The offer from the Buckeyes resonated with the Rivals300 defender, who is eyeing a visit to Columbus this spring ahead of his official visit in May.
“The offer from Ohio State blew my mind because, of course, I went from zero offers to having one of the most prestigious programs in college football in two weeks,” Nelson said.
“I plan to grow my relationship with Coach (James) Laurinaitis. We have been on the phone and I can’t wait to get down there and check out the city, the facilities and spend time with the staff. Ohio State is a prestigious program — a top-15 academic program in the country. At Ohio State, you have the ability to go and compete for a national championship year after year. This offer showed me where I could go with football.”

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Fungo Squiggly said:

Dropping $150k (almost double the US median household income) to pay for a party for a bunch of millionaires certainly is a choice.

Not that it’s a bad thing to do, but I’m going to hold my vote on “philanthropist of the year” for someone supporting a slightly more worthwhile cause.

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Pat McAfee opens up about his $85 million ESPN leap

Pat McAfee’s deal with ESPN is for five years and around $85 million, The Post has learned.

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Said he came in at 373 and is now down to 348 and belly is gone. Said he's on a diet so he doesn't go out to eat. Said when he came in he could bench 225 22 times and now is close to 30 reps.

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Also said Cincere looks waaay different now. Like a mini Arvell. Just shook his head and said wait until you see him. Made it sound like he's grown and also leaned up at the same time it's pretty wild. Perez said "my guy got big."

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Skull Session: Ross Bjork Says Ohio State is Still Planning to Renovate the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, Joel Klatt Ranks Ryan Day As the Second-Best Coach in College Football

Ross Bjork says Ohio State is still planning to renovate the Woody Hayes Athletic Center, and Joel Klatt ranks Ryan Day as the second-best coach in college football.

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Jaxbuck said:

Is the hard count 6?

If that is the case then I'd suggest a mix of 3 counting stats and 3 rate stats to make it balanced. @heisman and @Ahiacitian have said everything about the categories, stats and how they play out that anyone can say.

I'd maybe ask it this way before we get going and still have plenty of time: what are we trying to accomplish? Then the stats in each category are just how. I would also set the realistic expectation of; you can't get it perfect. There are unintended consequences and ways to manipulate the rules no matter what you do.

It sounds like there is frustration with streaming players (pitchers mostly) and the over importance of middle relievers. I agree that those two things are heavy in this league but I'll make the case they are the shock absorber/equalizer for those with less talent/skill/experience in drafting.

At the end of the day, this is supposed to have an entertainment aspect to it and I think this is the real balance that needs to be struck/decision made on what you are trying to do. I see a normal kind of distribution curve here 2-3 guys who are really up on fantasy baseball and draft well, a bunch of dudes in the middle who are into it and get it but just are not into it at that top level followed by 2-3 dudes who will just be present to field a team to make the league have enough teams.

That group in the middle is largely about entertainment value/having fun with this so if you clamp down too hard on the streaming and all that you are swinging the pendulum toward drafting skill. If that's what you want to do then fine, but I think 80+% of the league will fall behind and if they can't be as active in the day to day, just sit there and do nothing.

I'm with you either way and I love a good discussion about stats and doing stuff differently but I want to make sure I say my piece on the overall entertainment part. Too far toward draft and hold (in season) is going to be no bueno for a bunch of casual guys I think but who knows?

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