League has been renewed. If you don't plan on playing this season, please let me know. Also please post any dates in August that absolutely don't work for a draft... will try to accommodate.

Gizmo said:

I don't like the system, but I'm not for wage control, I'm for contracting. Lock the players into some kind of years of service requirements and punishments/payback for reneging on them; Limit NIL benefits to once ever, "sure you can transfer schools, but you already got your NIL money, so you can't go chase more money" etc.

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Up to this point it’s been a private citizen and a private business engaging in a contractual relationship. You can put whatever clawback provisions in there you want to.

The market decides on how attractive those clawbacks are however. OSU has clawbacks, Oregon money is fully guaranteed? Guess where kids might be going. Probably why we haven’t heard of them being a major sticking point for anyone. No one can out them in if everyone doesn’t put them in.

One also would wonder (yeah, guess maybe only me?) which school might include graduate admission (medical, legal, business, ?) as an incentive? A well-paying job for mom and/or dad certainly, especially to the tweener in playing ability might move the needle one way or another. For a player truly looking to the future, this grad school incentive would be special.

DaiMonMoore said:

Lost 3 games a year and tOSU basically faded from any type of national presence. Because he's a mediocre coach.

tOSU has been a national player almost every year since 1993. Thanks to Cooper.

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Ok.

In the immortal words of Yogi, 'it ain't over, until it's over'. Again, the question is how much money does it take to overtake the hometown/state advantage? Wonder if tOSU will take a run at this guy, as LJsr might be getting a bit desperate. Also wonder how much pressure Day puts on him to 'keep up' with his other recruiters? Can visualize this year as being the turning point, what with an entire new DL, which will see how well LJsr does with these players. But have learned (?) not to underestimate LJsr, who appears to be the energizer bunny of coaches.

Believe back in the day of 85 scholarship limit, was a much bigger issue than today, when shall we say, total # is liquid? Heard that coaches do sit down and pour over the positions, and position coaches talk about who's coming up, who's riding even, and who's not holding up their position, and might be when 'the talk' occurs, re playing time (now include NIL $). Have also read that position coaches start with the current players, and project them as to where their ceiling (?) may be, before the current/future recruiting season starts (that point in time is very blurred these days).

Mahomes was caught on the kiss cam snuggling up to a ref at a Coldplay concert!

He is playing at Allen, TX high school this season. Possibly the largest high school in the state.

Ohio State: Fires Jim Tressel

TSUN: Offers Harbaugh a ten year extension with an immunity clause for any ncaa violations

These two things are not the same.

DaiMonMoore said:

tOSU has been a national player almost every year since 1993. Thanks to Cooper.

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Thanks to Chic Harley/Francis Schmidt/Paul Brown/Woody Hayes/Archie Griffin/Numerous Others.

FIFY

I don't like the system, but I'm not for wage control, I'm for contracting. Lock the players into some kind of years of service requirements and punishments/payback for reneging on them; Limit NIL benefits to once ever, "sure you can transfer schools, but you already got your NIL money, so you can't go chase more money" etc.

Jaxbuck said:

Earle went 5-4 in The Game.

Cooper couldn’t win it even after the excuses about the roster he inherited were far in the past.

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Lost 3 games a year and tOSU basically faded from any type of national presence. Because he's a mediocre coach.

tOSU has been a national player almost every year since 1993. Thanks to Cooper.