calibuck said:

Have been around the block several times, and so much that my brain gets muddled. Help me understand/remember: How come ND is treated as the second coming. Agree they've got a faithful attendance/tv crowd, but how the bloody hell do they continue to get such preferential treatment? They've got their own TV deal, and the playoff rules are constantly bent to favor ND getting in. They don't have to join a conference, but play in the ACC, although they're not eligible for the league playoff. They (IMHO) were second tier football program for past 15-20 years, but were still treated like rock stars (they were not). Can someone please put me out of my misery, and cogently explain 'how come'? There's gotta be others out there that are questioning this very same thing....PS, when daughter and family toured Northwestern, she heard someone say they were going to ND the next day. She asked if we could as well, pointed out that the next day we were touring tOSU, but if she went there, her grandfather would turn vertical flips in his grave. Thanks in advance.

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You haven't taught at a Catholic high school, have you? Also, large parts of NYC, Boston, Philly, and Chicago are full of ND "subway alums." Something like Walmart Michigan fans, but far greater in number. And they all own TV sets.

Miami lands four-star athlete A'mir Sears for 2027 class​

Four-star athlete A'mir Sears, ESPN's top uncommitted prospect in the 2027 cycle, gave his pledge to Miami on Friday, landing as the top-ranked member of coach Mario Cristobal's latest recruiting class.

Big Ten, SEC support college sports bill, reviving Senate chances​

The Big Ten and SEC agreed Friday night to support a Senate bill that seeks to regulate college sports, ending a breakneck week of negotiations and pulling the bipartisan measure out of what looked like a certain death spiral.

School presidents from both conferences voted to back the bill after receiving last-minute concessions over language regarding third-party name-image-likeness deals and the so-called "associated entities" that often broker those arrangements between players and schools.

More details need to be worked out, but the bill still has a chance to earn the 60 votes it needs to halt debate and head to an up-or-down vote before the Senate heads for summer break next Friday.

The summer recess is increasingly looking like an intractable deadline for the Protect College Sports Act, a bipartisan effort headed by Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

After the conferences, which had balked at large sections of the bill, put out a short release announcing they supported the act "as currently drafted," Cruz put out a short statement on social media thanking the leagues and saying: "Let's save college sports."

Cantwell said: "Good. Now progress can be made in protecting women and Olympic athletes and moving the legislation closer to the President's desk."

President Donald Trump, who has also been seeking fixes for an industry that now pays its players millions, got involved late Thursday, which helped push the parties back to the negotiating table.

Cody Campbell, the Texas Tech regent who has played a big role in shaping this policy, called the SEC and Big Ten support "a major breakthrough that moves us closer to a Senate vote -- and a better future" for college sports.

Increased salary cap, new language entice holdout leagues
The most groundbreaking part of the reworked deal is the $27.5 million that schools would be allotted to retain players, in addition to the $21.3 million cap that already exists.

It could represent a major reworking of the House settlement -- the groundbreaking agreement that governs paying players. The idea is that the extra money will take the place of payments from "associated entities" that were allowed above and beyond the $21.3 million cap. It was those payments that, many schools complained, obliterated any idea of a cap or controlled cost.

The SEC and Big Ten sought stronger language in the bill to guarantee that any third-party deals are truly outside deals and not coming from the schools' multimedia-rights partners, which currently arrange the majority of those deals.

Among the questions still unanswered are whether the new cap will comport with the House settlement, which had specific instructions about the hard cap (22% of a certain part of athletic department revenues, which equals $21.3 million this season).

Also, what would happen to the College Sports Commission, the main NIL enforcement arm that spends the bulk of its time analyzing third-party NIL deals that would be greatly reduced under this arrangement?
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Compromise comes on a day where NCAA loses two more court rulings

Almost everyone involved in college sports agrees that the status quo isn't working.

The news broke only hours after the NCAA lost a pair of key court cases involving its new rule that would give most Division I athletes five years to complete five seasons of eligibility.

Using those losses as another chance to urge for passage of the bill, NCAA president Charlie Baker said: "It is long past time leaders across college sports call for the immediate passage of the bipartisan Protect College Sports Act."

Two-time national champion hoops coach Dan Hurley of UConn used social media to outline the stakes in more colorful terms: "Somebody please come and fix College Sports. It's a complete [expletive] show," he said, using an emoji where the expletive would go.


Following the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney on Friday, a host of athletes whose college careers ended last year have declared that they will seek the opportunity to play another year of college sports

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Jayden Fielding Exploring Return to College Football After Judge Grants Fifth Year of Eligibility to 2022 Class​

Jayden Fielding could be returning to college football.

247Sports’ Chris Hummer reported Saturday that the former Ohio State kicker is exploring a return to college football for a fifth year of eligibility after a Colorado judge issued a court order on Friday requiring the NCAA to grant a fifth year of eligibility to all athletes in the 2022 recruiting class.

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Fielding, who did not redshirt at Ohio State, exhausted his eligibility after playing his fourth season as a Buckeye last year. Following a June rule change last month to eliminate redshirts and grant all players five years of eligibility, however, the NCAA has faced a host of lawsuits from athletes in the 2022 recruiting class who exhausted their eligibility last year but are now seeking an opportunity to play a fifth year of college sports because of the recent rule change.

Following the preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney on Friday, a host of athletes whose college careers ended last year have declared that they will seek the opportunity to play another year of college sports, and Fielding is now joining that group.

It is unlikely Fielding’s return would be at Ohio State. Baylor transfer Connor Hawkins is expected to be the Buckeyes’ new starting kicker this season, while Ohio State also added Notre Dame transfer Marcello Diomede and freshman Cooper Peterson this offseason to back up Hawkins.
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Re: The former Ohio State kicker signed with the Canadian Football League’s Ottawa Redblacks on Tuesday.

