there was a lot of shit talked about that...but my memory is fuzzy. Maybe that last part didn't happen. Looking forward to watching this now. Thanks for doing it. **Wait, my memory is trying to pull up things. I'm still at the beginning of the video, but I almost think I remember that he wanted to be drafted, but there was a rule that said he was too young... ... I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe I should just watch the video and then comment after, haha.
Maurice, what a loss for football. Not Ohio State, but football. No way OSU even sniffs that natty without Mo. How they beat a VASTLY superior football team is still a mystery, but we also beat a a SoCal team let by the late OJ Simpson in '68 with a bunch of Sophs. (That's the reason I thought the '20 NC game against The Tide was at least worth watching). The entire Tressel tenure was...messy. The arrogance of Geiger was outrageous. Ohio State does have a downright soul-less side...not the team, not the fans, but Ohio State. Yeah, that might not have been pass interference, but it' was clearly defensive holding.
Probably mostly right he was a massive piece that year. But they also had Lydell Ross who was arguably more physical than clarett. And you must have forget about their defense man 😂 that defense was STACKED. Will Smith, Cie Grant, Mike Doss, Chris Gamble, Matt wilhelm, Tim Anderson, Kenny Peterson. I think they still could’ve ran the table and made the natty but most likely would’ve lost to Miami without maurice.
@@alfadub1962yeah, i am old enough to remember that team(its the team that got me into watching college football) and its still a mystery why that acted like Ohio State was void of talent that year. Most of those players were left over from John Cooper and recruited by him
I will give you one, "Basil Shabazz". Not just the greatest running back i ever saw, maybe the best athlete. Pine Bluff Zebres... Every college in the nation wanted him, MLB wanted him. Graduated high school...couldnt read or write.
I'm 47 and have been a Cane since I was 9. I was born in Indiana, lol. I saw that OSU team on TV struggle so much, like 6 or so games won by less than a touchdown. Even the Cane in me thought OSU shouldn't be in it. We turned the Jets off the previous year at half time. That Nebraska team was better by a lot. It was the winning by close margins to mostly teams like Illinois and Purdue. I thought we would win by 35+. We held Clarett in check mostly from what I remember. I haven't watched any replay or highlights really from that game at all. I really only remember the last play vividly. I thought it was over for us to be 100 when Willis went down. Even though, we were stacked.
Hey thanks for making a video on this I grew up in Youngstown went to high school right In the area and graduated several years before Maurice but he was the best million dollar smile and $1 million running back
Maurice Clarett might have been great in Ohio but LeBron James is the most hyped up athlete in American history dude beat the number 1 basketball team in the country by himself.
Saying Ohio State won that game was because of that call is pure silliness. Please watch the entire game. It was over. Also, it was an incorrect call. The call should have been holding if you watch the replay. Miami didn't get robbed, they got outlasted.
Matt, I know you don't do basketball but doing the Len Bais story and the fallout at the University of Maryland, the eventual firing of Lefty Drisell, the crazy times of Bob Wade, and the resurrection under Gary Williams. It crazy to see what NCAA did to a school because of one athlete's choice.
Definitely not. Matt’s depiction doesn’t even make sense or add up lol. He spent the entire video excusing and minimizing his behavior. Car, phone, couple thousand, plane ticket. Only it was cars, foreigns. Benz, Cadillac, and Lexus as an 18yr old street racing and racking up tickets and wrecks. Coaches cover for him. Wreck a new car and it’s 1 phone call to get another one. That couple thousand dollars if ya let Mo tell it was hundreds of thousand cash. No show classes and jobs and refused to pay his phone bill w/ his actual wage or the tens of thousands he was gettin each month. Dude drug and alcohol use were intense as a freshman. He thought it was above it all and didn’t care. The NCAA was coming to straight smoke OSU bc they couldn’t keep a lid on it. And instead of showing any contrition he chose to try and bounce. Not work to get back on the field. Terrible attitude and not someone to feel sorry for at all. He’s grown and matured and for that we should be proud. But he was no victim at OSU. He screwed them over
Matt this one started off rough because you was dogging our guy but as usual you turned it around for the better and it was truthful. I’m not from the O but that’s my guy and his story is quite similar to alot of us in then type of communities. I’m proud of him and so glad you were able to put a positive light to his story
You look at the way Ohio State and the NCAA treated Maurice and the way things are now with athletes get paid. The NCAA are a bunch of hypocrites. Maurice got screwed. I’m glad he’s doing good things later in life.
