Shipley currently in the clubhouse tied for the lead at the LECOM Suncoast Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour after Round 4. If he ends up winning, he's projected to jump up the 4th on the points list. Looks like one player is a stroke behind with 2 holes to play, so he'll get 3rd at worst. Hope he gets the win.

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I think I've told the story here before about us doing that at my friend's house and it messing up the cable box so that when his Mom subsequently tried to watch Cagney and Lacey, she got porn ... Qube brought the good times ...

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Better that way than to think you were going to watch porn and get Cagney and Lacey

Man this hot blonde chick ref is as bad as the dude refs

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Funny how he looked faster against those SECond tier teams. Just sayin’.

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The Hurry-Up: Former North Carolina DE Beau Atkinson Will Visit Ohio State on Monday, Freshman All-American DT Maraad Watson Enters the Portal

Former North Carolina defensive end Beau Atkinson will visit Ohio State on Monday and Freshman All-American defensive tackle Maraad Watson enters the portal.

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Syracuse Freshman All-American DT Maraad Watson enters the portal​

Though it never hurts to have proven production at defensive end, defensive tackle is Ohio State’s greatest need in the portal this spring. Through the first few days, pickings aren’t overly plentiful in terms of players with proven college production so far, but a player who fits that mold decided to transfer on Friday.

Maraad Watson, a 6-foot-3, 313-pound defensive tackle who was named a Freshman All-American last season at Syracuse, announced his intention to transfer with three years of eligibility remaining.

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Though there has been no public connection to OSU as of yet (and in fairness, he’s only been in the portal for a few hours), his profile is exactly the type Ohio State and Johnson could have their eyes on.

Watson appeared in 13 games for Syracuse last season, recording 31 tackles, 10 quarterback pressures, 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a pass breakup. Per Pro Football Focus, Watson recorded an overall grade of 65.1. His strongest asset is run defense, as Watson graded 77.4 overall in that category. As a pass rusher, Watson’s grade was 58.2.

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Ohio State Buckeyes ‘heavily in the mix’ to land a Freshman All-American in the transfer portal​

According to On3’s Hayes Fawcett, the Buckeyes are one of four schools that are “heavily in the mix” for former Freshman All-American DT Maraad Watson from Syracuse. Other schools in contention are Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas.

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Kyle McCord puts blame on Marvin Harrison Jr., others for key interceptions vs TTUN​

In a recent episode of Jon Gruden's QB Class, former Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord analyzed his college film with Super Bowl-winning coach Jon Gruden. The session focused on McCord's Ohio State tenure, particularly his performance in the 2023 Michigan game, revealing insights into his decision-making and leadership.

n a recent episode of Jon Gruden's QB Class, former Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord reviewed his college film with Super Bowl-winning coach Jon Gruden. While most of the episode focused on McCord's season at Syracuse after transferring from Ohio State, Gruden made sure to spend some time on McCord's year starting at Ohio State.

After some praise for McCord on winning the Notre Dame game and a shot or two at Notre Dame fans, the discussion turned to reviewing the film of the Ohio State vs. Michigan game in 2023. Gruden immediately wanted to review McCord's two interceptions in the game. Starting out, Gruden said, "Every interception has a story." As Gruden said the phrase, McCord met it with a smirk that would pretty much encapsulate where this would go.

Unsurprisingly, Gruden came to the defense of McCord on the first interception by disagreeing with the RPO (run-pass option) call and then telling McCord he made the right decision with how he read the linebacker on the play: "Reading that backside backer, and you're reading this guy ... And if he scrapes, isn't this slant going to be wide open?"

McCord was, of course, in agreement with Gruden, saying, "[He] should be."

Gruden then took it further to put more blame on Marvin Harrison Jr. by saying, "And what does the receiver have to do on all slants? He's got to cross, what?"

McCord agreed and answered Gruden with, "His face."

