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S Caleb Downs, Captain (All B1G, B1G DB of year, B1G DPOY, 2X Unanimous All American, LOTT Trophy, Thorpe Award, National Champion, Dallas Cowboys)

Mike80
BuckBackHome said:
I've seen a few mock drafts list him outside the top ten. What am I missing? If he is available for the Clowns they need to grab him no matter who they currently have at his position.
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I don't want any Buckeyes to go to the Clowns until Fuckhead 1 and Fuckhead 2 are gone....
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Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey (2022, 2026 WCHA Champions, 2022, 2024 National Champions)

ORD_Buckeye
Thump said:
Does scUM have a women’s hockey team?
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No, and I'm surprised they didn't add one and pour money into it after we became a national power. That's what they did with men's lacrosse. Never had a team, but as soon as Ohio State became nationally relevant and made some good tournament runs, they added one.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

Oh8ch
buckeyemania11 said:
I feel bad for a guy like Brown because he's a Columbus local and Ohio State is probably his dream school; he likely is coming in for very little if anything to be a far end depth piece but if that's the first transfer we get people are going to be shitting all over it. We are filling a lot of slots so everyone should chill until the dust settles and the roster is complete.
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I have been chilling till the dust settles for two years.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

buckeyemania11
DZ83CK said:
Some of the reports last year about Cupps were crazy - I know Dan Dakich said he was getting $600K from OSU. Who knows what the truth is, but I think every single guy OSU has seen enter the portal aside from Royal weren't really good candidates for OSU to give NIL to, and I think some or all of them are entering the portal because they wanted more money from OSU. Without unlimited funds, you have to make some tough choices, if that means cutting the NIL that a player like Cupps was getting in order to help replace Bruce Thornton with a premier guard, you have to do it. If a player like Cupps stays for the scholarship plus COA, great, if he leaves, well that frees up money for someone else who might contribute more. I am OK with all of those guys in the portal transferring aside from Royal, who has significant value & you have to add a good player in the portal to replace his production.

The truth is even the best teams generally only play 7-8 really good players at the end of the year, and no one is playing the guys that are 10-15 on the depth chart. Right now they have 4 guys that figure in the regular playing group - Mobley (assuming he comes back), Thompson, Bynum, Ojianwuna. As I said, I think you want to have 8 really good players, so with 6-7 open spots on the roster not every guy OSU is going to add via the portal now is going to be someone that fans should be expecting production from.
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I feel bad for a guy like Brown because he's a Columbus local and Ohio State is probably his dream school; he likely is coming in for very little if anything to be a far end depth piece but if that's the first transfer we get people are going to be shitting all over it. We are filling a lot of slots so everyone should chill until the dust settles and the roster is complete.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

DZ83CK
buckeyemania11 said:
I'm not sure how true it is but people were claiming that Cupps and White were getting way more NIL money than they had any business getting. If true replacing those guys with essentially free depth pieces (Brown falls into this category) is completely fine and then you focus that money on bigger fish.
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Some of the reports last year about Cupps were crazy - I know Dan Dakich said he was getting $600K from OSU. Who knows what the truth is, but I think every single guy OSU has seen enter the portal aside from Royal weren't really good candidates for OSU to give NIL to, and I think some or all of them are entering the portal because they wanted more money from OSU. Without unlimited funds, you have to make some tough choices, if that means cutting the NIL that a player like Cupps was getting in order to help replace Bruce Thornton with a premier guard, you have to do it. If a player like Cupps stays for the scholarship plus COA, great, if he leaves, well that frees up money for someone else who might contribute more. I am OK with all of those guys in the portal transferring aside from Royal, who has significant value & you have to add a good player in the portal to replace his production.

The truth is even the best teams generally only play 7-8 really good players at the end of the year, and no one is playing the guys that are 10-15 on the depth chart. Right now they have 4 guys that figure in the regular playing group - Mobley (assuming he comes back), Thompson, Bynum, Ojianwuna. As I said, I think you want to have 8 really good players, so with 6-7 open spots on the roster not every guy OSU is going to add via the portal now is going to be someone that fans should be expecting production from.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

buckeyemania11
DZ83CK said:
I think you will see a two-tiered approach to the portal for OSU. They need 4 guys to be major contributors, that's the playing tier, and they should have money to invest for those 4. But they could have 6-7 transfers they add because they have lost so many depth pieces, so they'll probably need 3 more for the bench tier. So in other words, let them add 3 guys who arent very accomplished for the depth tier. If they add 6-7 players that haven't scored around 10 ppg, then I would be worried. They should get at least two double figure scorers.
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I'm not sure how true it is but people were claiming that Cupps and White were getting way more NIL money than they had any business getting. If true replacing those guys with essentially free depth pieces (Brown falls into this category) is completely fine and then you focus that money on bigger fish.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

DZ83CK
OHSportsFan said:
Ohio State, even back to Holtmann, treats transfers like it’s 15-20 years ago. Just looking for backups and eventual grad assistants to fill out the bench.

Diebler is clearly a good relationship/recruiting guy and I’d say an average coach. But this is where the entire program and Athletic Department have to make a shift in mindset and resources.

I don’t have much hope.
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I think you will see a two-tiered approach to the portal for OSU. They need 4 guys to be major contributors, that's the playing tier, and they should have money to invest for those 4. But they could have 6-7 transfers they add because they have lost so many depth pieces, so they'll probably need 3 more for the bench tier. So in other words, let them add 3 guys who arent very accomplished for the depth tier. If they add 6-7 players that haven't scored around 10 ppg, then I would be worried. They should get at least two double figure scorers.
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When Ohio State made it to the Final Four

DZ83CK said:
The 1999 team is also notable for the fact that they turned around completely from being a single-digit winning team to a single-digit losing team that made the Final Four. I'm not sure that ever happened at another power conference team before. 8-22 in 1998, 27-9 in 1999. Miami FL this year had a huge turnaround (7-24 to 26-9) but it's not quite the same. With the transfer portal now, you can rebuild an entire team in one offseason, but no one did that in 1999.
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Michael Redd staying home is one of the most underrated great things that’s happened in OSU sports history.
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