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2026 CA DL Khary Wilder is a Buckeye!!!

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Cody Bellaire explaining EDGE Khary Wilder's massive jump to #38 overall.

“Khary Wilder was a complete beast at the Rivals 5-Star event and was deservedly named our MVP for the event. His first step and punch was jaw-dropping. The power and burst off the line of scrimmage was able to consistently stun offensive linemen and get them off-balanced early. This allowed him to show off his hand swipe ability and understanding of leverage in order to consistently beat blockers to the quarterback.
And at 6-foot-4, nearly 260 pounds with tremendous length, Wilder has the versatility to play outside as a stout run defender or potentially kick inside as an interior defender as he continues to add mass and strength to his frame.”
We got a good one!
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2026 OH OL Sam Greer is a Buckeye!!!

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teeedawg 18 hours ago
Cody Bellaire explaining Sam Greer's rise to #14 overall in the Rivals rankings.

“After being able to see Sam Greer at the Rivals 5-Star event, we feel more confident about Greer’s ability and development path to the next level.
The Archbishop Hoban product came in at 6-foot-6 plus, 315 pounds with over 34-inch arms and has a tremendous frame to play either tackle spot.
His build is nearly college-ready and despite having limited reps at the high school level he showed quality footwork and hand usage in pass protection at Rivals 5-Star.
He has some polishing to do when it comes to feeling leverage, but should come naturally as he collects more reps. Excited to see a full, healthy senior season from him.” —
Greer is now ranked ahead of Felix Ojo on Rivals.
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LGHL Game of the Year: Oregon at Penn State could decide tiebreakers for B1G Championship

Game of the Year: Oregon at Penn State could decide tiebreakers for B1G Championship
Jami Jurich
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2025 Rose Bowl

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When the Nittany Lions host Oregon on Sept. 27, the outcome could have ripple effects for the Buckeyes and rest of the conference.

In an ideal world, Ohio State will get through its regular season schedule unscathed and control its own destiny as far as the B1G Championship and playoffs are concerned. However, because of the nature of this year’s conference-wide schedule, the Buckeyes (along with the rest of the Big Ten contenders) don’t have a lot of wiggle room for error if they want to make the conference championship.

Each team that could be in contention for the conference title has approximately two tough conference games, with one or two additional games that could potentially pose upset threats. Because of this, losing one game deeply increases the potential that a team’s destiny could be in someone else’s hands.

As a disclaimer, the following analysis excludes the Buckeyes’ season opener against Texas. While it could have down-the-road implications for College Football Playoff rankings, it won’t impact conference standings in any way. Plus, as the season opener, there’s plenty of time to bounce back in the rankings.

For the Buckeyes, their toughest games are their home game against Penn State on November 1 and their regular-season finale in Ann Arbor on November 29. Though they do need to be wary of their games at Illinois and Wisconsin, an unbeaten conference record is not out of the question for the Buckeyes, and more than one Big Ten loss would be disappointing, to say the least.

If the Buckeyes control their own destiny, then the rest of the conference’s schedules become a moot point. But should the Buckeyes do manage to drop one conference game, then the game that will likely have the greatest impact on season outcomes for the Buckeyes is the Oregon at Penn State game on September 27.

Of the two conference games that pose true threats for the Buckeyes (Penn State and Michigan), the Buckeyes are long overdue for a win over Michigan (and Ryan Day’s job might very well depend on it). But likewise, the Nittany Lions will have the best team they’ve had in years, with Drew Allar returning as their starting quarterback, a pair of star running backs returning, and a defense now being run by former Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles.

So, in a hypothetical world in which the Buckeyes finally manage to beat Michigan but drop the game at Penn State, the Buckeyes’ best-case scenario is for Penn State to go undefeated. This makes Oregon at Penn State the Buckeyes’ best chance to still make the conference championship,p even if they drop the game at Penn State, as it is the Nittany Lions’ other toughest game.

Should Penn State go undefeated, the Buckeyes’ hypothetical loss to them doesn’t necessarily preclude OSU from a conference championship berth. Michigan would, in this scenario, also have one loss, but OSU would win the tiebreaker based on their head-to-head results. Oregon would presumably also have one conference loss (to Penn State), and without a head-to-head game, it would then go into further tiebreaking metrics. The next tiebreaker is record against common conference opponents, and they would both have a loss to the same team. The next tiebreaker would be record against common conference opponents with the best record (again, if they both have one loss, it would come down to Penn State). They’d move into cumulative conference opponent winning percentage, which could really go either way. So even with a tiebreaker, Ohio State would have a good chance.

Therefore, this could be the game that keeps Ohio State alive even with one loss.

But even if Ohio State goes undefeated in the regular season, the Penn State-Oregon game is not without implications for them. On one hand, there is a world in which Oregon and Ohio State both go undefeated in conference play. This would hand Penn State two losses, eliminating them from Big Ten Championship contention and setting up an OSU-Oregon B1G Championship game.

