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Game Thread Ohio State at Penn State, 10/22/16, 8:00pm ET ABC/WatchESPN

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Skull Session: Jaylen McClain Names Three Under-the-Radar Buckeyes Entering 2026, Urban Meyer Reflects on the Cost of Ohio State’s 2016 Loss to Penn State

Jaylen McClain names three under-the-radar Buckeyes entering 2026, and Urban Meyer thinks a missed penalty led to Ohio State’s 2016 loss against Penn State.
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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. Urban Meyer believes one missed penalty changed the course of Ohio State's 2016 season.

In a clip from The Triple Option released this week, Meyer said an uncalled penalty on a late field goal attempt prevented the Buckeyes from tying Penn State — and ultimately cost them a Big Ten championship.

Holding a 21-17 lead with 4:39 remaining in the fourth quarter, Ohio State lined up for a 45-yard field goal on 4th-and-7. Penn State blocked Tyler Durbin's kick, and Nittany Lions cornerback Grant Haley scooped up the live ball and returned it for a touchdown, turning Ohio State's three-point lead into a 24-21 deficit.

The Buckeyes had one final chance to respond, but Penn State's defense forced a 4th-and-23 from Ohio State's own 29-yard line, where the offense failed to convert.

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“By rule, you can’t physically pull the field goal protector out of the way of the guy jumping through, and Penn State, the one win they got against us in 2016, they blocked the field goal,” Meyer said. “I turned it in, and I didn’t bitch a lot about it; my fault that we ran the field goal team on late. That cost us the Big Ten championship in ’16, and they later came back and said it could have been, and should have been, a penalty, if I remember right. That’s one that might have been — if they would have thrown that flag, obviously we win.”

Ohio State's loss to Penn State was its only regular-season defeat in 2016 and kept the Buckeyes out of the Big Ten Championship Game. Penn State went on to beat Wisconsin 38-31 for the conference title, but the College Football Playoff selection committee still selected Ohio State over the Nittany Lions for the four-team playoff.

Penn State lost to USC in the Rose Bowl.

Ohio State lost to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl.

I wonder if those results would have been different if the referees had thrown a piece of yellow laundry 10 years ago at Beaver Stadium.

The world may never know.
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DE Beau Atkinson (Official Thread)

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Former high-profile transfer win for the Ohio State Buckeyes is making some noise ahead of fall camp beginning

Beau Atkinson was once a key transfer portal addition for the Ohio State Buckeyes well over a year ago. He may finally be trending toward a breakout with the Buckeyes this fall, and he’s making an impression ahead of fall camp beginning.
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Former high-profile transfer win for the Ohio State Buckeyes is making some noise ahead of fall camp beginning​

Beau Atkinson was once a key transfer portal addition for the Ohio State Buckeyes well over a year ago. He may finally be trending toward a breakout with the Buckeyes this fall, and he’s making an impression ahead of fall camp beginning.

Ohio State football is inching closer to fall camp, and the Buckeyes will look drastically different when they return to the field. Ohio State saw more than 30 players transfer out while bringing in roughly half that number through the portal, plus a freshman class near 30 players. Several returning Buckeyes will need to step into new and bigger roles, and one player generating some offseason buzz is former North Carolina transfer Beau Atkinson.

Atkinson is creating noise with the work he has put in during offseason workouts, and he could be a critical piece of Ohio State’s pass rush in 2026. The former transfer addition has been named a Dude of the Week for the Buckeyes.

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Beau Atkinson looking to bounce back after quiet 2025​

The Buckeyes landed Atkinson two transfer portal windows ago after he posted 7.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, and 35 total tackles at North Carolina in 2024. He was an All-ACC caliber player with the Tar Heels, but his first season at Ohio State did not go as planned.

Atkinson played in 11 games for the Buckeyes last season and registered just 11 tackles and one sack. The switch to the Big Ten was an adjustment, and he has admitted it didn’t go as he expected. He struggled bending around the edge and looked noticeably stiff, making it clear he needed more time in Ohio State’s strength and conditioning program under coach Mick Marotti.

Another full offseason in that program could be exactly what Atkinson needed, and he’ll have a chance to prove it this fall.

Ohio State needs Beau Atkinson to step up opposite Kenyatta Jackson​

The Buckeyes are trying to replace Caden Curry and his double-digit sack production. Getting Kenyatta Jackson back was huge for Ohio State, but the other starting EDGE spot is up for grabs.
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QB Luke Fahey (Official Thread)

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Depth Chart Outlook​

Fahey is competing for the QB3 spot as a freshman in 2026 with Justyn Martin, a fifth-year quarterback who transferred to Ohio State this offseason. His first chance to compete for the starting job could come in 2027, assuming Julian Sayin enters the 2027 NFL draft.

