ScriptOhio said:

Just sayin': I'd rather keep the B1GCG, freeze the CFPs at 16 teams (or less).

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LSU experimenting with air-conditioned football helmets​

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Bestbuck36 said:

16 teams is the ideal max that I've laid out before.

-No bye week bullshit.
-No Conference Champ games either, unless it can be fit in extra as in starting the schedule a week earlier.
-Eliminate one of the "preseason" games.
-Play 10 conference games, for every conference.
-First 2 rounds on campus. Then major bowl locations for the rest.

Keep money in the communities as long as possible. The corporations are fucking up a great sport.

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Bestbuck36 said:

Well the hardest part to making it perfect would be realignment again and 4 conferences of 16 teams each. Let's face it NIL has made this a professional sport and there's money everywhere. Yet there are teams in, I'll call it by is old moniker, Division 1A, that do not stand a snowballs chance in hell of ever reaching a final let alone winning one.

So the new 1A becomes a 64 team league, 16 make the playoff, which will still be the same teams every year, right? A few stragglers will show up from time to time of course. The rest are in Division 1B. The MAC, WAC, SUN BELT etc. whom are also going to be able to benefit from NIL as well, if they run the business correctly.

Now for the kicker: the worst team from each of the 4 conferences gets relegated each February and the best 4 from the 1B lot move up. Gone would be the days of terrible athletic departments being the annual conferences doormats, but still getting to share the conferences bounty which they never contribute to. You suck too bad this year? Adios. Maybe next year. And, hey fresh blood once in awhile keeps things interesting.

Obviously 1A is the NFL minor leagues at this point let's not kid ourselves and football would have to separate from the other sports due to the relegation rule but so what? Doesn't mean they lose school affiliation so fans and alumni don't have to switch allegiance, that would be brutal.

TV rights, conferences payouts and the possible school issues are still going to exist.

Now these are just the lunatic rumblings of a fringe fanatic that lives for college football and all things Buckeyes so there's a whole crap load of T's and I's that the nerds would have to sort out but you get the picture I think? (FYI this rambling and napkin spitballing should all be read in Jack Burtons voice for posterity)

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ScriptOhio said:

Five-Star QB Christopher Vargas Sets Commitment Date with Ohio State Favored

Five-star quarterback Christopher Vargas will announce his college decision on Saturday with Ohio State viewed as the favorite to land the No. 6 overall prospect in the 2028 class.

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Five-Star QB Christopher Vargas Sets Commitment Date with Ohio State Favored​

One of Ohio State's top 2028 recruiting targets has set his commitment date.

Five-star quarterback Christopher Vargas told On3's Hayes Fawcett on Monday that he will announce his college decision on Saturday. Ohio State is widely viewed as the favorite to land the 6-foot-4 signal caller, with On3's Steve Wiltfong, Chad Simmons and Adam Gorney all predicting he'll commit to the Buckeyes this weekend.

Ranked as the No. 1 quarterback and No. 6 overall prospect in the 2028 class, Vargas visited Ohio State this summer for the Buckeyes' 7-on-7 tournament and one of the program's prospect camps. He told Eleven Warriors that Ohio State has been one of his top schools since receiving an offer from the Buckeyes in November 2024.

"I've been building relationships with them for probably two years or three years now," Vargas said of Ohio State's coaches. "It's been great."

Vargas also said he would love to play for Ryan Day, calling the Ohio State head coach a "QB developer" who helped players such as Dwayne Haskins, Justin Fields and C.J. Stroud reach the NFL. Vargas said he models his game after Stroud, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft and the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year that fall.

"He just has the same playstyle as me, I think," Vargas said. "Him and (Green Bay Packers quarterback) Jordan Love have the same playstyle as me, so I like to watch film and learn from them."

As a sophomore in 2025, Vargas threw for 2,083 yards, 24 touchdowns and three interceptions, improving on a freshman campaign in which he passed for 1,311 yards, 17 touchdowns and three interceptions.

