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Thread of What You've Eaten, Cooked and/or Drunk Lately
- By DaiMonMoore
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Jerry's, Paris, KYIt's incredibly annoying when breakfast places are skimpy with the sausage gravy. How much does it cost you to actually cover the damn thing?
2025 Season: Are You Ready For Some Football?
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Football
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Key Ohio State players make fascinating decision that shows how hungry they are to repeat their National Championship run
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Ryan Day revealed on Monday that leaders on the team are taking an interesting approach to things this spring.
"One of the first things was, to reinforce the culture,” Day told the media. “The leaders of this group decided that they wanted to take some of the National Championship stuff down in the facility because this year's team didn't win that championship, last year's team did."
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Ohio State won’t have team captains until the fall, but the leadership committee is made up of players who could potentially be team captains. Think of seniors like Sonny Styles and Davison Igbinosun.
Winning it all back-to-back is a tough task. Georgia did it in 2021 and 2022, and Alabama did it in 2011 and 2012. After that, you have to go all the way back to 1994 and 1995 when Nebraska did it.
Ohio State is already making the right notions to show that they are hungry to not settle for the one National Championship, which is exactly what fans should want to see.
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OT Ethan Onianwa (Official Thread)
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Football
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Ohio State Buckeyes transfer portal addition is already making an impact, but Ryan Day has one request for him
Ohio State was not as aggressive in the transfer portal this time around as they were last offseason.The Buckeyes added what could be three new starters with TE Max Klare, OT Phillip Daniels, and OT Ethan Onianwa. Other than that, the Buckeyes filled out depth in a couple of pieces.
Ohio State began spring practice on Monday and it was the first time that the 2025 team got together for a practice. Following the first session, head coach Ryan Day gave an update on the talented offensive tackle Onianwa.
"Big E's already changed his body a little bit,” Day said. “The guys seemed to embrace (Onianwa and Phillip Daniels). He (Onianwa) can carry weight, so if we can cut him down we're going to see even more athleticism and bend."
Onianwa is a talented tackle who could have entered the draft process and he would have been selected next month. Now, he’s going to play for the Buckeyes in 2025. The Rice transfer is listed at 6-foot-6 and 357 pounds on the spring roster. Expect him to get to around 345 at least by the time the season rolls around.
Ohio State replaces both tackles from the National Championship team with Josh Simmons and Josh Fryar both off to the NFL. Onianwa and the Minnesota transfer Daniels are the favorites to be OSU’s starting tackles in 2025.
New offensive line coach Tyler Bowen has some proven talent to work with right away in Columbus. Ohio State’s offensive line should be a strong group once again next season.
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Just sayin': The "BIG E" needs to be 12 pounds lighter......
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LGHL Ohio State Women’s March Madness Memories: “I’m glad I didn’t go to Virginia”
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Ohio State Women’s March Madness Memories: “I’m glad I didn’t go to Virginia”
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Ohio State University athletic department
A lot has been said about the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes in the 1993 Final Four, but to get there Ohio State had to go through a revenge-minded Virginia Cavaliers.
The 1992-93 season of Ohio State women’s basketball is program history for many reasons. It’s the first time the program had a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the only time it made the Final Four and the National Championship game.
To get there though, the Buckeyes had a difficult road. In the Second Round, the bigger Western Kentucky Hilltoppers committed 29 fouls, including a no call when 6-foot-4 center Paulette Monroe’s elbow made contact with the face of 6-foot-2 forward Stacie Howard within the first minute of the game.
“They’re probably the most cheap shot team we’ve ever played,” said Ohio State forward Nikki Keyton.
Ohio State won hitting 29-of-34 free throws to defeat the reigning national runners-up in a the 86-63 Buckeyes victory. That win set up a regular season rematch against the Virginia Cavaliers. The second consecutive game of the 1993 NCAA Tournament against a side that made the 1992 Final Four.
