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Five-Star Center Sydney Mobley Commits to Ohio State Women’s Basketball

Ohio State women’s basketball adds a five-star center to its roster as Sydney Mobley commits to the Buckeyes and reclassifies into the 2026 class.

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Five-Star Center Sydney Mobley Commits to Ohio State Women’s Basketball​

Ohio State women’s basketball has added a five-star center to its 2026-27 roster.

Sydney Mobley, who was ranked as the No. 3 center and No. 18 overall prospect in the 2027 class, announced her commitment to Ohio State on Friday. Mobley also announced she will reclassify into the 2026 class and join the Buckeyes’ roster for the 2026-27 season.

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Mobley joins the Buckeyes from nearby Big Walnut High School in Sunbury, Ohio. She’s a cousin of Ohio State men’s basketball star John Mobley Jr.

Mobley chose Ohio State after also making official visits to Illinois and Virginia. Other major programs that offered Mobley included Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan State, North Carolina, Notre Dame, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.

A 6-foot-2 post player, Mobley could play either center or power forward for Ohio State. She joins a frontcourt led by returning starters Elsa Lemmila and Kylee Kitts.

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That a girl!

Coffee breath and blue chew gold (also millions of dollars) will do that.

RB07OSU said:

EMCC in Scooba, Mississippi. Ronald Ollie got to the supplemental draft from there, maybe Chaz is next up.

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Corey Smith also came to Ohio State from there after failing to qualify out of high school.

MGMT said:

How is this class only ranked 9th? Genuinely asking

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Recruiting services rank team classes weighted more towards quantity of commits more than quality. OSU has the least of commits in the entire top 10 and has the second least in the top 15. Recruiting sites don’t like that. But if you want to know who has the strongest class, go by the recruit/avg. in that case, OSU is #3 in the country. So OSU has the third highest ranked assortment of talent coming to their team in another year. Thats more important.

RB07OSU said:

It's called A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton homeboy! But I can already hear Brock "Making my Way Downtown" Boyd coming from Gus on Saturdays.

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I like that Brock seems to be a good sport with all the jokes. Because fr fr, I think he’s going to be really good in this offense. He reminds me so much of Olave. If he can get developed and earn PT, he can become a monster

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I think this was his first HBO special in 83 or 83

andy123 said:

This is the entire 2013 football season. Another user posted a near-complete 2013 season torrent, but it was missing the Orange Bowl vs Clemson. A user recently shared the Orange Bowl game with me. This torrent is in the same file structure as the other torrent - just with the Orange Bowl game added. I intend to seed this indefinitely. If you find a problem or have a better version of one of the games, let me know and I'll improve the torrent.

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can reseed these

NFBuck said:

The Sabres just got the #4 pick, #45 pick, and Louis Crevier for Bo Byram and Jordan Greenway. Um, thanks, Chicago.

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Between that and the stupid Leo Carlsson offer sheet, the NHL has lost its damn mind and I'm here for it

Georgia Bulldogs miss out on a four-star player who plays one of the biggest needs Kirby Smart currently has​

The Bulldogs are missing a few key positions in their 2027 recruiting class, and an interior offensive lineman is one. Now they’ve missed out on another in Nate Carson.

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Carson’s visit history told the story​

When you look at the visit breakdown, Georgia never really stood a chance. Carson took eight visits to South Carolina and six to Clemson. By comparison, he visited Alabama three times, Georgia three times, Ohio State once, and Georgia Tech once. The top two schools in his home state had twice as many visits as every other program on his list.

It feels like Carson always wanted to stay in-state, and that’s completely fine. Sometimes a recruit’s heart is set on home, and no amount of recruiting pressure from Athens changes that. Kirby Smart and his staff pursued Carson for some time, but the visit log made that clear long before signing day.

Ohio State football program makes an unexpected addition to the staff​

The Buckeyes have made a surprising hire right before the start of the season.
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Usually, when late June and early July roll around, the additions to the coaching staff are finished. However, the Ohio State Buckeyes have decided to bring someone else onto the staff just a few weeks before practice begins, which is highly unusual.

Ohio State football team hires Andy Howell as a college scout​

Howell becomes the 12th full-time hire for the Buckeyes on staff. With the portal becoming an ever more important part of Ohio State's roster construction, they need someone who can help identify players. That's why they are bringing Howell into the fold.

