Wow serious malfeasance:

AuTX Buckeye said:

are you accounting for Tampa being below 50 and the entire city shutting down... maybe even the state? you know the southerns can't handle the cold

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Eggs, bread, and milk sold out

Buckeneye said:

Buddy of mine that I played ball with lives in Texas with his wife & kids. Said they're expecting 1/2in sheet of ice covering everything and half the place is shutting down.


As for us? 8 degrees as of an hour ago at the last glimpse of sunlight. Set to be 0 overnight and, given NEO, anywhere from 4in to 3ft of snow.

I can deal with the cold. When you mix in tons of accumulation with it, shit starts getting dangerous. Especially for us Hospital (clinical & non clinical) folks.

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Few hours south east of me is 1 inch of ice I feel bad for those people.

Here is suposed to be potentially the most significant storm since 1997. NWA woo hoo

BuckBackHome said:

Has the southern half of the US officially shut down yet?

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Buddy of mine that I played ball with lives in Texas with his wife & kids. Said they're expecting 1/2in sheet of ice covering everything and half the place is shutting down.


As for us? 8 degrees as of an hour ago at the last glimpse of sunlight. Set to be 0 overnight and, given NEO, anywhere from 4in to 3ft of snow.

I can deal with the cold. When you mix in tons of accumulation with it, shit starts getting dangerous. Especially for us Hospital (clinical & non clinical) folks.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Big dilemma.. major meeting in Tampa M/T but 3 diff weather sites say 6 inches, 10 inches and 17 inches.. plus ice on top.. for this area
so they have no clue yet.. too volatile
I'll never get to the airport... but if I did, Newark has delays when it's sunny.. I could be stranded there for hours to the entire day.. then cancellations
Not the least of concerns is how will my family deal with this monster.. driveway and the pups gotta be able to get outside.. if I'm not here..
Now they're saying better make sure the generators are working cuz power is going down...
And I really need to be at this meeting.. totally screwed... video participation not an option...
ARGH

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Would have been nice if they could have let you fly out today. I hate being away from the house/family but traveling is stressful enough before throwing the weather/idiots out in the weather.

buchtelgrad04 said:

That’s no different than anyone else coming into a program cleaning house. The only difference is, you actually saw him saying it.

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I don’t think we’ve seen any program then have such a massive turnover like what he did at CU. he Lost 57 players and gained 52, that was the most until this season. Heck, Cignetti is the biggest success story of the transfer portal and he brought in 31 and lost 39. Still 20 players less than Deion.

NJ-Buckeye said:

Big dilemma.. major meeting in Tampa M/T but 3 diff weather sites say 6 inches, 10 inches and 17 inches.. plus ice on top.. for this area
so they have no clue yet.. too volatile
I'll never get to the airport... but if I did, Newark has delays when it's sunny.. I could be stranded there for hours to the entire day.. then cancellations
Not the least of concerns is how will my family deal with this monster.. driveway and the pups gotta be able to get outside.. if I'm not here..
Now they're saying better make sure the generators are working cuz power is going down...
And I really need to be at this meeting.. totally screwed... video participation not an option...
ARGH

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are you accounting for Tampa being below 50 and the entire city shutting down... maybe even the state? you know the southerns can't handle the cold

pnuts34 said:

When he arrived to CU and told the kids that were already there that most of them could leave, because he was bringing in his own players. He told the program how much loyalty meant. I've always loved Prime the player, but as a coach, I think he's the worst part of CFB. And this last year was exactly how I predicted it would go. He could no longer lean on Shedeur and Travis, and when left to actually have to coach the talent/mercenaries he brought in, he was looked like a coach who was in over his head.

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That’s no different than anyone else coming into a program cleaning house. The only difference is, you actually saw him saying it.

TampaBuckeyes said:

The trouble with O line is you need 5. Have the best OT of all time, 3 good linemen and 1 shit guard = a shit o line. Better to take the 5 mil and get 5 good to solid guys, unless they already have 4 good guys to pair with him.

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I think it was football outsiders did a study on this a while ago.. That your worst lineman is almost more important than your best lineman

ScriptOhio said:

Young, a native of Perrysburg, Ohio, began his career at Cincinnati after graduating high school in 2021. He redshirted that year and spent four total seasons with the Bearcats, but never appeared in a game. He transferred to Houston Christian ahead of his fifth season, seeking an opportunity to start at the FCS level.

In his first year as a starter with the Huskies in 2025, Young averaged 41.8 yards per punt across 69 boots, with 17 punts downed inside the opposing 20-yard line and 12 that traveled 50 yards or more. He had one punt clear 60 yards, a career-long 66-yard boot against Northern Colorado on Sept. 20.

Just sayin':
1. Anybody know how he qualifies for a 6th year? Doesn't the year at Houston Christian count?
2. Yeah, he'll get to compete for P1; however, I'll say the coaches just picked him up expecting him to be the back up punter.

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Competition is really important here; this at least forces McGuire to work harder and hopefully improve some.

pnuts34 said:

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While I have no idea how credible this is, specifically in this case... I don't think for a second that this kind of thing hasn't been happening all along. The only differences now are:
1) It's not just the SEC doing it at scale (I'm sure it happened elsewhere, but likely not anywhere near as much as in the SEC), and
2) With NIL, people will openly talk about it as part of the landscape. Before everything was speculation and hushed because getting a bag in the drive thru at McDs was on the down low. Now it's out there in the open for everyone to see.