Virginia and Ohio State were not going to throw elbows and cheap shots, but the Buckeyes felt disrespected after defeating the Cavaliers in St. John Arena on Jan. 2. On national television, Ohio State defeated then No. 5 ranked Virginia side 91-84.
“People out here thought the first time was a fluke,” said freshman forward Katie Smith. “They [Virginia] said they lost it themselves. It seemed we weren’t even there.”
Smith was unstoppable against the Cavaliers just over two months prior. The freshman scored a career high 35 points, humbling a side still adjusting to the graduation of basketball hall of fame inductee Dawn Staley.
The always confident Smith was young and unafraid.
“I knew that if we ever play Virginia again that Katie Smith would be the main focus,” said Smith. “I know they haven’t forgotten that I scored 35 points against them the first time we played them.”
Virginia’s feeling was mutual, feeling that they let themselves down and wanted a chance to rectify that situation in the Elite Eight.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about that the first thing when the pairings came out,” said Virginia guard Dena Evans.
It was a revenge battle that even the Buckeyes could appreciate. Ohio State entered the tournament as the Big Ten regular season champions, but to do that they had to make up for early losses. Head coach Nancy Darsch’s side lost to both the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions in their first matchups during the conference season, but made up for both defeats the second time the teams met.
Ohio State and Virginia was a collision course of one team trying to make their second Final Four, and prove the doubters wrong who counted them out with a Staley-sized gap and the No. 1 seeded Buckeyes who hoped to make their first national semifinal in program history. In 10 years of the NCAA Tournament, Ohio State never got past the Elite Eight, and the Virginia Cavaliers were the next step in breaking through the program ceiling.
The matchup lived up to the expectations.
With 2:59 left in the first half, Ohio State built an 11-point lead before coach Darsch’s rotation happened to put all of her starters on the bench. It proved costly for the Buckeyes as the Cavaliers went on a 7-2 run heading into the locker room. It cut the lead to six points, only two possessions, and gave the Cavaliers momentum.
“That’s where we sputtered on the offensive end,” said Darsch. “Even though we gave up some momentum going into the half, it gave our starters a couple extra minutes of rest and helped them refocus more in the second half.”
Virginia took it into the second half, but it went higher than three points. Defensively, the Cavaliers’ plan to limit Smith worked and the freshman scored 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting, four points under Smith’s team-leading 18.1 points per game season average.
It was the senior duo of Averrill Roberts and Audrey Burcy stepping into Smith’s quieter offensive day. Roberts led all Buckeyes with 25 points, with Burcy adding 20. The two each grabbed three steals, part of 23 forced turnovers against Virginia that day.
“I just have to credit our seniors,” said Darsch. “They believed in themselves.”
That belief did not come easy late in the Virginia game. The Buckeyes took a one-point lead with 7:10 remaining in the game, a lead they would not give up, but they did not make it easy on themselves.
Up four points with 31.5 seconds remaining, Smith missed the first shot on two consecutive 1-and-1 situations. The 1-and-1 free throw went away when the NCAA moved women’s basketball from two halves to four quarters in the 15-16 season. Similar to what men’s basketball does today, if the player made the first free throw of the 1-and-1, they had another shot opportunity. If the player missed, the ball goes back into play.
Keyton hit one free throw of a 1-and-1 but the Cavaliers made a layup to bring the Ohio State lead down to a single possession. Smith fouled guard Jenny Boucek with 9.8 seconds left in the game and the guard made it a two-point game.
Smith had another opportunity to hit a 1-and-1 but for the third time in a row missed the first attempt, which was unheard of for the Buckeye legend. Against Western Kentucky, Smith went a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line, the fifth time Smith achieved the feat that season. It is still the only perfect free throw performance for a Buckeye who shot at least 10, so missing three in a row added even more pressure to the situation.
Down two points, with the game on the line, the Second Team All-ACC guard Evans got the ball in front of her bench and nailed a three-point shot with .6 seconds remaining, which would have counted if Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan did not call a timeout.
