Jaxbuck said:

This "want to be Buckeyes" thing is getting overdone.

It's being used to like a pejorative, as if the kids who take extra money to go elsewhere had a character flaw. It's the same as saying "we didn't want the 5 star guy, give me the 3 star that wants to be here" back in the pre NIL days.

Nonsense. Your coach wanted the talent or he wouldn't have offered and recruited. Same with NIL, if they aren't the right fit, why were we recruiting/bidding in the first place? It's the same kid you were just bidding on before that last dollar amount.

I like a little more self honesty in my coffee. We're losing more and more of these kind of recruits. What's changing, are we changing with it? Etc etc etc. There are near zero rules in this game so it's very fluid. Thinking what you did previously will keep working going forward without fail is a recipe for disaster.

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I don’t think it’s necessarily want to be a “Buckeye”. It’s more of, want to be a part of the culture that’s been built at OSU. I’m not trying to split hairs, just making the point if the culture Day has built was at another university, that university would be crushing it on the recruiting trail as well.

OSU has proven itself to be the premier school for NFL development with UGA. UGA also continues to clean up in recruiting as Kirby Smart runs what I’d consider a comparable pipeline to NFL with additional benefit of on campus driving privileges.

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My point to "wanting to be Buckeyes" is more to the fact that its been proven time and time again that OSU hasn't been the highest bidder with most of their recruits. So what would you call the reason for them choosing the Buckeyes if money wasn't it? I think there are still some kids that will take less to go to schools and play in systems that they prefer.

I look at it just as honest as you, but OSU isn't out bidding many teams. And their strategy has continued to be to get the kids who they land(not sure how you want to refer to that), and pay the guys on their roster handsomely who perform. I'm not saying the kids who go elsewhere are in any way poor character, but they are guys who in the end OSU knows won't land. Their offer is their offer, if you turn it down, you didn't want to be a Buckeye, if you take the offer then you want to be a Buckeye.

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I wasn't calling you out individually. I do see quite a few comments on here that read, essentially, "good kid if he comes here, bad kid/didn't want him if he just wants the money" kind of nonsense.

Interpreting intent aside, the firm price take it or leave it model has seemed to have had a lot more players of very high quality, that OSU most certainly wanted, leave it/choose not to be a Buckeye this recruiting cycle.

We won't know how good or bad this class is for a couple of years and by then it's too late. Outside of WR, I think it's fair to have questions about the NIL policy in the current cycle? That's just me asking, I don't follow it anywhere near as close as I used to.

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Looks like OSU is going to miss out on another top prospect due to being outbid again. Seems like UF and Auburn have significantly increased their offers, and the Womack family is looking for OSU to match, and it doesn't seem likely...

Not sure when or if OSU is going to change their recruiting/bidding strategy like it seemed just a few weeks ago. The focus will still be roster retention and focusing larger NIL towards specific HS players

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Gonna be honest, I've been waiting on a post like this in the thread for a month now.

Bestbuck36 said:

I feel a big production game tonight.

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That’s your bowels.

Bums gonna bum.

Radioactive wasp nests have been found near former nuclear weapons production site​

The first radioactive nest was reported in early July.

Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, according to officials.

The first wasp nest was detected on July 3 at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, S.C. – located near Augusta, Ga., just a few miles inside the western state border – by employees who routinely check radiation levels, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Energy. The monitoring activity took place at the F Tank Farm, a collection of underground tanks used to store radioactive liquid waste, according to a statement by the Savannah River Site provided to ABC News.

The nest exhibited radiation 10 times the level allowed by federal regulations, according to the Energy Department report. It was was sprayed to kill any wasps that might have been inside of it and then bagged as radiological waste but no wasps were found, the report said.

By July 31, three additional wasp nests were found during routine work activities, according to the SRS, which said all four nests were found in the F Tank Farm, an area near the middle of the 310-square-mile site.
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Just sayin': OK, wasn't Spiderman created when he was bit bay radioactive spider? Anyone think that a radioactive wasp could sing someone and make him another Waspman?

