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The second Buckeye in three days joins the transfer portal, this time after one season in Columbus
On Wednesday, Ohio State women’s basketball guard Emma Shumate announced her entry into the transfer portal. Early in the evening, The Next Hoops reported a source saying Collins was joining the portal. Late Friday night, teammate Diana Collins joined Shumate, announcing late on Instagram her intent to leave Ohio State.
Collins’ move comes as more of a shock than Shumate’s, with Collins leaving after her freshman season. It was always going to be difficult to find minutes on the court behind the five-guard group used by head coach Kevin McGuff, including Jacy Sheldon, Celeste Taylor, Taylor Thierry, Madison Greene, and Rikki Harris.
As a first-year Buckeye thought, Collins showed promise. The guard who could shoot, ball handle, and attack the rim averaged 12 minutes in 13 appearances, over the first 21 games of the season.
However, over the last 11 games of the season, Collins only appeared five times, averaging four minutes per game, scoring no points, and playing three minutes of postseason basketball. That came when the Buckeyes were up against the Maine Black Bears in the First Round.
Collins came to Columbus, Ohio as the 70th prospect in the 2023 ESPN recruiting rankings, out of Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia. Collins led Brookwood to a state championship in 2023, It was Brookwood’s first state title in school history and Collins played a prominent part.
The guard led the team in scoring each season and became Brookwood’s all-time leading scorer. A record that stood since the 1980s.
Internationally, Collins played youth basketball for Team Sweden, with her mother’s family hailing from the Scandinavian nation. At the FIBA 2023 U20 European Championship, Collins averaged 11.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.
Now, the transfer leaves Buckeye fans wondering what is next for the program, losing two underclassmen guards this offseason.
However, the position of guard still features starting-caliber players. Greene, who confirmed she’s returning for a final season and Harris, who hopes to return but still hasn’t confirmed, will lead the young group of backcourt players. Plus, guard Kaia Henderson who hasn’t featured prominently for the Buckeyes but, as of publishing, is returning.
Also, the No. 1 overall point guard in the 2024 class, Jaloni Cambridge, joins Ohio State for the 24/25 season, along with her sister Kennedy Cambridge who was redshirted this season for the Buckeyes, giving the pair three years together in scarlet and gray. In addition, Ava Watson joins the Buckeyes this offseason too, as head coach Kevin McGuff’s other freshman guard.
Overall, Collins averaged 3.0 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in her freshman season. Her departure from the program will draw the attention of other schools, even with Collins’ time on the court limited.
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The second Buckeye in three days joins the transfer portal, this time after one season in Columbus
On Wednesday, Ohio State women’s basketball guard Emma Shumate announced her entry into the transfer portal. Early in the evening, The Next Hoops reported a source saying Collins was joining the portal. Late Friday night, teammate Diana Collins joined Shumate, announcing late on Instagram her intent to leave Ohio State.
Collins’ move comes as more of a shock than Shumate’s, with Collins leaving after her freshman season. It was always going to be difficult to find minutes on the court behind the five-guard group used by head coach Kevin McGuff, including Jacy Sheldon, Celeste Taylor, Taylor Thierry, Madison Greene, and Rikki Harris.
As a first-year Buckeye thought, Collins showed promise. The guard who could shoot, ball handle, and attack the rim averaged 12 minutes in 13 appearances, over the first 21 games of the season.
However, over the last 11 games of the season, Collins only appeared five times, averaging four minutes per game, scoring no points, and playing three minutes of postseason basketball. That came when the Buckeyes were up against the Maine Black Bears in the First Round.
Collins came to Columbus, Ohio as the 70th prospect in the 2023 ESPN recruiting rankings, out of Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia. Collins led Brookwood to a state championship in 2023, It was Brookwood’s first state title in school history and Collins played a prominent part.
The guard led the team in scoring each season and became Brookwood’s all-time leading scorer. A record that stood since the 1980s.
Internationally, Collins played youth basketball for Team Sweden, with her mother’s family hailing from the Scandinavian nation. At the FIBA 2023 U20 European Championship, Collins averaged 11.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.