After the game, Ryan told the media that she tried well before the shot to call a timeout, but the officials did not see or hear the coach. Either way, Virginia had one more chance but within a window of only a couple seconds, an errant Virginia pass, a mistake by the Buckeyes to step out of bounds on the inbound pass and a blocked inbound by Smith against Evans ended the game, giving Ohio State a 75-73 victory.
“We never talked negative or about how this could be their last practice or game. It’s all been positive,” said Darsch. “Think good things and good things will happen. So we all had a quiet confidence that we were going to be able to do well this season.”
Ohio State won its first, and still only, Elite Eight game to make the Final Four. They also defeated the Cavaliers for the second time that season, and this time with even more on the line.
Smith had a list of suitors and making her final cut were the Buckeyes, Kentucky Wildcats, Stanford Cardinal and Virginia Cavaliers. That second win left no doubt in the freshman’s mind.
“This is why I came to Ohio State. This is what I dreamed about,” said Smith. “I’m glad I didn’t go to Virginia.”
All quotes and game details from the Columbus Dispatch and Lantern historical databases. Statistics from College Basketball Reference and ESPN.
Catch up on all the March Madness memories as Land-Grant Holy Land gets you ready for Ohio State women’s basketball and the 2025 NCAA Tournament:
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Ohio State University athletic department
A lot has been said about the Buckeyes and Hawkeyes in the 1993 Final Four, but to get there Ohio State had to go through a revenge-minded Virginia Cavaliers.
The 1992-93 season of Ohio State women’s basketball is program history for many reasons. It’s the first time the program had a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and the only time it made the Final Four and the National Championship game.
To get there though, the Buckeyes had a difficult road. In the Second Round, the bigger Western Kentucky Hilltoppers committed 29 fouls, including a no call when 6-foot-4 center Paulette Monroe’s elbow made contact with the face of 6-foot-2 forward Stacie Howard within the first minute of the game.
“They’re probably the most cheap shot team we’ve ever played,” said Ohio State forward Nikki Keyton.
Ohio State won hitting 29-of-34 free throws to defeat the reigning national runners-up in a the 86-63 Buckeyes victory. That win set up a regular season rematch against the Virginia Cavaliers. The second consecutive game of the 1993 NCAA Tournament against a side that made the 1992 Final Four.
Virginia and Ohio State were not going to throw elbows and cheap shots, but the Buckeyes felt disrespected after defeating the Cavaliers in St. John Arena on Jan. 2. On national television, Ohio State defeated then No. 5 ranked Virginia side 91-84.
“People out here thought the first time was a fluke,” said freshman forward Katie Smith. “They [Virginia] said they lost it themselves. It seemed we weren’t even there.”
Smith was unstoppable against the Cavaliers just over two months prior. The freshman scored a career high 35 points, humbling a side still adjusting to the graduation of basketball hall of fame inductee Dawn Staley.
The always confident Smith was young and unafraid.
“I knew that if we ever play Virginia again that Katie Smith would be the main focus,” said Smith. “I know they haven’t forgotten that I scored 35 points against them the first time we played them.”
Virginia’s feeling was mutual, feeling that they let themselves down and wanted a chance to rectify that situation in the Elite Eight.
“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t think about that the first thing when the pairings came out,” said Virginia guard Dena Evans.
It was a revenge battle that even the Buckeyes could appreciate. Ohio State entered the tournament as the Big Ten regular season champions, but to do that they had to make up for early losses. Head coach Nancy Darsch’s side lost to both the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions in their first matchups during the conference season, but made up for both defeats the second time the teams met.
Ohio State and Virginia was a collision course of one team trying to make their second Final Four, and prove the doubters wrong who counted them out with a Staley-sized gap and the No. 1 seeded Buckeyes who hoped to make their first national semifinal in program history. In 10 years of the NCAA Tournament, Ohio State never got past the Elite Eight, and the Virginia Cavaliers were the next step in breaking through the program ceiling.
The matchup lived up to the expectations.
