DZ83CK said:

Gotta get FedEx on board with being OSU's first (other than Nike) corporate sponsor jersey patch

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I just hope the offense delivers.

Thump said:

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If the NCAA had any integrity, they would take about 1 week to verify what Dabo said, and if true immediately say the kid could never play football for Ole Miss.

After that, they can determine any further penalties.

So that won’t happen.

Poe McKnoe said:

Hiring an OC that can essentially buy his players in the age of NIL is actually brilliant. No idea if the product on the field will actually work, but it’s a hell of an idea.

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Gotta get FedEx on board with being OSU's first (other than Nike) corporate sponsor jersey patch

Well, this a shocker….. said no one

Xichigan played a D that I am not familiar with. Thorton was guarded by a Xichigan blanket. It worked. And Xichigan could throw what, 3 7 footers at the basket? Don't care how tall you are, block those suckers out, and force them to go 'over the top' for a rebound (and back them up while they're in the air). Put back stuffs were pretty common, while tOSU guys stood around wondering why their 'man' was scoring. Our second tall guy is a very blunt instrument. Someone above called it correctly. Many tOSU players were passing up open shots, instead passing the ball to our scorers, who were guarded closer then have seen before. And yeah, one doesn't become "Ohio Player of Year" with rebounds, but by scoring, and Cupps and White got their awards by putting the ball in the hole....OK, write it off and move on....

Going once, going twice, sold....

Kinda think the NCAA handles itself much like the Supreme Court. In other words, they'll decide which problem they want to hear/go after. Tampering is wrong certainly, but sounds like it would be labor intensive to collect documentation from unwilling participants, and in the end, would come down to a 'He said, he said' kinda thing. And proving beyond a reasonable doubt might be darn neigh impossible. And Steve 19 is right, the kids cannot be punished, they actually benefit. And most assistant coaches are expendable...just ask Xichigan...

Hey, maybe we can double up on the NIL front, by getting Diebs to kick in for a dual scholarship for the basketbucks? He's got a #4 written all over him. (might help his agility around the line as well).

Well sure, he's glad to be offered by tOSU. It now makes him a 'player' in the NIL sweepstakes. Bet his asking price went up $500 grand.

bigdog3300 said:

I get Steelers fan most likely hated him and the entire staff, but Smith has a fantastic reputation inside the league.

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Tim Beck and Alex Grinch do, too...in college. Against all logic and reason.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. He's definitively proven the exact opposite.

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His 2 stints as an OC...

1) Had people thinking the Titans might make the Super Bowl led by Tannehill, and then in 2020 they had the second most yards in the NFL. There is no way to spin this other than a massive success, and it's also not fair to ignore this.

2) The Steelers offense improved statistically, while not having much to work with....I'm not putting too much, good or bad, into 2025 due to Aaron Rodgers having a massive impact on that offense and their decisions.

It's not apples to apples, so I don't pull a ton from the Falcons, but the fact he got Desmond Ridder to go 7-10 in back to back years is also pretty damn impressive. The best QB he's had to work with was Tannehill and he made him look great...outside of that he had Mariota, Ridder, Fields, Wilson, and an ancient Aaron Rodgers.

I get Steelers fan most likely hated him and the entire staff, but Smith has a fantastic reputation inside the league.

If I woulda been in the early years, would have named Ohio, OIHIO, as it would have been a palindrome.

I laugh, but daughter lives in C'bus. She called, saying that Kroger's lines were loooong, and pretty much store was bare. Other than the fact she's like her mother, about 3-4 months of food in the pantry, she needed lettuce and a couple other expirables. Awaiting the 10-16 inch storm (?). Didn't realize that C'bus had 'stages' of safety, driving in snowy conditions, etc. Hopefully all residents don't have any emergencies, etc. Does anyone know if hospitals are staffed? Sounds like the powers that be don't want anybody on the streets. OK, back to tennis....

If one more person brings up Matt Patricia I'm going to.....well..... continue to post more negative shit about Arthur Smith here.

1. This isn't the same thing. The complaints about Patricia were about his demeanor, his extensive time away from the college game, his ties to a Patriots system that hasn't produced a single thing outside of NE. These are anecdotal. The complaint about Arthur Smith is that he sucks at his job. That's it.

2. Go raid the Tim Beck thread and read all the wait and see, trust the coaches hopium. Just because people were wrong about Patricia, that doesn't mean every hire that comes with a group of negative Nancys will end up like the Patricia one. What if they hire the Browns homeless guy who wanted Manziel? Everyone gonna say "But it worked for Patricia durr durr durr"?

ScriptOhio said:

I do think that Arthur Smith has proven to be a very competent OC at the NFL level.

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I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. He's definitively proven the exact opposite.

If another two or three coaches call this stuff out in equally detailed manner, then I think things will get addressed by the NCAA. I can see them marshalling their resources to get on top of this issue and lay out some punishments to deter others. Yep, ten or twelve years down the road they will declare the guilty ones and set out some serious punishment, but it won't be able to be implemented because, well, you can't punish those kids, can you?

LeBron is still so fucking good, 41 years old and he's a basketball God.