Jaxbuck said:

So when you are rubbing one out to her, you can just say "I was being influenced" ?

Asking for a friend.

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

He would've gotten us closer for the FG after Stroud took Day's turtle time offense in his own hands and scrambled into game winning territory.

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We have no clue if he would’ve gotten the offense any closer. OSU didnt lose solely because of a RB. And honestly OSU nor UGA had much of a run game going and OSU was on RB3 at that point

The SEC and the running of cockholsters…a tradition unlike any other (in Jim Nance voice)

LJ Smith Ready to Play College Basketball, Confident He’ll Make Immediate Impact at Ohio State After Reclassification​

LJ Smith is looking to accelerate his development by enrolling at Ohio State one year early.

The five-star guard was originally a member of the 2027 recruiting class when he committed to the Buckeyes in November. Last month, however, Smith decided to reclassify into the 2026 class and become a Buckeye this year after completing his high school education early.

Smith, who played for one of the nation’s top high school basketball programs at Oak Hill Academy last season, felt like he would gain more by starting his Ohio State career this season rather than playing another year of high school basketball.

“I was just ready to come get better at the college level and develop my game,” Smith said last week in his first interview session since arriving at Ohio State. “During the winter, I was just worried about school ball at the time at Oak Hill, just staying in ’27. Spring came around, playing AAU ball, I felt like I was done with high school, ready to go to college. So I'm hoping to get better there.”

Ohio State coach Jake Diebler said conversations with Smith about a potential reclassification started at the end of his junior season at Oak Hill, but the Buckeyes felt at the time that Smith would benefit from staying in high school for his senior year. After a strong AAU season this spring, however, Ohio State decided that Smith would be able to help the team in 2026-27 and reinitiated those conversations.

“There had been some conversations even going back to, I'll call it, towards the end of his high school season that, ‘Hey, this could be a possibility.’ It was initiated by them. We had some initial conversations. Then it really kind of shifted to, ‘Hey, we think maybe that's not best right now,’” Diebler said after Smith’s reclassification in June. “So those conversations started happening again later in the spring, and we watched him in Memphis with his AAU team and felt like he could come in, have an impact, add value to the roster as it had formed.

“In order for this to work, everybody had to be on the same page. And so it just took kind of a transparent dialogue to get to that point. And once we realized everybody was on the same page, ‘Hey, this is good for him, it's good for us,’ then it was, ‘All right, how do we get this done?’”

“I was just ready to come get better at the college level and develop my game.”– LJ Smith on enrolling at Ohio State a year early
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Ohio State Legend Cris Carter Compares Buckeye Backup Tavien St. Clair to NFL Star Patrick Mahomes​

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“He looks like a version of Patrick Mahomes. Really good athlete, can be a dual threat, (but) is more of a pocket passer,” Carter said. “Had a great spring, good-looking prospect. I think what Ryan Day and the quarterbacks that he's developed – he's a better thrower than Justin Fields. He's not as good a runner as Justin Fields. But man, I don't want to see a guy running like Justin Fields was running, because ultimately, it hurts your growth and development as a passer, especially when anticipating down the field. But, great-looking athlete. ... I saw him this year (when I) spent the week with the Buckeyes in spring football.

“Yes, he looks like the next starting quarterback if our guy Julian Sayin decides to leave college with two years of eligibility left,” the former wideout said. “The Buckeyes are going to be in good hands with him … a future NFL quarterback.”

calibuck said:

Certainly Thump, but you might want to add a dash of catholicism....

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Philly fans will tear his ass up the moment he starts bitching and moaning. I give less than five games. Honeymoon ends after Q3 game 1. What happens when Embiid shuts it down midway through game 20 too?

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The Houston Rockets today announced they have re-signed forward Jae’Sean Tate. He originally joined the Rockets as an undrafted free agent on Nov. 25, 2020.

In 46 games last season, Tate averaged 11.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per 36 minutes played. He shot a career-high 51.4% from the floor and only committed 16 turnovers in 405 minutes of play.

Tate is approaching his seventh season as a Rocket. In franchise history, only 15 players have played at least seven seasons as a Rocket, including current center Clint Capela. Tate has the third-most games played (342) by any undrafted player in franchise history, trailing Matt Bullard (538) and Chuck Hayes (426). Moses Malone was not drafted into the NBA but entered the league through the ABA dispersal draft.

Following his senior season at Ohio State in 2017-18, Tate played overseas in Belgum and Australia. He made his NBA debut in 2020-21 and became the first Rocket to earn All-Rookie First Team honors since Luis Scola in 2007-08.

