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CB Aaron Scott Jr. (National Champion, transfer to Oregon)

GeorgiaBuck2 said:
I'm at the point now where I'm not quite as invested in college football as I used to be. Feels really stale now with all the changes. Doesn't help that we laid an egg at the end of the season.
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I think it’s exciting. I think those that transferred out .. the position coach gave them what next year might be. Some will stay and bet on themselves others see the writing on the wall and move on. Caleb Downs ended up one of my favorite Buckeyes ..
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DT Cameron Heyward (7x Pro Bowl, 5x All Pro, Pittsburgh Steelers)

lvbuckeye
He just single-handedly destroyed a Ravens possession. He got a sack on second down, then on 3rd and 9, he, once again, destroyed the Ravens' OL, then batted a pass, which was caught for an interception by TJ Watt. And Dude is in his 15th season. If he's not first ballot, then no one is.

(What I wouldn't give for the Browns to draft as well as the Steelers.)
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2025-2026 College Basketball General Discussion

DZ83CK
Purdue's Braden Smith broke the B1G career assist record (previously held by MSU great Cassius Winston) in the victory yesterday against Wisconsin. He has a shot to break Bobby Hurley's NCAA assist record, but he will have to maintain averaging almost 10 apg and likely will need a handful of postseason games in order to pull it off.
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2026 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

Zem
lvbuckeye said:
The Ohio State men's soccer team was preseason #3. Offer some NIL money for one of those guys to come kick for the football team.
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Ha! I had 9 years of soccer experience by senior year in high school with a rather powerful soccer leg. I tried being the kicker on the football team that summer. Didn't turn out really well. Kicking a football is different. Coach once said, "Well his kicks are... interesting." Went back to the soccer team after a month.
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2026 tOSU Special Teams Discussion

Zem
1926Buckeyes said:
I agree, but it’s also much more difficult to maintain elite ST performance than people are letting on. Tressel started out with an all time duo in Nugent and Groom, then slightly downgraded Sanders and then Huston. He had good Ps and Ks players after that, but no All Americans.

Here are the last 24 years of kickers:

Nugent (01-04) 82% (7-9 40-49, 5-6 50+) only found 04 splits, but he did have 8 career 50 yard FGs
Huston (05) 79% (5-8 40-49, 0-2 50+)
Pretorius (06-08) 77% (6-9 40-49, 3-5 50+)
Pettrey (06-09) 74% (12-13 40-49, 6-10 50+)
Barclay (09-10) 79% (4-7 40-49, 0-1 50+)
Basil (10-13) 78% (7-10 40-49, 1-5 50+)
Willoughby (15) 63% (0-3 40-49, 0-0 50+)
Durbin (16) - 77% (2-5 40-49, 0-0 50+)
Nuerenberger (14-18) 72% (6-15 40-49, 0-0 50+)
Haubeil (18-20) 80% (7-9 40-49, 1-1 50+)
Ruggles (21-22) 90% (11-11 40-49, 0-2 50+)
Fielding (23-25) 79% (15-20 40-49, 0-3 50+)

I was shocked to see Ruggles hit 100% from 40-49 and Fielding have more 40 yard FGs than everyone but, I assume, Nugent.

They can and should do better, but OSU has had 3 kickers that were >50% from 50+ in the last 25 years. If they find someone who hits >80% total and >65% from 50, it’d be the first time since Nugent, and probably only the 2nd time in school history. It’s not that they shouldn’t try, but this isn’t something that OSU had until recently and then stopped caring.

Also, this is still college. Tate Sandell won the Groza making 23-24 kicks, 8-9 from 50+, and 4 from 55+. The poor sob then went 1-3 against Bama, missing a 36 yarder and his first 50 yard miss of the season. It’s going to be hard to find a college kicker that’s a machine.
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As many here I'm sure remember, Tressel's kicker at YSU, Jeff Wilkins (49'ers, Eagles, Rams), spearheaded a training camp for kickers that Nugent attended, iirc. (It's a little hazy, but I'm pretty sure it was Wilkins' camp.) That was allegedly a main factor in his development. Don't know what happened to that camp. I wonder if Wilkins has ever been offered a coaching spot at OSU.
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