Well Matt I love your video however you seem to cut him a lot more slack in regard to the decisions he made! I mean selling drugs, car full of guns, bullet proof vest, running from police, spitting on police, etc! I get it he got screwed over by Ohio state and the athletic director but you never gave any of the other people in your stories that kind of sympathy for making bad choices! Keep it consistent my man! Most of these people who went down a dark path also have excuses and reasons why they have problems! You can’t give one guy a pass and not the others! I I’ve your channel but your take on this was a bit hypocritical with your typical stance!
You wouldn’t know what it’s like to be HEISMAN winner, #1 pick in the draft , multi million dollars stolen from you for NOTHING?!! Can Newton took close to 100k and he still got to go make a life? Man you’re the only Hippocrit here. Running your mouth like you were ever anyone or anything special ? You wouldn’t know the pain or the impact or what you would be experiencing in those dark days . So your opinion is irrelevant. And disgusts me almost as much as you do . Just 🤫
Unfortunately, young people often make bad choices, and the consequences can be severe. In the case of Maurice Clarett, the question will always be “what might have been”.
Kinda forgot about this guy but definitely know him. He was looking like the next big RB but acted like a dummy and paid the price. Great vidya as usual, thanks man.
I have to admit I never knew he got shafted, I remember the Miami game, then just the headlines about him after, this is like a manual on how to wreck a good kid.
I been watching this channel for a while now and rarely post much. With that said, I’m extremely impressed with the latest videos! Great work Matt!!! Your killing it brother!
People now days don’t understand how rare it was for a freshman to play at top position like qb or rb back then & then how good he was. Dude was a dog & cold af!!! 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶👀👀👀👀🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
That's messed of how they let one college director screw this man's whole life that just goes a show. Even in 2002, a race greed and all that still played apart. We got to do better America
Maurice should have listened his coach, Jim Tressel, who actually cared for his players, and looked out for them. But big mouth Jim Brown had to intervene for what, his own publicity. He ill advised this talented, impressionable young man, and robbed him of his future.
"On August 30, 2010, the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League signed Clarett.[24] On October 1, 2010, he played his first meaningful game of any sort in eight years, rushing for 12 yards on 5 attempts against the Sacramento Mountain Lions. As the Nighthawks' #2 running back, Clarett finished the season with 154 yards on the ground on 37 attempts and a touchdown. He also caught 12 passes for 98 yards, and returned one kickoff for 13 yards.[25]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Clarett
I'm a big Iowa fan. We were battling it for a shot at the BigTen and NC. We split BigTen title with Ohio State. Carlette has done more off-field. I have a lot of respect for what he has done
Sorry if you’ve done some of these but polarizing guys from my teen years. Noel divine, pat white, Steve slayton, Peter warrick, denard Robinson, De’Anthony Thomas, LaMichael James, ken Dorsey (qb of the greatest CFB team of all time), Ryan broyles, Craig “buster”Davis, Glenn Coffee, Glenn Dorsey, Terrence Cody.
I heard he got caught at Bronco's practice with vodka in his water bottle and he said "I'm just gettin mah goose on!" Good ol Grey Goose Vodka. All I ever heard about Maurice was the bad stuff and everything was his fault. Glad he turned out good.
While I don't agree with you that Clarett "only took a couple thousand dollars" & "It's no big deal" I DO agree that it should have only been, at MOST, a few games suspension. They railroaded this poor dude. I remember watching him play. He was a BEAST!!!
Do one on Darrent Williams. My cousin was wrapped up in the investigation and ended up serving fed time for his case. He wasn’t the shooter but he did shine time for what he did. Anyways it’s a great story and very sad
I find myself driving bye Warren Harding HS about once a week, when I do i can't help but remember that national championship game, and how no power on this earth was going to stop him from scoring, it was almost super human, and as high as that time was, so was the low when he, or whoever was giving him advice screwed his carrier up to the point that he would never play in the NFL, probably the most disappointed I've ever been with an individual athlete
I don’t remember everything that happened, but I would say this… Maurice clarett story & Boobie miles story is completely similar to the moral story to LIFE - THE WORLD & PEOPLE WILL LET YOU DOWN!!!!!!! The organization failed him. The world lifted them up as long as they had something to offer and use them. But when they couldn’t use them, treated them like the scum of the earth. And it’s sad because it messed them up mentally!! And it does to so many people. The world will treat you like the king of the earth today, and like the roach from the bottom of a trash can the next day. Love GOD. AND LOVE YOURSELF!!❤️🌹
Albert Means check out his story I guarantee it will entertain you. Former 4⭐ recruit from Memphis who went to Alabama in the early 2000s. His story involves the NCAA and the FBI.