Just sayin': Yeah, but he already signed a pro contract....

ORD_Buckeye said:

I see Whttingham as a solid guy who got shafted by Utah and took a blueblood job when it unexpectedly dropped into his lap. I think he'll try to be the antithesis of Simple Jim, bank his 15-20 large and then get the hell away from tdfbia and the holier than thou administration.

He's just making it clear that he's not going to tarnish his legacy by stooping to Hoke-Harbaugh level antics. In other words, he is not a true Michigan Man.

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What are you saying? Wittingham won’t be picking his boogers and eating them?

I see Whttingham as a solid guy who got shafted by Utah and took a blueblood job when it unexpectedly dropped into his lap. I think he'll try to be the antithesis of Simple Jim, bank his 15-20 large and then get the hell away from tdfbia and the holier than thou administration.

He's just making it clear that he's not going to tarnish his legacy by stooping to Hoke-Harbaugh level antics. In other words, he is not a true Michigan Man.

Mike80 said:

Fuck that. MAYBE, slightly, potentially I would listen pre-2020.

Those fucking cunts DUCKED an epic beating by lying in face of a global pandemic and then blatantly cheated and compromised the integrity of the game.

Fuck them now, fuck them next year, fuck them forever and ever.

Whittingham is probably a good guy but fuck him forever too for joining these cheating assclowns.

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Hopefully we return to the Tressel and Meyer era that forces dimWhittingham to ask the NCAA to stop keeping score anymore. Is it too early to award him a Participation Trophy?

cincibuck said:

Is it possible that a coach was able to break through Underwood's ego and convince him he had a great deal of work to do between his spring game shit show and the kickoff of the 26-27 season? Marshall is a solid running back. They have at least one decent receiver. The middle of the BIG sucks. Could they finish third?

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the middle of the B1G is better than the middle of any other conference.

I think they finish somewhere around 6th....Ohio State, Oregon, Indiana, USC and Iowa ahead of them, with Illinois, Washington and Ped State right there too....

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Is it possible that a coach was able to break through Underwood's ego and convince him he had a great deal of work to do between his spring game shit show and the kickoff of the 26-27 season? Marshall is a solid running back. They have at least one decent receiver. The middle of the BIG sucks. Could they finish third?

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Unfortunately for them, Underwood is turning out to be a punk ass bitch more interested in running his mouth than recognizing his shortcomings and keeping his head down while putting in the work to improve.

In other words, he's a Michigan Man.

I’m assuming the bat they received in the trade can’t actually hit.

Sugar loading before back to reality.

Tommy Eichenberg, a Buckeye stalwart!



Matt Wilhelm, a Buckeye legend!

Jaxbuck said:

https://www.al.com/sports/2026/07/nick-saban-explains-why-he-still-doesnt-think-big-ten-is-better-than-sec.html

Funny I don't recall this being the official company line from ESPN when Saban was winning NC's from a very top heavy SEC.

In fact, if we look back on 2025 through the lens of Disney/ESPN official transitive property doctrine it would have to work like this:
-IU won the NC and beat Alabama 38-3
-IU barely survived Penn State 27-24
-PSU only went 3-6 in conference
-Therefore, according to established precedent, the following must be true: Oregon, UCLA, Northwestern, IU, OSU and Iowa are all better than anyone in the SEC
-Under the codicil of "close losses count against the transitive property too" : Penn State only beat Rutgers by 4. Penn State stayed with 3 of IU. IU beat Bama by 35 therefore Rutgers is also better than Bama.

Just trying to stay on point and show why it's ok for Purdue and Sparty fans to be pounding their chest and chanting "B-I-G" after Indiana won the title last year.

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The math scans. Good work.

Jaxbuck said:

Fuck that, Fuck them and Fuck him...the tsun Trinity.

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"I have come that thou shalt have "fuck thats, fuck thems, and fuck hims.'"

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I'm betting the guy got tons of hate email after this was released, much of it from Michigan fans.

buckeyemania11 said:

I cannot wait for the comically over the top sunshine pumping about Underwood that's going to come out from their usual media friendlies once fall camp starts.

Remember these are the same sunshine pumpers that got the DFBIA actually believing that scUM "actually had the best WR core in the B1G" when their #1 guy was Ronnie Bell. So, it's going to be some grand level bullshit with Underwood.

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Is it possible that a coach was able to break through Underwood's ego and convince him he had a great deal of work to do between his spring game shit show and the kickoff of the 26-27 season? Marshall is a solid running back. They have at least one decent receiver. The middle of the BIG sucks. Could they finish third?

Hang the banner!! At least we never have to see Bo Naylor again. Now just launch Fry and Arias into the sun as well.

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

Is something going on with that?

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Meh. Some little stuff here and there.

Nothing widespread.

35 days

BB73 said:

Last year’s bowl games:

11-5 for the B1G

4-10 for the SEC

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SEC fan: Bowl games don't matter
Narrator: Oh actually, it was the opposite........11-5 for the SEC, 4-10 for the B1G
SEC fan: Well.....what I meant was, Bowl games matter all of it
Narrator: No.....it was right the first time. 11-5 for the B1G, 4-10 for the SEC
SEC fan: Like I said, bowl games don't matter

Mike80 said:

He won't be around in year 4 in any case. He's ONLY there to keep the boat afloat until they figure out their AD office.

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Is something going on with that?

Last year’s bowl games:

11-5 for the B1G

4-10 for the SEC

BB73 said:

I hope he learns to truly hate the Buckeyes.

4 or 5 straight losses should make that happen.

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He won't be around in year 4 in any case. He's ONLY there to keep the boat afloat until they figure out their AD office.