DubCoffman62 said:

First new plate meal. Carnitas smothered in mole with arroz, frijoles, queso, crema, aguacate, cebolla y tortillas de maiz
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No joking whatsoever, that looks beautiful!

Ladies kick the 2026 schedule off in Boca Raton, FL this weekend at the Paradise Classic.

Fri Feb 6
vs Fla Atl at 6pm
vs Indiana at 8pm

Sat Feb 7
vs Army at 4pm

Sun Feb 8
vs Wisconsin at 9am

LordJeffBuck said:

Banning people from making money is not only contrary to common sense, but also contrary to the primary function of the government, which is stealing the money that people make.

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If we can't trust a bunch of Social Security-drawing, Medicare-eligible, aren't-allowed-to-drive-at-night old dudes to dictate what is right for kids trying to better their situations, then who can we trust? (sarcasm font)

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The fucking OT losses are getting ridiculous!

Argh

Bestbuck36 said:

Is this guy going to be able to recruit or do we care about that anymore?

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I don't think we care about that anymore, now that we can have unlimited assistants. The only issue is if the kids will care that the OC isn't the one talking to them or not. Who knows. Seems like the strategy is to go get guys who know stuff and ignore if they hate recruiting or not (the good ones usually do).....then let the younger positional coaches who can relate to the kids better do all the recruiting.

Strategy is sound....as long as the kids don't care that we aren't sending the OC or DC.

calibuck said:

When a team loses 31 xfers, some fat/excess goes, certainly. But when one debones a chicken or beefsteak, some muscle gets cut away as well as fat. Heck, tOSU made ND's portal season all by ourselves...IMHO. Appears to me that tOSU's sophomore and junior cadre has been gutted by transfers, making the team more dependent upon the portal. And am not convinced that the coaching staff can make as great an impact on the 3-4-5 year players coming in, as they would on the 1-2-3 year recruits. While I'm not as critical of Pantoni as some of the above, kinda hard to look at someone's tape (which is made up of their GOOD plays, not their average plays) to get a feel for a kid. And is folly to read the news clippings of a guy, and make an educated decision as to make them an instant millionaire. With the huge money being thrown around for HCs, the pressure is being put upon them for instant success. And Cignetti is the poster boy certainly. Wouldn't be surprised if each and every new HC hire is being compared to him, with no earthly idea whether this new guy can 'redo' as well as Cignetti has done. And the leash on said HC will be shorter.

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If you look around CFB, every team went through the same thing. And the current state of CFB doesn't lean towards developing as much as bringing in older players who need less development. OSU lost mainly players who never played, so they just lost unknowns. And that can be taken as a positive or negative. I take it that OSU lost players who OSU coaches didn't deem good enough to play big minutes. Would they have played next year? Maybe. But they brought in players who have played, and again that can also be taken either way. So yeah, it sucked losing Aaron Scott, but getting Dominick Kelly was a bigger deal; losing Mylan Graham and Quincy Porter sucked, but landing 2 players who played extensively with Parker and McCuin is an even bigger deal. There will need to be less attention made on HS star rankings after year 2 for players if they haven't played. When I name those 3 OSU players who transferred, what did OSU lose?

Pantoni isn't a fan, so he's not just looking at highlights. He and his staff are analyzing entire game film, not just the highlights. Their job is also to interview players, and sometimes people in their lives to assess whether they should make them an instant millionaire.

Yes, HCs will be tasked with winning faster now due to the Portal and NIL. And I don't blame the programs, and yes, Cignetti is a major reason. But the reason Cignetti had such a fast path to success was due to the Portal and NIL. So if a program is willing to get their alum to spend money, there really isn't a reason not to have more success.

AuTX Buckeye said:

you mean the future Seattle Supersonics?

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Could definitely see it happening

Means so much more than a coach that's just doing it for the stipend....

Cannot remember such a magnificent week end for any other Buckeye team, ever! Maybe pistol, and/or Syncro swimming, but that's it. Anyone do a wrap-up for we amateurs? Gracel and BB gave us some bon mots, or maybe direct us/me to another website? Thanks, would that had been in the stands....Kudos to the players!

Well, believe it or not, there was once a time that the Olympics did not allow professionals to compete. Then, it turns out that the Eastern block countries were putting athletes in the military, where their only duties were to practice/play their respective sports. By USA standards, not professional. Nowadays, professionals are the norm in competition. And by professional, I mean that one gets paid for performing. Sooo, if one gets paid for performing, they are always a professional, correct? But there is a precedent, because in golf, if you were a professional, getting checks for performing well, etc. You actually can petition the PGA, USGA etc to have your amateur status given back to you. Do not believe has happened in any other sport, but simply do not know. Probably someone else might.

