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Favorite Taco Bell Food Item
- By ScriptOhio
- Open Discussion (Work-safe)
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell, CDC says
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
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Cyclosporiasis outbreak possibly traced to lettuce from Mexico used by Taco Bell, source says
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell is being investigated as a possible source for a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS News on Thursday.The source said a traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration identified a single supplier of iceberg lettuce from Mexico, Taylor Farms, that was used by Taco Bell locations in five states where people who contracted cyclosporiasis ate. The FDA is investigating, the source said.
Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, California, is a supplier to several major restaurant chains across the U.S.
"Based on ongoing conversations with public health officials, and out of an abundance of caution, Taco Bell has taken immediate action to voluntarily remove potentially impacted lettuce from a supplier in select states," Taco Bell said in a statement Thursday. "The affected ingredient from our supplier is being indefinitely removed from our supply chain nationwide and will be replaced within 24 hours in select states."
CBS News has reached out to Taylor Farms for comment as well.
The outbreak, a diarrheal illness caused by the parasite cyclospora, was first reported in early May and has since spread to 34 states, according to the latest numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It has sickened at least 1,645 people, per CDC data, including at least 141 hospitalizations. But the CDC's tally lags behind state health departments, which have reported much larger numbers of cases. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Thursday at least 4,312 confirmed cases, including 102 that required hospitalization.
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2026 Fall Camp and Other Tidbits
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Football
- 96 Replies
Skull Session: Ohio State is One of the Youngest Teams in College Football, Eleven Warriors Readers Pick the Best Buckeyes From Each Decade Dating Back to the 1960s
Ohio State is one of the youngest teams in college football, and Eleven Warriors readers pick the best Buckeyes from each decade dating back to the 1960s.
YOUNG BUCKS. Ohio State will enter the 2026 season as one of the youngest teams in college football.
RotoWire’s Thomas Leary shared an interactive widget this week that allows college football fans to sort teams based on their average roster age. Across all 138 FBS programs, the average roster is just over 20.3 years old, with UTSA owning the oldest roster (21.02 years) and Georgia the youngest (19.81 years).
Ohio State ranks No. 128 nationally with an average roster age of 19.95 years old. The Buckeyes’ roster ranks 63rd out of 67 Power Four teams and 17th out of 18 Big Ten programs.
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Ohio State’s status as one of college football’s youngest teams isn’t necessarily surprising. The Buckeyes had 25 players selected in the 2025 and 2026 NFL drafts and lost 31 scholarship players to the transfer portal this offseason, while they added 28 scholarship freshmen.
Ryan Day and his staff did well to raise the roster’s average age with 18 transfer additions, including 16 players who will be entering their fourth season or later in 2026.
Even with that influx of veterans, Ohio State remains one of the youngest teams in the country — which could be cause for concern until you remember the Buckeyes have experience where it matters most: at quarterback and in the trenches. Julian Sayin has already made 14 career starts, while Ohio State’s offensive line features more than 125 combined career appearances.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)
- By Jaxbuck
- College Football
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I am not a lawyer and have never seen an actual LOI agreement for college football but they are not the same thing as an employment agreement in the real world.Totally agree with your points and appreciate the dumbing down for an old pecked wood, like me.
The biggest question for me is where does the 'Letter of Intent' come into play? Does that not constitute a work contract between the athlete and the institution when they sign it?
LOI in CFB means I agree to come play football for you in return for a scholarship. It binds both sides to do whatever is in the agreement. That’s why guys have to be”released” from them.
As @Trevi said above, and I mentioned in one of my anti common sense posts, these have been 1 year deals between player and school for the majority of CFB history. It was just the other way around so now that the schools and their lobby are trying to do what’s best for the sport-they don’t mention that so much.
This is the modern coal mine owners working together to buy politicians and control the cost of labor so they can keep control of the tv money. They know that only 20-30 teams are big enough brands to survive in a world of year to year free agent bidding wars and that even then , those teams cannot carry the expense of the 30 some odd teams at the university that don’t make money.
This is the fight for how it’s going to go forward. Old owners find a way to still control it or it totally blows up and changes (imo).
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