29-16 Buckeyes over the Terrapins. Bouzakis, Davino, Mendez win. Paddy, Fishback and Feldman win. Notable: Geog got caught and pinned.
Guys bounced back as expected...

My monthly payment has been set up. Since the first one was today, 2/15, would I be correct in assuming that subsequent payments will be made on the 15th of the month?

Any idea what the average “sustaining” monthly donation is / would be?

$50? $30? $14.99? $10 + F*ck *ichigan?

Bestbuck36 said:

That money also included their coach and yes that matters.

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The Coach is very important. But lets be honest he wasn't talking about the coach when he made that statement. He was talking about the players. Look at what Kentucky spent, and look product they've put on the court.

With all due respect, that's not an answer... why are we being vague? Are you a congressman?

NJ-Buckeye said:

Did anyone ever post how much we contributed before the monthly thread started?
How did we do?

Who is going to have the unenviable task of associating contributions from various, like Paypal, which probably has personal names, or CCs
with the wild names we chose as monikers?

Was easy with Longwood.... she got to know who was who

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We needed to raise 3-4 months of capital worth to not be in "phase down + shut down" mode. We did that (and rescued bp).

We're now starting strong but have more work to do to raise the monthly funding needed. I know our site will rise to the challenge :)

I'm helping communicate and fundraise (with some help), but Mike80 is our fearless leader who will track everything. The new system makes it simple to track donations, albeit with a surprising amount of gumbo motivation for Nutri.

Once the drive has had time to take hold, we'll have our first...

Annual update
- Breakdown of what we raised, what we have pledged, and what that means
- Updates for donor badges
- Vcash updates

Did anyone ever post how much we contributed before the monthly thread started?
How did we do?

Who is going to have the unenviable task of associating contributions from various, like Paypal, which probably has personal names, or CCs
with the wild names we chose as monikers?

Was easy with Longwood.... she got to know who was who

Quarterback Arch Manning returns after flipping the narrative in the second half of the season, showing his elite potential as a championship-caliber quarterback. It's playoff-or-bust for the Longhorns in 2026.
Wow, did I miss something?

5. Notre Dame​

"The schedule sets up again nicely for a playoff run."

Doesn't it always?

My junior year, 1964, Marathon Oil and WBNS gave out/sold a set of Big Ten glasses in each schools' colors and with each schools' seal. I was living with three other guys in a four bedroom house on Norwich and so I bought the set, The set traveled with me to another apartment, Ft. Lewis, Ft. Eustis, a first marriage, a divorce, a couple of wild, free years, a second marriage, and a move to California. The last of the set, Illinois, broke in a move back from Bezerkely in 1979.

"This is WBNS, in the heart of Big Ten Territory," became part of every announcement made on Channel 10. That connection to the conference has remained with me and is part of the reason I dislike the expansion into eastern and western universities.

Rohlik has really pulled this team together. In their last five games, they've taken tcun to OT, swept Minny and split with Wiscy. In the last three weekends coming up, we have #1 Sparty and the #6 Pedsters, so we'll see what happens. Unless the portal fucks us, however, I'm pretty confident about next year.

DZ83CK said:

It was the first game of the season they didn't start Mobley. You act like missing one of your leading scorers is no big deal, but OSU refused to put competitive NIL resources into building up this roster, so it's a huge deal.

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On Mobley, yes he might have contributed or he might have scored about 3 points as he did against Pitt or Washington. He probably would have taken some of Thornton's 28 pts, so that could have been a wash. But he wouldn't have made much difference in the rebounding deficit, which was 14! They outrebounded OSU 40 - 26. If you saw the game you saw our guys lose rebounds they should have had, not be in position for rebounds, etc...

E.g., two Buckeyes under the basket, boxing out a UVA player who jumps over them and swats it to his teammate. Our guys didn't bother to jump or even raise their arms for the ball. Another one, ball is bouncing under the basket, our two guys stand there and let the UVA guy pick it up, *then* Tilly decides to do something, ties it up, possession arrow to UVA. Other plays where OSU is nowhere near in position. Buckeyes have the size to be better than 103rd in rebounding. UVA is 12th in rebounding because of good coaching and mentality (from good coaching).

It is obvious OSU does not run a well-coached offense even with Mobley. This is in contrast to their opponents that have seasoned coaches that know what they are doing. Game on the line, under a minute to go, it's Tilly for the 3. Da fuq? With Bynum and Thornton on the court? That's bad coaching. That's why we can't win these close ones.

Beat Syracuse 9-0. Final game in Austin vs Texas starts shortly.

Lost to Texas

Regardless, offense is not the main problem area with this team. They lose every game they don't score at least 72 points, that is a red flag. As bad as the offense struggled down the stretch, they were a couple bad calls and a defensive rebound off a 1-and-1 away from being ahead in the last minute.

Been to the Schott several times during the past several years. Both men's and women's basketball. I do have a bit of trouble with spending $5.2 million on a scoreboard, that to me, does all that it's supposed to do. OK, maybe it's not the shiniest apple in the B10 stable, but hey? Who gives a rip. Doubt seriously whether any recruit has stood on the floor, looks up, and say Not going here, the scoreboard is a mess.....maybe I'm wrong. PS, cannot some of these computer whiz bangs do some reprogramming to have it show whatever one believes is missing? I demand an audit of all Athletic Department budgets/funds/cash and contracts!

Zem said:

Where did I mention Virginia in my comment? I even specifically said, "Watch any Buckeyes opponent run their offense." "You act like" this was the first game of the season.

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It was the first game of the season they didn't start Mobley. You act like missing one of your leading scorers is no big deal, but OSU refused to put competitive NIL resources into building up this roster, so it's a huge deal.