Jeremiah Smith's definitive statement on leaving Ohio State for the NFL was perfectly on brand for the Buckeyes star​

The Ohio State Buckeyes are at the top of the college football mountain after winning the National Championship last season. While this year's roster is much different, the fact that they produced three individuals on the cover of College Football 26 is telling that they're still to be feared.

Ohio State fans should be able to enjoy their top playmaker, Jeremiah Smith, for two more seasons. The NFL doesn't allow entrants into the NFL Draft until they've been out of high school for three years, which is great news for Buckeye fans, but bad for Smith, as he'll have to wait to get an NFL contract.

With the emergence of NIL, it's not as big of a deal as it was when Maurice Clarett sued the NFL two decades ago. That decision derailed his Ohio State career and NFL tenure.

Unlike Clarett, though, Smith has no plans of leaving the Buckeyes early or sitting out a season like Ja'Marr Chase did.

“I’m enjoying college,” Smith said. “I’m in no rush to go to the NFL.”

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Just sayin':

1) First it was "But I’m just all about the team first. I just want to win that big one, that national championship. That’s all I really care about. We’ve gotta repeat and win it again." and now it is “I’m in no rush to go to the NFL.”

2) Besides being (probably) the best player in college football, Jeramiah Smith is truly a "class act"

anxious to see what the Public Investment Fund decides to name this venture.

ScriptOhio said:

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A lot of SEC schools get criticized for their weak non-conference schedules year after year. It's refreshing that Kelly is looking to improve that by adding a Big Ten team to the schedule every single season. The Ohio State Buckeyes certainly have no issue playing SEC schools.

Ohio State is scheduled to play Texas, Georgia, and Alabama in home-and-homes in the next six years. They are clearly not afraid of these premier matchups, as they know it will help them prepare for Big Ten Conference games, as well as College Football Playoff games.
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He looks like he fell off a scissor lift.

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The 2025 Memorial Tournament presented by Workday Honoree is Barbara Nicklaus.

Ohio State football coach Ryan Day paired with two Alabama guys at Memorial​

The leader of the Ohio State football program was paired with a couple of Alabama guys during the Memorial Pro-Am.



Ryan Day has enjoyed this offseason as the head coach of the Ohio State football program. Coming off a national championship, his legacy is much different than it was just six months ago. Fans wanted him fired after the loss to TTUN. Now, he's on a Mount Rushmore of Ohio State coaches.

Day has done a good job of preparing his team for the 2025 season, in which he will have to defend the national championship. He feels good about what the team has in terms of talent to do this, but only time will tell. On Wednesday, he played golf with someone who knows a bit about that.

Ahead of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio, Day participated in the Pro-Am. He was paired with two Alabama legends. One was pro golfer Justin Thomas, who has two major championships. The other is Nick Saban, who is considered the greatest coach of all time.

Ohio State football coach Ryan Day paired with two Alabama legends​

Day can learn a thing or two walking the fairways with Saban about the pressures of playing after a national championship. Saban won six titles in his illustrious coaching career, so he knows exactly what Day is doing. If anyone can give him advice on how to handle the pressure, it's him.

This will be one of the few times this Spring in which Day has a day to relax. He is a pretty good golfer, so he should enjoy his time in Dublin. Once the round is done, he goes back to worrying about recruiting and how many big-time guys the Buckeyes can land.



Just sayin': I couldn't find the Pro-Am scores.....

buckeyemania11 said:

Avoided getting swept by the Dodgers

4-3 in this 7 game stretch (4 v DET 3 V LAD) is a win.

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Its been a challenging 2 weeks.

Zurp said:

Say the SEC does start to break away. But the Big Ten hesitates. Do any teams in the Big Ten leave to join the rebels, or is conference loyalty high enough that schools would rather stay in the Big Ten?

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I truly believe we're going to see both conferences work together on this. They need each other. Money will drive the path forward ....

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Texas Athletic Director Chris Del Conte Had No Interest in Moving Ohio State vs. Texas to Sunday: “I’ve Got to Go to Church”

Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte had no interest in creating a short week by moving Ohio State vs. Texas from Saturday to Sunday, adding, "I've got to go to church."

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Texas Athletic Director Chris Del Conte Had No Interest in Moving Ohio State vs. Texas to Sunday: “I’ve Got to Go to Church”​

"Why would I want to move the game to Sunday night and have a short week?" Del Conte asked. "I've got to go to church."

