DZ83CK said:

McCollum and Hoiberg have done an outstanding job this season. That being said, Jake Diebler managed to lead a team to the NCAA tournament even though it was one of the very worst in college basketball in terms of scoring off the bench & lacked strength in the post.

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and had multiple injuries....

Absolutely remember an announcer, at one of Tiger's first PGA tournaments, suggesting that his 'reverse C' swing would injure his back. I kinda laughed, because that was what one aspired to. Anyway, after what, 6 back surgeries to date, Tiger is no longer a feared competitor in a tournament. It's been a minute since he was on Ryder Cup, President's Cup, or other honorary team. Anyway, my father is resting easier now that he's not going to take Jack's title of most Majors won.....

Bestbuck, are you suggesting that Walmart, Costco sends NIL money to any team that bests the Buckeyes, just to increase their TV sales? Novel advertising approach, no?

Highest paid WR. I believe that is a good thing;-)

Ho-hum. kinda expected, no? Ty's teams are juggernauts, and we, the unwashed folk, very much expect W's. When it doesn't, then we're flabbergasted. Where's all the New Albany kids?

Well, he certainly exhibited how to turn a tryst into moneytization. PS, on another note, wonder how the new Prez will react to the money spent by the Athletic Department. Even though it's a 'profit/cost center', and self-sustaining, he's an academic at heart, so wonder if he'll try to snake some more into education.....PSS, used to be that the Athletic department would 'give' $20-30 million a year to the academic side of the house. Does anyone know whether that still happens, or no.

Looks like a Buckeye to me.

Good-bye Puff. We hardly knew ye.

Read a report (fake news?) that negotiations between Bjork and Diebs were going on, with the outcome determining whether new coach or not. My mind immediately said, 'not about salary', but about NIL money for the team. (Maybe more for assistants?) I guess in today's college world, it's apparent that one must 'put one's money where one's mouth is'. You cannot just mouth the words, 'we want our basketball team to equal our football team', or somesuch, gotta put some dollars behind it. Something we all see and know. tOSU funds, what, 36 collegiate sports, and only 3-4 are revenue generators, yet we take pride in the diversity. Kinda an obvious question, but wouldn't one want to stimulate those three-four revenue generators to make even more money? Anyway, some mental masturbation for a Monday morning.

Anyone remember Burson (he with the head halo) get drafted by a pro team, and showing up there for practice, and being told was a joke ha ha. Am I remembering a dream, or did that happen? Thought it was a Texas team, but brain is fuzzy.

Seem to recollect, every high school kid that got 'recognized' was a big scorer. Hardly ever (?) does a kid make 'Mr. Ohio Basketball' as a defender or assist maker. Gotta be a scorer. Recognize that at the collegiate level, players have 'roles', scorers score, tall people rebound and swat shots, etc. Anyone else watching the NCAA's and seeing the ball get passed around the court, and players take turns popping 3's? Maybe our guys don't move enough to 'get open' to be able to pop? Cupp was a Mr. Basketball, no? He is an excellent defender, and can dribble rings around you. He sometimes hits the three. Coincidence, dunno. At this level, everyone can shoot the ball. Else they play intra-mural basketball - like me.

Sea a 3

Thump said:

Ditto.

Favorite Buckeye of all-time for me.

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just the consummate teammate and competitor

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Need to see these guys again and soon!

According to the trends........Arizona, Duke, or Michigan is going to win it all.

Since 2002, a team that finished in top 3 of KenPom has won it all except for 3 occasions.

2003 - Syracuse who had the best player in the country at the time, Carmelo Anthony
2011 - UConn who had the best/hottest player in the country at the time, Kemba Walker.
2014 - UConn......still have no clue how they won it that year. That was a weird year.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Arkansas? Texas?

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I know sometimes we try to put God in a small box, but I feel like he can arrange a disqualification situation.

Thump said:

Wow!

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Right? I’ve done this on water and it’s a blast. To be clear, I was happy to just stay up on the water, I was not getting 30 feet of air like these guys. But, I have the kites and snowboard… I’ve just not had the space to do it on the snow yet. One day... Candidly, I’m more into the idea of kite-buggies than snowkiting. I’m not much for cold weather sports.

Here’s a really good (read: it’s real, not overproduced influencer crap) video of a kit buggy. It looks so much fun, but I don’t know where I’d ever find a beach / field or whatever like that.

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This just makes me want to go get out my kites.

This is another fun video. This guy pretty much flys down the ski hill on a Flysurfer Peak 5 6-meter kite. FWIW: This is my primary kite model. I have it in a 2.5, 4 and 8 meter for different wind conditions for when I want to fly with a bar but I have a couple of small / medium Peter Lynn kites that are 4-line handles for stunting.

Login to view embedded media <— Dude flys his kite down the ski mountain.

Bestbuck36 said:

His injury absolutely crushed me.

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Ditto.

Favorite Buckeye of all-time for me.

Kid is bigger than I thought! Smith 2.0 with higher top end speed? Lmao

buckeyebri said:

Jay Burson

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His injury absolutely crushed me.

Onebuckfan said:

Joe Roberts?

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yeah that guy