Now, the transfer leaves Buckeye fans wondering what is next for the program, losing two underclassmen guards this offseason.
However, the position of guard still features starting-caliber players. Greene, who confirmed she’s returning for a final season and Harris, who hopes to return but still hasn’t confirmed, will lead the young group of backcourt players. Plus, guard Kaia Henderson who hasn’t featured prominently for the Buckeyes but, as of publishing, is returning.
Also, the No. 1 overall point guard in the 2024 class, Jaloni Cambridge, joins Ohio State for the 24/25 season, along with her sister Kennedy Cambridge who was redshirted this season for the Buckeyes, giving the pair three years together in scarlet and gray. In addition, Ava Watson joins the Buckeyes this offseason too, as head coach Kevin McGuff’s other freshman guard.
Overall, Collins averaged 3.0 points and 1.2 rebounds per game in her freshman season. Her departure from the program will draw the attention of other schools, even with Collins’ time on the court limited.
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LGHL You’re Nuts: What was your favorite moment from the weekend?
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Your (almost) daily dose of good-natured, Ohio State banter.
One of the best four-day stretches of the year is the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. This year was no different, as there was tons of exciting action in the men’s and women’s tournaments. On the men’s side, we had a number of upsets in the first round, headlined by Oakland beating Kentucky and James Madison taking down Wisconsin. The second round saw the favorites move on to the Sweet Sixteen, but a few games ended up going to overtime. Oakland and NC State needed five more minutes, while Oregon and Creighton went to double overtime on Saturday night. On Sunday, Texas A&M erased an 11-point deficit with two minutes to go to force an extra session before the Cougars bested the Aggies.
On the women’s side of the NCAA Tournament, it was obviously a second round to forget for Ohio State fans, as the Buckeyes were bounced from the tournament by Duke on Sunday afternoon. Outside of the action in Columbus, most of the attention was focused on LSU coach Kim Mulkey trying to do damage control on a Washington Post article about her that hasn’t even been released. For a half of basketball, it looked like the defending national champions were on the ropes against Middle Tennessee State before the Tigers pulled away from the Blue Raiders. Even with Ohio State eliminated, it looks like we are heading toward another thrilling close to the women’s basketball season.
The entertainment during the weekend wasn’t only on the hardwood. Ohio State won a number of national championships, the NHL and NBA seasons motor towards the playoffs, and the USMNT continued their domination of Mexico with another win over El Tri in the Nations League Final. Today we want to know what was your favorite moment from the weekend. Since we are all about good vibes, it doesn’t even have to be related to sports. Maybe it was a concert or movie you saw, a new restaurant you tried, or maybe you just played with some cute animals.
Being a Columbus Blue Jackets quarter-season ticket holder, I watch a lot of bad hockey, so it is refreshing to see a hockey team in this city have some success. Nadine Muzerall has built a dynasty on the ice at Ohio State, and I’m convinced she would coach circles around Blue Jackets head coach Pascal Vincent, who is the worst coach in franchise history, which says a lot when you look at just how inept Columbus has been since they entered the NHL back in 2000.
What makes this year’s title for Ohio State even more thrilling than their first championship two years ago is how the Buckeyes were able to respond to a couple of late-season defeats to Wisconsin. Ohio State was defeated late in the regular season by the Badgers and was humbled by Wisconsin in the WCHA Final Faceoff title game. Not only were there a couple of setbacks to the Badgers over the last month, the Buckeyes also lost to Wisconsin in last year’s title game. To win their second title in three years, it was going to take a massive effort from Muzerall’s Buckeyes.
