To put them into perspective. Had they dealt with tatgate, they would have scrubbed Tressel's emails off the server, bought off the grad student with a nice post-doc fellowship and nobody would have known except Tressel, the grad student, Smith and Gee.

Dip shit Drinkwitz claimed today claimed that the B1G has won 3 titles in a row because they don't play P4 OOC opponents....

12/18 B1G teams played a P4 OOC opponent in 2025.

Even then playing an extra conference game is a lot tougher than playing The Citadel or whoever on chicken shit Saturday.

Also Missouri's powerhouse P4 OOC opponent was fucking Kansas lol.

The SEC is hitting the copium hard

I’m seeing a lot of discourse and complaining in Ohio State circles about whether we will be “outbid” for a player or not.

First, do we really want to walk down the “locker-room-chemistry-disrupting” road where unproven high schoolers are making significantly more than current starters on the roster? I personally do not.

Second, the Legend Bey situation highlighted pretty clearly that Tennessee also (illegally) throws money and benefits at the family of players in these recruitments, which is something Ohio State isn’t going to do.

I mean, can we take a moment to remember how insane the Legend Bey situation was from just a few months ago?

Tennessee makes things stupid. You just have to shrug and move on. With the transfer portal and the nature (easy to plug and play without much lead time) of running back in mind, Ohio State will be fine at the position.

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A picture I took in York back in 2006. My wife had a convention in Birmingham and she thought it would be fun to rent a car and explore England. I had never driven on the left side of the road and GPS didn't really exist but I somehow managed. That's not to say that there wasn't a few harrowing moments of me getting lost in Birmingham, looking the wrong way before pulling out onto the street or going north when I should have went south. It was a great experience. It was one of those things that if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.

Doubt if he'll get much more than a preferred walk-on at tOSU. And a list of 'don'ts' a mile long, where breaking will mean automatic exit. You gotta feel sorry for him, kinda reminds me of Maurice Clarett after his outstanding freshman year.

Joey Freshwater strikes again! And what do you think he should have said? That LSU would win the Nati in four years when he gets his recruits under his control? Not certain that would have flown down there. So of course he's gotta say year 1 for Nati! So basically means he's got one year to come up with reasons/excuses/people to blame not winning on. He'll do the Texas Two-Step.

Looked it up in my encyclopedia. Under 'why not pay outrageous NIL to untested recruit'. Guess who's picture was in the discussion?

Guards must have invited Oprah to tonight’s game. She’s handing out home runs left and right. You get a home run. You get a homerun. And on.

Also, I hope this isn’t one of those games where they score a ton of runs and the bats go silent the next few games.

Here’s the recent match with Sadulaev at RAF Georgia.

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Calm down Alice, you have two weeks to rack up numbers.

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Don't rain on my reverse psychology parade.

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It might actually work pretty well; except that, if the info. it's using is basically whatever addictive algortihm driven crap people are looking at, it won't. For generations in lots of cultures, parents who knew their kids well arranged marriages (outside of the purely political/monetary royalty/aristocracy arrangements) that worked out pretty well.

Sorry was on vacation last week. Bump indeed!

Yahoo now offers College Fantasy. Debating switching us to that platform, unless there's a mass objection.

New coach Stein says Kentucky will win big 'because of me'​

Kentucky coach Will Stein took the podium Monday at his first SEC media days and was asked why he thought he could win big at the school.

"I think because of me, to be honest," Stein began.

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Indeed, Stein gave a detailed, elaborate answer beyond why he felt he would be the one to help Kentucky win.

"I know what it takes," Stein said. "I have seen it at the highest levels. I know what it takes to recruit at this level. You just got to believe. Is it going to happen overnight? I don't know.

"I know the players that we can get here. I know we can recruit north, south and east. People come to Lexington and love it. The longer I live there, the more I am like, 'Wow, this place is incredible.' It's got everything that you want. You have to go attack. You can't sit back and wait. That's one thing I refuse to do at Kentucky is to wait."
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Karlos May commits to Ohio State: Why the 2027 DL class could top historic 2021 group​

Ohio State may have the backbone of yet another national champion-caliber defensive front after adding Karlos May.



The Ohio State Buckeyes did it again with the commitment of 4-star defensive tackle Karlos May. Not only is the program's Alabama pipeline strengthened with yet another recruit from the Yellowhammer State spurning the Crimson Tide and the Auburn Tigers for the Scarlet and Gray, but the Buckeyes have found their final infinity stone up front.

May is a one-technique who could also be a three-tech, but he's someone who complements the program's 2027 group nicely. Marcus Fakatou is a five-tech, while DJ Jacobs and Wyatt Smith are edge-rushers by trade.

