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Neal Shipley (PGA Golf Pro)

calibuck
You got me started. Remember that when Tiger first came out, he was in top 5 in driving distance. Then, subtly, he toned down his driving, started hitting more fairways, hitting more greens in regulation, and became a scoring juggernaut. Believe Jack did the same thing. Wanted to be long, certainly, but not wild. Playing from the short grass is better than the long grass, and certainly not from behind a tree. Anyway, Neal has all this to look forward to, but also needs to work on his head game, and hold that lead going into the final day. Do believe he'll get there, but he has to pay his dues first, and adapt.
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Neal Shipley (PGA Golf Pro)

calibuck
Golf is a strange game, and statistics can be very confusing. If a player is a short driver, there's going to be a long iron into green. Harder to hit closer to hole, ergo longer put, opening up more chances for a 3-putt. Hence, lower putting percentage. Long knocker, equates to shorter approach shot, and subsequently (if good scoring club player), a closer birdie putt, and more pars. PS, longer irons also mean more sand, and sand is an automatic +.5 strokes, unless you are particularly good out of the sand (one of my weaknesses), and can get up and down. Ultimately, on a course with par of 72, 36 of those strokes are putts. 50%. If you strike your irons close, you'll make more birdies, lowering your putts per hole, and going more under par. Unless one has been bitten by the golf bug, the above sounds like a bunch of gobbletygook. Jack won many tournaments, but also holds the record for second place finishes. He didn't get short game training/coaching until late in his career, or he would have won many more majors (IMHO). Anyway, Neal's going to have to look at Jag's numbers, and say, hey, that's what I need to work on. Oh yeah, one more thing.....putting is the most fickle part of golf. One day, you're holing 20 footers, and the next day you're missing 5 foot tap-ins. It's insane.
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Headlines You Don't See Every Day (outside of Florida)

ScriptOhio
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New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash

A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom.
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A school district in a rural corner of upstate New York is hitting pause on plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns, including the maker’s ties to a company that produces hyper realistic sex bots.

The Salamanca City Central School District’s board approved the nearly $60,000 purchase from Realbotix with visions that “Sally,” as the stationary robot with long dark hair has already been nicknamed, would enhance the education of high school students studying robotics and technology fields.

“Having a difficult time programming an Arduino board? Don’t even know what an Arduino board is? Ask Sally and she can explain it,” Superintendent Mark Beehler, said Tuesday. “The robot also provides opportunities for students to learn how the robot is maintained, how it is updated with new approved content, and how to troubleshoot issues.”

But as news spread in the small community located on the Seneca Nation of Indians reservation, parents and teachers worried about how students’ personal information would be used. Unionized teachers took aim at Realbotix’s sex doll sister company, even as district officials and the company itself stressed the two manufacturers operate independently.

“A robot built by a company associated with sex dolls has no business in our classrooms,” said Melinda Person, president of the labor union New York State United Teachers.

For now, the robot pilot remains on hold as the district works through “enhanced student data privacy agreements” with the state education officials and continues outreach to the community, according to a statement the district posted Friday on its Facebook page.
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Should semipro/college players be paid, or allowed to sell their stuff? (NIL and Revenue Sharing)

Jaxbuck
This shit is just wrong.

SEC, Big Ten vote to support Congressional college sports bill after mad scramble​

With the 2 conferences on board, the Protect College Sports Act appears to have a good chance of approval in the Senate
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Fucked up part I:
The key components of the bill would grant the NCAA and conferences a limited antitrust exemption to re-implement the one-time transfer exception, standardize a five-year eligibility policy, ban professional athletes from returning to college, establish an agent registry and maximum fee (5%) and, as noted above, create a more strict athlete revenue-share cap.
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Fucked up part II
Opposed to collective bargaining and employment, college sports leaders are working to establish a harder cap like the NFL
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So the NCAA and Conferences bought their politicians and now get to make up the rules without players having any voice what so ever. They are going to limit the kids ability to move and earn because they bought anti trust exemption.

To be clear...we are right back to square 1. The NCAA is the governing body because well, that has worked so well for so long , right?
Later in the day, a Senate staff member sent a memo to conference commissioners outlining the ways that the bill closes the loophole, writing that the NCAA and College Sports Commission has "clear authority to establish and enforce rules ensuring that associated entity compensation is counted against the cap."
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In case you think that maybe politicians will avoid adding some odd provisions to the bill in return for votes....No. Politicians are gonna be politicians.
While the cap circumvention provision remains the top issue, there are others, such as a new, mysterious third section of the bill added just this week. Title III, called the "Ignite HBCUs Sports and Media Act," is a competitive federal grant program to assist historically Black colleges and universities, though details of the act are unclear.
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2026-27 Ohio State Men's Basketball

DZ83CK
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This week’s question: Where will Ohio State men’s basketball finish in the Big Ten this season?​

Connor: 7th​

I think Ohio State has the opportunity to move up from last season’s 8th-place finish in the conference, but there’s still enough questions about this team that I’m not super confident that they will do that.

Who starts at center, and how effective will they be at that spot? Can Justin Pippen improve his career field goal percentage of 36% as a heavy minutes type of guy?