Sunday’s championship game certainly lived up to the hype, as the Buckeyes and Badgers were tied 0-0 more than halfway through the third period. Then with just over seven minutes left in the game, freshman Joy Dunne ripped a shot that found its way into the back of the net, giving Ohio State a 1-0 lead. Goaltender Raygan Kirk and the Buckeye defense would make the lead stand, allowing Ohio State to counter Wisconsin’s 1-0 win in last year’s title game with one of their own. In the final game of her college career, Kirk notched her 10th shutout of the season, which was the most in the country this year, and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Don’t expect Ohio State’s women’s hockey team to let off the gas anytime soon. Muzerall has reloaded over the years, so don’t expect any different even though the Buckeyes will lose some key players from this year’s championship team. One player that will be back next year is Dunne, who was the National Rookie of the Year. Dunne led the team with 24 goals this year, none as important as the final goal of the season. Maybe the Blue Jackets should take some notes on how to build a winner in Columbus.
As we head into the second weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournaments, it’s nice to take a second and reflect. I love college football rivalry weekend, I love Major League Baseball Opening Day, the Super Bowl is called “The Big Game” for a reason, and the Olympics and World Cups are truly global must-see events. But for me, there is no higher sports holiday than the first day of the March Madness.
From noon until midnight, there is wall-to-wall action, with up to four games on at a time. When I was in college, my friends and I would skip classes on Thursday and Friday to watch every single game in the Round of 64 at a Damon’s restaurant (anyone old enough to remember those) in our hometown, because back then, there was no way to watch all of the games at home. So, we crammed into a booth and watched every game on the four giant projection screens and ate as much food (man do I miss their garlic rolls) as we could.
Yes, times have changed, every game is available nationwide, cable and streaming companies make it possible to watch all four games on one screen simultaneously, and I am a fully grown adult now meaning that I can’t completely shirk all responsibilities to watch college basketball for 24 hours over a two-day period. However, I still get that same excitement in the lead-up to tipoff. I get giddy about what’s ahead, what upsets, what buzzer-beaters, what legendary performances I am about to witness. While these days my bracket might not be filled out until 11:55 a.m. on Thursday, the fun and excitement of the process still hits every year (btw, I’m still in the 92.6 percentile of ESPN’s Bracket Challenge).
So, while I can’t pin-point an exact moment as eloquently as Brett did, there’s just very few things as special in the world of sports as the first day of the Big Dance!
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Your (almost) daily dose of good-natured, Ohio State banter.
One of the best four-day stretches of the year is the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. This year was no different, as there was tons of exciting action in the men’s and women’s tournaments. On the men’s side, we had a number of upsets in the first round, headlined by Oakland beating Kentucky and James Madison taking down Wisconsin. The second round saw the favorites move on to the Sweet Sixteen, but a few games ended up going to overtime. Oakland and NC State needed five more minutes, while Oregon and Creighton went to double overtime on Saturday night. On Sunday, Texas A&M erased an 11-point deficit with two minutes to go to force an extra session before the Cougars bested the Aggies.
On the women’s side of the NCAA Tournament, it was obviously a second round to forget for Ohio State fans, as the Buckeyes were bounced from the tournament by Duke on Sunday afternoon. Outside of the action in Columbus, most of the attention was focused on LSU coach Kim Mulkey trying to do damage control on a Washington Post article about her that hasn’t even been released. For a half of basketball, it looked like the defending national champions were on the ropes against Middle Tennessee State before the Tigers pulled away from the Blue Raiders. Even with Ohio State eliminated, it looks like we are heading toward another thrilling close to the women’s basketball season.
The entertainment during the weekend wasn’t only on the hardwood. Ohio State won a number of national championships, the NHL and NBA seasons motor towards the playoffs, and the USMNT continued their domination of Mexico with another win over El Tri in the Nations League Final. Today we want to know what was your favorite moment from the weekend. Since we are all about good vibes, it doesn’t even have to be related to sports. Maybe it was a concert or movie you saw, a new restaurant you tried, or maybe you just played with some cute animals.
Today’s question: What was your favorite moment from the weekend?
We’d love to hear your choices. Either respond to us on Twitter at @Landgrant33 or leave your choice in the comments.
