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WR Michael Jenkins (All B1G, National Champion)

1926Buckeyes
Jaxbuck said:
I will state to the end of my days that his record for yards with the QB's he had throwing, in the era that he played in is one of the most impressive records you will ever find.
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Was recently watching 02 and 03 season games, and while Krenzel was a lot of great things, accurate and consistent passer was not among them.

Always thought Jenkins shoud’ve had a better career, but he ended up with more career yards than I remember and played for 9 years.
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Deaths Of Notable Sports Figures (R.I.P.)

Bestbuck36
Diogo Jota dies in car crash :huh:
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Liverpool forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash

Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, were killed in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, police said Thursday.
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Liverpool forward Diogo Jota, brother die in car crash​

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Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, André Silva, were killed in a car crash near Zamora, Spain, police said Thursday.
Liverpool FC, Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro and the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) also confirmed the incident.
The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated Press that Jota and his brother were found dead after their car went off a road on an isolated stretch of highway about an hour west of Zamora. Authorities said the car -- a Lamborghini, according to police -- was in flames.
Firefighters were called in as the fire spread to nearby vegetation, authorities said.
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CB Shawn Springs (All B1G, All-American, B1G DPOY, OSU HOF, Pro Bowl, All Pro)

Jaxbuck
Bill Lucas said:
Winfield was fearless. Still mad at Urban for not offering his kid who turned out to be a stud.

I was also a big Nate Clements fan when he was a Buckeye.
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That 1998 secondary was so good, freshman Nate Clements was the nickel back.

IIRC he went on to be the highest paid NFL defensive player of all time at one point wit the 49ers ?(long since broken).
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Workplace annoyances

BuckBackHome
DaiMonMoore said:
I did not see a thread solely devoted to discussing workplace problems as all of us who are still working likely experience them. And no matter what job we have, there are some things that are experienced everywhere.

I'll start.
My boss has an annoying habit of humble-bragging about his vacations on his out of office emails. I'm not talking about "I can't respond as I'm at the beach or I'm in the mountains." They are much worse than that.

Here is one for when he was taking a cruise to Antarctica:

"Thank you for your email, but I am traveling out of town and down south for an EPIC adventure to 70 degrees latitude."

And yes, he does this with every vacation. Once he went to Tennessee, so no big deal. But gotta make it more obnoxious than that:

"Thank you for your email. I will be away on a Tennessee coddiwomple until March 16th"

Who the fuck does this?
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Had a boss at my old employer who required staff meetings every Monday morning when he was not on vacation (he took about 3 months a year). The majority of the meeting was him telling us about all the personal stuff he did over the weekend, on his most recent trip, and/or planned to do on his next trip.

I now work for myself. I do not miss any of those days!
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Cleveland Guardians (2025 Season Thread)

Trevi
BuckBackHome said:
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Guardians’ Luis Ortiz being investigated by MLB for gambling-related activities

Luis Ortiz, Guardians pitcher, is being investigated by Major League Baseball.
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Sounds like gambling.
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Article updating saying just

Cleveland.com has confirmed previous reports that an agreement was reached between MLB and the MLB Players Association to put Ortiz on a non-disciplinary leave of absence while the allegations of his gambling activities are being investigated
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LGHL Burning Questions: Is there a dark-horse Big Ten challenger to Ohio State this season?

Burning Questions: Is there a dark-horse Big Ten challenger to Ohio State this season?
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: JAN 20 CFP National Championship - Notre Dame vs Ohio State

ATLANTA, GA JANUARY 20: Defensive End Jack Sawyer #33 of the Ohio State Buckeyes and teammate JT Tuimoloau #44 celebrate with the winning trophy following the conclusion of the the Ohio State Buckeyes versus Notre Dame Fighting Irish College Football Playoff National Championship game on January 20, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. | Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

The Big Ten is going to be a battle in 2025.

From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about the most important questions yet unanswered for the season. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content and our ”Burning Questions” articles here.


Ohio State is the Super Bowl for every other team in the Big Ten. When they show up on opposing team’s schedules, it’s a huge deal for those programs and universities.

Except for maybe The Team Up North, who has their fair share of back and forth with the Buckeyes, beating Ohio State can be viewed as one of, if not the greatest, moment in that program’s history.

The Big Ten is going to be ridiculously good again this season...

  • The Wolverines are expected to be much better offensively with true freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood poised to be their starter.
  • Oregon, despite losing quarterback Dillon Gabriel and wide receiver Tez Johnson to the NFL Draft, should still be really good with new quarterback Dante Moore and senior wide receiver Evan Stewart.
  • Penn State enters 2025 with national championship aspirations with Drew Allar returning. Allar has gotten progressively better each year he has been with the Nittany Lions, and he’s got unfinished business after coming up just short in the College Football Playoff Semifinals against Notre Dame.