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"We would rather play at noon so Ohio State has less of a home field advantage"

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There is no way the SEC would be dumb enough to go first alone like that.

It hands the gun to the B1G to put to the SEC’s head.

“Oh you want us to come with you? I Don’t know…we’re pretty good over here with the NCAA. That is unless you had something to offer….”

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what would the SEC lose by moving away from the NCAA? how has the NCAA helped them, other than to try and institute rules to maintain fairness and parity. and it seems to me that fairness and parity aren't really what the SEC is all about, at least in the last 2 decades.

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He was said to have 2024 draft projections of second to sixth rounds.

Ex-Kansas State QB Howard picks Ohio State

Former Kansas State quarterback Will Howard told ESPN that he has verbally committed to transfer to Ohio State.

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Will Howard was ready to enter the NFL draft before the Ohio State Buckeyes came calling.

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this is also what i vaguely remember... something between 4th to 6th, hence his choice to come play for ryan day to improve his draft stock up to something perhaps in 3rd to 4th round.

and that's why, thinking back on it, that he went in the 6th after all of that seemed odd.

don't get me wrong... he was an integral part of getting us the natty, but i'm not sure how much it helped him in the end when it came to his nfl prospects.

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Dude's a clown. Bama lost to fucking Vanderbilt and a 6 win Oklahoma team. They coulda easily ended up with the same record with anyone elses P4 schedule.

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The fact that Brett McMurphy is sending the message along doesn't say much for Brett McMurphy. And I didn't think much of him, before this.
But I'll bite. Let's see how other people did against your opponents. I'll agree it isn't the same, but it's a start.

Western Kentucky - W - Western Kentucky went 8-4 before losing in their conference championship game and then the bowl game. And any team I look at on the schedule, if I say, "Is that a real team?" They lost to that team. So, 0 points for Alabama for this win.

South Florida - W - South Florida went 6-6. No real impressive wins. So, 0 points for Alabama.

Wisconsin - W - Usually one of the better teams in the Big Ten, they went 5-7. Sure, they lost to some good teams: Oregon, Penn State, Alabama, but they also lost to Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa. No real noticeable wins. 0 points.

Georgia - W - This one is impressive. Georgia only lost to Alabama and Notre Dame, and... somehow, Ole Miss. So, okay, 1 point.

Vanderbilt - L - I thought Vandy beat someone else. But I don't see it. Can I take a point away from Alabama for this one? I think I will.

South Carolina - W - I'll give them a point. South Carolina only lost to 3 teams in the regular season, and all were better than them. Maybe a half point? Meh - I'll go with full points. 1 point.

Tennessee - L - Tennessee only lost to Georgia and Arkansas. I'll say they get a point.

Missouri - W - Missouri only lost to 3 other teams - all better than Missouri. 1 point.

LSU - W - LSU also lost to Florida. LSU wasn't a dumpster fire, but not amazing. 1 point.

Mercer - W - Mercer?? You get no points for chicken shit Saturday games. Get out of here.

Oklahoma - L - You couldn't get a touchdown against Oklahoma, who couldn't get a touchdown against Texas. I'm taking another point away.

Auburn - W - 0 points for this. Alabama was better and so was half of the teams in the P4 conferences.

They got a total of 3 points. If other people had played your schedule, they're going to have a tough time getting out of Georgia with a win, and many would have trouble getting through Tennessee, Missouri, LSU with 2 wins. But I think most of the Top 10 is coming out at 10-2, 9-3 at worst (with a win over Vandy).

Ohio State football team could face an SEC team every year if one coach gets his way​

One SEC coach is proposing that the league play a Big Ten team in a non-conference game every year.

The Ohio State football program does a pretty good job of scheduling at least one premier non-conference game a season. Last year was one of the few seasons in which that didn't happen, but they make up for that in 2025 with Texas coming to play the Buckeyes in the Shoe.

Other Big Ten teams don't take the same approach to scheduling, which is disappointing. Texas has taken that approach now that they are in the SEC, which is nice to see. They will play Michigan and Ohio State in back-to-back seasons in regular-season games.

LSU head coach Brian Kelly wants to see this happen more often. In fact, he wants the Big Ten and SEC to have games every single season. He is proposing that the SEC move to a nine-game conference schedule and that the Big Ten and SEC schedule one non-conference game against each other.