Brett’s answer: Ohio State women’s hockey winning another national championship
Being a Columbus Blue Jackets quarter-season ticket holder, I watch a lot of bad hockey, so it is refreshing to see a hockey team in this city have some success. Nadine Muzerall has built a dynasty on the ice at Ohio State, and I’m convinced she would coach circles around Blue Jackets head coach Pascal Vincent, who is the worst coach in franchise history, which says a lot when you look at just how inept Columbus has been since they entered the NHL back in 2000.
What makes this year’s title for Ohio State even more thrilling than their first championship two years ago is how the Buckeyes were able to respond to a couple of late-season defeats to Wisconsin. Ohio State was defeated late in the regular season by the Badgers and was humbled by Wisconsin in the WCHA Final Faceoff title game. Not only were there a couple of setbacks to the Badgers over the last month, the Buckeyes also lost to Wisconsin in last year’s title game. To win their second title in three years, it was going to take a massive effort from Muzerall’s Buckeyes.
Sunday’s championship game certainly lived up to the hype, as the Buckeyes and Badgers were tied 0-0 more than halfway through the third period. Then with just over seven minutes left in the game, freshman Joy Dunne ripped a shot that found its way into the back of the net, giving Ohio State a 1-0 lead. Goaltender Raygan Kirk and the Buckeye defense would make the lead stand, allowing Ohio State to counter Wisconsin’s 1-0 win in last year’s title game with one of their own. In the final game of her college career, Kirk notched her 10th shutout of the season, which was the most in the country this year, and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Don’t expect Ohio State’s women’s hockey team to let off the gas anytime soon. Muzerall has reloaded over the years, so don’t expect any different even though the Buckeyes will lose some key players from this year’s championship team. One player that will be back next year is Dunne, who was the National Rookie of the Year. Dunne led the team with 24 goals this year, none as important as the final goal of the season. Maybe the Blue Jackets should take some notes on how to build a winner in Columbus.
Matt’s answer: The opening day of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
As we head into the second weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournaments, it’s nice to take a second and reflect. I love college football rivalry weekend, I love Major League Baseball Opening Day, the Super Bowl is called “The Big Game” for a reason, and the Olympics and World Cups are truly global must-see events. But for me, there is no higher sports holiday than the first day of the March Madness.
From noon until midnight, there is wall-to-wall action, with up to four games on at a time. When I was in college, my friends and I would skip classes on Thursday and Friday to watch every single game in the Round of 64 at a Damon’s restaurant (anyone old enough to remember those) in our hometown, because back then, there was no way to watch all of the games at home. So, we crammed into a booth and watched every game on the four giant projection screens and ate as much food (man do I miss their garlic rolls) as we could.
Yes, times have changed, every game is available nationwide, cable and streaming companies make it possible to watch all four games on one screen simultaneously, and I am a fully grown adult now meaning that I can’t completely shirk all responsibilities to watch college basketball for 24 hours over a two-day period. However, I still get that same excitement in the lead-up to tipoff. I get giddy about what’s ahead, what upsets, what buzzer-beaters, what legendary performances I am about to witness. While these days my bracket might not be filled out until 11:55 a.m. on Thursday, the fun and excitement of the process still hits every year (btw, I’m still in the 92.6 percentile of ESPN’s Bracket Challenge).
So, while I can’t pin-point an exact moment as eloquently as Brett did, there’s just very few things as special in the world of sports as the first day of the Big Dance!
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LGHL You’re Nuts: Who are you rooting for in the NCAA Women’s tournament now that Ohio State is out?
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You’re Nuts: Who are you rooting for in the NCAA Women’s tournament now that Ohio State is out?
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Your (almost) daily dose of good-natured, Ohio State banter.
Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts.
In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one question and argue their opinions passionately. Then, in the end, it’s up to you to determine who’s right and who’s nuts.
March Madness did not go according to plan for the Ohio State women’s basketball team, but there is still plenty of women’s basketball to be played.
