Nobody of substance wants to play for Deion any more. He's assembling a low level CUSA team through the portal this time around

Captain Buckeye said:

Funny how we hear things and believe the hype. Just a small bit of information goes a long way i guess lol.

Would be nice to have Coleman but not for something nutty like 2-3 mil a year.

At least with Koi Perich he produced like an all big ten player so I can understand money for a player like that.

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Yeah, thats why once I saw LSU and Tenn pursuing him, I stopped even posting. Let them pay a few mil for a question mark. I dont blame the kid, but I wouldn't pursue further if Im OSU coaches. I'd pursue the Miami(OH) kid over him tbh

heisman said:

Doesn’t even seem like a Kiffin type dude.

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Might be why hes pursuing him

pnuts34 said:

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Doesn’t even seem like a Kiffin type dude.

Login to view embedded media Sure, blame the kids for hitting the Portal, but ignore the Coaches who are supposed to be the grown ups who leave the kids high and dry. And this coach is actually even in a position to win an NC and left. How do you expect kids to have any loyalty when these are supposed to be the mentors?

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Less than 10%. Same percentage as pre-NIL, old transfer rules. This is a whole new ball game.

Captain Buckeye said:

Who cares about efficiency if you’re scoring 12 more points a game. More opportunities = more points.

I’d rather score 42 points a game over 30 per game.

The change was because the defense only needed 21 points to win. I think there’s a world where you can have both the 42 points per game and a top 5 defense. 2019 proves you can have both the #1 offense and defense at the same time.

That’s not my expectation btw. That’s nuts to expect the best of both. But 30 points a game is a pretty far drop from where those early Ryan Day teams were.

We didn’t win it all last year because of our tempo. We won because we were experienced and very talented.

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I mean 2019 didn't win a natty lol.

Personally I just think it comes down to the OL needed to be WAY better and Sayin needing more experience. If the OL isn't getting blown up as soon as the ball is snapped, maybe Sayin sees Tate and Klare. If Sayin is a year older he may have been able to get the ball out so fast the pass rush wouldn't have mattered.

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So I went back one more year and looked at OC Ryan Day in 2018:

Year	FEI Offense	rank	plays per game	points per game	DFEI	rank
2018​	0.56​	4​	82.4​	42.4​	0.23​	44​
2019​	0.91​	3​	78.6​	46.9​	0.78​	2​
2020​	0.82​	4​	73.9​	41​	0.16​	45​
2021​	0.92​	1​	71.7​	45.7​	0.27​	33​
2022​	0.8​	4​	68.3​	44.2​	0.53​	12​
2023​	0.37​	14​	66​	30.2​	0.83​	2​
2024​	0.81​	1​	62.8​	35.7​	0.83​	1​
2025​	0.65​	9​	64​	30.6​	1.06​	1​

My opinion is that Day saw his defense suck royal ass for his first 4 years of being the sole play caller/OC. Now the question is did he go that fast because he had to?

Regardless, I see a guy who, after losing The Game 2021 and almost the Rose Bowl to Utah, said screw this and changed. Nothing happens in a vacuum, he changed coordinators but he also slowed the offense down.

I see 2022 on as 4 years of his new approach with 4 different QB's.

Two are really good, one is really bad, one is bad by OSU standards.

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Who cares about efficiency if you’re scoring 12 more points a game. More opportunities = more points.

I’d rather score 42 points a game over 30 per game.

The change was because the defense only needed 21 points to win. I think there’s a world where you can have both the 42 points per game and a top 5 defense. 2019 proves you can have both the #1 offense and defense at the same time.

That’s not my expectation btw. That’s nuts to expect the best of both. But 30 points a game is a pretty far drop from where those early Ryan Day teams were.

We didn’t win it all last year because of our tempo. We won because we were experienced and very talented.

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this can't happen in 2026

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The coaching staff had weeks to review and adjust from that game to see what was happening. Then we had Purdue be disruptive. Nothing changed. Then we had IU; nothing changed.

I understand Hartline had the offense and “day omg ceo” but you mean to tell me he didn’t see that film and think to
Himself “this will absolutely cause a loss” and I quite deeply about remediation and degree of improvement? It literally got worse as the schedule ramped up.

I’m not trying to sound pessimistic or whine but the more I think about it I’m really looking at Day on this one. Maybe now that you had issues for 3 games, then lost another 2, you’ll finally do something drastic about it after it cost you your season.

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Captain Buckeye said:

Is there a discussion somewhere else where we are discussing the transfer kids who are visiting?

Buckeyehuddle reporting La’Khi Roland from Maryland visiting this weekend. Started 6 games, had 3 INT, and a big corner at 6 foot 2.

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Yes,it’s in the OSU transfer portal thread in the Rumors section

I do think they needed to play faster, especially in the 2nd half, but more than that they needed a lot more short, quick passes in that game once it became clear they couldn't protect Sayin. All the shot plays they usually take and hit weren't going to be there and it didn't seem like there was much of an adjustment to their normal offense. Instead of the deep curls they always throw to Smith, throw him a quick slant and see if he can;t get some YAC. The play before the hold on Daniels, that deep out to Tate, that play had no chance.

Funny how we hear things and believe the hype. Just a small bit of information goes a long way i guess lol.

Would be nice to have Coleman but not for something nutty like 2-3 mil a year.

At least with Koi Perich he produced like an all big ten player so I can understand money for a player like that.