Along with Ohio State, Vargas holds 20 Division I offers, including Power Four offers from Oregon, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU and Michigan.

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Five-Star QB Christopher Vargas Sets Commitment Date with Ohio State Favored

Five-star quarterback Christopher Vargas will announce his college decision on Saturday with Ohio State viewed as the favorite to land the No. 6 overall prospect in the 2028 class.

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Five-Star QB Christopher Vargas Sets Commitment Date with Ohio State Favored​

DubCoffman62 said:

It hasn't been below 95 degrees here, I'm talking overnight lows, for over a week. Yesterday at 330am as I was going to work it was 101.

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ScriptOhio said:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49521504/usc-notre-dame-renew-rivalry-2030-four-game-series

ND-USC rivalry renewed; IU nixes series vs. Irish

Notre Dame's reunion with USC, however, also will coincide with the departure of defending national champion Indiana from the Fighting Irish's future schedules, sources told ESPN's Adam Rittenberg.

In 2021, Notre Dame and Indiana announced a home-and-home series with the Hoosiers opening the 2030 season at Notre Dame, the slot USC will now fill. Notre Dame was set to visit Indiana in late September 2031. But both games will not be played, at Indiana's request, a source told Rittenberg. The desire to get USC back on the schedule in early-season slots drove the shuffling, along with Indiana's philosophy toward nonconference scheduling.
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Indiana's scheduling approach has avoided Power 4 opponents, as the school in 2023 withdrew from the final two games of a series against Louisville, and then in 2025 canceled a home-and-home series against Virginia. The Hoosiers' College Football Playoff teams in 2024 and 2025 did not play any Power 4 opponents from outside the Big Ten during the regular season.

Notre Dame had been the only major nonleague opponent on Indiana's schedule, which is filled through 2029. Coach Curt Cignetti has said Indiana is focused on its nine Big Ten games per year, and athletic director Scott Dolson has said the school's approach will remain flexible depending on the size and format of the CFP.

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ScriptOhio said:

Just sayin':

1. Anybody watch any of the 1st 2 games?....Me neither.

2. Do you think there is any crying in this baseball league?

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Steve19 said:

I had Catholic priests trying to convince me that I should focus on Notre Dame. I left for public school and attended Fred Taylor’s summer program when I reached high school.

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Steve19 said:

I had Catholic priests trying to convince me that I should focus on Notre Dame. I left for public school and attended Fred Taylor’s summer program when I reached high school.

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ScriptOhio said:

You’re Nuts: What is the biggest thing needed to make a run in the College Football Playoff?

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Today’s question: What is the biggest thing needed to make a deep run in the College Football Playoff?​

Brett’s answer: A chip on your shoulder​

If you told Ohio State fans they would win the first 12-team College Football Playoff after losing 13-10 at home to Michigan, they likely would have thought you were insane. In the days following the loss to the Wolverines, Buckeye Nation seemed more focused on packing Ryan Day’s bags than the football team winning four games to become national champs. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Tennessee fans thought they were going to turn Ohio Stadium into “Neyland North”.

Obviously, the team was ready to go to war for their head coach, as well as defend their home turf against the invaders from Tennessee. After easily dispatching the Volunteers, the Buckeyes got their revenge on Oregon in the Rose Bowl, and the rest is history. It was obvious Ryan Day’s team spent a few weeks channeling the hatred they were receiving into fuel that they used to destroy their first two opponents before outlasting Texas and Notre Dame.

Last year the Buckeyes were the victim of a team playing with a chip on their shoulder. Many didn’t think Miami belonged in the playoff field after the Hurricanes lost two games across a regular season schedule that was less than impressive. I’ll be honest, I didn’t think Miami had much of a chance against the Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl. Not only did the Hurricanes beat Ohio State in Dallas, but they also went on to take down Ole Miss in the semifinals before giving Indiana a run in the title game.

