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MLB General Discussion (Official Thread)

Before the night started, i was rooting for a Cruz/Raleigh final, oh well. Raleigh is an absolute dog!

I need to know how long Cruz's shot in the 2nd round was, they didn't say anything official, but it seemed like it was further than his 513.

even my non sports interested wife took notice of that one. Good Lord that ball was smoked
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2025 tOSU Offense Discussion

I think this years offense will be better than last years if I’m being honest.

Offensive line should be better and deeper, WRs largely return, running backs obviously not quite as good, but the tight end room is far better.

An underrated part is how we seemed to figure out the run game late last year during our playoff run. We no more went with stretch but instead pounded teams with gap schemes. I think this will continue with a better and deeper OL which should give a player Peoples (who’s going to play with something to prove) room to run.

Then you have Smith to deal with who’s up to 225 at 6’4”. They couldn’t stop him last year so what will they do against a better version? Oh and btw Tate/Innis/Graham are standing next to him if it wasn’t hard enough to cover Smith.

Then once you’ve committed enough resources to stop the run, figured out a way to stop Smith, and stopped the other WRs now you have to deal with Klare at TE who’s the best receiving tight end in the country. Then btw can’t stop our run? Don’t worry it gets easier when we throw out Will and Bennet as blocking tight ends (arguably the better two blocking tight ends in the country).

If the QB doesn’t piss down their leg we will be better than last year. Literally all the QB has to do is complete 60+ % of their throws and don’t throw picks. Do that and it’s going to be very difficult for teams to stop this offense.
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LGHL Buckeye great Garrett Wilson gets a historic contract from the New York Jets

Buckeye great Garrett Wilson gets a historic contract from the New York Jets
Matt Tamanini
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All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.

Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.

Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.

You’re welcome!


On the Gridiron


Game of the Year: Ohio State vs. Penn State has all the makings to be the B1G’s best game
Michael Citro, Land-Grant Holy Land

Dominance restored at linebacker, James Laurinaitis is just getting started
Austin Ward, Lettermen Row

Caleb Downs Impactful Off The Field
Kevin Noon, Buckeye Huddle


The #Jets and star WR Garrett Wilson have reached an agreement to make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid WRs.

It’s a 4-year, $130M deal done by Jeff Nalley of @CAAFootball. pic.twitter.com/9aNokCiMul

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 14, 2025

Garrett Wilson gets his Jets payday with historic $130 million deal
Bridget Reilly, New York Post

Tracking Buckeyes on initial NFL training camp rosters
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row

The Tim 10: Ranking Ohio State Cornerbacks Coach Tim Walton’s 10 Best Bars From His 2024 Raps
Andy Anders, Eleven Warriors

Four burning questions for Buckeyes cornerback room
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row


Outside the Shoe and Schott


185 Buckeyes receive Big Ten Distinguished Scholars honors, including two Ohio State football players
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts


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Check out more information on how to become one.

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— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) July 14, 2025

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I cannot wait to watch this final table. What a thrilling Main Event it’s been so far.


We have reached the FINAL TABLE of the @WSOP Main Event!

Tune in Tuesday at 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET to witness poker history.

Watch LIVE on https://t.co/v5qF0qsSw4 pic.twitter.com/zsnuObOU95

— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 14, 2025

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Technology Gone Wild: Rise of the Machines

Meta announces plan to build multiple 5 gigawatt data centers the size of Manhattan to support AI. A 2 gigawatt center is planned for New Albany Ohio. If that’s how much power and real estate it takes to support AI in its current form, I’d say the technology has a scaling problem.

Just for reference, it only takes 1.21 gigawatts to travel through time, so we’re talking about a lot of juice here.

Does this mean that Meta AI will be able to time travel?
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LGHL Ohio State commits see ranking boost in latest update

Ohio State commits see ranking boost in latest update
Dan Hessler
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2026 four-star offensive tackle Sam Greer | via @Samgreer70 on X

The Buckeyes also hope to end the week with a BOOM.

Ohio State is a little more than a month away from the start of the 2025-2026 college football regular season, and the 2026 recruiting class is quickly coming to a close. The Buckeyes’ recruiting class is made up of 21 commitments, and the class is viewed as the No. 6 class by 247Sports, making for another impressive recruiting haul.

