Toronto fans were loving Jamison Battle last night as he shot 5-5 (4-4 from 3) in the pivotal 4th quarter to help turn the tide in the Raptors win over the Cavs.
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This will be a glorious day for Downs... He will be the face of a new Cowboys era... congrats

UM landed another big fish in the portal, this time the 7-footer Thiam from Cincinnati. Thiam is a surefire NBA prospect.

Louisville got another good portal addition, CG Montgomery from Dayton.

So... what's going on with the cult today?

Oh - they have a thread about Sherrone Moore - that makes sense.
As you'd expect, there's a lot of hypocrisy about whether to blame the university if anyone is going through any harassment. But there's also some non-hypocrisy about how the school SHOULDN'T have interfered.

Side nookie is always a problem. Michigan Men.

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Is it an employers job to protect an adult employee from her own bad decisions?

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Uhhhh well YEAH—if it includes harassment of any kind, then it’s the law! Of course, all this depends on what was disclosed to them and what the nature of it was.

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I'm sure there will be more fun comments. But for now, it's funny to see that they are calling out M*ch*gan for having a "type". Like, does Penn State not also have a "type"? But also that the woman should have done more against Moore and the school. I know PSU fans blamed Sandusky's victims to an extent - are they also blaming Moore's victim?

JCOSU86 said:

Actually "Flushing" is a neighborhood in Queens which is technically New York City, so this doesn't apply. The rest do.

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Okay. I don't understand how the boroughs in NYC work. I just saw that the address was "Flushing, NY". I just find it funny how angry some people get about the team moving to Brookpark, instead of staying in Cleveland. I mean, I'd rather they stay in Cleveland, too. I could jump on the train and be downtown pretty quickly for about $5 and not worry about parking. In Brookpark, I'll have to jump on a train, then another train, then maybe uber or bus to the stadium. They may have a shuttle service.
But I was only going to 1 game every 5 years or so, so they aren't losing much from me.

DubCoffman62 said:

This is how I imagine you responding to your wife when she fucks up
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When my wife fucks up.... I mean if she ever fucks up, which I'm sure she won't because she never has and I don't know what I was thinking there, my response will be "Sorry honey. I'll try harder not to do whatever I did to cause that in the future."

Do we wanna preemptively put "Transfer To ?" in the title?

NJ-Buckeye said:

I'd probably go with Porter instead of Schroeder... ya can't get any worse
That was about as abysmal of an opening foray as he could ever get

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Schroeder seems to have "I'm as good as them-itis". Meaning he watches Mitchell and Harden and thinks he can come in and make the same moves and shots that they can. Narrator: he can't.

calibuck said:

Echo the good luck, and popcorn in the bleachers. Would recommend he beef up a bit and play catcher. More opportunities there. Sounds like he's got a good stick, and the arm to gun down runners. Enjoy these times brutus, they go by oh so quickly. Another Johnny Bench?

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He is an OK catcher, but its a stop gap this season, there is another boy in his class that is a STUD catcher, but got hurt this spring and is not playing. His real shot will come at 2nd or left. My earlier statement about the coaching staff has proved to be wrong, they brought in a new JV coach, who is HORRIBLE. we're 8 games into the season and my son only has 10AB's - in those 10 AB's, he has 2 doubles, a triple, a single, and 2 walks, and 1 HBP, do the math... he's made 4 outs this season... there are kids on the team that have 30ab's and only 1 or 2 hits - my son has caught 2 games - played 2nd one inning, and left in inning. this coach doesn't agree with the varsity coaches thoughts on sending kids that are varsity backups (like my son), down to JV to get playing time - he thinks if they are good enough to backups at varsity, they shouldn't get any time on JV - its been a long 8 games.

this new coach also told me I'm not allowed to be inside the fence taking pictures because i'm "just a parent' - even though I have permission from the AD, and the Varsity coach - kept saying its "his policy" - he's a clown

Gonna state that Njegovan is going to wear down if he's going to be the 5. tOSU lost a lot when he came in, versus who was in there. Bynum can/will be an able 4, but Njeg's offense is quite limited. See the D potential, but just don't see the 'alley oop' potential there. Apparently Diebs is going with a guard-centric offense this year, especially if Mobley comes back. The 7'2-4" aircraft carriers got alot of play in the portal this year, and Xichigan utilized two bigs pretty darn well this year. If one can get a tall guy that doesn't trip over his own feet, can play out very well. Soooo, guess we'll see how well Diebs can weave this team together.

First round was a bit of a head scratcher. But, then again, always is. Teams keep their draft picks closer to their vest than nuclear launch codes. A leak to a newsie probably a termination offense. Anyways, the second biggest story line (first being first rounders that don't pan out), are the perennial all-stars that were selected in the later rounds. Also gotta remember that teams draft to their weaknesses (or anticipated trades/free agents etc). Have no earthly clue how/why pros draft the way they do, but always see them congratulating themselves in the 'after picture' in their war rooms. Anyone else watch Draft Day before or after this?

Burch has been offered by Indiana.

BigWoof31 said:

My guy showed up to the physical weighing 390. I know he'll play below that but for goodness sake keep him away from Montgomery Inn and Skyline.

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Skyline would just run through him so no worries there.

Nice should have got some NIL from Reese's

TampaBuckeyes said:

Damn. A RB at 3 and WR at 4.

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RB 3 is wild. I like Love I think he'll be near or better than Jamahir Gibbs I still wouldn't debate taking him till 10-15

Is the general consensus that tOSU has 'turned a corner'? Or still too many holes in the line-up? When our kids have a good year, the pros feel that hey if he can do with a mediocre team, bet he can do better when he's got some talent around him.......kinda a joke...but the pros seem to scout out the good players, and dangle probably more money than NIL brings in - and they're playing a game they've been playing all their lives...cannot say I wouldn't leap at the chance. Play golf with a couple of guys that were drafted, one #80 (of which he's very proud), and another drafted out of Cal as a junior. Anyway, they bounced around in the minors for a time, and finally realization set in, and came back to hometown and actually both became teachers, and another played ten years in the bigs, now a Fire Dept Captain. Great memories for those guys, and gotta hope that for our Buckeyes as well. Guess my message is to follow your dream, do the best for as long as you can, and then rely on your Buckeye sheepskin to make your way in the world with some great memories.

Wanted to see how Duane Washington Jr. was doing overseas, and saw that he broke a league scoring record earlier this season.

Duane Washington scores 48 for a new all-time ABA League record​

Link: https://www.eurohoops.net/en/aba/19...-partizan-completes-the-comeback-in-slovenia/

Career-high for Duane Washington Jr (48 points, 10/14 from beyond the arc). He also had the ABA all-time high, surpassing Daron Russell, who scored 47 in 2022.

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Bestbuck36 said:

It caught him in the nose regardless how hard it hit him.

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but knowing how hard it hit him is how you can call embellishment. he was standing still and got tapped on the nose. then he was sprawled out on the ice like Tyson gave him an uppercut.