The eyes of a nation seem to be on the Iowa Hawkeyes and Caitlin Clark, and for good reason: She has done a lot to put women’s basketball on the map. Many consider her the greatest to ever play women’s basketball at the collegiate level, and with that attention on her comes attention on a sport that was often lost in the shadow of men’s basketball’s funding, attendance, and attention. Earlier this season, she became the highest-scoring NCAA women’s basketball player in history (the highest scorer in collegiate basketball history is Pearl Moore, whose 4,061 points between 1975 and 1979 pre-date the NCAA’s sponsorship of women’s basketball).
She is a dynamic player, and it’s hard not to root for her. I’m looking forward to following her career in college and beyond. But Clark, for as impressive as she is (and she is mighty impressive), is not the only person making a name for themselves or women’s basketball.
So to that end, I find myself drawn to the South Carolina Gamecocks, where coach Dawn Staley has been building a dynasty.
I was a little torn here, only because I love a Cinderella story, and Duke—the 7-seed team who ended Ohio State’s run—is still in contention as the lowest-seeded remaining team. To some extent, the Buckeyes’ loss stings a little less if Duke goes far.
But what Staley has accomplished in South Carolina is a Cinderella story of sorts as well. Because women’s basketball is no stranger to dynasties—but historically, South Carolina wasn’t one of them.
UConn, whose 11 National Championships make it the team with the most titles in NCAA women’s basketball history, absolutely dominated throughout the early 2000s. They won 10 of those 11 titles between 2000-2016.
Before UConn (and even a bit during UConn’s run), Tennessee seemed to run the board more often than not, bringing in eight titles of their own throughout their program history.
No one else even comes close. Stanford and Baylor have three titles a piece, but UConn and Tennessee stand in a league of their own.
Unless Staley has a say.
Staley herself is a Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, with her name all over the record books in both regards. She is considered one of the 15 best players in WNBA history, has a 1996 Olympic gold medal, coached the US women’s national team, and is the first person to win the Naismith as both a player and a coach.
No one is more qualified to build a dynasty than Staley.
The road to victory wasn’t easy though—she built South Carolina’s program from the ground up. Since her arrival, the Gamecocks have become one of the steadiest, most dominant teams in NCAA women’s basketball. They’ve won two titles in the last eight seasons, were undefeated in the 2023 regular season (ultimately falling in the Final Four to the National Champion LSU Tigers), and they’ve had five Final Four appearances, three of them consecutively.
If anyone deserves to be counted among the UConns and the Tennessees of the women’s basketball world, it’s Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks, and I’m rooting for her to take it all the way to a third title this season.
Here’s the difference between me and Jami. She took the unquestioned No. 1 team in the country that hasn’t lost a single game this entire season and won the national title in 2022 as her pick, and I am taking the lowest remaining seed in the tournament.
Sure, some people might say that she is just a bandwagon fan hopping on the train that seems like it has the best chance of getting back to the station, I mean, I’m not saying that, but some people might be.
I, on the other hand, am taking the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils. Kara Lawson’s squad comes into the Sweet 16 as the only team seeded lower than No. 5 remaining in the tournament as they prepare to face off with the perennial women’s basketball powerhouse No. 3 UConn Huskies.
While I admit that it is difficult to think of any Duke basketball team as an underdog, in this situation, they absolutely are. But Buckeye fans know firsthand that they are quite capable of pulling the upset. Of course, rooting for the underdog is a March Madness tradition unlike any other, but when that underdog is also the team that knocked the squad you were rooting for out of the tournament, that makes it an even easier and more natural rooting option.
So, while both Jami and I are taking teams from the Carolinas she is going with the frontrunner and I am going with the longshot team that also gives OSU fans a legitimate reason to jump on board.
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Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports
Your (almost) daily dose of good-natured, Ohio State banter.
Everybody knows that one of the best parts of being a sports fan is debating and dissecting the most (and least) important questions in the sporting world with your friends. So, we’re bringing that to the pages of LGHL with our favorite head-to-head column: You’re Nuts.
In You’re Nuts, two LGHL staff members will take differing sides of one question and argue their opinions passionately. Then, in the end, it’s up to you to determine who’s right and who’s nuts.
Today’s Question: Who are you rooting for in the NCAA Women’s tournament now that Ohio State is out?
