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WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (All B1G, All American, Rose Bowl MVP, Pro Bowl, All Pro, NFL OPOY, Super Bowl Champion, Seattle Seahawks)


Highest paid WR. I believe that is a good thing;-)
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Re: The deal averages $42.15 million per year, and includes over $120 million guaranteed, both setting records for any wide receiver.

Just sayin':......
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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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Ohio State Needs Far Better Transfer Portal Additions, Late-Game Play Design for Better Close to 2026-27 Season​


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Ohio State took a step forward as a program by making the NCAA Tournament in its second year under Jake Diebler, the first time the Buckeyes went dancing in four years. But the expectation is not to make the NCAA Tournament, it’s to make runs in the NCAA Tournament. That’s what athletic director Ross Bjork said. That’s what Diebler himself has reiterated.

“We were able to battle through a lot to get to this point, but we're not leaving here satisfied as a program,” Diebler said after Ohio State’s NCAA Tournament loss to TCU on Thursday. “This was a great step for us, but we want more. We're going to fight all offseason up until games start to build that and take it up a level. That's what we're motivated by right now. I think you've got guys in (the locker room) that come back that are motivated by the same thing.”

For the Love of God, Get the Right Transfers​

Two years in, here is the complete list of Diebler’s transfer portal acquisitions:

YEAR POS PLAYER SCHOOL
2024 C AARON BRADSHAW KENTUCKY
2024 G QUES GLOVER KANSAS STATE
2024 G MEECHIE JOHNSON SOUTH CAROLINA
2024 G MICAH PARRISH SAN DIEGO STATE
2024 F SEAN STEWART DUKE
2025 G GABE CUPPS INDIANA
2025 F BRANDON NOEL WRIGHT STATE
2025 F JOSH OJIANWUNA BAYLOR
2025 C CHRISTOPH TILLY SANTA CLARA
Nine players. One, Micah Parrish, met or exceeded expectations at Ohio State. That’s an 11.1% hit rate. Unacceptable, unsustainable and if it keeps up, it will be Diebler’s undoing.

Meechie Johnson played 10 games, shot 35.6% from the field and returned to South Carolina after sitting out the rest of the season for mental health struggles. Aaron Bradshaw once showed a glimmer of what made him a five-star high school prospect in an 11-point game against his former Kentucky squad, but he mostly fell on his face as a 7-footer who averaged a meager 2.7 rebounds in 16.9 minutes per game while playing some horrid defense.

Those flaws overlap with those of Christoph Tilly, though he gave Ohio State significantly more on the offensive end and held his starting center position throughout the year. His 11 points and 2.3 assists per game in 2025-26 were nice enough, but 4.7 rebounds per game from a starting 7-foot center is laughable. TCU forwards David Punch and Xavier Edmonds turned Tilly’s chest into a welcome mat whenever they wanted points at the rim, as did many Big Ten bigs.

Tilly’s greatest strength was that he gave Ohio State an extra guard at center. He fell short of what the Buckeyes needed him to be, though, because he played center like a guard. He’s still the second-best of Diebler’s nine portal acquisitions thus far in his coaching career.
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100%. OSU needs to switch their portal leadership and decision-making away from whomever has been doing it. The Buckeyes have lost more talent in the portal than they have gained in two consecutive years. If that trend continues, OSU is definitely not going to have a tournament team next season.
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OSU Men's Basketball Recruiting/Projections/General Discussions

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Ohio State Needs Far Better Transfer Portal Additions, Late-Game Play Design for Better Close to 2026-27 Season​


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Ohio State took a step forward as a program by making the NCAA Tournament in its second year under Jake Diebler, the first time the Buckeyes went dancing in four years. But the expectation is not to make the NCAA Tournament, it’s to make runs in the NCAA Tournament. That’s what athletic director Ross Bjork said. That’s what Diebler himself has reiterated.

“We were able to battle through a lot to get to this point, but we're not leaving here satisfied as a program,” Diebler said after Ohio State’s NCAA Tournament loss to TCU on Thursday. “This was a great step for us, but we want more. We're going to fight all offseason up until games start to build that and take it up a level. That's what we're motivated by right now. I think you've got guys in (the locker room) that come back that are motivated by the same thing.”

For the Love of God, Get the Right Transfers​

Two years in, here is the complete list of Diebler’s transfer portal acquisitions:

YEAR POS PLAYER SCHOOL
2024 C AARON BRADSHAW KENTUCKY
2024 G QUES GLOVER KANSAS STATE
2024 G MEECHIE JOHNSON SOUTH CAROLINA
2024 G MICAH PARRISH SAN DIEGO STATE
2024 F SEAN STEWART DUKE
2025 G GABE CUPPS INDIANA
2025 F BRANDON NOEL WRIGHT STATE
2025 F JOSH OJIANWUNA BAYLOR
2025 C CHRISTOPH TILLY SANTA CLARA
Nine players. One, Micah Parrish, met or exceeded expectations at Ohio State. That’s an 11.1% hit rate. Unacceptable, unsustainable and if it keeps up, it will be Diebler’s undoing.

Meechie Johnson played 10 games, shot 35.6% from the field and returned to South Carolina after sitting out the rest of the season for mental health struggles. Aaron Bradshaw once showed a glimmer of what made him a five-star high school prospect in an 11-point game against his former Kentucky squad, but he mostly fell on his face as a 7-footer who averaged a meager 2.7 rebounds in 16.9 minutes per game while playing some horrid defense.

