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2026 World Cup (Official Thread)

This whole Balogun thing is wild. Like apparently everyone now thinks this is the first corrupt thing FIFA has ever done, and that somehow he is some cross between Pele, Suarez, Shevchenko and the Easter Bunny, so instead of being like "Who gives a shit, bring Balogun, Dempsey, Donovan, whoever" Belgium has basically already conceded defeat with him playing and filed an emergency injunction or appeal or something. It's crazy.
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Ohio State Women's Basketball (2023-24 B1G CHAMPS)

Kelsey's game reminds me favorably of Havlicek's career with the Celtics. Not a scorer at tOSU, but with the Celtics, his constant movement got him open, and believed he was (at one-time) in the top 10 of overall NBA scorers. Kelsey's constant movement gets her open, and amazingly, for layups. Never seems to take any time off, but outworks her opponent (seems to be mostly larger, long armed defenders), and gets her threes on a constant basis. Probably people with better memories than I have, but don't recollect that she ran as much on the Buckeye court. Do remember her bringing the ball down, and popping threes from all over the place. CC gets the pub, but Kelsey holds that team together. Also, never seems to be injured, and has logged more minutes than anyone else.
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2027 GA DL David "DJ" Jacobs is a Buckeye!!!

Admitting I have no earthly insight to the immediate impact question, gotta chuckle somewhat. tOSU has a very stacked roster, with nary a weakness anywhere. So would expect the coaches make a conscious decision to play one or more of these 5* studs, over a more developed back-up. To get them experience under fire, certainly. To see if what they exhibit in practice translates to the field, also certainly. And the more they produce, the more minutes they get. How many 4-5* WRs have fled to greener pastures because they believe they deserve more minutes?
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Texas A&M Aggies, aTm (official thread of jizz jars)

That's Manziel's car? Damn he's falling on hard times.
I think he comes from old oil money. I doubt it's the case in Texas (they'remore obsessed with showing off than Bulgarian mobsters), but it is (or at least was) a very northeastern waspy thing to drive a 10 year old Buick when you have family money that dates back to the slave and molasses trade.
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2027 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

If one looks at the current tOSU ranking, one sees that there are 3 5*, and 2 3*. Ergo, the 'overall ranking' puts the Buckeyes at a 4.1* average. Guess that number will go up or down depending how the talking heads rerank as the HS year unfolds. Above absolutely correct. SEC schools that sign 28-30 HSers, (limit per year was 25), would win the mythical recruiting title. Now, with the limits off, some schools are doing that, but appears (most I believe) are not signing so many, but cherry picking from the portal. Time will tell how well this strategy works. Don't much care, except for how the Buckeyes fare. Go Bucks
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P Joe McGuire (National Champion)


ALWAYS BE ON TIME. My high school basketball coach had a saying: “If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. And if you’re late, that’s unacceptable.”

The punishment for being late was simple but unforgettable. The entire team would run sprints. Then, while everyone else tossed basketballs across the gym, the offender had to chase every ball down, collect them all and return them to the rack.

Mick Marotti has some harsher penalties for Ohio State’s players, according to punter Joe McGuire:

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The Buckeyes would be smart to arrive 15 minutes early to every workout or practice — just to be safe. Nobody wants to be late, and even fewer want to end up on Mick Marotti’s bad side. I know I wouldn’t.
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Coach Brian Hartline (National Champion, HC at USF)

Brian Hartline drops bold statement on how South Florida will operate like the Ohio State Buckeyes​

Former Ohio State offensive coordinator Brian Hartline isn’t shying away from how he’s trying to run the football program at South Florida.

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Hartline himself on the other hand, is working on leveling up a South Florida program that has seen some G5 success lately. The former Buckeye isn’t shying away from what he’s trying to do there.

Brian Hartline is very open about his plans at South Florida​

“The best form of flattery is to replicate,” Hartline said via On3. “I’m not shy about it — I played at Ohio State for four years and coached there for the last decade. We’re going to do a lot of similar things with our own touch. We’re not going to fake it or pretend to be somebody we’re not, but the expectations and the operation will resemble Ohio State.”