Alternatively, if Ohio State is undefeated but Penn State beats Oregon, Penn State and Oregon could potentially have one loss each, giving Penn State the tiebreaker advantage and setting up an OSU-Penn State rematch in the Big Ten Championship. Though Penn State beating Oregon is ideal in some ways because it would add more weight to an OSU win over the Nittany Lions (something that could positively impact playoff rankings), it could also set up the Buckeyes and Penn State in a rematch in the B1G Championship.

It is extremely difficult to beat the same team twice in a season. We saw this last year with Oregon and OSU. It would be less than ideal for the Buckeyes to have to play Penn State a second time heading into the playoffs, and I don’t have confidence that if we beat them once, we’d beat them a second time.

While there are so many hypotheticals in any pre-season analysis, if the Buckeyes have the season we’re hoping they’ll have, the Penn State-Oregon game could be the biggest game of the year because, while OSU has no control over the outcome of this game, it will likely have ripple effects for the Buckeyes and the rest of the conference that will leave us talking for months afterward.

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2025 tOSU Offense Discussion

QB might not always be the engine to the vehicle, but they are always the steering wheel. And we're breaking in a new one. That much couldn't have been said last year as Howard was a previous multi year starter at a D1 school.

Therein lies the difference - we had starting experience under center, now we have a passer who has taken less than a handful of snaps in his entire career. Combine that with the loss of RB talent and the shift in OCs, I fully expect some growing pains.

Surrounding talent is fantastic, no reasonable mind will argue against it. Sans the Center, the two spots that handle the ball the most are traffic light green.

Could this offense be better than 2024 by season's end? Absolutely. But it takes some serious rose colored glasses to believe they'll come out of the gate firing.
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Technology Gone Wild: Rise of the Machines

Seriously though, according to a Google's AI Overview (oh the irony):

"A city's power consumption varies greatly depending on its size, population, and industrial activity. A city of 1 million people might need anywhere from 500 MW to 1500 MW of power, according to some estimates, depending on whether it's in a highly industrialized or less power-hungry region."

So, if I understand all this correctly, and assuming about 2 million people in the Columbus MSA, a 5 gigawatt data center would use between about 1.7 and 5 times as much electricity as the rest of Columbus. That seems like a lot.
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MLB General Discussion (Official Thread)

Before the night started, i was rooting for a Cruz/Raleigh final, oh well. Raleigh is an absolute dog!

I need to know how long Cruz's shot in the 2nd round was, they didn't say anything official, but it seemed like it was further than his 513.

even my non sports interested wife took notice of that one. Good Lord that ball was smoked
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2025 tOSU Offense Discussion

I think this years offense will be better than last years if I’m being honest.

Offensive line should be better and deeper, WRs largely return, running backs obviously not quite as good, but the tight end room is far better.

An underrated part is how we seemed to figure out the run game late last year during our playoff run. We no more went with stretch but instead pounded teams with gap schemes. I think this will continue with a better and deeper OL which should give a player Peoples (who’s going to play with something to prove) room to run.

Then you have Smith to deal with who’s up to 225 at 6’4”. They couldn’t stop him last year so what will they do against a better version? Oh and btw Tate/Innis/Graham are standing next to him if it wasn’t hard enough to cover Smith.

Then once you’ve committed enough resources to stop the run, figured out a way to stop Smith, and stopped the other WRs now you have to deal with Klare at TE who’s the best receiving tight end in the country. Then btw can’t stop our run? Don’t worry it gets easier when we throw out Will and Bennet as blocking tight ends (arguably the better two blocking tight ends in the country).

If the QB doesn’t piss down their leg we will be better than last year. Literally all the QB has to do is complete 60+ % of their throws and don’t throw picks. Do that and it’s going to be very difficult for teams to stop this offense.
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LGHL Buckeye great Garrett Wilson gets a historic contract from the New York Jets

Buckeye great Garrett Wilson gets a historic contract from the New York Jets
Matt Tamanini
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All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.

Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.

Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.

You’re welcome!


On the Gridiron


Game of the Year: Ohio State vs. Penn State has all the makings to be the B1G’s best game
Michael Citro, Land-Grant Holy Land

Dominance restored at linebacker, James Laurinaitis is just getting started
Austin Ward, Lettermen Row

Caleb Downs Impactful Off The Field
Kevin Noon, Buckeye Huddle


The #Jets and star WR Garrett Wilson have reached an agreement to make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid WRs.

It’s a 4-year, $130M deal done by Jeff Nalley of @CAAFootball. pic.twitter.com/9aNokCiMul

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 14, 2025

Garrett Wilson gets his Jets payday with historic $130 million deal
Bridget Reilly, New York Post

Tracking Buckeyes on initial NFL training camp rosters
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row

The Tim 10: Ranking Ohio State Cornerbacks Coach Tim Walton’s 10 Best Bars From His 2024 Raps
Andy Anders, Eleven Warriors

Four burning questions for Buckeyes cornerback room
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row


Outside the Shoe and Schott


185 Buckeyes receive Big Ten Distinguished Scholars honors, including two Ohio State football players
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts


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