Yo I think it would be cool if you did a story on programs that have been revived after a period of failure. Like Alabama before and after Saban, OU before and after Bob Stoops, maybe in a few years Texas before and after Sark. There are several others like Miami but there’s already a really good 2 part doc about them.
Maybe I'm not paying enough attention to your videos......just the few that come up in my feed are bad stories about the big 10......knowing you're a bbbbbbama fan, is this a stab or just random? Love your work bud. Yea you got a like on this video
NCAA is like a pimp who begrudges even a dollar give to their working girls. I met someone who had a Miami football scholarship in the 80's. My guess is he was middle linebacker size/build, but too short for defensive end, and too small for DT. He realized he was not going to have an NFL career, and also that the education provided was not going to cut it, and changed school, no scholarship
Im a huge Buckeye fan and Clarett and that game against Miami is some of my earliest memories watching sports. His story is tragic but im glad he has seemingly turned it around and is a motivational speaker type guy now.
Same
@drunkenmmamaster419 I picked the Bucknuts in my football pool to win. I wanted Iowa vs. Ohio State NC that year.
@@jonpike9991Ohio wins
@dt92515 Ohio State had a good defense and run game. Iowa had a good offense, Brad Banks Heisman runner-up
@mattbegreat can you do one on Marcus lattimore RB South Carolina best freshman running who messed his leg up he could of been a great running back
Thank you so much for this video... I played football with Maurice and he is truly one of the most humble people I've met. Did he have some issues "yes" but let's be honest... we do in some way. So glad he turned his life around. There is so much more to Maurice that most people will ever know. I'm truly blessed to have known this man. Stay up big homie... much love from the 330.
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@@YoYoMaWhatItDo About what?
Former sportswriter here. You should do a piece on Ceasar O'Neal, without a doubt one of the greatest defensive players to ever play in the state of Texas. Unbelievable combination of size (6-9, 280), speed and quickness, and a great kid, too. Miami, back in the '90s, won a huge recruiting war for him, but it turned out to be one of the saddest stories I ever had to cover.
Maurice Clarett was a true hero at Ohio State. There were plenty of people wanna be around him, but when he went to prison. Nobody came to visit him in prison. He changed his life for the better.
I went to 7 games that season . Tickets were dirt cheap and me and my grandpa had nothing but time . I was in 2nd grade . Best season of football I’ve ever watched . The way he snatched that ball back from Sean Taylor . A true champ
I went to every game except the Michigan game. I got in free around half time to all games but the Penn State game. They let us in with 2 minutes left. I asked my buddy if he wanted to find a seat and he was like no lets just grab a bite here at the snack bar and watch it on the TV. That game went into overtime and I think we sat there for about an hour. What a year of football. I met Maurice at a function when they were introducing their blue chip guys and he was a very nice kid. I got his autograph at the first and maybe the second game but after that he would sneak out of the stadium somewhere. I never found him again.
I was just a kid living in a suburb of Columbus when Clarett was playing ball for the Bucks but I still remember how dominate he was on the field. Just like many great athletes, off the field is where life hit the hardest.
Great story Matt. Love your channel. You should do one on Jamarcus Russel the LSU QB.
DONTRE WILSON will be another good one to do former ohio state running back built like a receiver very electric but injury bug got him. last time I checked he doing pretty good at least financially got his cdl’s
Thank You...for doing this video because I also suggested it and I KNEW it was gonna be a GREAT video!!!
You go girl! 💁🏼♀️
We need a video on former LSU QB Jordan Jefferson💯
Definitely remember Jordan Jefferson
Thanks for doing an OSU docu Matt. Appreciate ya.
And that was Sean Taylor who he stripped the ball from against Miami. That makes it even more impressive.
Great video bro. He was a legend at Ohio State from what I heard. You should do a video on Lawrence Phillips because his story is pretty sad to listen and how much bullshit things that he had to deal with throughout his entire life before he killed himself in jail.
35:51 One of my favorite sayings was something a security guard in college told me - prison is a university for a wise man, but a playground for a fool. So glad to see it was the former for Clarett
That man LIED to you, unfortunately.