The Ohio State football team would play the SEC every year in Brian Kelly's proposal​

In Kelly's proposal, the Buckeyes would be playing an SEC team in the regular season every single year. It would certainly create more excitement for college football fans across the country if both conferences were able to commit to a scheduling model like this.

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A lot of SEC schools get criticized for their weak non-conference schedules year after year. It's refreshing that Kelly is looking to improve that by adding a Big Ten team to the schedule every single season. The Ohio State Buckeyes certainly have no issue playing SEC schools.

Ohio State is scheduled to play Texas, Georgia, and Alabama in home-and-homes in the next six years. They are clearly not afraid of these premier matchups, as they know it will help them prepare for Big Ten Conference games, as well as College Football Playoff games.
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Smith hauled in 76 receptions for 1,315 yards and 15 touchdowns in his first college football season, shattering all of Ohio State's freshman receiving records and helping guide the Buckeyes to a national championship victory. He collected 381 receiving yards and five touchdowns in four College Football Playoff games.

A Heisman Trophy campaign is more than on the table for Smith. Only five wide receivers have ever won college football's most prestigious award, but two-way Colorado player Travis Hunter (2024) and Alabama's DeVonta Smith (2020) made it two Heisman winners in the last five years at the position.

"I definitely want to win it," Smith said. "But I’m just all about the team first. I just want to win that big one, that national championship. That’s all I really care about. We’ve gotta repeat and win it again."

Reimagining What Ohio State’s National Championship Run Could Have Looked Like Under New College Football Playoff Seeding Format​

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Just sayin': Probably would have had to play Arizona State, Texas, Georgia, and Oregon in that order as opposed to Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame.

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This is...interesting. Not sure why the hell Texas would have any say here?

If the game does get moved, the FOX lackey's in here are gonna be in shambles

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Texas Athletic Director Chris Del Conte Had No Interest in Moving Ohio State vs. Texas to Sunday: “I’ve Got to Go to Church”​

"Why would I want to move the game to Sunday night and have a short week?" Del Conte asked. "I've got to go to church."

Zurp said:

Say the SEC does start to break away. But the Big Ten hesitates. Do any teams in the Big Ten leave to join the rebels, or is conference loyalty high enough that schools would rather stay in the Big Ten?

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Without knowing details of it, I’d think conference tv revenue contracts are the tie that binds in that scenario.

No such thing as loyalty in my experience. It’s about power and self interest at the organizational level (individual level too for that matter)

Avoided getting swept by the Dodgers

4-3 in this 7 game stretch (4 v DET 3 V LAD) is a win.

Jaxbuck said:

“Oh you want us to come with you? I Don’t know…we’re pretty good over here with the NCAA. That is unless you had something to offer….”

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Say the SEC does start to break away. But the Big Ten hesitates. Do any teams in the Big Ten leave to join the rebels, or is conference loyalty high enough that schools would rather stay in the Big Ten?

Mike80 said:

Meh. Noon 7PM or midnight, just play the fucking game.

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Exactly

As long as it ain’t on Peacock. What a fkn worthless dtream.

RuGettinIt said:

Throwing this out there based on the SEC announcement regarding leaving the NCAA.

Does anyone see/think that Michigan would just ignore any sanctions handed down by the NCAA and/or potentially take it to court, citing the fact that the NCAA has no standing?

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With Ono in charge, it would have been 100% We'll see now. Remember that their board has to actually consider what the t-shirts want and at least one of them was a grandstanding supporter of Ono and Harbaugh. So, the chance won't be zero.

He was said to have 2024 draft projections of second to sixth rounds.

"You wonder what would have happened if other people would have faced our difficulties" said no leader of any merit ever.

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Michigan is a member of the NCAA- thus they signed a legal contract to obey NCAA rules and accept NCAA decisions/penalties.

College sposrts and the NCAA is a symbiotic relationship. Both need the other. Scary to note that the SEC is threatening to leave
the NCAA. NIL needs boundaries and no one school or conference should be the author of those rules.

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Well they have shown that they aren’t cooperative so far. Wouldn’t be the first time a contract was broken or went to litigation, especially in current times.

I do see the NCAA going away in the not so distant future unless they can find a way to make themselves more relevant in the modern CFB era we have entered. They haven’t been useful in the NIL rules definitions.

The thought of the BIG and the SEC breaking away in the future is not so far fetched.