Day has evolved over the years in terms of his coaching style. He has made sure that he has kept up with the times in the NIL era, and that includes the Transfer Portal. Using every possible resource to improve the roster construction of the team is his job, and Day is doing it well.

Andy Howell will help the Ohio State football program next offseason​

Most of Howell's value will come next offseason when the portal opens. The Buckeyes will use him to figure out which players they should go after in the portal. That is when he will show his value to the roster. It's well worth it for him to be on the coaching staff so he can help Day out.

It's a little strange that the Buckeyes have brought him in so late in the offseason. Howell hasn't been doing much for his NFL team in the last few months during the offseason. Now, Howell will be in charge of watching a lot of players across the country.

Day still wants his roster primarily built through the high school recruiting ranks, which has been evident with how the coaching staff has been recruiting in the last month or so. Ohio State is going to have one of the best recruiting classes in the country by the time the 2027 cycle ends.

Ohio State isn't going to change its entire philosophy overnight. Yet, the portal is clearly going to become a bigger part of Ohio State's roster construction.

Which 5-star recruit in the 2027 class will have the biggest impact for Ohio State?​

Of the 5-star recruits they have committed at the moment, which one will have the largest impact early?
After a slow start, the Ohio State football team has really started to heat up on the recruiting trail. They ended the month of June by adding a five-star defensive lineman in Marcus Fakatou and started the month of July by bringing in Jett Harrison for the 2028 class.

The 2027 class is still the focus for the Buckeyes' coaching staff. As of right now, they have three five-star recruits committed to them. They have Fakatou, DJ Jacobs, and Jamier Brown. Jacobs plays on the edge while Brown is a wide receiver. All three seem solidly locked into this class.

There is a chance that the Ohio State Buckeyes add more five-star recruits by the time Signing Day rolls around. Of course, that is not the case right now. So, which currently committed five-star recruit will have the biggest impact right away for the Buckeyes?

DJ Jacobs will have the biggest impact right away for Ohio State

It seems likely that Jacobs will have the biggest impact right away. Jacobs plays one of the most important positions on the field, so that gives him the edge. With him playing defensive end and being an elite pass-rusher, he will likely have the best chance to see meaningful snaps early.

Jacobs is also a physical freak. He can use both speed and power to make the quarterback uncomfortable. He is also fast enough to be able to stop running backs trying to make their way around the edge, as well. There's a reason that Jacobs is rated so highly.

The Buckeyes will likely play all three freshmen next year. They are all talented enough to earn snaps in meaningful games right away, which is always the goal. Fakatou and Jacobs are the ones who play a more important position where there is less depth, though.

Burning Questions: Will the Buckeyes’ defense still be the force it’s been the last two seasons?​

This question will hopefully be validated in spades this season.

If there’s one man to be confident in going into the 2026 Season, it’s the Buckeyes’ defensive coordinator Matt Patricia. Admittedly, I didn’t think I would feel this way about him when he was hired in the Winter of 2025. But after what Patricia did last year with the Buckeyes’ defense, following tremendous turnover from that great 2024 National Championship defense, Patricia and the Buckeyes’ defense are poised to answer the question of whether they will be the force they’ve been for the last two seasons.

There’s still talent on this defense. Much like last year, it’s going to be about guys from the previous season stepping into larger roles. We saw those guys last year step into those larger roles and thrive. It’s a confidence boost that can happen again this season.

Kenyatta Jackson Jr., Beau Atkinson, Eddrick Houston, Payton Pierce, Jermaine Mathews Jr., and Devin Sanchez; those are household names. That’s a good place to start in keeping this defense atop the college football ranks.

The one question within this burning question is: Who is that star player the Buckeyes’ defense can build around? For the last two seasons, that was Caleb Downs. But it wasn’t just him. Heck, Downs wasn’t even the first Buckeye defensive player drafted this past April. He was the third. That tells you how great the whole Buckeyes’ defense was and how deep they were.

This season, it’s going to be a developmental feel for this new-look Buckeyes’ defense. New players, new roles for guys on last year’s defense, a tougher schedule, dynamic offenses in the Big Ten and in Texas; it may take time for this defense to gel.

Again, though, given what we know about Matt Patricia’s DNA, I’m confident this Buckeyes’ defense will still be the force it’s been the last two seasons. Patricia has that championship DNA. So too does the Buckeyes’ defense.