That said, Fahey will have a challenging path to a future starting job at Ohio State. Current QB2 Tavien St. Clair is the heavy favorite to be Ohio State’s next starting quarterback after Sayin, and given Ryan Day's track record at OSU, there's a good chance that five-star quarterbacks will continue to come to Columbus even after Sayin and St. Clair are gone.

That’s not to say that Fahey lacks the talent to be a big-time quarterback, even though he is a bit undersized at 5-11. That said, Fahey isn't afraid of the competition and how tough it will be to be QB1 for Ohio State. In fact, he has expected it since the moment he committed to the Buckeyes.

“At other schools, I felt like the path to being a starting quarterback was easier. But again, I don't want to be scared of competition when in life you're going to have to compete,” Fahey said. “I know those guys will make me work hard at every aspect while I'm there, if that's on the field, in the weight room, sprints. And again, my goal is to be an NFL quarterback. And when you're around people who are better than you, it only pushes you to be better. It only makes you work that much harder.”
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2026 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

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Michigan President Domenico Grasso Calls Warde Manuel “One of the Best Athletic Directors in the Country” Amid Investigation, Scandals​

Michigan president Domenico Grasso gave athletic director Warde Manuel a vote of confidence Thursday despite multiple scandals and an ongoing controversy surrounding an investigation into the Wolverines' athletic department.

Speaking with MLive's Sam Jane after the university's monthly Board of Regents meeting, Grasso called Manuel "one of the best athletic directors in the country." School officials did not discuss the results of Jenner & Block's investigation during the one-hour meeting in Traverse City.

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The law firm's investigation centered on two probes: one into former football coach Sherrone Moore's affair with Paige Shiver and another into the culture of Michigan's athletic department under Manuel. When asked whether the university would provide an update on the investigation's findings, Grasso did not give a direct answer.

Meanwhile, the Detroit Free Press' Dave Boucher reported Thursday that Michigan denied a public records request seeking any "findings, conclusions, analysis, deductions or other results" Jenner & Block provided to the university. UM acknowledged the university possesses those records — a shift from its previous position that no such documents existed — but argued they are protected by attorney-client privilege and cannot be released publicly.

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Michigan's refusal to release the findings came days after The Wall Street Journal revealed new details from Jenner & Block's investigation, which concluded the university's response to Moore's relationship with Shiver was inadequate and that responsibility for handling misconduct allegations within the athletic department was often unclear.
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Just sayin': Manuel may be keeping his job at scUM.
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U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

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CMic said:
He can make double that amount if he gets the right job in the right league.
Just depends on what he wants to do.
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Just sayin':

1) Well, if he does not sign another contract to coach the USMNT; ESPN lists some other possible head coaches.....

Who should coach USMNT next? 11 potential replacements for Pochettino​

The longtime assumption has been that, with his USMNT contract ending after the World Cup, Pochettino would depart and set himself up for a European club job to be named later. Pochettino has avoided definitive answers on the subject, and his plans aren't clear.

What is clear, however, is that the U.S. Soccer Federation is doing whatever possible to keep him. The two sides have engaged in contract talks, with U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson telling ESPN in an exclusive interview before the team's elimination how much Pochettino and assistant Jesus Perez have been helping with long-term planning.
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2) The ESPN guy thinks Pep Guardiola would be the "perfect candidate". I don't know anything about any of those guys. Does anyone think any of these guys might be an upgrade from Pochettino or at least as good as he was?
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2026 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, Arrogant Twatwaffles, Emasculated Cucks, Feckless Marmots, Dirty Cheaters "Mid"chigan

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In today's game, punishing the team is no longer punishing the players. They can transfer out to a team that isn't being punished. No one is stuck playing for that team. So NCAA's claim that they didn't want to punish current players is boof.

As for the for-reals reason they didn't punish the cheaters, remember that the Big Ten just signed a contract with the TV networks for a bazillion dollars. The TV networks didn't want their product damaged. And *ichigan is part of their product. They stepped in and said that *ichigan needs to be able to maintain their standing. Wave their hand a little and tell the empire that these aren't the droids you're looking for.

The NCAA showed that they're gutless turds and aren't needed. And that's that.
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But we really knew this all along. Michigan pulled the deflect defense, which works all the time with the NCAA. Never comply.
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