Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Let’s also remember Skip was the LSU AD who hired Saban. I think he hired Miles too who despite his issues won a title as well.

So skip also has had an impact on lsu football as well

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Skip didn’t become AD until the year after Saban was hired (Mark Emmert was LSU president at the time and hired Saban).

but Skip did hire Les who like you said won a Natty.
he also hired Maineri who won a Natty in baseball
Whitehead who won a Natty in Golf
and Shaver who won a couple Track Natties.

Let’s also remember Skip was the LSU AD who hired Saban. I think he hired Miles too who despite his issues won a title as well.

So skip also has had an impact on lsu football as well

Mike80 said:

I don't. I see it on Facebook already on the usual suspect pages.

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Yeah that makes sense. I do not participate in social media so I am still consistently amazed at the stupidity it holds. I just have no context of how bad it is.

Cockholster running and the SEC. A tradition unlike any other.

OregonBuckeye said:

On Facebook?? I'm shocked! The intellectual level of discourse there is unparalleled

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Not everyone on there is as enlightened as we are here on BP. But just watch....it'll start eventually on 11W and here too...hopefully not to that extent though.

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They look like a club team. Deion is somehow going to leave them in worse condition than when he found them.

Tanner said:

I'm kidding but also not, I dont want my defensive linemen to be quiet. Those guys, of any position on a team, I want them to be kindof crazy

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Being quiet doesn't mean they aren't crazy. Plenty of silent assassins on the DL. It's the quiet ones you gotta watch out for. Joey Bosa sounds like a permastoned surfer and he's a monster

“WHERE I WANTED TO BE.” When Ryan Day first reached out to Arthur Smith about coming to Ohio State, coaching in college football wasn’t exactly at the top of Smith’s list. But the more Smith learned about the opportunity, the more he realized Columbus was exactly where he wanted to be.

“It wasn’t really on my radar when Coach Day first called and was feeling out if I’d have any interest coaching in college football,” Smith told On3’s Chris Low this week. “But then I kind of dug into it. That’s my mindset. I just want the next adventure. It was the same way when Coach (Mike) Tomlin called me. I wasn’t really thinking about Pittsburgh until he called, and I was halfway across the world after I’d been let go in Atlanta. I didn’t know Mike T that well. I knew him casually as peers, so you just never know where this profession takes you.

“I’ve always been excited that when you get an opportunity for another adventure, it’s a chance to learn something new, learn a different way to do it and try to enhance yourself and the place you’re going to.”

After sitting down with Day and talking with Matt Patricia about his experience in Columbus, Smith quickly became sold on the opportunity to coach for the Buckeyes.

“It’s Ohio State. It’s a chance to work with Coach Day,” Smith said. “Obviously, he’s had a heck of a run here and has the highest winning percentage of any active coach. And then talking to Matt about his time here and how much he’s enjoying it, mostly because of the kind of players we’ve got, only reinforced that this is where I wanted to be.

“He was right. The kids here have been awesome.”
Day, meanwhile, knew Smith had to genuinely want to make the jump from the NFL to college for the partnership to work.

“The first thing is you have to want to be in college,” Day said. “If you have to talk yourself into it, someone is always going to have one foot in and one foot out and say, ‘I’m going back to the NFL. This is crazy. The portal is crazy. These kids are young.’ I’ve seen it before. It doesn’t work. You have to want to do this. Matt (Patricia) wanted to do this. He wanted to build relationships. Arthur was the same way. He came over to my house. We spent five hours together at my house. You could tell by the look in his eyes he wanted to coach in college.”

After 15 years in the NFL, Smith could have viewed Ohio State as a temporary stop before returning to the league. Instead, he sees an opportunity to experience something completely different — and one that came with the chance to work alongside Day and coach one of the most talented rosters in the country.

Now, Smith gets his “next adventure” in Columbus. And judging by his comments, Smith is thrilled he answered Ryan Day's message.

“There’s just an appreciation to be at a place like this and have a chance to get where we all want to go,” Smith said. “I’m excited for the atmospheres, the traditions, the rivalries and all that stuff that make college football so cool. … It’s a different type of fandom.”

Mike80 said:

I don't. I see it on Facebook already on the usual suspect pages.

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On Facebook?? I'm shocked! The intellectual level of discourse there is unparalleled

Is that real lol?

BigWoof31 said:

Feels like a dumb thing to do, talk shit months before playing Ohio State.

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They won the preseason SEC championship and Heisman, so they've already achieved their goals

Arch Manning, Drew Mestemaker voted college football's most overrated players​

We polled a litany of player personnel executives on what they really thought about the 10 players who crown CBS Sports' Top 150​

Arch Manning isn't a top 10 quarterback in the country, let alone a top 10 player.

That's how one veteran NFL evaluator assessed college football's biggest name. Manning draws polarizing opinions that range from future No. 1 overall pick to vastly overrated, as the scout believed. Just think about what the internet made of the viral catch made by Manning's new top receiver, Cam Coleman. The NFL evaluator's claim sounded hyperbolic so we pressed him to name 10 quarterbacks who were better.

Eventually, after going through every perceived top quarterback in the country, the NFL scout conceded "not a top 10 quarterback" may have been too harsh. But he was adamant that there are real concerns around Texas' star quarterback, including his lower-body mechanics. He does not have him ranked as a top-five quarterback ahead of the 2026 season.

"Watch him throw a deep out," the scout says, "he'll sail it every time."
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BigWoof31 said:

Feels like a dumb thing to do, talk shit months before playing Ohio State.

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They have a type.

Jaxbuck said:

I think the media creates a lot of this idiot fan base narrative too.

I mean how many people have you seen/read or talked to that actually mentioned Inniss as some kind of major negative thing?

Seems more like a sportswriter making an angle up so he can then write about it.

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I don't. I see it on Facebook already on the usual suspect pages.

23 days is too long. As I've grown older, I've learned that patience is over rated and summer blows. It's too hot and there's smoke everywhere. Let's skip to fall and kick this thing off.

colobuck79 said:

Paint the end zones! Spike the football!

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Spike the end zones! Paint the football!

Jaxbuck said:

I think the media creates a lot of this idiot fan base narrative too.

I mean how many people have you seen/read or talked to that actually mentioned Inniss as some kind of major negative thing?

Seems more like a sportswriter making an angle up so he can then write about it.

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Yeah it really is, the fact of the matter is there is only 1 football and with all the talent we've had on the offensive side of the ball, he hasn't had as many opportunities as we thought he might. When he committed, nobody even thought we'd have players like MH Jr, Jeremiah, etc. on our roster. Despite that amount of talent, he's still shined in moments. Expect more of that this year than previous years. End of story as reported by RB07OSU.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Never drops a pass
Always open
Just use him

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Sure, but if 4 is open, throw it to 4.
Oh, and 4 is always open.

Biography

Never drops a pass
Always open
Just use him