Hartline played at Ohio State from 2005 to 2008 and developed into a fourth-round NFL draft pick. After seven seasons in the NFL, Hartline took a couple of years off before joining the coaching staff at Ohio State in 2017. From 2018-2025, Hartline served as the wide receivers coach in Columbus where the Buckeyes have had first-round picks like Garrett Wilson, Chris Olave, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Emeka Egbuka, and Marvin Harrison Jr.

Though South Florida isn’t going to have the NIL backing or the expectations that the Buckeyes do, Hartline hopes to carry some of the same ways the program is run over. Building a good culture is the key to any successful football program, and it’ll be a necessity for Hartline at South Florida.

Hartline isn’t taking over a slouch of a program, either, as Alex Golesh led the Bulls to nine wins last season. South Florida won a combined 23 games in the last three seasons after having just four wins total the previous three years. Hartline has his work cut out for him, but carrying some Ohio State ways with him will certainly help.
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2026 World Cup (Official Thread)

USMNT vs. Belgium expert predictions, World Cup picks: What does Folarin Balogun's return mean for USA Soccer?

With Folarin Balogun cleared to play, the U.S. aim for their first quarterfinal in 24 years in a high-stakes rematch against Belgium​

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USA 2, Belgium 1: This game feels more like a toss-up than any of the USMNT's matches so far at this World Cup, the result depending entirely on whether or not either team actually comes up with their best or arrives to the game as an underwhelming version of themsleves that we've all seen before. The U.S. team's defensive weaknesses will likely be exposed at some point but Belgium have been very inconsistent in attack, which may ultimately cost them a deep run at this World Cup. -- Pardeep Cattry

USA 2, Belgium 1: The Balogun effect is real. Yes, Belgium can hurt the United States and the memories of March are still fresh, but this is a Belgium side who have essentialy played 55 minutes of good soccer during this World Cup. Keep your cool, take your chances, and good things will come. The USMNT has been doing that under Pochettino, and I expect it to continue. -- Chuck Booth

USA 3, Belgium 1: These two teams are evenly matched, but Belgium have struggled at this tournament. It'll be a close match, but look for USMNT to hold a narrow edge and nurse a narrow edge late in the game where they add on a third as Belgium desperately chase an equalizer. Belgium's defense has really struggled and an aggressive USMNT side won't be afraid to test them, and pass that test.-- Mike Goodman

Belgium 2, USA 1: The U.S. have impressed me and continue to prove me wrong. So maybe this will be the jinx for the USMNT fans. I know the game is not played on paper, and Belgium have been far from convincing, but I think they learned their lessons from the narrow win over Senegal and end USA's run on Monday night. -- Roger Gonzalez
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2026 tOSU Defense Discussion

I think Pettijohn and Alford come out. I think. ELJ will be a plus starter also.

What we get out of our DL transfers singing to he huge though. Someone needs to step opposite Jackson at EDGE for the pass rush to be consistent; between the Epi Pen, ZG, Russow and Atkinson, that should be a nice platoon. Maybe even Wilder forces his way in, I won’t expect it just because he’s a first year but holy f dude that kid looks like a full grown ass man already.

I don’t know man, I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays out and what Patricia does with it. He has a really diverse array of options. Corner depth worries me a bit I guess. Also curious if McClain can get out from Downs’ shadow and be his own dude out there.
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2027 tOSU Recruiting Discussion

Recruiting services rank team classes weighted more towards quantity of commits more than quality. OSU has the least of commits in the entire top 10 and has the second least in the top 15. Recruiting sites don’t like that. But if you want to know who has the strongest class, go by the recruit/avg. in that case, OSU is #3 in the country. So OSU has the third highest ranked assortment of talent coming to their team in another year. Thats more important.
Would echo that and point out that we snipe high level talent in the portal at positions of need. When it's all said and done, this class should be top 5 easy and probably top 3.
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WR Brock Boyd (Official Thread)

I like that Brock seems to be a good sport with all the jokes. Because fr fr, I think he’s going to be really good in this offense. He reminds me so much of Olave. If he can get developed and earn PT, he can become a monster
Olave is the exact comparison I had. Droves of production and silky smooth in and out of his cuts. Plenty fast enough to go with the finer detail he appreciates at the position. Playing at such a high level of competition and having a great program to be coached at had to help him coming in as well.
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