You should do a what happened to Lawrence Phillips if you haven’t done one already. His story is absolutely wild!
Yo Matt you really got me with this 1 bro 😎 appreciate it thanks 🙏 go Buckeyes !
I must admit I miss football season.
Same but their is UFL football
As a Michigan fan Clarett was the most exciting college football player I have ever seen!
I like watching Mo on It Is What It Is with Camron, Mase, and Stats that show is funny af🤣
Yea it is
Thanks for the video, I thought I knew the Clarett story. Of course I figured he had to have done something heinous for OSU to turn on him. This has me completely puzzled and all I can say thank GOD for NIL, another example of why it is needed!
The way dude covers it definitely doesn’t help lol. He’s approaching the video w/ the hindsight of NIL and was already of the mindset where he was gonna excuse or minimize every line-step or infraction so it comes off like OSU just wanted to screw themselves out of the best RB they had in a decade. But when you frame it that way it really makes no sense and that’s bc dudes video is full of fanboy smoke
@@tjanderson5892 Fanboy?? Matt isn't a fan of OSU how is he a fanboy? Spoke to my uncle and he agrees with Matt's sentiments that the AD appeared to make matters worse, especially when you are talking about what actually lead to the Clarett's suspension. As far as NIL, the system was broken (still is) I was just trying to point out that in the world of NIL this would be an nonissue.
@@chele992 wasn’t saying he was an OSU Fanboy. He’s a player fanboy. The type of media we see more of more of now that’s nauseating at times where ppl just inherently side w/ the players to the point that they disregard and excuse so much that they’re really not providing any substance or value. Just fanboy seal claps.
NIL today has nothing to do a/ Mo decades ago. His problem wasn’t that he was broke or not getting insane benefits. His problem was that he prioritized living like he had made it as a pro when he was 18. He got everything handed to him and never had to be held accountable until it was the only option left. The AD had a choice. Let Mo continue to slide and allow the NCAA to come in and BBQ the program. Bowl games and schollies gone. Or show that you didn’t lack institutional control w/ Mo’s endless transgressions.
All Mo had to do was what he agreed to do when he signed and started accepting the cash in the hundreds of thousands. It says a lot more about him that the one time things didn’t go his way he chose to up and quit. Only to prioritize getting high and living reckless thinking rules didn’t apply to him in college or the NFL. Found out quick that when his talent slipped he instantly became way more headache than he was worth
@@tjanderson5892 🤔I can definitely see your point...
@@chele992 would be a dope ass video if he actually looked into the transgressions he just shrugged off and made excuses for. He woulda actually had to do some research for that tho and that’s prob asking for too much lol. Watching and regurgitating a 10yr old 30 for 30 that most every sports fan that ever had ESPN or Netflix has seen multiple times was enough in his eyes lol.
I tell you, I'm 54. You have a different perspective if you live long enough to get to my age. Things that happen 20 years ago are ancient history to you kids. They seem like they happened the day before yesterday to me.
It's hard for me to grasp the fact that Maurice Clarett's story is being traded like ancient history.
At the same time, I have to admit that I forgotten as much of his story as I once knew. So I guess time is real whether it seems that way to me or not. I remember that he wanted national championship. I remember that he got in some trouble. I almost want to remember that somebody took a chance and drafted him, and there was a lot of shit talked about that...but my memory is fuzzy. Maybe that last part didn't happen.
Looking forward to watching this now. Thanks for doing it.
**Wait, my memory is trying to pull up things. I'm still at the beginning of the video, but I almost think I remember that he wanted to be drafted, but there was a rule that said he was too young...
... I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. Or maybe I should just watch the video and then comment after, haha.
I understand completely about the time thing...im only 44 , but 20 years ago seems like yesterday
With that intro I was waiting for ah “Que the way.., yaaahhhh cause imma go gettaaa”… sounds like ah Flemlo video 🔥🔥🔥
THEY USED HIM
I’m from Ohio, when I was in prison I saw the book he wrote when he was in prison .. I loved it
You're 100% right about that PA call
Maurice, what a loss for football. Not Ohio State, but football. No way OSU even sniffs that natty without Mo. How they beat a VASTLY superior football team is still a mystery, but we also beat a a SoCal team let by the late OJ Simpson in '68 with a bunch of Sophs. (That's the reason I thought the '20 NC game against The Tide was at least worth watching). The entire Tressel tenure was...messy. The arrogance of Geiger was outrageous. Ohio State does have a downright soul-less side...not the team, not the fans, but Ohio State. Yeah, that might not have been pass interference, but it' was clearly defensive holding.
