buckeyemania11 said:

The NFLs obsession with recycled coaches never fails to amuse

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…but he’s from Pittsburgh.

Forget performance. He’s a Yinzer.

ScriptOhio said:

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Six more wins than OSU

5 chicken shit Saturdays in there along with one less conference game per year for 5 years.

They don’t run shit but traffic stops.

The NFLs obsession with recycled coaches never fails to amuse

Mike McCarthy?

Tanner said:

If you would have told me we'd give up 30 points total on defense in the last 2 games and lose both games I would not have believed you

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Yeah kind of unreal. But the offense just wasn't clicking and running an offense at a snail's pace exacerbated the issue whenever a mistake was made. Poor OL play, injuries and subpar play from Sayin all contributed to that. The defense more than did its job and really would have looked even better imo with above average play from the offense.

OHSportsFan said:

At least this guy is wasting away on their bench.

(I’ll ignore that at least he’s on winning team. Screw him.)

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Exactly. He didn't do sht

bigdog3300 said:

Mendez somehow is looking better and better, amazing.
Very fun to see the team wrestling this good at this point of the year. I was worried the surprise hot start would cool off but it hasn't. I wonder what was different prep wise?
Davino and Cannon are looking so, so good.

Just a fun team to watch, aggressive, and get after it...Minny looked afraid to go for a takedown, not sure if passive is their style like with Iowa, but it's just not a fun watch for their fans.

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Minnesota seems to have guys that are great in the top position and don't go for conventional takedowns on their feet. Not every guy is like that, but that has been my overall impression recently. However, part of it is we are dominating ties and staying in good position, shots are pretty tough to come by in that scenario.

This is a really fun team to watch and I love how much we have opened up on offense and got aggressive as you said. Some years I have complained about wrestlers being too cautious and this team is calculated aggression. Davino looks amazing right now, he will beat anyone if he wrestles to his potential and is definitely exceeding my expectations for his first year starting. Speaking of expectations, Cannon has absolutely shattered mine. He is so fun to watch and he IS competing for a title this year.

Since we have the results posted, I will just say that dual and the previous recent duals have been extremely impressive. I have a hard time to believe we could actually top PSU (we might be awfully close if Rocco didn't transfer there), but I wouldn't be surprised if we make it very interesting. Need a great B1G tourney to bolster our seeds, but I can't wait to see this team in conference finals and the NCAAs. I will save my specific predictions until then, but this team is really, really fun to watch...this is exactly what I have been looking for in years' past in terms of a complete team from top to bottom that is aggressive.

bigdog3300 said:

$92,000 (per team) payout for making it to the R16....not bad. Top seeded team went down already so we will see if the hot hand can keep going!

Champion	$900,000
Finalist	$485,000
Semi-finalist	$275,000
Quarter-finalist	$158,000
R16	$92,000
R32	$64,000
R64	$44,000

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FWIW, In the 3rd round, #14 R. Cash & J. Tracy play #3 M. Granollers (Spain) and N. Zeballos (Argentina) Day 8 ? at 7 PM EST. I think that will be tomorrow....

Mike McCarthy to Pittsburgh

Steve19 said:

82F Ocean warm today.

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BORING!

Steve19 said:

82F Ocean warm today.

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GTH

BB73 said:

Bucks were up 2-0 early, then it was tied late. Good guys got a goal with just under 2 minutes left, then a little later got an empty-netter from about 200 feet away.

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Always a good day to beat ND

All I want for (insert next holiday) is a true Head Coach for the Offense!

We are not the type of program in this new era where we hire newbies to cut their teeth in OC and DC coordinator positions. I don't care if they were an OC at another college program or the pros, but I want them to be experienced in that position before they come here.

Whining over. Bring me the new season!!!

I loved it when the announcer supposedly quoted Jesse during one of the later matches. "I shoot I score. You shoot I score."

Me when I receive texts from family and friends in AZ knowing that come August it will be 150 degrees out there and the return texts will be sent then.

Captain Buckeye said:

Quarterbacks Willing and Able to Run the Ball Have Been Common Trait of National Championship Teams in College Football Playoff Era

Every starting quarterback who has won the national championship since the CFP debuted in 2014 has finished that season with positive rushing yards.

www.elevenwarriors.com

Good article. I’ve been thinking about this since the season ended. Per the article, that sweet spot seems to be anything over 200 yards rushing. Julian finished with -44 yards for the year in 2025. Only two quarterbacks since 2014 have rushed for under 100 yards and won the championship.

Julian doesn’t have to go win a game with his legs. He just needs to move the chains some and keep the offense on schedule occasionally. It amounts to roughly 20 yards a game and likely more like 2-3 seven to ten yard runs per game. In other words 2-3 first downs or so.

I have doubts they’ll include Julian in the run game. Ryan Day never has and he’s normally gone out of his way to NOT run the QB.

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Your second paragraph is spot on. The play that sticks out to me is in the BIG Championship on 3rd down late in the game. He rolled right and could have easily scrambled for the first. Instead he threw incomplete when there really wasn’t anyone open. We missed the short FG on the next play.

Momentum killed

$92,000 (per team) payout for making it to the R16....not bad. Top seeded team went down already so we will see if the hot hand can keep going!

Mendez somehow is looking better and better, amazing.
Very fun to see the team wrestling this good at this point of the year. I was worried the surprise hot start would cool off but it hasn't. I wonder what was different prep wise?
Davino and Cannon are looking so, so good.

Just a fun team to watch, aggressive, and get after it...Minny looked afraid to go for a takedown, not sure if passive is their style like with Iowa, but it's just not a fun watch for their fans.

82F Ocean warm today.

No idea still what to expect... snowfall projections range from 4-8-10-18 inches depending on the site or TV weather; followed by .5 to an inch of sleet/ice with gusts close to 30 mph for hours... WTF; all this because Indiana won and hell froze over?!?!?!?

currently 16° with a real feel of -2°
some light flurries falling.

this coonass ain’t built for this shit.