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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

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buckeyemania11 said:
So, the SEC is that big bully kid who takes their ball and runs home when the other kids are finally able to fairly compete? Classic. "We are so big and tough we are going to make our own league and only play amongst ourselves because all of our advantages have evaporated!"
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This reminds me of when Penn State fans wanted to secede from the NCAA (because of their sanctions) and join the NAIA. Their plan included saving money on scholarships, since they only get about 20 or 25 scholarships, making a conference of Pennsylvania teams that would love to be in a conference with Penn State, and Penn State would be able to dictate what goes on in that conference (does that sound familiar?), and Penn State would elevate the NAIA to Penn State's level, rather than the NAIA would pull Penn State down to their level.

I do find it funny that "it would be great if the SEC championship was for their version of the national championship," and yet none of the 6 teams in the last 3 CCG's have made it to a national championship game. It'd be like in 2013 or so when the Big Ten wasn't getting any teams to the national championship game, they just said, "Yeah, we're done trying. We're going to call our conference champion our own national champion." That's what you look like right now, SEC. You look like the Big Ten when the SEC was winning all the championships.

Also, this paragraph is funny:
"I've said this for a long time to our president," Smart said on Tuesday. "I've been a huge advocate that if we can't find rules that everybody plays by, then we should play our own. I'm not afraid of that. I'm not afraid to break away and say that our conference is strong enough to go out and play.
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"If we can't find rules that everybody plays by..." I mean, we had that for a long time, and there was a lot of smoke around the SEC. And, as we were told in 2010 when Ohio State was in the smoke, "Where there's smoke, there's fire." So, by that logic, the SEC was doing some shady stuff en route to winning some championships. Now that it's all above board, things are a little tougher for the SEC. So, now he wants to limit things to where he might be able to hide things again?
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

ORD_Buckeye
The richness of tejas and aggy is grossly overrated.

Here are 3 schools:

School A has a main campus and its centralized system has a budget of 7.2B. With that money, they fund a main campus (larger than school B), 11 branch campuses that are all 4 year and classified as either Masters or Doctoral/Research. They have four distinct medical school campuses.

School B has a smaller main campus, 4 2-year branch campuses and an ag institute (essentially in-house community colleges) and one medical school/research hospital. They do this with a budget of 9.6B--half med school and half academic campus.

School C is part of a decentralized system (branch campuses don't report to it but rather to a system office and President), they are a major research univeristy but don't have a medical school. They're about the size of School B and have a budget of 3.6B

Which school seems richer?
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WR Devin McCuin (Official Thread)

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It wouldn’t surprise me — only because I don’t care as long as the offense is scoring like it should given the talent it has at its disposal.

My worthless opinion is that the best and most effective players should get snaps regardless of how long someone’s been in the program. If he’s better in the slot than Inniss and Henry/Parker get snaps on the outside, then so be it.

Score at any cost
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2026 tOSU Defense Discussion

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Ohio State true freshmen corners Jay Timmons, Jordan Thomas made strong impression during spring​


"They're very mature," OSU co-defensive coordinator/secondary coach Tim Walton said. "They love to compete. They pay close attention to detail. They're very coachable. They can process the game. You know what I mean?"

"So, they've got a lot of great qualities. And football is important to them. So, they're serious. It matters to them; it's important to them. So, those things are great qualities. And they don't get flustered by situations or hard coaching."
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QB1 Julian Sayin (All B1G, B1G Frosh of Year, All American, National Frosh of Year, National Champion)

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Buckeneye said:
I'm going to go against the grain here. Julian, like Manziel referenced above, is of a similar physical mold. But that also means his mobility doesn't have to be tuck and run like Johnny was. Preferably more so the classic 'run to throw'. Truth be told, he isn't big enough where he (likely) wants to consistently escape vertically into traffic. And he isn't gifted enough laterally to be RG3 or Lamar.

I'm fortunate to have access to the all-22 for the offense. When I chart the trends from the last 3 games of the season, the film is telling me there are two big components that need serious increased command.

- Eyes to safety play.

Not just having your eyes there, but understanding leverage, rotations and body language then processing all of that in real time.

- Throw timing.

JS can have a nasty habit at times of not throwing with timing and anticipation that I would expect from a player of his caliber. I don't want to say "questioning" what he's seeing. But there was some clear hesitation against Indiana on a number of snaps that cost him completions. (along with the damn ball tapping) This also ties into the first thing - understanding and processing rotations.

College Football defenses are winning right now. They're winning for two reasons. For the better part of 20 years, we've taught these young QB's pure progression while reducing the burden of educating them and advancing their understanding of coverage geometry. Defenses can get away with their rotations because they don't do, as the NFL says, "get eyes to safeties at this level". There's more movement not only on the backend, but the front as well. I've never seen more pre-snap stem & post snap movement along the Dline at the highest levels of college football than I have this past year.

Those two things are asking QB's and Offensive Lines to do one key thing - play smarter. To play as cerebral as you would play physical.

If Julian (and the OL) can speed up that thing between their ears, he won't have to use his legs anywhere near as wished. That's a last resort improvement and tends to come at the cost of passing efficiency. In 2026, I hope to see the Drew Brees comparison rightfully and deservedly used. Because right now it's just another white-boy cliche'.
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GPA!
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2027 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

pnuts34
sparcboxbuck said:
Always wondered the same. Then I lived there. It's a basketball town, downtown at least.

There are some pockets, but really who wants as a coach to go in a place where the support really isn't there. Tate came from a school downtown... but he's a pretty rare one.

There's some solid talent in the burbs and the rest of the state, but it's pretty rare air that you're in when you get recruited to tOSU. The density of those types across the entire state is not exactly very high.
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IL and IN HS football recruits are kind of similar imo. Basketball centric states with pockets of elite talent in football
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QB1 Julian Sayin (All B1G, B1G Frosh of Year, All American, National Frosh of Year, National Champion)

Buckeneye
I'm going to go against the grain here. Julian, like Manziel referenced above, is of a similar physical mold. But that also means his mobility doesn't have to be tuck and run like Johnny was. Preferably more so the classic 'run to throw'. Truth be told, he isn't big enough where he (likely) wants to consistently escape vertically into traffic. And he isn't gifted enough laterally to be RG3 or Lamar.

I'm fortunate to have access to the all-22 for the offense. When I chart the trends from the last 3 games of the season, the film is telling me there are two big components that need serious increased command.

- Eyes to safety play.

Not just having your eyes there, but understanding leverage, rotations and body language then processing all of that in real time.

- Throw timing.

JS can have a nasty habit at times of not throwing with timing and anticipation that I would expect from a player of his caliber. I don't want to say "questioning" what he's seeing. But there was some clear hesitation against Indiana on a number of snaps that cost him completions. (along with the damn ball tapping) This also ties into the first thing - understanding and processing rotations.

College Football defenses are winning right now. They're winning for two reasons. For the better part of 20 years, we've taught these young QB's pure progression while reducing the burden of educating them and advancing their understanding of coverage geometry. Defenses can get away with their rotations because they don't do, as the NFL says, "get eyes to safeties at this level". There's more movement not only on the backend, but the front as well. I've never seen more pre-snap stem & post snap movement along the Dline at the highest levels of college football than I have this past year.

Those two things are asking QB's and Offensive Lines to do one key thing - play smarter. To play as cerebral as you would play physical.

If Julian (and the OL) can speed up that thing between their ears, he won't have to use his legs anywhere near as wished. That's a last resort improvement and tends to come at the cost of passing efficiency. In 2026, I hope to see the Drew Brees comparison rightfully and deservedly used. Because right now it's just another white-boy cliche'.
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