As Cleveland.com's Andrew Gillis notes, the May commitment gives Ohio State's 2027 high school class perhaps the best group of DL since the 2021 cycle. That class had J.T. Tuimoloau, Jack Sawyer, Tyleik Williams, and Mike Hall, which was the crux of an eventual championship during the 2024/2025 CFP.

"The addition of May gives Ohio State not only one of the best defensive line classes in the country, but multiple prospects who can fill a host of different roles. After a handful of tackle additions last cycle, the Buckeyes now have at least one in 2027," Gillis wrote. "Ohio State’s defensive line class is likely complete with the four additions, as May was the last piece to the puzzle for defensive line coach Larry Johnson.

"Now, the Buckeyes seem to have a class that rivals the 2021 cycle that brought the team J.T. Tuimoloau, Jack Sawyer, Tyleik Williams and Mike Hall. All four were drafted by NFL teams, and three of those four were around for a national title. It was also the backbone of Ryan Day’s best class while at Ohio State...The Buckeyes are hoping that May’s addition to the class can give them the same results."

OSU's 2027 class will be in a better place to contribute immediately than the 2021 class​

That 2021 class was arguably held back by then-defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, whose system is notoriously difficult to grasp right away. While the results obviously came after a few years, there's no doubt that Matt Patricia could've had those guys contributing sooner if he were the DC instead. Patricia's defensive philosophies focus on his players' talents, and that group was clearly special considering their NFL trajectories.
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In the end, currency is nearly always the most powerful factor in sports, and it is here, too -- for good and evil. The incredible amount of dollars generated by this tournament will help FIFA spread soccer's gospel to parts of the world that need it. It will also almost certainly ensure that the commercialization of the game, whether through those commercials or halftime shows or an overstuffed, 64-team field, continues unabated.

In the end, all we know for sure is this: However you feel about this particular party and all that went into it -- whether you found it gorgeous or garish, astonishing or absurd, cinematic or corrupt -- it is impossible to imagine a scenario in which FIFA and the United States don't partner up to throw another one soon, possibly as soon as 2038. It is, for better and worse, inevitable.

What will be the feeling at the end of that one? Probably something similar to the mix of moods that fans all over the globe feel at the end of this one.

It was amazing. It was awful. And they can't wait to do it again.

Why the USA will likely host the 2038 World Cup after President Donald Trump’s request​

U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants the United States to host another FIFA World Cup as soon as possible.

The sun has set on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which was hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

The USA took the biggest load of the three nations, hosting 78 matches in what was an incredibly successful event. As a result, President Trump wants the tournament back on American soil.

In an interview with FOX Sports, President Trump revealed he’s discussed hosting the World Cup again with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, pushing Infantino to consider it even if it’s an unpopular decision.

The 2026 edition was the second time the USA has hosted a World Cup, with the previous edition coming 32 years ago in 1994.

The next two World Cups already have assigned hosts, with Spain, Morocco, and Portugal hosting the centennial 2030 edition alongside one game each in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

The 2034 edition will be hosted in Saudi Arabia, 12 years after Qatar was the last Asian country to host the tournament.

Why the USA will most likely be the 2038 World Cup hosts​

Whether intentional or not, FIFA has essentially put itself in a situation where the USA is the only realistic country to act as hosts for the 2038 World Cup.

FIFA’s rules on rotating the World Cup hosts between continents for each edition are being tested in a major way.

A member association from a confederation that hosted either of the previous two World Cups is generally prohibited from bidding for the next one.

The 2030 edition will be hosted on three continents (Europe, South America, Africa), and 2034 is going to Saudi Arabia (Asia). This rules out four of the six continental confederations from hosting the 2038 WC.

With CONCACAF and Oceania the only eligible continents left for 2038, it’s almost a certainty that the USA’s bid for what might be a 64-team World Cup by then will be the winning one.

The days of the "hometown discount" are over. OSU has stated they will pay big money for 1 WR, NOT 2, and it doesn't matter where you're from. OSU in 2028 got their #1 WR in Harrison, so they don't care if they miss out on McMullen, and they're not getting into a bidding war. The only way that would change is if Harrison were to decommit. And idk if anyone wants that to happen

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Birm saying that OSU views OT Kavon Blackmon as a “must get”. He’s rated #25 overall by Rivals, and our staff views him as such.

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From everything I've read, he has a GREAT relationship with Coach Lock, and the family really likes him as a coach and mentor. I mean the man learned Haitian french/creole to speak to his family in their native language. Hes been to Canada countless times.

But Tennesee is willing to outspend to get DGG. And OSU has a limit they may be at where they dont want to disrupt a locker room for 1 player

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yepp. honestly id say imimho its 60/40 in favor of Tenn. But im usually wrong so watch him commit to ole miss lol. but still Lock is the man