I'm not excusing it in any way. To be clear, it's pretty gross. But also to be clear, I don't think it's anything new. We just didn't get this kind of exposure.

Puke.

ochre said:

OIHO?

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Look at it in a mirror.

A couple years ago ncaa protocol whether to complete matches after deciding point earned….
Joint agreement made by both head Coaches before match begins.

Ohio State to Replace Scoreboard in Schottenstein Center​

The Schottenstein Center will have a new look above center court (and across the arena) beginning next season.

For the first time since 2008, Ohio State is set to replace the scoreboard in the arena, a project that was approved by the Board of Trustees and will begin in April. Eighteen years ago, the replacement and upgrade celebrated the 10th season of basketball played at the Schottenstein Center. Nearly two decades later, it's time to give the arena an updated look.

The project will replace the existing scoreboard at center court, the 360-degree ribbon board and all outdated LED boards and signs. It has a $5.2 million budget and will be completed by September.

The Schottenstein Center's current scoreboard is not only one of the oldest in the Big Ten, but it is also one of the smallest in college basketball, considering the arena's size. While the new scoreboard will likely increase in size slightly, it must still fit within the existing blueprint atop the

Schottenstein Center – essentially to "hide" it for other non-basketball and hockey events – and will reuse the hoist as well. Ohio State is limited on the shape and size of the new scoreboard due to this.

calibuck said:

Could somebody please 'dumb it down' for me, and explain why I see 'unfinished' beside some of the matches? I do get that the match is over, but why not let these kids play it out? For a visiting team to come all this way, or the Buckeyes go there, and have the match called, seems a disservice to the players.....Am I also correct in assuming that when the match is unfinished, it would go towards their record as a 'win' or a 'loss' depending? Playing it out would allow a completion, or a come back, instead of a truncated game. Thanks in advance.

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I don’t believe the unfinished matches count in the individuals’ records.

Once 1 team gets to 4 points, the teams can decide whether they want to complete the remaining matches. I don't know the protocol, as to whether the trailing team or the visiting team gets to decide, or whether both sides need to agree to continue. I suspect it’s both sides needing to agree, since the matches usually aren’t completed.

OHSportsFan said:

Needs to stay at 12 as long as possible. Pettiti is determined to ruin a good thing.

24 would be a joke. As an OSU fan I’d pretty much say, I’ll see you guys in the playoff game thread and not bother with anything before.

Okay, that’s an extreme lie but I need some sense of intrigue and risk with the regular season.

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I think 16 is the right number personally IF we keep on the path of them all being top half P4 teams. We haven't seen enough to say for sure but should this NIL/transfer portal parity continue, who's to say the spread between 1-16 doesn't get very NFL-ish compressed?

If we continue with the G5 Cinderella fantasy then 12 is too many.

The inclusion of mid majors is the real problem imo, not the number of P4 teams in it.

OHSportsFan said:

Needs to stay at 12 as long as possible. Pettiti is determined to ruin a good thing.

24 would be a joke. As an OSU fan I’d pretty much say, I’ll see you guys in the playoff game thread and not bother with anything before.

Okay, that’s an extreme lie but I need some sense of intrigue and risk with the regular season.

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I don't think you're far off. I think 12 is too many. I know that they're never going to drop down to 10 or 8 or 6 or 4. 12 is the lowest we'll see it ever again.
One thing that I will say for going to 16 is that it might even the playing field for the 4 teams that get a bye. This is the opposite of what I ever expected - that the 4 teams that get a bye are at a disadvantage. But after 2 years of this, the 4 teams that get a bye are now 1-7. As an Ohio State fan, it might sound as though I'm whining. But I'm using Ohio State as an example, and I think it fits. Miami played A&M, I believe? Someone. Ohio State played no one for 100 weeks. If Ohio State had played... I don't know... who would have been #15? If Ohio State had played that week, maybe they would have been up for Miami.
I think Teams 1-4 need to figure out how to get their asses ready for playing a team that just won a week before. No excuses. But I would bet a shiny nickel that teams 1-4 will win more 2nd round games if they play a 1st round game.

Thump said:

Based on he "Assessed value" or FMV?

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I guessed I had assumed "assessed value", but I don't remember.

-20 actual temp this morning

Big dilemma.. major meeting in Tampa M/T but 3 diff weather sites say 6 inches, 10 inches and 17 inches.. plus ice on top.. for this area
so they have no clue yet.. too volatile
I'll never get to the airport... but if I did, Newark has delays when it's sunny.. I could be stranded there for hours to the entire day.. then cancellations
Not the least of concerns is how will my family deal with this monster.. driveway and the pups gotta be able to get outside.. if I'm not here..
Now they're saying better make sure the generators are working cuz power is going down...
And I really need to be at this meeting.. totally screwed... video participation not an option...
ARGH

Zurp said:

Mine increased about 20%.
Not to get into politics, but there was a levy in our school district that said it would increase our taxes by only a little bit. I forget what it was. But it was something like $4 for every $1000 your property is worth (according to the county auditor). I did the math, and said that's about $800 per year for us. I voted no. But it passed.
So now I'm paying $1200 more in taxes per year. I'm not entirely sure what the other $400 is from. They probably decided my property gained in value over the past 12 months. Meh - they had it so undervalued for so long that I really shouldn't complain.

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Based on he "Assessed value" or FMV?