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Google Ryan Day, Keenan Bailey Realizing Long-Term Plan for Buckeye Tight End Room With Heavier Mix of 12, 13 Personn - Eleven Warriors

Ryan Day, Keenan Bailey Realizing Long-Term Plan for Buckeye Tight End Room With Heavier Mix of 12, 13 Personn - Eleven Warriors
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Ryan Day, Keenan Bailey Realizing Long-Term Plan for Buckeye Tight End Room With Heavier Mix of 12, 13 Personn Eleven Warriors

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2025 tOSU Offense Discussion

Tanner said:
Lesmerises reading off the national ranking of punt return yards on average in the Day era today on the podcast was alarming. I know we all know that punt return is not a strength, but man, I just truly don't understand how it's possible they can be literally one of the worst in the country at it.
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I'd like to see them not use starters to return punts (or kicks) but instead use backups who aren't likely to see the field much this year and have them really focus on that task. Besides the myriad of WRs or even DBs who might do well, I'd like to see what Sam Williams-Dixon might do. I also don't know if they just don't scout other teams' punters enough or what, but it seems like our punt returner is often too far back to come up and catch shorter punts or too far up to catch long ones. It's truly baffling how long they've been lousy at punt returning no matter who's back there or who's responsible for special teams coaching. The blocking usually seems pretty mediocre as well.
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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments - NCAA: no wins taken away, no postseason ban

buckeyemania11
woofermazing said:
I bet they open it up more while Moore is gone, the new OC is a spread guy. It will not go well. When Moore returns they go back to putting 9 OL on the field. Underwood becomes Captain Handoff with an occasional bootleg.
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Not that I think Nebraska is a great team by any means but I think trying to open it up on the road against them with the freshman QB would be a disaster
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2026 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

brodybuck21
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KYBuck4858 14 hours ago
New name for ‘26 Edge. Just offered by WVU. I imagine the visit this weekend is to get verified height/weight and get-to-know type of thing. But maybe a fall back option down the road. Normally I hate that we only look at in-state options for development types rather than flipping guys from other BIG schools. But the Chaz Coleman debacle will cause headaches for years to come, so I’ve come around. Film looks pretty good, and has great wingspan and measurables.

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tOSU Recruiting Discussion

brodybuck21
RuGettinIt said:
Ha ha, I remember back in the day on his website, the pic of him holding that phone to his ear and pointing at it like he was on the line with a high profile recruit.

He provided us early recruitnicks with a lot of info.
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pretty much how i got into following crootin. freshmen year at OSU the first big recruit i remember following was Ken-Yon Rambo
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DT Kayden McDonald (National Champion)

ScriptOhio
brodybuck21 said:
Ohio State's defense dominated Texas and Pro Football Focus took notice of the Buckeyes on that side of the ball.

Following Ohio State's season-opening win over No. 1 Texas, many people were impressed with the performance of the Buckeyes' defensive players and formed opinions on how Ohio State's players performed. One such set of opinions comes from Pro Football Focus, who grades every player after every game based on how they perform on a snap-to-snap basis.
PFF's Grading Scale
ELITE GOOD ABOVE AVG. AVG. BELOW AVG. POOR VERY POOR
90-100 80-89 70-79 60-69 50-59 40-49 Below 40
We compiled the PFF grades for every Buckeye who played on either offense or defense in the season opener and highlight the three highest-graded players – all of whom were on the defensive side of the ball – who played at least 10 snaps against the Longhorns.

The Top Three​

1. DT Kayden McDonald (82.4)​

Entering the season-opener against Texas, a concern many analysts had about Ohio State's defense was the interior defensive line. McDonald answered that question by racking up eight tackles against the Longhorns, earning the second-highest tackling grade (77.1) among all defensive tackles in the country. His tackle grade was the best among all DTs in the B1G and he also led the Buckeyes with a score of 82.2 in run defense.

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Kayden McDonald, Will Smith Jr. and Jermaine Mathews Jr. Earn Highest Grades from Pro Football Focus for Ohio State’s Win Over Texas

Defensive tackles Kayden McDonald and Will Smith Jr. were Ohio State’s top players against Texas, followed by Jermaine Mathews Jr., according to Pro Football Focus.
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Just sayin': Kayden graded out as the Top Buckeye 2 weeks in a row:

1. DT Kayden McDonald (93.6)​

For consecutive weeks, McDonald graded out as Ohio State's best player. Not only was his overall score of 93.6 the highest for a Buckeye against Grambling State, it was also the best of any defensive tackle in college football during Week 2. His 95.1 grade against the run was also the best among all DTs in the country.

McDonald's impressive overall grade is the best for any Buckeye defender since last season and just behind Jeremiah Smith's 94.5 against Oregon in the Rose Bowl for the overall best game grade in that time frame.

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2026 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

calibuck
Here's where the rubber hits the road. One can have the #1 recruiting class, but not fill all the immediate or future holes in the line-up. Or one can fill the gaps, and not have the #1 class. Who has the best class? Obviously open to debate, but filling the gaps in the recruiting classes, to me at least, seems to be more important. Clearly, the portal can take care of the spot needs, but the 'best' portal players will command the premium dollars from everyone. Probably better to groom the youngsters, and have the 'didn't quite make it' players go their own way.
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