Michigan, Oregon and Penn State are, undoubtedly, the biggest challengers to Ohio State this season in the Big Ten. But is there another team in the Big Ten we’re not talking about that could be a threat to the Buckeyes in the Big Ten?

Could that team be the Illinois Fighting Illini?

For starters — literally — there are 16 of them returning from last year’s team. That 2024 Illinois squad went 10-3 and beat South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. They reached as high as No. 19 in the AP Poll in September, and they were No. 21 in the final CFP rankings of the season.

Senior quarterback Luke Altmeyer is coming off a really good season, throwing for 22 touchdowns to just six interceptions. He’ll be protected up front by all five returning starters along the offensive line, and Altmeyer will also have running back Aidan Laughery and tight end Tanner Arkin coming back.

On defense, the Fighting Illini will return seven starters from last season. Illinois was 31st in the country allowing just 21.7 points per game, which was good for ninth in the Big Ten.

This is an Illinois team that is hoping to establish some consistency in 2025 — something that its program hasn’t had since the 1980s. Fifth-year head coach Brett Bielema may be establishing just that, with Illinois coming off its first 10-win campaign since 2001.

Ohio State is Illinois’s seventh game this season. Prior to that, the Fighting Illini play at Duke and Indiana, and host USC. Those are their most notable games, which won’t be easy. But if Illinois wins two of those three games and is 5-1 going into the game on Oct. 11, that is going to be a raucous crowd at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois when the Buckeyes roll in.

For Ohio State, that matchup is after the Homecoming game in Columbus against Minnesota, and before the road trip to Wisconsin. That’s not going to be an easy three-game stretch for the Buckeyes, and an Illinois team that’s going to be playing for a lot this season could be a much tougher fight than some fans may think.

The Buckeyes open the season against Texas and play both Penn State and Michigan in November. Those are three huge games. But Illinois is also a really big game, especially if the Fighting Illini live up to expectations. Similar to what the game against Indiana became in 2024, that’s what the game against Illinois can become in 2025, with this one being on the road.

Illinois is a dark-horse team in the Big Ten. Given that the Illini avoid all three of Penn State, Oregon and Michigan this season, that game on Oct. 11 could prove meaningful towards the final conference standings.

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Workplace annoyances

colobuck79
Pre-meetings, meetings, post-meetings. Leave me alone and let me get some work done.

Meeting agendas prepared by OCD coworkers with anxiety.

Faux deadlines where you bust your ass to get something out the door and nobody looks at it for six weeks.

Calls made 2 minutes after an email. “Did you see the email I just sent you?”

Friday afternoon crises that you should have been told about two weeks earlier.

Continuing education requirements that sneak up on you on December 26th.

Consensus builders.

I could go on and on…….
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tOSU Recruiting Discussion

pnuts34
buckeyemania11 said:
I believe the buy out rule only kicks in if the player transfers after they are already enrolled at the school. They can flip to as many schools as they want during the recruiting process.
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This is from Birm:
These are things we can't really know yet, but can assume it will be based on the individual's specific arrangment.
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And from a BH poster:
Would all depend on if they signed any contract/language of said contract or accepted any money already.
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ochre said:
If they aren't 18 yet, can they even enter into a contract (or is that parent/guardian thing)?
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Yes, parents/guardians are a thing. But what parent/guardian would not want to sign off of on a 6 or 7 figure contract?
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2026 DC DL Carter Meadows (ttun Verbal)

buckeyemania11
pnuts34 said:
That's what's so frustrating about a segment of our fanbase. OSU in no way had a team full of former 5stars last season, they had a complete team, which yes, they had some former 5stars. But they also had a former 3star at QB, a former 5star IOL playing LT for most of the season, an unranked TE transfer from the MAC, and multiple transfers in general who no one knew would mesh with the team. That's what makes the BS narrative that Day "bought" this team so laughable. He had to make a complete team, and no amount of money thrown at players is going to create a team at this level. That might work in the NFL(might), but grown men who are professionals don't have to worry about classes, fans on campus, etc. And OSU didn't have the jealousy or contract issues that you heard about at other schools, and the best example is OSU being the only team not to lose a major contributor, or someone who could be starting next year to the Portal.
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If we can keep up this quality of roster retention, and I think we will, that will keep us a contender every season in its own right. I know some people want to talk down on the portal and claim "we can't rely on it" but we have shown we can and will use the portal well to fill slots that are needed, and that will continue as well. In the end can you really rely on a HS kid who has never set foot on a college field either? I know you can't force players to enter the portal but there is always going to be decent players there for the taking.
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2026 MD OL Immanuel Iheanacho (Oregon Verbal)

pnuts34
OregonBuckeye said:
Scoff if you want, but coaches not taking themselves too seriously probably helps recruiting.
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That's fine, but I'm sure the checks matter more to his recruiting wins than him jumping in pools and doing tik tok dances. The last memory of Oregon football is getting boat raced in Pasadena. And by a coach who doesn't need to resort to acting like a teenager
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