scarletngray said:

Cardale is an arrogant a$$. He made plenty of mistakes when he was behind Center. And only played because of injuries to other QBs.

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I've never seen him as arrogant. But he does know when a QB ain't it, and he found out he ain't it. I enjoyed his run in the B1G leading us to a Natty though.

He’s the 2020s Byron Leftwich

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RB07OSU said:

Agreed 100%. We've recruited athletes that are more adept at finesse play. Not saying you can't work on being physical, but the whole be tough to prove we're tough bullshit is getting old. Do what is best suited to your roster to win games. Finesse the hell out of everyone if it gets the W.

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Shitty comparison coming but it keeps popping in to mind...

Teams like Penn State or Alabama can never have cool flashy uniforms. The fans and the program just won't allow it, for reasons that are kind of silly if you really take a step back and ask the question "Why aren't we allowed to modernize?". Oregon is allowed to. They built an entire program around it from nothing. Miami is allowed to. All the "lesser" teams can change uniforms and nobody will be "angry" about it. But teams with historical significance......or in the case of Penn State, a cultish foundation.....won't allow for it.

I feel like the same can kind of be said about many things Ohio State does. For some stupid reason, we're not "allowed" to be flashy and open and fun on offense. We're supposed to line up with 3 TEs and tell you what we're doing and be better than you anyways. Fucking why? Why does it have to be like that? Why can't we have a fun ass offense where the players enjoy being part of it? Because of the status quo of 100+ years? I love me some tradition, but we're allowed to open things up and just have fun. We did it 2 years ago for an important string of games and it worked out pretty damn well. Every game should be played the way we played against Tennessee and Oregon. It makes 0 sense why we don't. If you want to work on certain aspects of the game.....do it in the 3rd and 4th quarters after we're already up 50.

Jaxbuck said:

The way went down, I was sure he tore his hymen

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Weak as fuck

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Gizmo said:

oh. Maybe I was remembering the year before? I don't follow the SEC.

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Since Sign Stealing Skeletor became their HC

They have gone 6-7, 10-3, 6-7, 10-3. First two seasons were big 12 the latter two SEC

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I didn't look for it, but my brother saw a tweet that said 5 of the 9 worst hitters in the league are Reds.....and 4 of them were traded FOR.

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They need to put Reds and Browns ownership and management in a Thunderdome and see what happens.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I didn't look for it, but my brother saw a tweet that said 5 of the 9 worst hitters in the league are Reds.....and 4 of them were traded FOR.

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I'd have to see what qualifying filters they put on it but for reference, here are the Reds "hitters" by wRC+ for the season.

(for those unfamiliar, wRC+ accounts for ballpark and sets average to 100 so an 80 is 20% below average, a 120 is 20% above average)



So yes, K Hayes is 83% worse than average.

I count 11 guys with negative offensive value, 8 with negative defensive value and 6 with negative WAR.

The collapse this year was all about just how bad the rest of the roster is because there is a core of legitimate talent but it's surrounded by guys who are sub replacement level.

Tanner said:

I think Day should be MORE finesse. For some reason he's obsessed with playing smash mouth football with teams that aren't suited for it

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Agreed 100%. We've recruited athletes that are more adept at finesse play. Not saying you can't work on being physical, but the whole be tough to prove we're tough bullshit is getting old. Do what is best suited to your roster to win games. Finesse the hell out of everyone if it gets the W.

Tanner said:

Cant believe Hayes is hitting .145. 60 year old Chris Sabo could probably hit .145

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I didn't look for it, but my brother saw a tweet that said 5 of the 9 worst hitters in the league are Reds.....and 4 of them were traded FOR.

Gunlife said:

I find it strange that he doesn't require his qb to be a larger framed guy that can run. Not saying Kenholtz is anywhere near as good as Sayin, but he would get you 1 yard on 3rd or 4th down. Thats why I thought TSC was going to be a perfect fit, and maybe he will be, but its not trending that way.

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I will find it alarming if he isn't learning from what doesn't work with QB prospects as much as what does.

He shouldn't need a particular body type/prototype, he should be identifying what mental characteristics he can screen for that will net him guys that have the processing capacity to be elite.

Physical tools are table stakes at this level. Mental is the differentiator.

The one part of the 2026 offense that discourages me at this point is the continued reliance on tight ends in the red zone. First of all they aren't very good blockers, but most importantly it limits the creativity.

Why is this still a thing?

Edited to add: a couple are promising for maybe next year, but not there yet. So I don't want to totally bash them, but it is what it is.

I think Day should be MORE finesse. For some reason he's obsessed with playing smash mouth football with teams that aren't suited for it

https://www.maxpreps.com/ca/footbal...-2026/?c=876a1e26-9a78-4fa1-bac1-4dbe1dd90982

B. EDMUNDS

25/33 310YDS 2TD

Brady is having quite the senior year

exhawg said:

He needs to accept that they can't line up and ram it down the throat for that 3rd and 2 and find something else. We have the weapons to get those, but that doesn't include 3 TE's and a handoff.

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I find it strange that he doesn't require his qb to be a larger framed guy that can run. Not saying Kenholtz is anywhere near as good as Sayin, but he would get you 1 yard on 3rd or 4th down. Thats why I thought TSC was going to be a perfect fit, and maybe he will be, but its not trending that way.

I like the AP for historical reasons (all time weeks @ #1, all time top 5 finishes etc and so on).

I dropped the Buckeyes to #10 in my latest ballot.




Just kidding. I haven't had a vote in years. Here is how everyone voted individually in the AP for Ohio State (note my good friend Rece Davis has Ohio State at #4 in this week's ranking):

Was actually hoping that he could don a Scarlet jersey, and use the year he skipped. If the NFL guys can come back and play college ball, it's only fair that those that skipped senior/junior year in basketball do same.....and yeah, didn't think of it Bestbuck, but some time with the distaff team would help as well.

iambrutus said:

Boy's team is 5-0 after an amazing OT win on Friday night vs a damn good team, currently looking like they SHOULD be 9-0 going into week 10 vs their big rival - should be exciting season!

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Best of luck to your son's team!

Jagdaddy said:

So, if those are the suppliers, what do the customers look like?

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You don't want to know.

Such an unlikeable team.

CincyInterloper said:

This seems worse than fans storming the field to me since it's not the fans who are trolling Miami. Some fanbases are worse then others, but fans in general are idiots. In this case it appears the UC Athletic Department is the one doing the trolling, and they should know better.

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But do they really?