Jami’s Take: South Carolina Gamecocks
March Madness did not go according to plan for the Ohio State women’s basketball team, but there is still plenty of women’s basketball to be played.
The eyes of a nation seem to be on the Iowa Hawkeyes and Caitlin Clark, and for good reason: She has done a lot to put women’s basketball on the map. Many consider her the greatest to ever play women’s basketball at the collegiate level, and with that attention on her comes attention on a sport that was often lost in the shadow of men’s basketball’s funding, attendance, and attention. Earlier this season, she became the highest-scoring NCAA women’s basketball player in history (the highest scorer in collegiate basketball history is Pearl Moore, whose 4,061 points between 1975 and 1979 pre-date the NCAA’s sponsorship of women’s basketball).
She is a dynamic player, and it’s hard not to root for her. I’m looking forward to following her career in college and beyond. But Clark, for as impressive as she is (and she is mighty impressive), is not the only person making a name for themselves or women’s basketball.
So to that end, I find myself drawn to the South Carolina Gamecocks, where coach Dawn Staley has been building a dynasty.
I was a little torn here, only because I love a Cinderella story, and Duke—the 7-seed team who ended Ohio State’s run—is still in contention as the lowest-seeded remaining team. To some extent, the Buckeyes’ loss stings a little less if Duke goes far.
But what Staley has accomplished in South Carolina is a Cinderella story of sorts as well. Because women’s basketball is no stranger to dynasties—but historically, South Carolina wasn’t one of them.
UConn, whose 11 National Championships make it the team with the most titles in NCAA women’s basketball history, absolutely dominated throughout the early 2000s. They won 10 of those 11 titles between 2000-2016.
Before UConn (and even a bit during UConn’s run), Tennessee seemed to run the board more often than not, bringing in eight titles of their own throughout their program history.
No one else even comes close. Stanford and Baylor have three titles a piece, but UConn and Tennessee stand in a league of their own.
Unless Staley has a say.
Staley herself is a Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, with her name all over the record books in both regards. She is considered one of the 15 best players in WNBA history, has a 1996 Olympic gold medal, coached the US women’s national team, and is the first person to win the Naismith as both a player and a coach.
No one is more qualified to build a dynasty than Staley.
The road to victory wasn’t easy though—she built South Carolina’s program from the ground up. Since her arrival, the Gamecocks have become one of the steadiest, most dominant teams in NCAA women’s basketball. They’ve won two titles in the last eight seasons, were undefeated in the 2023 regular season (ultimately falling in the Final Four to the National Champion LSU Tigers), and they’ve had five Final Four appearances, three of them consecutively.
If anyone deserves to be counted among the UConns and the Tennessees of the women’s basketball world, it’s Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks, and I’m rooting for her to take it all the way to a third title this season.
Matt’s Take: Duke Blue Devils
Here’s the difference between me and Jami. She took the unquestioned No. 1 team in the country that hasn’t lost a single game this entire season and won the national title in 2022 as her pick, and I am taking the lowest remaining seed in the tournament.
Sure, some people might say that she is just a bandwagon fan hopping on the train that seems like it has the best chance of getting back to the station, I mean, I’m not saying that, but some people might be.
I, on the other hand, am taking the No. 7 Duke Blue Devils. Kara Lawson’s squad comes into the Sweet 16 as the only team seeded lower than No. 5 remaining in the tournament as they prepare to face off with the perennial women’s basketball powerhouse No. 3 UConn Huskies.
While I admit that it is difficult to think of any Duke basketball team as an underdog, in this situation, they absolutely are. But Buckeye fans know firsthand that they are quite capable of pulling the upset. Of course, rooting for the underdog is a March Madness tradition unlike any other, but when that underdog is also the team that knocked the squad you were rooting for out of the tournament, that makes it an even easier and more natural rooting option.
So, while both Jami and I are taking teams from the Carolinas she is going with the frontrunner and I am going with the longshot team that also gives OSU fans a legitimate reason to jump on board.
Let us know who you are agreeing with:
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