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Jamesgandle 13 Oct 2026, 9:05 am
Per Chad Simmons Miami leads for Brysen Wright, Asher Ghioto, and also got predicted to land the top OT in the class yesterday. I guess we weren’t expecting to get either of the first two but still interesting.

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305Buck 5 hours ago
As of the beginning of this month, Texas A&M’s insider said Ohio State is still the team with the buzz for Casey Barner behind the scenes. He said the same for Braylon Clark.
I think Georgia wisely knows this which is why they accepted a commitment from Nick Carroll.

Jamesgandle 4 hours ago
Right now I’d say we get Nash and Barner. Not sure if we will take a third.

BaltimoreBuck 3 hours ago
Penn State reported a month or so ago that they felt Brandon Murphy was also leaning Ohio State. If they take 3, my guess is it is Barner, and 2 of 3 of Flowers, Murphy and Nash.

BuckyKatt said:

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Hey, that's a Stargate! Don't you go sending Chase Herbstreit through a Stargate. But if you must, at least send him with some golden retrievers.

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305Buck 5 hours ago
As of the beginning of this month, Texas A&M’s insider said Ohio State is still the team with the buzz for Casey Barner behind the scenes. He said the same for Braylon Clark.
I think Georgia wisely knows this which is why they accepted a commitment from Nick Carroll.

Jamesgandle 4 hours ago
Right now I’d say we get Nash and Barner. Not sure if we will take a third.

BaltimoreBuck 3 hours ago
Penn State reported a month or so ago that they felt Brandon Murphy was also leaning Ohio State. If they take 3, my guess is it is Barner, and 2 of 3 of Flowers, Murphy and Nash.

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305Buck 5 hours ago
As of the beginning of this month, Texas A&M’s insider said Ohio State is still the team with the buzz for Casey Barner behind the scenes. He said the same for Braylon Clark.
I think Georgia wisely knows this which is why they accepted a commitment from Nick Carroll.

Jamesgandle 4 hours ago
Right now I’d say we get Nash and Barner. Not sure if we will take a third.

BaltimoreBuck 3 hours ago
Penn State reported a month or so ago that they felt Brandon Murphy was also leaning Ohio State. If they take 3, my guess is it is Barner, and 2 of 3 of Flowers, Murphy and Nash.

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305Buck 5 hours ago
Ohio State is also trending up for Jalen Flowers, Texas and Oklahoma were thought to be the leaders but have both fallen behind others.
Anyone we pair with Casey Barner is just icing on the cake.

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Jamesgandle 22 hours ago
Sounds like UGA has the slight lead for Gaige Weddle per Adam Gorney. I’d gladly let him go there if that means we get Casey Barner

BuckeyeNation27 said:

So he's calling the score with 30 seconds left plays? Interesting that he brought those with him, but he chose not to call them while with the Steelers.

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It's almost like this isn't the NFL. Which is why Will Howard is a college legend, and probably won't play a lick for the Steelers.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

How is this attributed to him?

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For the same reason that you'd be all over him if/when the results bear out the opposite.

The leaders get the blame and the scorn. Ryan gets more than Arthur.



This is not remotely complicated. People dared to say something nice about a buckeye coach turning things around on offense, and you took offense to that approach.

Why is this so personal to you? That's a great question, and what @Thump was getting at. But it sure is.


You're demanding nuanced dialogue and measured responses after scoffing at the idea of him deserving any credit here. It's not confusing in the slightest.


You want to keep him in the pittsburgh box. He might fail or thrive here, but it won't have anything to do with a professional league flooded with benchwarmers that are so talented that almost any of them transferring to OSU tomorrow would transform any unit on this buckeye team. It will be because of how he deploys these incomplete rosters against the other flawed ones at other schools.

Jeremiah has sort of ruined the normal WR procession. Normally, even when you are a 5 star like Henry, you have to pay your dues before you make plays. Jeremiah, it was like OK, week 1 freshman, you are our best player

Day may have a quandry this off season. Bowen is a great recruiter but the coaching leaves a lot to be desired.

The blocking needs to get better.

Maybe better recruits will show something. Not sure.

System_id said:

I mean did you watch 2 minute drills last year where the offense couldn’t even get lined up properly half the time? Who else would you attribute that to?

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Neat....another answer that would've been productive. I don't remember specifics like that from last year.........not saying I doubt you (for anybody reading this and deciding the secret meaning of what I'm really saying)....this just isn't something that stays in my memory a year after the fact when comparing to this year.

I am a huge fan of Art Smith. He isn't being appreciated enough from the fan base.

It seems like the offense keeps building on itself and showing some new looks and wrinkles every game.

The Oline and TE room have been suspect to bad with blocking so far and he seems to adjust accordingly.

I have no problem with the the offense being JJ centric because it is working.

Thump said:

What's up with the "Old Man yells at cloud" persona lately?

Seriously!

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Sorry. How am I supposed to respond when I'm being told I'm not really asking the question I'm asking.....I'm secretly OVERWHELMINGLY asking a different question?

What was said
The most impressive thing Smith has help in is with the Offense scoring six straight TDs to end the first half in the last minute of our first six games.

What I asked
How is this attributed to him?

What I didn't say, but some of you think I said
Yeah right, dipshit
No he didn't
Fuck you and your dog


So, oh decider of all things on BuckeyePlanet and knower of the secret hidden meanings behind questions, how would I be able to word my question to get a genuine answer of what is it that Arthur Smith is doing that leads to scoring TDs at the end of halfs? "Calling plays" doesn't really answer the question.....since every OC calls plays. Is it a philosophy? Is it HIS philosophy? Is it coincidental? Are there match ups that are being taken advantage of? Are we going no huddle? Do we script a handful of plays to quickly get chunk yards and hold on to them for when we get the ball with a minute or so? I actually want to know if this is a skill set of his, which would put a notch in the Pro column of the hire.

But we didn't get any of that conversation, because you and others assumed what I was really saying was "It's definitely NOT Arthur Smith and fuck you for thinking it is".

BuckeyeNation27 said:

How is this attributed to him?

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I mean did you watch 2 minute drills last year where the offense couldn’t even get lined up properly half the time? Who else would you attribute that to?

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gmen6981 said:

Yeah, I would call 26-8 against them since they joined the Conference pretty much owning them.

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And they haven't won back-to-back games since joining the conference, while we are on a current nine-game winning streak against them...

Thump said:

Bagmen

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Ours.

Thump said:

Have you not heard Jeremiah Smith's response to play-calling this year vs. last under Hartline?

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Nope. That would've been an answer to the question. It's not what I got though. Guess I'm not allowed to ask questions.

Gothmog8 said:

Just now catching up. Wow this 4 is good. Someone make sure he gets some touches.

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If he keeps that up, he could go in the 3rd or 4th round and be a quality WR3, or maybe WR2.

Man that guy is ridiculously good. I hope he has a great career.

BYU

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