DZ83CK said:

Maybe Bruce's thread title can get updated for being a 4-time team captain? Rare achievement. He doesn't really have a nickname, but in my mind he's our Captain's captain.

Also, it could be any game now that Bruce breaks the OSU all-time career scoring record. He is now 29 points behind Dennis Hopson (30 to be outright #1) and averaging 20 per game. If he has average scoring performances at PSU and vs IU, he projects to break the scoring record at home on Senior Day vs IU (which is also the Bruce Thornton bobblehead game).

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Maybe Bruce's thread title can get updated for being a 4-time team captain? Rare achievement. He doesn't really have a nickname, but in my mind he's our Captain's captain.

Also, it could be any game now that Bruce breaks the OSU all-time career scoring record. He is now 29 points behind Dennis Hopson (30 to be outright #1) and averaging 20 per game. If he has average scoring performances at PSU and vs IU, he projects to break the scoring record at home on Senior Day vs IU (which is also the Bruce Thornton bobblehead game).

buckeyemania11 said:

Could see the first 4 eventually becoming the first 8 and being played the weekend before the 1st round starts. I'm not sure we will ever see much more of a significant expansion though.

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That's probably the next step but I don't think we're that far off from it. Probably ~5 years or so.

Mike80 said:

The tournament will expand when TV wants it to expand. The TV execs would LOVE to add another weekend to the tournament somehow.

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Could see the first 4 eventually becoming the first 8 and being played the weekend before the 1st round starts. I'm not sure we will ever see much more of a significant expansion though.

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The tournament will expand when TV wants it to expand. The TV execs would LOVE to add another weekend to the tournament somehow.

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I think Santa Clara is going to have to at least get to the WCC final to really be in serious final consideration for a spot.

It's going to be really annoying if the MWC somehow ends up getting 3 teams. San Diego State belongs nowhere near the dance unless they can win the MWC tourney.

I know it's popular to crap on Miami Ohio for playing absolutely nobody. But I'd MUCH rather see them get a crack than some completely mediocre power conference teams like Auburn, Va Tech and Cal.

MPhillips said:

Pre Seeds

Big Ten Releases Pre-Seeds For 2026 Conference Tournament

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Davino 3rd behind Blaze and Byrd.
Cannon 7th LOLOLOLOL.
Blaze behind Caliendo.
Haines the two seed.

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I'm not familiar with the process, but seems very convoluted....so wrestlestat comes out with the pre-seeds, and then coaches can challenge these? Why go through that whole process....just let the coaches rank, send it in, spit it out. Just feels like an odd process. I'd think OSU would challenge on Cannon and it'd bump him up a bit.

buckeyemania11 said:

Good to see the NCAA going after the real issues

Pants length

NCAA Eyes Changes to Targeting, Pants Length Rules in 2026

The long-criticized targeting procedure could be in line for tweaking.

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Woody1968 said:

The only Iowa QB I remember is the one who had the hot mom.

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Vandenburg

Woody1968 said:

The only Iowa QB I remember is the one who had the hot mom.

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The only one I remember is Chuck Long and that was back in the 80s......

Lots of kids reclass, it’s no big deal.

It may end up catching up with him in time, but considering that his body likely would not decline while at tOSU, who gives a rip. If the kid can play, give him a helmet.

Jurors deadlock, judge declares mistrial in Miami football murder case​

A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the murder trial of former Miami Hurricanes player Rashaun Jones, accused of the shooting of teammate Bryan Pata in 2006.

About an hour after the six jurors began their second day of deliberations, Florida 11th Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda came into the courtroom to address the attorneys, reading a statement from the jurors: "At this point we are deadlocked with no one willing to move." Miranda instructed them to keep trying, but after about another hour, they again said they could not render a verdict.

Afterward, one jury member who asked to remain anonymous told ESPN that only one of the six jurors wanted to convict Jones.
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Alvarez said the defense will "certainly try" to introduce new evidence at a retrial. Miranda, who ruled against most defense motions regarding other possible theories in the case, apparently would preside once again.

Pata's brother Edwin spoke for the victim's family saying, "Bryan would want us to continue to press, to continue to fight, to continue to stay strong, and that's what we're going to do.
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Would be nice to get a top 8 seed an avoid Wednesday

Mapping out the optimal realistic scenario for OSU to finish the regular season ...

1) OSU wins their last two (favored in both)
2) UCLA splits their last two (Huskers FTW!)
3) Iowa loses at least one of two (underdogs in both)

In this scenario, OSU would manage to be the #7 seed in the Big Ten tournament. Head-to-head the tiebreaker would give OSU a seeding advantage over UCLA. It would be a significant advantage to be the #7 and play the #2 (Sparty/Huskers) instead of having to face UM. Right now OSU would be the #9 seed due to losing the tiebreaker with Iowa, you don't want to be below #8 because that means playing on Wednesday. #7 and #8 don't play their first games until Thursday. As if we needed more reasons for OSU to take PSU seriously as a must-win type of game ...