I love when you cheat so hard you have a 6 figure budget but it really didn't do anything. It didn't help. Maybe if the budget is doubled it would have won some games

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I'm on vacation at the beach this week. I've seen a group of tweens playing 2 hand touch beach football that were more physically talented than what they had at QB last year.

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But did you see them do any spin passes?

Good to see that the dear leaders in the scUM media sphere are still going with the "Lol it was just people in the stands with iphones!" defense.

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Holy lord.....

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I can't. I can't even.

"it’s not clear if his mom sitting in a stadium breaks the rules”

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Michigan does not have a live mascot comparable to Ohio's Brutus Buckeye. The Athletic Department has steadfastly maintained that such a symbol is unnecessary and undignified and would not properly reflect the spirit and values of Michigan athletics. Over the years a number of individuals and groups have proposed mascots in a variety of wolverine costumes but the department has refused to sanction them. Instead, it continues to rely on the wolverine itself as the symbol of Michigan sports.
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As early as 1861, the students and alumni began referring to themselves as "Wolverines." How the ferocious animal came be associated with the state and adopted as the university mascot remains a bit of a mystery, but there are several theories.

Fielding Yost set out to find a wolverine in 1923, after seeing Wisconsin carry live badgers along with its football team. Yost's desire met with difficulty, as the coach had problems finding a dealer of live wolverines. After a letter to 68 trappers yielded no mascot for his team, Yost expanded his wish to any wolverine, alive or dead.

Yost was finally able to obtain a mounted wolverine from the Hudson's Bay Fur Company in the fall of 1924. Captain Bob Brown posed with taxdermied wolverine on Ferry Field in 1925, improbably holding the ferocious critter on a leash.



Yost's quest for a live wolverine would continue.

In 1927, 10 wolverines were obtained from Alaska and placed in the Detroit Zoo. On big football days, two of these wolverines were brought into Michigan Stadium and carried around in cages.


Bennie and Biff on display at the dedication of Michigan Stadium, 1927

However, the animals grew larger and more ferocious, and as Yost stated, "It was obvious that the Michigan mascots had designs on the Michigan men toting them, and those designs were by no means friendly." Therefore, the practice of bringing wolverines into the stadium had to be discontinued after only one year. However, one of the wolverines was not returned to the Detroit Zoo. Instead, "Biff" was put in a cage at the University of Michigan Zoo where students were able to visit him at all times. It is not known how long Biff survived or remained at the campus zoo, but by the the late 1930s Yost was in search of a new wolverine mascot.
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buckeyemania11 said:

Underwood is definitely more physically talented than what they had at QB last year, but it wouldn't shock me if their offense is actually worse this season.

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I'm on vacation at the beach this week. I've seen a group of tweens playing 2 hand touch beach football that were more physically talented than what they had at QB last year.

'Hoosier the Bison' is Back! Indiana Announces Mascot's Return For Season Opener​

He wasn't on the field, but "Hoosier the Bison" remained in the hearts of Indiana Hoosiers fans for generations. And now, he's back. Indiana announced on Tuesday that Hoosier the Bison will return as the school's official mascot.

Hoosier will be back for the 2025-26 academic season. with his first appearance coming in Indiana's' 2025 college football season opener against Old Dominion on Aug. 30.

In December 2024, the Indiana University Student Body Congress passed the "Bring Back the Bison Act." A Bison has historically been a state symbol for Indiana, with Hoosier the Bison debuting in 1966 but then being asked to leave after 1969.

Hoosier the Bison is returning to Bloomington at a time when Indiana sports are on the upswing. On the gridiron, the Hoosiers are coming off an 11-2 season highlighted by the program's first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff in Curt Cignetti's first year as head coach.
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brodybuck21 said:

1 draft pick??

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Yea, I mean the team was awful so that was about expected. Still sad that Cincinnati had more players drafted than us (2) though.

1 draft pick??

Bill Lucas said:

Exactly. I'd rather build the lines from tansfers than overpay for freshman who will transfer before they play.

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We have already shown that we can utilize the transfer portal very well when it comes to OL. '

Obviously you don't want to be building whole lines from the portal, but a guy or two here and there to bridge the gaps works very well when executed properly.

Exactly. I'd rather build the lines from tansfers than overpay for freshman who will transfer before they play.

cmstophe said:

Gonna need a monster 27 cycle based on all the misses in 26.

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All the "misses" and we still have a top 5 class in 26 when it comes to player average. Only Bama LSU and Oregon are higher.

Buckeneye said:

QB might not always be the engine to the vehicle, but they are always the steering wheel. And we're breaking in a new one. That much couldn't have been said last year as Howard was a previous multi year starter at a D1 school.

Therein lies the difference - we had starting experience under center, now we have a passer who has taken less than a handful of snaps in his entire career. Combine that with the loss of RB talent and the shift in OCs, I fully expect some growing pains.

Surrounding talent is fantastic, no reasonable mind will argue against it. Sans the Center, the two spots that handle the ball the most are traffic light green.

Could this offense be better than 2024 by season's end? Absolutely. But it takes some serious rose colored glasses to believe they'll come out of the gate firing.

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DaddyBigBucks said:

Agree with this completely

How long it takes the offense to come around is an open question. Best case scenario is a replay of '21, offensively speaking (I always speak offensively)

In '21 we had a new albeit promising quarterback. It took him all of one half to get going at Minnesota. After that, when he was healthy and the other team was playing by the same rules, no one could keep pace with the Buckeye offense in spite of the defense being #38 in the country in scoring D.

For those who are about to tell me that it is delusional to expect a replay of '21, let me point you back to what I said all of 3 sentences ago: This is the best case scenario (i.e. not my expectation).

The Buckeyes frequently deliver more than we have any right to expect. Very few teams could even joke about leading the country in scoring offense when they have a brand new quarterback, but the Buckeyes have done it before. They might do it this year; they probably won't. All I'm asking is that we remember 2021 during the first half against Texas.

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Really is just a question of how the QB performs. If they’re moderately successful this offense should do great. If the QB is elite we can be a top 5 offense no problem with the weapons we have.

Gonna need a monster 27 cycle based on all the misses in 26.