Since I've seen JR play numerous times (Go Watkins Warriors!) I feel I can give my opinion on who he reminds me of. Its Ginn. Hes not quite the ludicrous top end speed TG had but he's still pretty damn fast. Still a little raw as a WR but the upside is evident. With Hartlines tutelage the sky's the limit.

pnuts34 said:

Best comparison I’ve seen is from @RB07OSU , he sees Trey Sermon in his game. And I’d tend to agree.
And it’s being said that the staff knew that this commitment was coming and they highly encouraged Carsyn Baker to reconsider his OV. Lock preferred Akih over Baker, that speaks very highly.

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Sold. Love me some Sermon

Welcome to the Buckeye Family, Favour!!

Jaxbuck said:

I'd hit it

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Obvs

The contrast when they lost Hayes to that foot injury was pretty obvious. He's expected back in a couple games, so we'll keep seeing more effective hitting going forward.

If CES can hit a pitch like that out of the park, how do opposing pitchers of the future propose to pitch to him? He'll start seeing crap out of the strike zone now, even if Hayes hits behind him, and they'll be happy with giving him free passes to first base. Question is, will he lay of the crap that's so far out of the strike zone he can't hit it. Or not and they'll just keep pitching to him, lol.

McClain's homer - that was a batting practice pitch if I've ever seen one. Most managers would have had a reliever in there by then.

One of the top-5 matches I’ve ever seen.

I remember waking up early in Vegas to watch the Borg-McEnroe Wimbledon Final in 1980, which had an epic 18-16 tiebreaker won by McEnroe in the 4th set. Borg then won the final set 8-6 since they didn’t play final set tiebreakers back then. It was also a high quality match, with guys hitting winners on most of the critical points.

The classics:

Borg over McEnroe 8-6 in the 5th at the Wimbledon Final in 1980 with the 18-16 4th set tiebreak;
Nadal over Federer 9-7 in the 5th set at the Wimbledon Final in 2007;
Djokovic over Nadal 7-5 in the 5th set at the Aussie Final in 2012 (longest major final at 5h 53 min);
Djokovic over Federer 13-12, a 5th set breaker after Fed was up 8-7, 40-15 with 2 pts on his serve 2019 Wimb Final;
Alcaraz over Sinner 7-6 in the 5th set, 2025 French Final after Alcatraz saved 3 match points at 3-5 0-40 in the 4th set.

Honorable mention:

Federer over Nadal 6-3 in the 5th at the 2017 Aussie Final after being down 1-3 in the 5th set. Cuz I really wanted that win.

AKAK said:

I love how awful this song is.

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I'd hit it

BUCKYLE said:

Cmon random NCAA compliance guy or gal or other. Do the right thing. Leak a little. Be a hero


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Funny story about this song…

I had my pandora running in the car on the way to my youngest child’s soccer game. I normally have 80s music running which they love and this song comes on and she goes “now this is a great song before a soccer game”.

Fun moment that now means we’ll include this song as a staple here and there sadly lol.

Edited: now that I think about it this song was in the Mario movie so I get why she remembers this song now. Isn’t it odd how these random 80s songs come back?

But back on topic… fuck TCUN

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I love how awful this song is.

Zurp said:

Wait for Ohio State to take the head-to-head wins and the overall number of wins before chairs are given.

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We need 7 more Big Ten championships too.

OHSportsFan said:

I think that was about as perfect as anyone in tennis history has ever played at that level the last 15-20 minutes.

Los hit every spot. Virtually no errors. Just an insane level. Against world #1 who gave him nothing.

What a match to witness.

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Yeah, that was next level. Alcaraz didn't wait for his opponent to make a mistake, he went out there and took it. Some of those plays were breathtaking.

brodybuck21 said:

Who does he remind you of?

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Best comparison I’ve seen is from @RB07OSU , he sees Trey Sermon in his game. And I’d tend to agree.
And it’s being said that the staff knew that this commitment was coming and they highly encouraged Carsyn Baker to reconsider his OV. Lock preferred Akih over Baker, that speaks very highly.

Herb Kirkstreit said:

Ahem... Reds sweep.

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LFG!

Ahem... Reds sweep.

pnuts34 said:

Welcome to the fam Favour! This kid worked his butt off for an offer and hasn't let up since. Tough runner with speed to go to the house. But I think his vision is his best asset, finding the hole and following blockers instead of looking to just bounce outside.

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Who does he remind you of?

Going for the sweep and to get back to .500

Matty McClain with the 2-run dong. Reds lead 4-2.

Also, Austin Wynns was traded to the Athletics for cash.

I think Tom Hamilton said there were only 5 players left on the roster right now?

Welcome to the fam Favour! This kid worked his butt off for an offer and hasn't let up since. Tough runner with speed to go to the house. But I think his vision is his best asset, finding the hole and following blockers instead of looking to just bounce outside.

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Fungo Squiggly said:

3-32, 1 run, 1 SB, zero homers, zero RBIs today. Way to show up, losers.

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Pretty much every day for me. I’m hitting .167 for the week.