Looks like decision day is tomorrow

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Guy showed nothing this year. I doubt he'd clear a million had he left.

BB73 said:

If you get the ball first and end the half with the ball, you get +1 in that half.

But in the other half the other team gets the ball first and the best you can do it make the number even (barring an onside kick).

So I just don’t see the 2-possession difference,

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Team A gets the opening kick, holds it for 30 minutes and scores.
Team B gets second half kick off, punts
Team A takes possession, holds end of game
Team A 2 possessions, Team B 1

(Back to the math of IU and OSU. if IU gets a 10-9 edge in possessions it projects to be 25-20, not 25-23 if both teams get 10. Margin increases by playing to take away the extra possession.)

Chop it up however you want inside of that, the ability to be +1 is clear. Then you layer in the context of gaining mor points per possession than the other team because you are more skilled.

Now, real world football, the more skilled team has the larger per possession delta and by the mid 3rd quarter, early 4th quarter the lesser team is behind and has to play very predictably. It is clear to anyone paying attention that the lesser skilled team is running out of possessions.

The increase in win % by even 1 extra possession is worth the downside to the strategy of winning by efficiency and that does not capture the increase in win % when the last 2-3 possessions of the game are do or die, have to try and go fast, pass only constrained nightmares for the opponent.

Captain Buckeye said:

Anyway back to offense- what will be intriguing is what we do along the OL. I’d really like to see Austin moved back to RG and I think with Moore at LT we can do that.

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That’s ideal, but unless they take a portal OT, they’ll need him at RT.

Carter Lowe and Justin Terry are the only other tackles on the roster and they’ll probably need another year.

Alabama starting DL James Smith has entered the portal and has triggered Bama fans into a full on meltdown

I thought Golden's butt was as good as gone.

Here is stats at UCF, apparently he redshirted (i.e. medical issue) in 2024-2025:

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Per 11W: Walker finished the season as the Golden Knights' top run defender, according to Pro Football Focus, earning an 82.9 grade. His overall grade for the year was 74.1.

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Login to view embedded media Miami was hoping to get him. Welp

Captain Buckeye said:

Wait I thought Kentucky got the ASU QB?

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Nope, he was favored to go there. And then they pursued the Minchey kid instead

osuvictory1 said:

Apparently he was unhappy, but why?

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I think he was unhappy that a true frosh beat him out for more PT. And also I had heard of maturity issues off the field. Idk specifics, but that's what was said on multiple pods

That original weight needs updating lol… he’s 324 pounds now.

Quite literally a huge pickup. Very big need to land someone in the middle with some size.

Bborg140 said:

Not that it changes much, but I believe my total was 17.

Jax St. 3.5
Miami, FL 3.5
Penn St. 3.5
Virginia 6.5

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He's screwing up all the scores

RB07OSU said:

This is not one of the good transfers. There is some general fallout after the way the season ended and some guys were going pro regardless, but there will end up being quite a few transfers that the staff didn't want. Scott is as good as gone from what I understand and we would have relied on him heavily next year, but now we're scrambling in the portal to find comparable talent that is far from guaranteed.

I wish Aaron nothing but the best, but hopefully the staff can stop the bleeding on remaining players eligible to return.

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Apparently he was unhappy, but why?

Been back barely 2 days from a 2 week holiday break and realizing why I just want to retire. I just can’t deal with the stupidity anymore

Huge pickup!