GreenwoodBuck said:

As bad as the offensive line played, everyone should’ve got a shot. Hell, Diebler plays the whole damn team in basketball. Brothers always play good together and generally pick each other up. Now, we probably lose both. This team is starting to have very little depth at a position that already underwhelms a lot!

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No offense, but this is a bad take. The twins were developmental projects from the start and everyone knew that. They played in a system that used their size, but they didnt have good technique comparable to their competition on the team. You dont just play guys to play guys when you only have 12 regular season games, especially if it's been shown that theyre struggling to get down technique and plays and speed of the game. Both were being passed up and next year they would more than likely be passed up even more.
Best of luck to where they land. But I can see a drop down in levels for them if they want to actually play

buckeyemania11 said:

I feel the same about the Pitt LBer. Very high on both Pettijohn and Alford so don't think that's the miss some are making it out to be.

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I agree. We have Pierce too so I don’t think the money is best spent there.

According to Birm, OSU has not confirmed there’s a visit and it was the PITT players camp saying that to drum up interest.

I’m fascinated with the direction they’ll go. I think players like Grady at DE could make that jump next year to be a starter. But there’s no denying we need depth and depth that can contribute

pnuts34 said:

Yeah, you pay someone like Dylan Stewart almost whatever it takes, not Coleman

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Exactly. Which is why you pay for Koi who had 5 INT as a true freshman and then fell off this year when they changed coordinators and lost skill.

Spend money on the guys who have proven it. Chaz would be great but 1 sack is not proof of anything. Much prefer proven guys whether that’s MAC kids or power 5.

Side note, I wonder if Atkinson could move to DT?

If we are bringing in corners for visits then this tells me we are going to be super aggressive lol.

Not really need but would be a great addition I think. Similar to IGB I think

buckeyemania11 said:

Another starter to the portal. This time from the OL

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What exactly does a "do not contact" tag mean? Are teams only supposed to contact the agent? Are they just wanting to renegotiate with their current team? Do they already know where they are going?

Domers biggest flex as a program these days is beating Indiana. Yes Indiana in 2025 is good but wow how bad has ND fallen

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I think the proper way to look at 2025 was fools gold. The offense should have been the issue with a new QB, new oline and running backs. What was not expected was the way the defense played. They were way way above expectation, to the point it looked like the team was unstoppable.

It really was a rebuilding year, hidden beneath a better than expected year. I for one believed there would be a serious drop off for a season, but I bought in that maybe there was something more. There maybe was and wasn't.

What did we learn. Sayin showed promise, but understandably needs more time. The running backs for sure need more time. The offensive line needs more time.

Now, OSU is at a unexpected place where the defense did so well that starter's who we believed would be here for the 2026 season are gone, and they are looking at rebuilding the defense, and the offense may hit its stride.

Interesting times. Hope JJ doesn't bolt.

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That's usually a sign of concussion

Kerry's thread has some "fuck you"s, because we liked him and he should've known better.

Meanwhile, in this thread.........

Jaxbuck said:

They don’t have hell like other religions.

I knew a guy who converted to LDS for that very reason. He was going straight to hell in every other organized religion on the planet.

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So when every politician suddenly becomes Mormon we know why

Zippercat said:

Don’t recall where, but I recall reading that Whittingham said that he called Urban for staff advice after getting the scUM job. Am I misremembering this?

If that did happen, knowing Urban’s long, publically expressed disdain for most anything related to TSUN, do you believe Urban might have advised Whittingham to make the exact staff choices he’s made?

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Well apparently Alford's late brother coached with him so he was always likely to be retained

Best Buckeye said:

He’s not a freshman anymore, the coverages shouldn’t have confused him.

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Sometimes NFL qb's get got. Expecting a redshirt freshman facing that kind of heat to be perfect is unreasonable. He'll get better. In fact most QBs improve most between year one and year 2 of starting.

If he was 5th year senior I'd be super frustrated. But with RS Frosh is it annoying he missed it sure and I'm sure looking at the film he'll tell you he should have had it coming out his hand at that point. But I'm not going to rip the kid for missing some plays when even NFL qb's get shook by unrelenting pressure.

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I said it why we lost to Indiana it wasn't the pressure alone. It was the pressure and Sayin being confused by the coverages.

Same thing appears to have happened this game. For whatever reason he didn't trust his eyes especially in the first half. Pressure without confusion he rips that to Klare. Confusion without pressure he dumps it to Innis for 10 even if he missed the TD. Both you end up with a sack. And then a bad snap with a rushed throw that goes the other way.

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He’s not a freshman anymore, the coverages shouldn’t have confused him.