With 2:59 left in the first half, Ohio State built an 11-point lead before coach Darsch’s rotation happened to put all of her starters on the bench. It proved costly for the Buckeyes as the Cavaliers went on a 7-2 run heading into the locker room. It cut the lead to six points, only two possessions, and gave the Cavaliers momentum.
“That’s where we sputtered on the offensive end,” said Darsch. “Even though we gave up some momentum going into the half, it gave our starters a couple extra minutes of rest and helped them refocus more in the second half.”
Virginia took it into the second half, but it went higher than three points. Defensively, the Cavaliers’ plan to limit Smith worked and the freshman scored 14 points on 4-of-9 shooting, four points under Smith’s team-leading 18.1 points per game season average.
It was the senior duo of Averrill Roberts and Audrey Burcy stepping into Smith’s quieter offensive day. Roberts led all Buckeyes with 25 points, with Burcy adding 20. The two each grabbed three steals, part of 23 forced turnovers against Virginia that day.
“I just have to credit our seniors,” said Darsch. “They believed in themselves.”
That belief did not come easy late in the Virginia game. The Buckeyes took a one-point lead with 7:10 remaining in the game, a lead they would not give up, but they did not make it easy on themselves.
Up four points with 31.5 seconds remaining, Smith missed the first shot on two consecutive 1-and-1 situations. The 1-and-1 free throw went away when the NCAA moved women’s basketball from two halves to four quarters in the 15-16 season. Similar to what men’s basketball does today, if the player made the first free throw of the 1-and-1, they had another shot opportunity. If the player missed, the ball goes back into play.
Keyton hit one free throw of a 1-and-1 but the Cavaliers made a layup to bring the Ohio State lead down to a single possession. Smith fouled guard Jenny Boucek with 9.8 seconds left in the game and the guard made it a two-point game.
Smith had another opportunity to hit a 1-and-1 but for the third time in a row missed the first attempt, which was unheard of for the Buckeye legend. Against Western Kentucky, Smith went a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line, the fifth time Smith achieved the feat that season. It is still the only perfect free throw performance for a Buckeye who shot at least 10, so missing three in a row added even more pressure to the situation.
Down two points, with the game on the line, the Second Team All-ACC guard Evans got the ball in front of her bench and nailed a three-point shot with .6 seconds remaining, which would have counted if Virginia head coach Debbie Ryan did not call a timeout.
After the game, Ryan told the media that she tried well before the shot to call a timeout, but the officials did not see or hear the coach. Either way, Virginia had one more chance but within a window of only a couple seconds, an errant Virginia pass, a mistake by the Buckeyes to step out of bounds on the inbound pass and a blocked inbound by Smith against Evans ended the game, giving Ohio State a 75-73 victory.
“We never talked negative or about how this could be their last practice or game. It’s all been positive,” said Darsch. “Think good things and good things will happen. So we all had a quiet confidence that we were going to be able to do well this season.”
Ohio State won its first, and still only, Elite Eight game to make the Final Four. They also defeated the Cavaliers for the second time that season, and this time with even more on the line.
Smith had a list of suitors and making her final cut were the Buckeyes, Kentucky Wildcats, Stanford Cardinal and Virginia Cavaliers. That second win left no doubt in the freshman’s mind.
“This is why I came to Ohio State. This is what I dreamed about,” said Smith. “I’m glad I didn’t go to Virginia.”
All quotes and game details from the Columbus Dispatch and Lantern historical databases. Statistics from College Basketball Reference and ESPN.
Catch up on all the March Madness memories as Land-Grant Holy Land gets you ready for Ohio State women’s basketball and the 2025 NCAA Tournament:
- Kelsey Mitchell’s 45-point game
- Francine ‘The Machine’ Lewis, Buckeyes’ first tournament wins
- Jessica Davenport’s perfect day
- Ohio State takes down UConn
- Tracey Hall leads Buckeyes in California
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Thread of What You've Eaten, Cooked and/or Drunk Lately
- By BigWoof31
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Shout out to the Bo Berry Biscuit from BoJangles.