A BLUE JACKET JOINS THE BUCKEYES. Ohio State women’s hockey added a 19-year NHL veteran to its coaching staff on Thursday.

Jack Johnson, who played for the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2012-18 and again for his final NHL season in 2024-25, is joining Nadine Muzerall’s program as associate head coach.

“We're really excited to have a new member join our family here at Ohio State,” Muzerall said in a news release. “To bring in Jack Johnson is going to continue to make our program better, both on the ice and really contribute to recruiting. When we talk about Ohio State, we talk about family and how we're all united. I think it's very important that he exemplifies that. He's going to bring that to our program and I think our recruits are going to see that and I know our girls are going to feel that.”

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Johnson, who played in 1,228 career NHL games and won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022, is crossing rivalry lines to join the Buckeyes, as he played collegiately for Michigan from 2005-07 before starting his NHL career.

“It's such a privilege and honor to be involved with the best women's college hockey program in the country,” Johnson said. “I can't wait for the season to start and to continue Ohio State's pursuit of national championships.”

Login to view embedded media With Brady Edmunds shutting down his recruitment, Ohio State has secured an Elite 11 quarterback for the 2027 class and can now shift its focus to the 2028 class, where the Buckeyes are early frontrunners for top-ranked QB Christopher Vargas.

Best Buckeyes from each county in Ohio that played at Ohio State

Ohio’s Best Buckeyes By County: Central Ohio​

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The Big Ten might have won the last three College Football Playoff national championships, but that’s not enough make it obviously better than the SEC, former Alabama coach Nick Saban said Thursday.

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Funny I don't recall this being the official company line from ESPN when Saban was winning NC's from a very top heavy SEC.

In fact, if we look back on 2025 through the lens of Disney/ESPN official transitive property doctrine it would have to work like this:
-IU won the NC and beat Alabama 38-3
-IU barely survived Penn State 27-24
-PSU only went 3-6 in conference
-Therefore, according to established precedent, the following must be true: Oregon, UCLA, Northwestern, IU, OSU and Iowa are all better than anyone in the SEC
-Under the codicil of "close losses count against the transitive property too" : Penn State only beat Rutgers by 4. Penn State stayed with 3 of IU. IU beat Bama by 35 therefore Rutgers is also better than Bama.

Just trying to stay on point and show why it's ok for Purdue and Sparty fans to be pounding their chest and chanting "B-I-G" after Indiana won the title last year.

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Or he has realized he can no longer blow smoke up everyone's backsides about TCUN without losing the final bits of credibility he has. Stopped watching him two years ago and feel that I have missed nothing.

And that's NIL in a nutshell. Gotta be nearly impossible to keep everyone happy, duh. Overpay for one guy/position, and the others say "what about me" (Am I chopped liver?) And what about the 2-3 year players at the position, that have put in the time/work, and make a fraction of what the new guy is getting? Not saying anything original, although believe that tOSU's philosophy will work on the deep thinkers, rather than the 'I want it now' type of guy. The 'extras' for family members appears to have expanded beyond a house for parents, and/or a nice job in C'bus for the family.

Maybe the only difference between Brady's 'ho-hum' announcement and DGG's non-commit, is that there are QBs aplenty on the radar, and zero RBs. Maybe it's that the maturation process for a QB is longer, and with a RB, it's 'just add water', and put them on the field. Really don't know. As most of the posters have opined, it's easier to get a RB than a QB. Candidly, if DGG would have signed on, two or three of current RBs would probably have skedaddled into the portal. This is getting to be comparing apples to oranges.

Day doesn’t look happy. I like it.

Ravens waive rookie Diego Pavia to make room for Ethan Pocic​

Throughout the predraft process, there were questions about Pavia's age (24), lack of height (5-foot-10) and decision-making off the field. After finishing runner-up to Heisman winner Fernando Mendoza in December, Pavia posted a photo on Instagram with the caption "F- ALL THE VOTERS" along with a thumbs-down emoji on social media. He later apologized.

Just sayin': ...Class act... Pavia probably should have finished 4th behind Love and Sayin. If anybody had a legitimate beef with the Heisman voting it would have been Mendoza (i.e. with the 273 voters that didn't vote him #1). His season rivaled that of Joe Burrow in 2019.

ORD_Buckeye said:

Time to remember that this was an actual flavor at their creamery: Sandusky Blitz: banana flavored ice cream with chocolate covered peanuts and caramel swirl.”

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Well, he did have a thing for small nuts...

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