Probably mostly right he was a massive piece that year. But they also had Lydell Ross who was arguably more physical than clarett. And you must have forget about their defense man 😂 that defense was STACKED. Will Smith, Cie Grant, Mike Doss, Chris Gamble, Matt wilhelm, Tim Anderson, Kenny Peterson. I think they still could’ve ran the table and made the natty but most likely would’ve lost to Miami without maurice.
"defensive holding" 👈🏽 the very definitely of COPE..💯😁👍🏽
@@alfadub1962yeah, i am old enough to remember that team(its the team that got me into watching college football) and its still a mystery why that acted like Ohio State was void of talent that year. Most of those players were left over from John Cooper and recruited by him
David Klingler from University of Houston. College legend. 1st round pick. Never seen a UA-cam video on him.
Great video and information. Your channel is outstanding!
Another great Matt! Love these player stories
I will give you one, "Basil Shabazz". Not just the greatest running back i ever saw, maybe the best athlete. Pine Bluff Zebres... Every college in the nation wanted him, MLB wanted him. Graduated high school...couldnt read or write.
Yo Matt please make a “College Football Hot Takes going into the 2024 season” video. That’s one of my favorites you’ve done.
He was so good that freshman season.
Great story!! Well done Matt!! Maurice is a huge advocate for players getting paid and he speaks out against the ncaa corruption. Huge fan of his
I'm 47 and have been a Cane since I was 9. I was born in Indiana, lol. I saw that OSU team on TV struggle so much, like 6 or so games won by less than a touchdown. Even the Cane in me thought OSU shouldn't be in it. We turned the Jets off the previous year at half time. That Nebraska team was better by a lot. It was the winning by close margins to mostly teams like Illinois and Purdue. I thought we would win by 35+. We held Clarett in check mostly from what I remember. I haven't watched any replay or highlights really from that game at all. I really only remember the last play vividly. I thought it was over for us to be 100 when Willis went down. Even though, we were stacked.
Hey thanks for making a video on this I grew up in Youngstown went to high school right In the area and graduated several years before Maurice but he was the best million dollar smile and $1 million running back
He came and talked to my football team my senior year and he’s one of the most humble guys ever. Really tells his story and makes you learn from it
Maurice Clarett might have been great in Ohio but LeBron James is the most hyped up athlete in American history dude beat the number 1 basketball team in the country by himself.
💉💉💉💉💉💉
Interesting enough, LeBron was the no.1 football prospect as a sophomore in highschool.
Saying Ohio State won that game was because of that call is pure silliness. Please watch the entire game. It was over. Also, it was an incorrect call. The call should have been holding if you watch the replay. Miami didn't get robbed, they got outlasted.
One of my favorite players in college football..I watched him faithfully on Saturday afternoons
Thank you for clarifying how screwed the canes got. Absolute shenanigans
Matt, I know you don't do basketball but doing the Len Bais story and the fallout at the University of Maryland, the eventual firing of Lefty Drisell, the crazy times of Bob Wade, and the resurrection under Gary Williams. It crazy to see what NCAA did to a school because of one athlete's choice.
Great video. Do one on college basketball player who people that had an unfortunate career.
This is absolutely the truth I've known this for year's poor guy was hosed but I love him when I see him on Buckeye talk programs
Definitely not. Matt’s depiction doesn’t even make sense or add up lol. He spent the entire video excusing and minimizing his behavior. Car, phone, couple thousand, plane ticket. Only it was cars, foreigns. Benz, Cadillac, and Lexus as an 18yr old street racing and racking up tickets and wrecks. Coaches cover for him. Wreck a new car and it’s 1 phone call to get another one. That couple thousand dollars if ya let Mo tell it was hundreds of thousand cash. No show classes and jobs and refused to pay his phone bill w/ his actual wage or the tens of thousands he was gettin each month.