If you're in the mood to be a real Tier 1 fat ass - you could do a lot worse than this sweet treat.
If you're in the mood to be a real Tier 1 fat ass - you could do a lot worse than this sweet treat.
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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.
- By Wadcutter
- College Football
- 3928 Replies
Yeah well, the evidence says otherwise so you and Charlie Baker can eat shit and die.
Michigan AD Warde Manuel Hopes for NCAA Ruling on Sign-stealing Penalties by "end of Summer," Has Not Had Any Conversations About Potential Penalties
Michigan AD Warde Manuel hopes for a ruling from the NCAA on the sign-stealing scandal "by the end of the summer" and has not had any conversation about postseason bans or penalties that are coming.www.elevenwarriors.com
Michigan AD Warde Manuel Hopes for NCAA Ruling on Sign-stealing Penalties by "end of Summer," Has Not Had Any Conversations About Potential Penalties
Ohio State fans have been highly anticipating the NCAA's ruling on the Michigan sign-stealing scandal. Perhaps it's coming within a few months.
Per 247Sports, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel hopes to have a resolution by "the end of the summer" and maintains the school's process with the NCAA is "ongoing."
Manuel told 247Sports that he hasn't had any conversations with NCAA officials about any potential punishments for the Wolverines, but he maintains that his school won the 2023 national title "fair and square."
"I have not had any conversation about postseason bans or penalties that are coming," Manuel told 247Sports. "What I can point to is that (NCAA president) Charlie Baker, when we won the championship, said they won it fair and square. That's something I can say that gives me some sense that they understand that this was a team who won that championship fair and square. I look at that, and as we move forward, we'll see how it goes."
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CB Jeff Okudah (1st Team Unanimous All-American, Minnesota Vikings)
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Alumni
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Former Ohio State football player signs deal with NFC North team
The former Buckeye has signed a one-year deal to play for the Minnesota Vikings.
scarletandgame.com
Former Ohio State football player signs deal with NFC North team
The former Buckeye has signed a one-year deal to play for the Minnesota Vikings.Okudah has signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings. This comes after he played one year with the Houston Texans, but never actually saw the field. He suffered another injury and didn't get activated until November. Even so, he never played for Houston.
Now, Okudah is hoping to stay healthy this season and actually make an impact for the Vikings. He is still just 26 years old. If Okudah is going to be an effective NFL player, he has to be healthy in Minnesota. He's not guaranteed to make the team, so training camp is going to be tough work for him.
Minnesota becomes the fourth team that Okudah has played for in his NFL career. He's hoping that it ends up being the last, because that would mean he's finally found a home. It's going to be tough for him to find a lot of playing time based on his past injuries.
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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.
- By ScriptOhio
- College Football
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Michigan AD Warde Manuel Hopes for NCAA Ruling on Sign-stealing Penalties by "end of Summer," Has Not Had Any Conversations About Potential Penalties
Michigan AD Warde Manuel hopes for a ruling from the NCAA on the sign-stealing scandal "by the end of the summer" and has not had any conversation about postseason bans or penalties that are coming.
Michigan AD Warde Manuel Hopes for NCAA Ruling on Sign-stealing Penalties by "end of Summer," Has Not Had Any Conversations About Potential Penalties
Ohio State fans have been highly anticipating the NCAA's ruling on the Michigan sign-stealing scandal. Perhaps it's coming within a few months.
Per 247Sports, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel hopes to have a resolution by "the end of the summer" and maintains the school's process with the NCAA is "ongoing."
Manuel told 247Sports that he hasn't had any conversations with NCAA officials about any potential punishments for the Wolverines, but he maintains that his school won the 2023 national title "fair and square."
"I have not had any conversation about postseason bans or penalties that are coming," Manuel told 247Sports. "What I can point to is that (NCAA president) Charlie Baker, when we won the championship, said they won it fair and square. That's something I can say that gives me some sense that they understand that this was a team who won that championship fair and square. I look at that, and as we move forward, we'll see how it goes."
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