Tanner said:

Obviously disappointing to not get DGG. I agree with Birm and Ward that one guy won't make or break a recruiting class---that said, if we had Bijan Robinson in 2022 we would have beat Georgia and won a title.

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But OSU still won an NC 2yrs later without him.

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

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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.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

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We are dooooomed.

calibuck said:

Certainly Thump, but you might want to add a dash of catholicism and legacy into the pot as well....History is one thing that Oregon cannot simply buy with their Nike money.

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Bagmen

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Oh good. Now everybody will be doing all the same inane dumbshit instead of their own inane dumbshit. Maybe this will make it easier to filter out from existence.

Just kidding. This world is fucked.

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Welcome to the team brother

pnuts34 said:

Login to view embedded media When one of the podcaster shills switches from being on your side, thats never good

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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.

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Demanding answers
Holding people accountable

I love it. Be the change you want to see in the world

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.

Certainly Thump, but you might want to add a dash of catholicism and legacy into the pot as well....History is one thing that Oregon cannot simply buy with their Nike money.

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.

Even w/o DGG, the RBs will be very young. Feisty certainly, and a true soph that ran for 1000+ yards right out of the gate? I see three back-ups that appear to be talented as well, and all wanting on the field. Good place to be. Only thing missing is that battle-tested 'gotta get this first down' attitude that has been proven. Would imagine that the RB coach(s) have shown film of previous tOSU great RBs, in order to instill in current RBs 'how it's done'. We'll see how they react when they get smashed by a DL, and whether they get up, huddle up, and run right at that DL guy once more. All of this will help prove their worth to the Buckeye fortunes on the field. My hunch is that there are three of the four that will exhibit these winning traits. Just a hunch, nothing solid behind it.

Obviously disappointing to not get DGG. I agree with Birm and Ward that one guy won't make or break a recruiting class---that said, if we had Bijan Robinson in 2022 we would have beat Georgia and won a title.

Day doesn’t look happy. I like it.

gmen6981 said:

These two things are not the same.

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In the NIL era they are...

Login to view embedded media Yeah, I wouldn't be happy at all if I was a current Vol RB, or a Vol player in general. The coaches just told your team that a HSer is more important than the whole team

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