Longtime NBA Assistant Coach Mike Wells Fulfilling Lifelong Dream By Coaching at Ohio State​

“I think everybody that's grown up in the state of Ohio ... I think everybody grows up wanting to be a part of this university at some point.”– Mike Wells on his dream of coaching at Ohio State

In a coaching career that’s spanned more than 30 years, Mike Wells has coached for six different NBA teams, winning two championships at basketball’s highest level. He became a head coach in Australia’s National Basketball League. But there was one place much closer to home where Wells always dreamed of coaching.

Growing up about an hour northeast of Columbus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Wells is a lifelong Ohio State fan – so much so that he woke up at 3:30 a.m. to watch the Ohio State/Michigan football game while living in Australia for the past two years. So when Jake Diebler called Wells and offered him the chance to join Ohio State’s staff as an assistant coach, it wasn’t a hard decision for Wells to say yes.

“The Ohio State University,” Wells said, emphasizing the word “The,” when asked why he chose to join the staff. “I think everybody that's grown up in the state of Ohio, like, if you're not thinking about having Ohio State at some point, I don't know. I think everybody grows up wanting to be a part of this university at some point.”

“My journey was probably really different than a lot of people, and Adelaide, Australia ended up leading me here and the opportunity. However it gets here, I've always wanted to be a part of college basketball, high-major program. This opportunity presented itself, I couldn't pass it up.”

Wells said he had an “unbelievable experience” coaching the Adelaide 36ers, who made the NBL Championship Series last season in his second year as head coach, but his family wanted to return to the United States. His eldest son, Trenton, is an incoming freshman at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, and his parents still live in Mount Vernon, so there was no better place for their return to America than Ohio.

“I had a really, really good team over there. Everybody was signed, super proud of what we accomplished there. And we came home as a family, and we were trying to figure out what's next in our lives,” Wells said. “If an opportunity like this came along, we were going to jump at it to stay in the United States, number one. The fact that it's here was a no-brainer for myself and my family.”

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gmen6981 said:

Better than Jerome Bettis, Brandon Graham and Jack Conklin? Ok kid. Whatever you say.

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Sheeeeit.

Stop at Craig Krenzel.

You want to be a Buckeye or not. If an Ohio kid wants to go up there, then I am pretty sure he probably isn't a good fit for the Buckeyes.

Sources: U-M retains 5-star McCoy Jr. in wake of May's exit​

Five-star Michigan recruit Brandon McCoy Jr. is staying with the Wolverines, sources told ESPN, the latest key player from their 2026-27 roster to announce his intention to remain in Ann Arbor after Dusty May's departure.

May left last month to take over the Dallas Mavericks, less than three months after leading Michigan to the national championship. May had been the coach in Ann Arbor for two seasons, going 64-13 overall and 33-7 in Big Ten play.

When athletic director Warde Manuel announced May's departure, he said that assistant coach Mike Boynton had been "appointed head coach in an interim capacity."

Projected starting guard Trey McKenney announced his intentions to stay hours after the coaching change, while Final Four Most Outstanding Player Elliot Cadeau followed suit days later. Incoming transfers Moustapha Thiam (Cincinnati) and JP Estrella (Tennessee) decided to stay earlier this week, as did a host of projected role players.

A 6-foot-4 guard from Sierra Canyon High School (California), McCoy was the crown jewel of Michigan's 2026 recruiting class. He was ranked No. 18 in the final SC Next 100 for the class of 2026 and was a McDonald's All American. When he committed to the Wolverines at the Final Four in early April, he became May's first five-star recruit as a head coach.

He is one of six recruits in Michigan's 2026 recruiting class, including three other SC Next 100 prospects in Quinn Costello (No. 28), Lincoln Cosby (No. 45) and Joseph Hartman (No. 91). All three are expected to keep their commitments to the Wolverines in the wake of May's departure.

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‘MURICA!

TDunk said:

That's Manziel's car? Damn he's falling on hard times.

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He’s always been gay for pay since he stepped foot in college station.

Congrats Dingler!

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Jagdaddy said:

For a minute there I thought Wagyu Chopped Cheese was what she calls her money maker.

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Definitely chopped and cheesy. Not Wagyu price.