ESPN 's Lauranaitis Bit Extremely Annoying

So of course I'm camped out in front of the television today, bouncing between ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN News, and ESPN Classic like a hopeless Florida football junkie.

Watched all the bits. The Urban Meyer "You can't stop Troy Smith, you contain him" interview. The Reggie Nelson piece. Herbie and Corso chit-chatting on the matchup, Corso saying "Hetland's not any good!" and plenty of shots of Troy Smith's Terminator-like precision passes on the run.

And then there's the @#%&*(# Lauranaitis bit.

Professional wrestling is a harmless, if not idiotic form of entertainment. Do YOU like it? If you do, that's nice, but you seriously need to upgrade your television "sports" tastes. YES, we are aware that Ohio State linebacker James Lauranaitis' father, Joe "Animal" Lauranaitis, is a professional wrestler. For god's sakes, WE KNOW!

But if I hear the kid grunt out "OoOOOOOOoooOHHH whataRUSH" one more time out of the $#@$%#& television, I'm going to suplex the freaking thing myself.

The bit meanders around a bit, and at one point his teammates appear and admit as to how they've been swept up in the simul-professional wrestling fun. They mention how they've gone so far as to fling chairs around and have actually, quote, "hurt each other." Animal Sr. pipes up to say "If Coach Tressel only knew what these guys were doin'... it's all harmless fun!"

Must-see TV.

Lauranaitis doesn't seem to mind standing in front of the camera wearing spiked shoulder pads and, in general, acting like an idiot. Okay, that's fine. Never mind that Brandon Siler could crumple this kid up in one fist and eat him for lunch. Who cares? Let him have his fun.

But here's what prompted me to blog this stupidity: did Laurinaitis Jr. seriously agree to end the bit by staring down the camera and saying "I'm my dad's little animal!"

This is definitely calling for a Tebow vs. Animal matchup. That will do quite nicely.