Teams with a chip on their shoulder have something to rally around, which hasn’t been the case for others during the first two 12-team playoffs. Back in 2024, Oregon didn’t have much turmoil surrounding their team, and they ended up laying an egg against Ohio State in the Rose Bowl. While Indiana didn’t suffer the same fate as the Ducks last year as the top seed, the Hoosiers were still looking for respect nationally since their program had been a doormat for so long, so there was a bit of a chip on the shoulders of Curt Cignetti and his team.

As we work our way towards the playoffs later this year, just remember that the team that has faced adversity and feels like they are disrespected will be a team to watch out for in the postseason. Chances are they’ll make it to the title game, if not win it all.

Matt’s answer: Confidence and resilience to handle pressure​

As we’ve seen numerous times from Ohio State, talent alone can be enough to get a team into the College Football Playoff. Unfortunately for the Buckeyes (and more importantly, us as fans), talent alone rarely proves to be enough to carry a team all the way through the playoffs to a national title, especially now that the tournament has expanded to 12 teams. At some point during a championship run, every contender will face a moment when the game plan fails, the opponent lands the first punch, or the weight of expectations becomes impossible to ignore.

The teams that are usually able to survive are the ones with enough confidence to believe the situation can still be fixed and enough resilience to keep playing when everything begins to go wrong. Unfortunately for Ohio State, they got punched in the face twice last year, and weren’t able to get back up either time.

What felt like the makings of a perfect season (literally and figuratively) was detoured in the Big Ten Championship Game by the Indiana Hoosiers and then ultimately derailed by the Miami Hurricanes in the CFP. Neither was a blowout — IU won 13-10, and The U won 24-14 thanks to a last-minute touchdown — but that just underlines what was missing for last year’s Buckeyes. They had their chances; neither loss was out of reach. Therefore, had they been able to bounce back like championship teams are supposed to be capable of, we could have been talking about back-to-back national titles.

We have seen OSU exhibit this kind of resilience numerous times over the years. The 2024 Buckeyes suffered a devastating fourth consecutive loss to Michigan (one that had many in Buckeye Nation, myself included, throwing in the towel on Ryan Day). However, the team and coaching staff developed that chip on their shoulder that Brett talked about, and responded by going on arguably the greatest run in college football history.
Instead of allowing one painful result to define them, they beat Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame to win the national championship.

Even in the title game, Ohio State had to withstand a Notre Dame comeback before Will Howard’s fourth-quarter third-down completion to Jeremiah Smith finally sealed the 34-23 victory. That run was not simply a demonstration of superior talent; it was proof that a team can absorb disappointment, ignore the noise surrounding it, and recover quickly enough to accomplish something historic.

Both the successful lesson of 2024 and the less successful one of 2025 need to inform the Buckeyes’ approach in 2026. Ohio State again possesses obvious championship talent, led by Julian Sayin, Jeremiah Smith, and Bo Jackson, and will return four starting offensive linemen. Personally, I believe new offensive coordinator Arthur Smith will bring a much-needed added dimension to the offensive game plan this season, while Matt Patricia will need to figure out how to replace a historically elite group of defensive starters.

This year’s team will not be judged solely by how explosive it looks when everything is working, or how it even does against its daunting regular-season schedule. The 2026 Buckeyes’ season will ultimately be determined by how it responds to an early deficit, a costly turnover, a difficult road environment, or a loss that threatens to divide the locker room. Championship pressure cannot be recreated during spring practice or preseason camp; it can only be confronted when it arrives.

Ohio State has enough talent to win another national title, and, as is my annual tradition, I will be picking them to do so. But the question is whether the Buckeyes will be able to find the collective confidence to expect victory even in the face of the most adverse of circumstances and the resilience to keep pursuing it even after things inevitably don’t go their way.

For my sake, and the sake of all Buckeye fans reading this, I sure hope they can.

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