Just an amazing piece of writing about friendship, OSU football and life...

• Writerbuckeye

  

  As someone who writes for a living, I sometimes come across a piece of writing so well done; so moving; that it almost takes my breath away. When I am fortunate enough to do so, I have a need to share.
  
  This is such a piece. It is lengthy, but well worth your time.
  
  http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2011/08/one-day-in-september
• jhay78

  

  Wow, that was pretty moving.
  
  Ramzy is an amazing writer, I've always enjoyed his stuff on Bucknuts the past few years, and now with Eleven Warriors.
• se-alum

  

  Very nice and moving piece.
• brutus161

  

  Very good read.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  I didn't finish it, took the author too long to get to the point IMO. One thing I did get from it, " they had both previously concluded that Glen Mason from Minnesota would have been the best choice to succeed John Cooper ". lol I forogt about Mason.
• vball10set

  Great story, but it is quite long--it's too bad because this will deter a lot of people from reading it...however, I'm sure glad I did.
• se-alum

  

  Commander of Awesome;877487 wrote:I didn't finish it, took the author too long to get to the point IMO. One thing I did get from it, " they had both previously concluded that Glen Mason from Minnesota would have been the best choice to succeed John Cooper ". lol I forogt about Mason.

  That's sad of you.
• detectivegibbles

  It took me 15 minutes to read...
  
  that's not that long?
  
  GREAT READ!!!
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Thanks for sharing WriterBuckeye, that was awesome. Really happy I read that.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Ramzy is a throwback where journalism is concerned. He writes in a way that disregards the constraints of a short attention span and (self-inflicted) lower IQ that plagues many of today's readers.
  
  The Internet age has all but ruined a lot of things, and good journalism like this is one of those victims. Such pieces and writers who put this much time and effort into crafting a story, are fast becoming a thing of the past.
  
  It's a shame, and a loss for us all.
• Iliketurtles

  

  What an amazing and moving piece that was.
  
  Kinda funny someone made a comment on the article and has the same avatar as CoA.
• dat dude

  Excellent piece.
  
  And it was far from being "too long." I wish there was more.
• dwccrew

  

  Commander of Awesome;877487 wrote:I didn't finish it, took the author too long to get to the point IMO. One thing I did get from it, " they had both previously concluded that Glen Mason from Minnesota would have been the best choice to succeed John Cooper ". lol I forogt about Mason.

  You must have a 4th grade reading level, it didn't take that long to read.
  
  Great piece. This writer is talented.
• Tiernan

  OK story...not great. Tragic the guy lost his life on 9/11 but actually he came off as kind of flakey had he not died in the Tower collapse.
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  Tiernan;878572 wrote:OK story...not great. Tragic the guy lost his life on 9/11 but actually he came off as kind of flakey had he not died in the Tower collapse.

  Yeah, real flake. Graduated from a great school, was on the fast track on Wall Street, wanted to retire early and live life at its fullest. What a flake.
• adog

  Great piece and human story.................thanks WriterBuckeye.....thank you...
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Tiernan;878572 wrote:OK story...not great. Tragic the guy lost his life on 9/11 but actually he came off as kind of flakey had he not died in the Tower collapse.

  SMH