For...Joe grew up about 45 miles from my hometown.Helluva HS athlete.Could have played D1 Hoops.Great family and parents.And they have built a BIG house in The Plains!!!

Joe's dad,Jimmy was a well respected defensive Coach for OU for quite a few years under Coach Solich.Joe's mom is an Elementary school Principal 35 minutes from my hometown.Joe B played in the BEST,by far,HS football game I ever saw(And I have seen a lot) in Columbus in 2014 for a State Championship,between his team Athens,and Toledo Central Catholic!!...His team got beat like 56-52 in a back and forth game!!.He threw like 6 TDs and for over 500 yds. Athens had a RB and a CB(who started at CB for Northwestern for 3 years)named Trae Williams who dropped a game winning pick on the 5 before TCC scored the winning TD..
I cannot stomach Urban Meyer.Pinnochio. The biggest reason is the way that he treated Joe. In the recruiting process,the Pontiff didnt want him. Didnt think he was good enough.Or "athletic-like" enough. Was finally politically "pressured" to take him.Being that Joe B was the Ohio HS player of the year,meyer was under some pressure from some important people. And the liar didnt like it .Result?....He really didnt treat Joe with much respect when he was there in a lot of ways.Without getting into much?..But meyer made fun of his arm strength ALL the time. His athleticism was always under attack. Meyer called him D-3.Thats all I will say about that.Pinnochio was in the middle of his torrid love feelings for JT Barrett,and didnt have much use for guys like Joe.But Joe has stayed above the fray and says the right things.
The cheap shot that this guy took from the CFla clown in the bowl game after the Pick in 2018 convinced me what this guy was about.I mean the SOB about knocked his head off. But Joe B just got up and gave the guy some shite back and kept on moving and won the game. The rest,as they say,is history.Guys like him and Mac may not look so "tough". But they are guys who will rip your guts out whenever they have to. So yea. I am pulling for him hard!!!!