Will Anthony Thompson jump right in and dominate like he’s expected to, or will it take some time for the freshman to adjust to the speed and physicality of college basketball? How much of a step will Amare Bynum take as a sophomore — are we looking at a potential All-Big Ten type of guy, or an 11-point, five-rebound per game guy (so a marginal uptick from last season)?

If all of those things pan out in Ohio State’s favor, you’re looking at a Buckeyes team that could absolutely finish in the top four of the Big Ten and compete for both a triple-bye in the Big Ten Tournament and a higher seed in the NCAA Tournament than they got last year.

Also, there are several teams that I think are more trustworthy/have fewer questions surrounding them than Ohio State.

Right off the top, Illinois, Michigan State, and Nebraska all feel like safer bets than Ohio State. Michigan and USC both have very talented rosters, although I think (for different reasons) I trust them less than the top three.

On paper, Purdue’s roster is nowhere close to as good as it has been over the past decade or so, but Matt Painter always seems to take a group of guys and make the sum greater than its parts.

Illinois, Michigan State, Nebraska, Michigan, USC, Purdue….. and then Ohio State.

Justin: 6th​

I pretty much just turned this question into a “Will Ohio State finish in the top six of the Big Ten?” and my answer is yes.

As of right now, Illinois, Michigan State, and Michigan are the top three teams in the conference. UCLA, USC, Maryland, Indiana, Purdue, and Ohio State are all in the second tier to me, and the Buckeyes can fall anywhere from fourth to ninth, depending on what the other teams do.

USC and Indiana have great teams on paper, but they will have to gel and find team chemistry they didn’t find last year. Purdue has the question mark of replacing Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer, and Trey Kaufman-Renn. The Boilermakers have not played without that trio in four years and, even though they are talented, will have to learn to play without Smith, Loyer, and Kaufman-Renn.

Obviously, the Buckeyes have questions too, as Mobley and Bynum have to take the next steps, the bench has to be wildly better, and the

Buckeyes are relying heavily on a freshman to be one of their best players.

But I love the transfers and the addition of the freshmen, and I think this is a top six team in the conference.
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IMO MSU and Nebraska are on par with OSU. Illinois and UM are the top, USC, UCLA and IU are the next tier, and then OSU, MSU and Nebraska.
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Notre Dame (football only discussion)

Thump
cincibuck said:
I was assigned to Moeller for 20 years. Non-Catholic public school guy, I would get nauseous every football season when the ND talk would hit its peak. The school was seen as a combination of Harvard, Oxford, and the Holy Ghost. Irish football was the holy grail and the shroud of Turin all rolled into one
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What are you “assigned” there to do?
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C Christoph Tilly (Official Thread)

DZ83CK
ScriptOhio said:
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Ohio State should bring back this player with the new eligibility rules

Now that every player gets five years of eligibility, the Buckeyes should bring back their center from a year ago.
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Ohio State should bring back this player with the new eligibility rules​

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Now that every player gets five years of eligibility, the Buckeyes should bring back their center from a year ago.

The NCAA has lost again in court (shocking, I know), and now players from the 2022 class in all sports will have a fifth year of eligibility. That means that a lot of seniors who tried to be drafted in their respective sports could flood back to the NCAA to try to find a spot.

One of those players could be former Buckeye center Christoph Tilly. Tilly was the starting center for the Ohio State basketball program last season, averaging 11 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 2.3 assists. While he wasn't the best center they've ever had, the Buckeyes need to see if they can bring him back.

Why the Ohio State basketball program should bring Christoph Tilly back​

The Buckeyes simply don't have a good player to replace Tilly on the roster. As it stands now, Ivan Njegovan is slated to be the starting center. While he has shown some promise as an offensive rebounder, his offensive skill set leaves a lot to be desired. He's at least a decent shot-blocker, though.

Still, the Buckeyes would benefit from having Tilly back as the starter. At seven feet tall, he can still deter players at the rim. He shot abysmally from outside the 3-point arc a year ago, but at least he can make those shots occasionally. Spacing the floor will be key with the roster next year.

The core of the team will be John Mobley Jr. and two five-star freshmen. Maximizing the offense is clearly going to be the way that this team has to play in order to win games. They are going to be small in the backcourt, so why not try to have the best offense they can possibly put on the court?

Tilly went undrafted in late June, so he would be available to come back. It would certainly boost up a roster that actually has expectations after Jake Diebler took the Buckeyes to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in four years. Adding a center who can shoot would help.

Ohio State can't bring their best player from a year ago back​

Unfortunately for them, Ohio State cannot bring the best player on the team back. Bruce Thornton was surprisingly the first pick of the second round by the Houston Rockets. He played well in Summer League, all but assuring his chance at a roster spot with the Rockets.

Had they been able to bring back Thornton, this would have been a team that could win the Big Ten. As it stands now, they should still shoot for the top six. If they bring back Tilly, the top four could be in play. Deibler needs to do as much research as he can to see if bringing Tilly back would be feasible.

I'm sure Tilly will explore a return to college basketball. It would help if he could come back to Columbus and play for a familiar face and in a familiar environment. That would be the best-case scenario for everyone involved in his possible return.
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Thanks but no thanks. They have Jelavic to fill that role.
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