Have heard it said, 'if you have to win the game based on the refs' - then you're in trouble. Consistent effort, in crunch time, start looking towards the basket, not running around, passing, beyond the arc, afraid to take the shot....Yeah, Tilly needs to stay healthy, and getting Noel back is key.

Kinda hard to crash the boards with only one big. McDuff is and will always put a guard first team on the floor. Four littles and one big can work, he's proven that, but when you go up against some height, you get out-rebounded, unless you make an unreasonable number of shots. Certainly the press works, but in the Dance, you're playing against some very good ball handlers, which leads to some easy buckets. Cannot imagine playing Elsa and Hobbs together, they'd get in each other's way, and Kitt seems to be the best assistant glass cleaner on the court. Would like to see Elsa become a 'junkyard dog', but don't believe she's built like that. And, if the opposing forward/center boxes her out, there is zero chance the Buckeyes get the rebound. Has anyone figured how you always get one 'hot' shooter per game?

Was that the 72-0 game? Where Cooper said at halftime that the Buckeyes wouldn't throw in the second half?
253 yards in one half?!?

Edit - Sorry, that was 1996. Glenn's numbers are for the full game in a 54-14 win at Pitt.

sparcboxbuck said:

For as much set theory as I deal with in data science, I always wished that I had taken a formal logic class. I always loved the topic, but alas… there were match and stats classes to take!

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The grad symbolic logic classes were a significant contributing factor to my pulling the rip cord and coming back to ATL for law school. There was just no way to maintain the tOSU undergrad (both my roommates were) lifestyle to which I’d become accustomed as the classes got more advanced. :)

jarv said:

Will Whittingham clean up the Michigan football program?

Or will the Michigan football program corrupt Whittingham?

Compared to the culture in the state of Utah, he's basically living in Gomorrah now. And to think Michigan is actually trying to clean up their act instead of just hiring a coach with a clean rep as a PR move is foolish. Look what Moore and Harbaugh were allowed to get away with. The AD is the same and they still don't have a president, do they?

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My guess is that these are easy answers:
You can't polish a turd. You just get shit on your hands.
The culture isn't going to change in the matter of a few months or even a few years. If he has any desire to change the culture, he won't have the time before getting fired.
Rich Rod was only trying to change the offense from having a tall statue at quarterback to having a running threat, and he improved by 2 wins every year he was there, and still got fired.
Hoke went back to the old way of trying to score, and he regressed by 2 wins every year he was there, and he got 1 more year than Rich Rod did.
Whittingham - I don't know anything about him - can go in there and "clean up" the program, but the boosters aren't going to be happy with 8 or 9 wins a year, and never making the playoff.

My prediction: Day #1 of practice he's going to be approached by some new Connor Stalions guy with a plan to get an illegal edge. Whittingham is going to say, "No way, we're clean." Then the other dude is going to say, "But we've already been doing it. And now for reasons we can't explain, your fingerprints are all over it." It'll be easier for Whittingham to hope no one finds out than for him to clean it up.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

I get that many are not thrilled by the trade

But on the other hand, you COULD be the Pelicans!

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you mean the future Seattle Supersonics?

When a team loses 31 xfers, some fat/excess goes, certainly. But when one debones a chicken or beefsteak, some muscle gets cut away as well as fat. Heck, tOSU made ND's portal season all by ourselves...IMHO. Appears to me that tOSU's sophomore and junior cadre has been gutted by transfers, making the team more dependent upon the portal. And am not convinced that the coaching staff can make as great an impact on the 3-4-5 year players coming in, as they would on the 1-2-3 year recruits. While I'm not as critical of Pantoni as some of the above, kinda hard to look at someone's tape (which is made up of their GOOD plays, not their average plays) to get a feel for a kid. And is folly to read the news clippings of a guy, and make an educated decision as to make them an instant millionaire. With the huge money being thrown around for HCs, the pressure is being put upon them for instant success. And Cignetti is the poster boy certainly. Wouldn't be surprised if each and every new HC hire is being compared to him, with no earthly idea whether this new guy can 'redo' as well as Cignetti has done. And the leash on said HC will be shorter.

Bucklion said:

No Mahomes and Swift circus, I’m in

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Refreshing no?