However, recruiting databases are constantly updating their rankings, and on Monday Rivals did just that when they released their updated Rivals300. With the newest update, multiple Ohio State commits saw their stock rise from the last update, and two commits in particular saw massive improvements in their rankings.

Four-star offensive tackle commit Sam Greer (Akron, OH / Archbishop Hoban) saw his stock rise to the No. 14 overall recruit from No. 96. The jump was the second-biggest jump in their newest update.

Almost just as impressive though was Ohio State four-star defensive end commit Khary Wilder (Gardena, CA / Junipero Serra), who went from being unranked all the way to No. 38 overall. Rivals is much higher than Wilder than most other recruiting databases but with the struggles Ohio State has had in recruiting the position, all of Buckeye Nation is hoping they know better than the others.


Biggest risers in the initial 2026 Rivals300 rankings

Read: https://t.co/0r1u7mM5W3 pic.twitter.com/2t5a1MEpxZ

— Rivals (@Rivals) July 14, 2025

Ohio State is not quite finished adding to the class, and there are just a few targets remaining. July has not been the kindest to the Buckeyes when it comes to recruiting, as the Buckeyes missed on all of their remaining defensive end targets and their top remaining offensive line target in Felix Ojo. However, they are hoping the back half of July will be kinder to them.

That will start this week as Ohio State three-star wide receiver target Jerquaden Guilford (Fort Wayne, IN / Northrop) will announce his commitment this Friday, July 18 and Ohio State appears to be the team to beat in this race once again. Guilford has had a roller coaster of a recruitment, at one point being committed to Penn State.

Guilford then decommitted from the Nittany Lions and Ohio State became the immediate favorites. Then Ole Miss became the favorites following a big NIL offer. Now, it appears the Buckeyes are once again the leaders in his recruitment, receiving crystal ball prediction over the weekend.


Crystal Ball Alert!

Ohio State has now received their 3rd Crystal Ball to land Jerquaden Guilford.

This is OSU 3rd CB this time made by Steve Wiltfong.

Position: Wide Receiver
Class: 2026
Ranking: #1 Recruit in the State of Indiana, 2026 Class
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana pic.twitter.com/VF8ybvsUOy

— Ohio State Football Recruiting (@OhioStateFBChat) July 13, 2025

Guilford is the No. 68 WR in the 247Sports Composite Rankings and is the No. 442 national prospect. He is also the No. 1 recruit out of Indiana.

Quick Hits​

  • Ohio State is reportedly having to fend off LSU for its the defensive centerpiece in its 2026 recruiting class, five-star safety Blaine Bradford. This all began when five-star ATH Lamar Brown committed to the Tigers last week, and Hayes Fawcett of On3 posted that Brown and LSU are pushing to flip Bradford.

Despite the recent rumors, Bradford has done nothing but state he is 100 percent committed to the Buckeyes, even shutting his recruitment down in April. He has also commented on Fawcett’s Instagram post hoping to shut down the rumors.


Five-Star ATH Lamar Brown committed to LSU yesterday & is already recruiting for the Tigers

Brown is pushing for a flip from Elite 2026 Ohio State commit Blaine Bradford

Can Lamar Brown & LSU pull off the flip and keep the elite in-state talent home?https://t.co/fjq7opXvf7 pic.twitter.com/RjZ0UvlBxw

— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) July 11, 2025
  • Ohio State is not only making recruiting headlines on the gridiron, as Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men’s basketball team also made news of their own Monday. Elite 2028 shooting guard Kameron Mercer announced that he will be taking an unofficial visit with Ohio State on Aug. 1. Mercer is already viewed as one of the top prospects in his class, and Ohio State will have plenty of competition for earning his commitment.

2028 5⭐️ Kam Mercer will take an unofficial visit to Ohio State on August 1st, sources told @LeagueRDY.

Mercer is a 6-foot-5 lefty guard who just wrapped up his freshman season of high school. He’s one of the top overall prospects in the ‘28 class.

#6 in the ESPN25. pic.twitter.com/JCVwAPViSd

— Sam Kayser (@KayserHoops) July 14, 2025

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