Dude drug and alcohol use were intense as a freshman. He thought it was above it all and didn’t care. The NCAA was coming to straight smoke OSU bc they couldn’t keep a lid on it. And instead of showing any contrition he chose to try and bounce. Not work to get back on the field. Terrible attitude and not someone to feel sorry for at all. He’s grown and matured and for that we should be proud. But he was no victim at OSU. He screwed them over
Rashaan Salaam would be a great story Matt
Matt this one started off rough because you was dogging our guy but as usual you turned it around for the better and it was truthful. I’m not from the O but that’s my guy and his story is quite similar to alot of us in then type of communities. I’m proud of him and so glad you were able to put a positive light to his story
I left you a message to do a story about are great clarret a week or 2 ago thank you I guess you do read the comments ❤
You look at the way Ohio State and the NCAA treated Maurice and the way things are now with athletes get paid. The NCAA are a bunch of hypocrites. Maurice got screwed. I’m glad he’s doing good things later in life.
I've really been enjoying the content during the cfb off season. Im a little too young to know about Maurice Clarett, his story is insane.
Well Matt I love your video however you seem to cut him a lot more slack in regard to the decisions he made! I mean selling drugs, car full of guns, bullet proof vest, running from police, spitting on police, etc! I get it he got screwed over by Ohio state and the athletic director but you never gave any of the other people in your stories that kind of sympathy for making bad choices! Keep it consistent my man! Most of these people who went down a dark path also have excuses and reasons why they have problems! You can’t give one guy a pass and not the others! I I’ve your channel but your take on this was a bit hypocritical with your typical stance!
You wouldn’t know what it’s like to be HEISMAN winner, #1 pick in the draft , multi million dollars stolen from you for NOTHING?!! Can Newton took close to 100k and he still got to go make a life? Man you’re the only Hippocrit here. Running your mouth like you were ever anyone or anything special ? You wouldn’t know the pain or the impact or what you would be experiencing in those dark days . So your opinion is irrelevant. And disgusts me almost as much as you do . Just 🤫
Yo great video
You should research todd marinovich
Also SMU death sentence
FRED ROUSE was the number 2 recruit behind Patrick turner at receiver I’ll let you tell the bad parts but you should do a video about him
Unfortunately, young people often make bad choices, and the consequences can be severe. In the case of Maurice Clarett, the question will always be “what might have been”.
So sad about Maurice. Thank you for this and your channel. Wonderful!
Shout out to it is what it is , cam and mase putting people back in the spot light
Matt this was one of your best videos. Great job!
Kinda forgot about this guy but definitely know him. He was looking like the next big RB but acted like a dummy and paid the price. Great vidya as usual, thanks man.
I have to admit I never knew he got shafted, I remember the Miami game, then just the headlines about him after, this is like a manual on how to wreck a good kid.
I been watching this channel for a while now and rarely post much. With that said, I’m extremely impressed with the latest videos! Great work Matt!!! Your killing it brother!
People now days don’t understand how rare it was for a freshman to play at top position like qb or rb back then & then how good he was. Dude was a dog & cold af!!! 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶👀👀👀👀🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Have you did a video on Travis Henry from Frostproof.
That's messed of how they let one college director screw this man's whole life that just goes a show. Even in 2002, a race greed and all that still played apart. We got to do better America
THANK YOU! 🙏🏻
Maurice should have listened his coach, Jim Tressel, who actually cared for his players, and looked out for them. But big mouth Jim Brown had to intervene for what, his own publicity. He ill advised this talented, impressionable young man, and robbed him of his future.
I'd like to see one about Tommy Frazier, the former Nebraska QB. Dude was awesome.
Excellent video! What about what happened to Drew Henson, the QB that split snaps with Tom Brady at Michigan
This is actually a good debate. First time I ever heard MLH not sound like a lunatic
"On August 30, 2010, the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League signed Clarett.[24] On October 1, 2010, he played his first meaningful game of any sort in eight years, rushing for 12 yards on 5 attempts against the Sacramento Mountain Lions. As the Nighthawks' #2 running back, Clarett finished the season with 154 yards on the ground on 37 attempts and a touchdown. He also caught 12 passes for 98 yards, and returned one kickoff for 13 yards.[25]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Clarett
I'm a big Iowa fan. We were battling it for a shot at the BigTen and NC. We split BigTen title with Ohio State. Carlette has done more off-field. I have a lot of respect for what he has done
I miss how stacked the big ten was back then. You can make a case it probably was the best conference top to bottom in the late 90s and early 2000s
Matt, that whole tattoo debacle was crazy, essentially you gut OSU of several players and the HC.
not related to the video, but bring back the basketball/ story time videos. great vid btw matt, keep it up.
