Bestbuck36 said:

After Turner was an absolute star on the same stage last time. The whole cycle was a disaster and total fuck up from our federation. The Reyna-Berhalter fiasco should have caused a complete white washing of the processes but it stings our necks for about 3 years too long.

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The Reyna Berhalter thing was an object lesson but it didn't have anything to do with Reyna or Berhalter.

Inside 2 months for game day and a few weeks from camp. Praise the lord

Excellent staff hire. New perspectives written that kind of leadership is written is weight in gold and she had coached against the best teams in the country. Love this

Bucklion said:

I was never sold on the Freese move, its easy to say that now, but…I guess I don’t get what he does so much better than Turner

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AKAK said:

Me either. I told my wife that in the first match.

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After Turner was an absolute star on the same stage last time. The whole cycle was a disaster and total fuck up from our federation. The Reyna-Berhalter fiasco should have caused a complete white washing of the processes but it hung around our necks for about 3 years too long.

If Marte lights it up tonight, which I'm predicting, Tito should hang em up and be fined for mismanagement. I'll go into my theory tomorrow if it happens.

Glad Spyda decided to stay. Huge

I think we’ll see a lot more rotation now that Hartline is gone. I think the one flaw Hartline had was he didn’t really play depth even when those players were JSN, Marv, Emeka, etc.

calibuck said:

Looks like a solid compliment to 6'6" Elsa in the post. This is gonna be a team to enjoy. Final Four, here we come!

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Development. The key has always been development. If Elsa makes as big a jump this year as she did last, we're golden. If Kitts and Mobley play up then Final Four is a real shot with our guards. From your lips to His ears!

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The reason why OSU moves on from Wright. And I’m fine with that

OSU fans should get used to having only 1 five star WR in every class. It has nothing to do with Hankton.

OSU has changed their approach to NIL spending and putting more value to spreading the love around. Spending more in the trenches for example.

I am great with the new approach.

I think the change would have occurred even if Hartline stayed.

RB07OSU said:

Kinda figured we were out of it. To say we'll be fine at WR is an understatement. Good luck to him wherever he ends up.

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No, this is ridiculous. Let’s migrate over Cortez Plankton’s thread and talk abojt how he will never get Hartline’s secret recipe

Maybe also add this as fuel to the fire

Basketball player Kerr Kriisa has been arrested and indicted on a $2.2 million fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced on Monday.

Kriisa -- a 6-foot-3 guard from Estonia "allegedly carried out a scheme to obtain nearly $2.2 million from multiple victims using false representations, fabricated identities, and deceptive communications," per the DOJ's news release on his arrest.

Kriisa played for Cincinnati last season and averaged 5.8 PPG and 3.0 APG before suffering a separated shoulder in February and missing the rest of the 2025-26 campaign.

Just sayin': I still don't consider poker a sport....

Over 9K players in WSOP chasing $10M top prize​

With registration now closed, the $10,000 World Series of Poker main event is underway in earnest with the fourth-largest field in its history.

The 2026 edition of professional poker's de facto world championship has 9,208 players competing for a $10 million top prize from a pool of $85.6 million, the third consecutive year for that specific first prize. The top 1,382 players will receive a payout, with $1 million payouts beginning at ninth place.

The numbers are a bit short of the 9,735 entrants to last year's tournament, as well as the record 10,112 players in 2024 and $12.1 million first prize won by Daniel Weinman in 2023. That said, the WSOP main event exceeded 9,000 players for the fourth year in a row after breaking the barrier for the first time in 2023.

"We're proud of the staying power this strong entrant number represents," World Series of Poker CEO Ty Stewart said in a statement. "The WSOP continues to draw players from around the world for poker's most prestigious event. Now, the focus turns to watching a new legend unfold."

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is back to defend his main event title after pocketing $10 million as last year's champion, his eighth WSOP bracelet. Mizrachi claimed his ninth bracelet by winning the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha championship just days before the main event began.

Michael Rossitto is the current chip leader at 770,500, with Jeff Fenster (747,000), Yannick Schumacher (738,000), Robert Gill (728,500) and Joseph Baghdadlian (705,000) all above the 700,000 threshold. Benny Glaser and Shaun Deeb, who also won their ninth bracelets at WSOP events earlier this summer, are at 193,000 chips and 368,500 chips, respectively.

"It's the one no-miss tournament of the year. If you're available and you have the 10K [buy-in], you're going to show up and play," Jack Effel, SVP of poker operations at Caesars Entertainment, which runs the event, told ESPN before the start. "You could be a professional poker player, not play any tournaments of the year, you're not going to miss the main event most likely. So with that said, I think it's going to be a great turnout as it always is."

The WSOP main event is back on ESPN platforms for the first time in over a decade. Play resumes on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET.

We only knew about the permissible sports wagering! Honest!

Tigers' Justin Verlander to retire after 2026 season​

"I never wanted to retire because of a milestone, a number, or a date on the calendar. I wanted the game to tell me when it was time. Over the last several months, I've realized that time has come."...Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

Just sayin': Similar to pussy, "father time" is also undefeated.

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Sources: NCAA opens inquiry into Cincinnati regarding Sorsby​

The NCAA has sent a letter of inquiry to Cincinnati centered on former quarterback Brendan Sorsby's time with the program, sources told ESPN Wednesday.

Sorsby, who was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA this spring after he admitted to placing thousands of impermissible sports bets over the past four years, spent two seasons with the Bearcats before transferring to Texas Tech this offseason. The NCAA's probe into his time at Cincinnati follows the high-profile legal saga over Sorsby's eligibility last month, which concluded with the school parting ways with the transfer quarterback on June 15.

Bearcats coach Scott Satterfield declined to comment on the matter at Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday. A Cincinnati spokesperson also declined to comment, but provided a general statement on the months-long situation involving the program's former quarterback. News of the letter of inquiry was first reported by Yahoo Sports on Wednesday.

"We have had continuous conversations with the NCAA since the initial reports related to impermissible sports wagering began," the statement read. "As we have stated before, we do not believe any athletics official or staff member was aware of any impermissible sports wagering."
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