Those flaws overlap with those of Christoph Tilly, though he gave Ohio State significantly more on the offensive end and held his starting center position throughout the year. His 11 points and 2.3 assists per game in 2025-26 were nice enough, but 4.7 rebounds per game from a starting 7-foot center is laughable. TCU forwards David Punch and Xavier Edmonds turned Tilly’s chest into a welcome mat whenever they wanted points at the rim, as did many Big Ten bigs.

Tilly’s greatest strength was that he gave Ohio State an extra guard at center. He fell short of what the Buckeyes needed him to be, though, because he played center like a guard. He’s still the second-best of Diebler’s nine portal acquisitions thus far in his coaching career.
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Buckeye b'ballers you may have forgotten

I was a big fan of the Gary Williams teams. You had players like Hopson and Francis, along with Burson among others. Trying to find those rosters
That is 1987. You can find the next years easily from there.
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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

According to the trends........Arizona, Duke, or Michigan is going to win it all.

Since 2002, a team that finished in top 3 of KenPom has won it all except for 3 occasions.

2003 - Syracuse who had the best player in the country at the time, Carmelo Anthony
2011 - UConn who had the best/hottest player in the country at the time, Kemba Walker.
2014 - UConn......still have no clue how they won it that year. That was a weird year.
2014 UConn is unique. They did have the nation's #2 player that year according to Kenpom Shabazz Napier, but clearly they did it with a well-balanced team that played elite defense. Their final 3 games of the tournament that year they didn't give up more than 54 points in a game.
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2028 PA WR Jett Harrison (Verbal Offer)

Marvin Harrison Jr.’s Younger Brother Jett Harrison Ranked No. 1 in Initial 2028 Rivals300, Visiting Ohio State This Weekend

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Elite wide receiver play runs in the Harrison family.

First came Marvin Harrison Sr., a Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts. Then came Marvin Harrison Jr., an unanimous All-American wide receiver for Ohio State. Now comes Jett Harrison, the No. 1 overall prospect and a five-star wide receiver in the initial 2028 Rivals300.

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Harrison, who is also a five-star recruit and the No. 9 overall prospect in the 247Sports composite, will visit Columbus this weekend, according to Rivals' Steve Wiltfong. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound pass catcher received an Ohio State offer on May 9, 2025. He also has offers from Syracuse (Harrison Sr.'s alma mater), Duke, Tennessee, Boston College, Oregon, Penn State, Virginia Tech and Nebraska.
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WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba (All B1G, All American, Rose Bowl MVP, Pro Bowl, All Pro, NFL OPOY, Super Bowl Champion, Seattle Seahawks)


Highest paid WR. I believe that is a good thing;-)
We just keep rotating those as they get drafted and get to those second contracts.
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Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey (2022, 2026 WCHA Champions, 2022, 2024 National Champions)

When you consider the disadvantage that Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey starts with you have to recognize what a great job Nadine Muzerall is doing. The fact that is that nobody would ever consider Ohio as being a "hockey state". Look at her roster, she has zero players from Ohio. She might just have the toughest job in recruiting players than any other Ohio State head coach. The team this year has players from Canada, Sweden, Finland, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa.

Following the House v. NCAA settlement, Ohio State is allocating $18 million in institutional NIL funds for the 2025-26 season, but this is concentrated on football, men's/women's basketball, and women's volleyball. While ice hockey players can still receive NIL deals, they are not part of this primary institutional revenue-sharing, as the school focuses funds on top revenue-generating sports.
Ice hockey student-athletes can still secure individual NIL deals, such as those facilitated through NIL collectives like the 1870 Society and The Foundation (now under Buckeye Sports Group).
Women's ice hockey players specifically have opportunities to participate in "NIL Clubs" or similar team-specific initiatives.

It makes you wonder how much NIL money the the "NIL Club for Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey" generates.
https://nilclub.com/ohio-state/womens-ice-hockey

Anyway the Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey team had a GREAT year; WCHA Championship, #1 seed in the Frozen Four, and runner up for the Natty. There is no shame in losing to this Cheese team in the Championship Game. It says a lot for this team how after being down 0-2 they battled back with 2 goals in the 3rd period to tie the game.

On her allowable roster of 18 players only 2 are Seniors (Sara Swiderski, D and Emma Peschel, D) so if everyone else comes back (and gets a couple good "defensive" replacements for the 2 departing players) the team should be very good again next year too.
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Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey (2022, 2026 WCHA Champions, 2022, 2024 National Champions)

Tough loss, but Wiscy was always the odds on favorite this year. They lose all their stars though while we have most coming back including all our Olympians which includes the top overall scorer (Svensson) and top goal scorer (Dunne). We should be the machine next year that Wiscy has been the last two.
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Tiger Woods (Official Thread)

Absolutely remember an announcer, at one of Tiger's first PGA tournaments, suggesting that his 'reverse C' swing would injure his back. I kinda laughed, because that was what one aspired to. Anyway, after what, 6 back surgeries to date, Tiger is no longer a feared competitor in a tournament. It's been a minute since he was on Ryder Cup, President's Cup, or other honorary team. Anyway, my father is resting easier now that he's not going to take Jack's title of most Majors won.....
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