Big ups Maurice on your comeback story it’s not how you start it’s how you finish
He’s also an excellent guest host on the Cam and Ma$e UA-cam channel “It Is What It Is”
From my hometown went to my rival high school the ogs still talk about him
Sorry if you’ve done some of these but polarizing guys from my teen years.
Noel divine, pat white, Steve slayton, Peter warrick, denard Robinson, De’Anthony Thomas, LaMichael James, ken Dorsey (qb of the greatest CFB team of all time), Ryan broyles, Craig “buster”Davis, Glenn Coffee, Glenn Dorsey, Terrence Cody.
Nobody ever claimed these guys were smart. If they couldnt play football, not sure what they do. History proves me right.
This video changed my perspective on Maurice Claurett. I was thinking he was some kind of thug and bad dude like Lawerence Phillips. Kudos to Mo
This auto played and the second Matt said Ohio state I already knew this was about Clarett
I heard he got caught at Bronco's practice with vodka in his water bottle and he said "I'm just gettin mah goose on!" Good ol Grey Goose Vodka. All I ever heard about Maurice was the bad stuff and everything was his fault. Glad he turned out good.
Can we take a second to mention he stripped the ball back from THE Sean Taylor which makes it even more crazy
While I don't agree with you that Clarett "only took a couple thousand dollars" & "It's no big deal" I DO agree that it should have only been, at MOST, a few games suspension. They railroaded this poor dude. I remember watching him play. He was a BEAST!!!
Not even an Ohio St. Fan, but he's my fav freshman college rb of all time. Him and fornette are 1&2 for me in their freshman seasons
Do one on Darrent Williams. My cousin was wrapped up in the investigation and ended up serving fed time for his case. He wasn’t the shooter but he did shine time for what he did. Anyways it’s a great story and very sad
I find myself driving bye Warren Harding HS about once a week, when I do i can't help but remember that national championship game, and how no power on this earth was going to stop him from scoring, it was almost super human, and as high as that time was, so was the low when he, or whoever was giving him advice screwed his carrier up to the point that he would never play in the NFL, probably the most disappointed I've ever been with an individual athlete
Maurice Clarrett stripped the guy on the interception. Jus so casual like the guy he didn’t strip was one of the GOATs Sean Taylor lmao
I don’t remember everything that happened, but I would say this… Maurice clarett story & Boobie miles story is completely similar to the moral story to LIFE - THE WORLD & PEOPLE WILL LET YOU DOWN!!!!!!! The organization failed him. The world lifted them up as long as they had something to offer and use them. But when they couldn’t use them, treated them like the scum of the earth. And it’s sad because it messed them up mentally!! And it does to so many people. The world will treat you like the king of the earth today, and like the roach from the bottom of a trash can the next day. Love GOD. AND LOVE YOURSELF!!❤️🌹
Albert Means check out his story I guarantee it will entertain you. Former 4⭐ recruit from Memphis who went to Alabama in the early 2000s. His story involves the NCAA and the FBI.
So crazy & sad all the power they had & still have over these kids even though the kids the ones bringing all the money in.
Do these videos on basketball players
Yo I think it would be cool if you did a story on programs that have been revived after a period of failure. Like Alabama before and after Saban, OU before and after Bob Stoops, maybe in a few years Texas before and after Sark.
There are several others like Miami but there’s already a really good 2 part doc about them.
He showed that You could make an impact on the field as a 18 year old, He was just dumber than a box of rocks
Great video, Matt…Great video.
I’m a buckeye fan and they done Clarett so so wrong they ruined his life
It's crazy you didn't mention who Maurice stripped the ball from in the NCS. He stripped the ball from Shawn Taylor of all people.
Maybe I'm not paying enough attention to your videos......just the few that come up in my feed are bad stories about the big 10......knowing you're a bbbbbbama fan, is this a stab or just random? Love your work bud. Yea you got a like on this video
NCAA is like a pimp who begrudges even a dollar give to their working girls.
I met someone who had a Miami football scholarship in the 80's. My guess is he was middle linebacker size/build, but too short for defensive end, and too small for DT. He realized he was not going to have an NFL career, and also that the education provided was not going to cut it, and changed school, no scholarship
A great man who made errors and owned up....to all of them!
How absurd is this currently now looking into the current state of college football
Lost everything? Dude is doing great. I'm not gonna watch this but hopefully you tell the whole story.
I hope this ends with how he was able to turn his life around bc that’s what he did.
You can watch his sport analyzations and takes on cam & mase’s podcast 🙏🏾 suuuuper down to earth dude.