Gruden would then go on to further cement the blame on Harrison when he says, "Doesn't cross face. We got a problem. What'd Marv say on this? He should have crossed face?" Gruden uses the term "cross face," which is a release at the line of scrimmage wide receivers use to cause the defensive back to hesitate.

Essentially, instead of just running the straight slant route, they pause one step to fake going outside and then release inside. However, Gruden fails to acknowledge the inside leverage that Michigan cornerback Will Johnson had on Harrison and the timing of the play that doesn't allow for Harrison to cross face.

McCord would go on to answer Gruden with how Harrison responded, but not really defending his receiver or taking any blame. McCord said, "Yeah, I mean, I think that he was expecting maybe a little bit of a back shoulder throw, put it on his body. Miscommunication, and you know, it sucks."

Harrison's response was correct. With no time for a fancy release and Will Johnson already having inside leverage on the play, McCord should have read the defense pre-snap better and put the ball on Harrison's back shoulder. Johnson was known to be one of the most aggressive cornerbacks in college football, and he has been burned on plays like this. However, McCord played right into Johnson's hands.

But Gruden wasn't interested in putting any blame on McCord and even went as far as to say it was Harrison's mistake: "We're going to learn from every one of our little mistakes. Even if it was somebody else's mistake. I personally put that interception on Harrison. He's gotta, what?"
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It's a bold move by McCord to throw his former wide receiver from all the way back in high school under the bus publicly, giving zero credit to Harrison, who saved him time and time again. But it'll be Harrison who gets the last laugh as he was the fourth overall pick by the Arizona Cardinals in last year's NFL draft.

Meanwhile, McCord is currently projected to be a Day 3 pick and the eighth quarterback drafted by the NFL Draft consensus. That's one spot lower than former Ohio State quarterback Quinn Ewers and two spots lower than national championship Ohio State quarterback Will Howard.

This site predicts 4 Buckeyes going in the first round:

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Titans make shocking selection at one, Cam Ward finds perfect landing spot, Jalen Milroe goes top 25​

18. Seattle Seahawks: Donovan Jackson, OL, Ohio State​

It's a near certainty that the Seahawks won't take a guard at this spot, but they should. Jackson is a very talented guard who had a great run at left tackle to finish the year. Give Sam Darnold plenty of protection.

20. Denver Broncos: TreVeyon Henderson, RB, Ohio State​

This is the joker that Sean Payton has wanted to have in the room for the Broncos. It might be a little high, but Henderson can be used in the same way he maximized Alvin Kamara in New Orleans.

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24. Minnesota Vikings: Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State​

The Vikings do not need a wide receiver this high, but Egbuka is what head coach Kevin O'Connell likes at the position: route running savant, good after the catch, and does all the little things. Egbuka has some Cooper Kupp to his game in that sense and we know how O'Connell maximized him in Los Angeles.

25. Houston Texans: Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State​

The best offensive lineman on the board should be going to Houston. Protect CJ Stroud at all costs.

Ohio State has a long history of dominating Indiana in football, currently holding a 29-game winning streak against them. This streak is the longest active winning streak between any two teams in FBS football, dating back to a tie in 1990.

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The No. 4 Ohio State continued its run over Indiana, beating the Hoosiers for the 28th consecutive time with a 4-0 victory on Friday night inside the Ty Tucker Tennis Center.

Just sayin': Since the football team doesn't play Indiana in 2025; (if they could end up beating Indiana twice) the men's tennis team could pass football for the longest game winning streak against Indiana......

Munaretto, Dekraker, Waters, Shaw and it sounds like we may get Stiles and possibly Fishback through the portal.

OSUDeltaTauDelta97 said:

Great to see former tennis Buckeyes succeeding! Speaking of, what happened to JJ Wolf, is he injured? He's no longer in the main draw of ATP and Grand Slams, small window of opportunity....

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Broke his arm in Feb. at the Delray Beach Open I believe