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Ohio State's Ezekiel Elliott may not have been able to woo Taylor Swift, but the Buckeyes did get multiple shout-outs during one flirty song.

During Thursday night's concert in Columbus, OH T-Swift performed a customized version of "Blank Space" ... catering to THE Ohio State University fans.

Before the concert kicked off, Elliott had tweeted a dinner date offer to Taylor. Looks like this was his consolation prize.

H/T : BSO

Ronda Rousey says Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s finally getting what he deserves -- fans turning their backs on him in droves because he's just too damn boring in the ring.

Sorry, Wesley ... but you can't always bet on black ... at least according to Clippers star Austin Rivers who says it's light time in the NBA these days.

Rivers was out in Bev Hills when our photog asked if there was a beige rebellion happening in the league, with guys like Steph Curry, Zach Lavine, Blake Griffin and Klay Thompson all becoming big time hoops stars.

Rachel Uchitel's ex-husband was arrested for calling her multiple times, and at least in one case, wishing she dies during her looming brain surgery ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Rachel claimed Matt Hahn called her repeatedly on 9/11, allegedly saying among other things, "I hope you die." Rachel told cops he said this in front of their 3-year-old daughter, who was with him at the time.

Rachel will undergo serious brain surgery on Tuesday.

Hahn -- a former Penn State running back -- was arrested by NYPD for aggravated harassment. Rachel now has an order of protection.

The Buffalo Bills are NOT taking shots at Tom Brady's Deflategate debacle ... they're just innocently trying to sell some ball pumps, and it just happens to be the same week Brady's coming to town.

Yes, the citizens of Buffalo know a joke when they see one, because the Bills team store can barely keep the pumps on shelves. Of course, it looks like a brilliant piece of trolling, but the store insists it's not.

The manager tells TMZ Sports it's not like they started selling the pumps this week -- they've been doing it since the start of the season ... when they knew full well Brady and the Pats were coming to town in week 2.

He does admit, "No one bought them until this week. Now they're going fast."

This has Rex Ryan's fingerprints all over it.

Andre Berto got some new ammunition for smack talking Floyd Mayweather Jr., and he's already unloading on him -- blaming the champ for their fight's historically low pay-per-view numbers.

Somewhere between 400,000 and 550,000 people bucked up for the fight ... the lowest PPV stats for a Floyd fight in a decade. Berto tells TMZ Sports, "It’s definitely Floyd's fault, He left a sour taste in everybody’s mouth because of the Pacquiao bomb shell."

Berto thinks Floyd underestimates how much fans hate his style of boxing, and that's why they vowed to stop buying his fights -- "As you can see they weren’t bulls**ttin."

Ultimately the low PPV numbers hurt Floyd more than Berto, since Floyd gets a cut of that. Berto got a flat $4 million purse, but says he still tried to put on a good show ... unlike Floyd.

"I knew if he had the chance he would run around and make it boring, but I tried my best to not let that happen and disappoint the people. They deserve excitement.”

Rematch, anyone?

There's only one thing ex-President Jimmy Carter loves as much as his Atlanta Braves ... and that's hot mouthing his wife on a stadium jumbotron, baby!!

90-year-old JC was at Thursday night's Blue Jays-Braves game, and when the kiss cam landed on him and Rosalynn Carter -- there was no hesitation. The Carters -- who've been married for 69 years (hehe) -- locked lips like they were drunken 20-somethings again.

Terrell Owens could go from suspect to victim in that Starbucks altercation thanks to the video showing a heinous racist tirade ... and ultimately it may lead to a hate crime charge.

Caitlyn Jenner proved she can keep up with the boys ... by playing from the most difficult tee box on the golf course.

Jenner hit up Sherwood Lake Club in Thousand Oaks, CA earlier this week, and drove her balls from the tee box farthest from the hole. Golfers call it the tips, and it's reserved for the most skilled players.

Caitlyn is a member of the exclusive Sherwood Country Club -- but while that course is under construction -- members have access to the 3-par course at the Lake Club.

As we previously reported -- Caitlyn will have to reestablish her golfing handicap with the USGA now that she's a woman. This oughta help.

Cordell Broadus is trading football jerseys for underwear, but Snoop Dogg's son isn't just wearing the fancy drawers ... he's designing them.

Cordell shocked UCLA (and his dad) when he quit the football program to focus on his film production company -- but TMZ Sports has learned he has another side hustle with underwear co. PSD.

Founder Curt Flaitz tells us teaming up with Cordell was a no-brainer ... "He's a creative guy who's young and hungry. And he's been wearing our stuff forever." Cordell and the PSD team met this week to start mocking up designs that target younger buyers. Or as Flaitz put it ... "You know how there's a cool kids table at lunch. We make our products for those people."

Kyrie Irving, Chandler Parsons, and Marshawn Lynch officially rock PSD as celeb endorsers. Snoop's also a big fan of the brand.

Cordell's Christmas shopping just got a little easier.

Marshawn Lynch strapped on even more armor than he wears on Sundays for his role in the new Call of Duty commercial ... and TMZ Sports got shots of him putting in work.

Taylor Swift just got an offer from THE Ohio State University to go on a dinner date with star running back Ezekiel Elliott.

Taylor is performing Thursday night in Columbus, and Elliott went all carpe diem and tweeted Swift ... "I see your in town tonight want to grab something to eat after their concert ? Hyde Park tonight?"

Hyde Park is a schmancy steakhouse in Columbus, so on the outside chance Swift accepted ... he better be picking up the tab. That's all Urban Meyer needs is a Taylor Swift-prompted NCAA investigation.

Steve Rannazzisi's 9/11 lie just bit him where it really hurts -- the wallet ... Buffalo Wild Wings is yanking its commercials starring Steve.

One of the spots ... which co-stars NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith ... has been in heavy rotation lately as the NFL season began. Rannazzisi has done several different commercials for the restaurant.

Buffalo Wild Wings is the first company to pull out of any deal with Rannazzisi since he confessed to lying about being in the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attack. He has a special scheduled to air this weekend on Comedy Central ... which says it's still evaluating the situation.

"The League" star was out in L.A. on Thursday, looking ... well, looking like a guy who's feeling the backlash from a big mistake.

The massive "Game of Thrones" star who popped the Viper's eyes out of his head, didn't do so well in the arm wrestling arena, and shockingly went down HARD to champ Devon Larratt.

Yeah, hard to imagine 6'9" 419 pound Thor Bjornsson losing any test of strength, but "The Mountain" met his match in Larratt ... who gives up 200 lbs. to Thor!

2-time champ Larratt joined us on TMZ Hollywood Sports to talk about how he took down Thor ... who, by the way, has been a finalist in the last 4 World's Strongest Man competitions.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s got wedding bells ringing all around him these days, but the NASCAR superstar's hardly diving in when it comes to planning his own.

Donald Trump is covered on offense AND defense -- on the same day Tom Brady backed him, we got ex-stud linebacker Shawne "Lights Out" Merriman ... declaring his "friend" deserves to be prez.

Merriman was in Hollywood Wednesday when we asked him about Brady's endorsement of Trump, and he not only co-signed ... he revealed Trump has "always been a good friend" of his, and someone he can call at anytime.

It's unclear how Shawne and Donald first hooked up, but based on this clip ... sounds like they're really tight. Merriman also defended some of Trump's controversial comments, telling us ... "That's not the Donald Trump that I know."

There is one thing about Trump that Merriman isn't crazy about. Watch and listen to his reaction when our photog first mentions Brady.