Looks like OSU is going to miss out on another top prospect due to being outbid again. Seems like UF and Auburn have significantly increased their offers, and the Womack family is looking for OSU to match, and it doesn't seem likely...

Not sure when or if OSU is going to change their recruiting/bidding strategy like it seemed just a few weeks ago. The focus will still be roster retention and focusing larger NIL towards specific HS players

MLB is calling up its first female umpire, promoting Jen Pawol for Saturday's Marlins-Braves game​

MLB's move comes 28 years after the gender barrier for game officials was broken in the NBA, 10 years after it ended in the NFL and three years after the men's soccer World Cup employed a female referee.

Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves.

Pawol will work the bases in Saturday's doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB said Wednesday.

Pawol, a 48-year-old from New Jersey, worked spring training games in 2024 and this year.

MLB's move comes 28 years after the gender barrier for game officials was broken in the NBA, 10 years after it ended the NFL and three years after the men's soccer World Cup employed a female referee.
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Jaxbuck said:

This "want to be Buckeyes" thing is getting overdone.

It's being used to like a pejorative, as if the kids who take extra money to go elsewhere had a character flaw. It's the same as saying "we didn't want the 5 star guy, give me the 3 star that wants to be here" back in the pre NIL days.

Nonsense. Your coach wanted the talent or he wouldn't have offered and recruited. Same with NIL, if they aren't the right fit, why were we recruiting/bidding in the first place? It's the same kid you were just bidding on before that last dollar amount.

I like a little more self honesty in my coffee. We're losing more and more of these kind of recruits. What's changing, are we changing with it? Etc etc etc. There are near zero rules in this game so it's very fluid. Thinking what you did previously will keep working going forward without fail is a recipe for disaster.

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My point to "wanting to be Buckeyes" is more to the fact that its been proven time and time again that OSU hasn't been the highest bidder with most of their recruits. So what would you call the reason for them choosing the Buckeyes if money wasn't it? I think there are still some kids that will take less to go to schools and play in systems that they prefer.

I look at it just as honest as you, but OSU isn't out bidding many teams. And their strategy has continued to be to get the kids who they land(not sure how you want to refer to that), and pay the guys on their roster handsomely who perform. I'm not saying the kids who go elsewhere are in any way poor character, but they are guys who in the end OSU knows won't land. Their offer is their offer, if you turn it down, you didn't want to be a Buckeye, if you take the offer then you want to be a Buckeye.

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Skull Session: Brandon Inniss Feels “Blessed” to Start in 2025, Ethan Onianwa Has Much to Prove, and Four Buckeyes Make Sporting News’ Preseason All-American Team​

Entering his junior season in 2025, Inniss knows a lesson John Cena learned 20 years earlier: The Time is Now.

“Mentally, it’s like you have kind of a change of mindset when you’re starting. I said that before, but it’s real. You have a change of mindset,” Inniss said. “It changes your mindset because when you’re a backup — I’ve never been a backup my whole life — so coming in here off the rip, it was already, like, ‘OK, now I’ve got to learn. I’ve got to watch. I’ve got to grow.’

“Now, last year, when Emeka didn’t know he was going to come back for his fourth year, I had to wait another year. Mentally, it’s like, ‘OK, now I’ve got to wait again.’ But I feel like, overall, I’m just in a better place. I’m ready to go.”

Inniss spent the offseason preparing his body for a larger role. He checked in at 6-foot, 199 pounds at the start of preseason camp following a summer in which he set personal bests in every workout and speed test.

“I feel really amazing right now,” Inniss said.

With one shot, one opportunity, Inniss plans to capture it — not let it slip. He’s watched. He’s worked. He’s waited his turn. Now, it’s Inniss’ time to shine.

I feel a big production game tonight.