NFBuck said:

I didn't follow CFB really at all this year, I've just kind of jumped in here and there since The Game. I never heard of this Sorsby, had to Google him. This Juggalo QB, who looks very "meh" at surface glance is going to get paid $5mm next year? Yeah, CFB is stupid.

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The current economic model is not sustainable. I seriously doubt any of these transfers will generate enough incremental revenue to cover their cost. But as long as boosters are willing to keep writing checks, I guess it will continue.

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Payton Pierce, Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs on Top, Three Offensive Linemen at Bottom of Pro Football Focus’ Grades for Ohio State’s Loss to Miami​

1. LB Payton Pierce (97.5)​

Pierce's score of 97.5 is the highest for a Buckeye player in any game this season. In fact, his grade against Miami was the highest of any offensive or defensive player during the bowl season. Pierce's 97.5 is almost six points higher than the second-highest graded linebacker, Pittsburgh's Rasheem Biles, who had a 91.7 against East Carolina.

Perhaps more impressive is Pierce's 99.9 grade in rush defense against Miami. This number is a full nine points higher than Hawaii defensive lineman Carsen Stockinksi, who graded out at 90.9 against the run.

This marks the first time this season for a linebacker to take the top spot among Ohio State's players for a game. Surprisingly, Pierce is the only linebacker to be rated in the top three among Buckeye players this season, despite backing up Arvell Reese and Sonny Styles all season.

2. WR Jeremiah Smith (84.1)​

During bowl season, Smith led all Big Ten receivers with seven catches and only trailed USC's Tanook Hines (90.5) for the highest grade among the conference's receivers with at least two catches in a bowl game.

Smith finished the season with an overall offensive grade of 90.7. That is one-tenth of a point behind USC's Makai Lemon for the best overall grade among receivers this year.

3. S Caleb Downs (83.3)​

Downs finished as one of Ohio State’s three highest-graded players for the second time in three games to end the season.

The unanimous All-American led Ohio State's defenders in coverage (87.2) against Miami and also had the best grade in run defense among the Buckeyes in the secondary.

Extra Points​

• Kayden McDonald had the highest tackling grade (77.8) among all defensive tackles during bowl season. McDonald also finished the season as the Big Ten's best defensive tackle with an overall defensive grade of 86.7, and he also had a conference-best grade of 91.2 in rush defense among the conference's players in his position group.
• Jermaine Mathews Jr. led the team with a tackling grade of 82.8 in the Cotton Bowl.
• Austin Siereveld and Gabe VanSickle earned pass-blocking grades of 0.0 against Miami. Army's Ned Brady and Minnesota's Marcellus Marshall were the only other players to grade out with a 0.0 in pass-blocking in a bowl game.
• Gabe VanSickle (36.1) had the lowest grade of any Buckeye who played at least 10 snaps against Miami, followed by fellow offensive linemen Phillip Daniels (47.4) and Austin Siereveld (48.3).
• Lorenzo Styles Jr. (29.6) earned the lowest grade of any Ohio State player against the Hurricanes, but played only eight snaps before leaving the game with a shoulder injury.
• Sonny Styles finished the season with a tackling grade of 91.6, which was the best in the nation. He was also the highest-graded Big Ten Linebacker in overall defense (88.2).

Arizona St.

Leavitt played that negotiation perfectly. You know LSU squeezed more out when they thought it was trending away…..

Oregon's star guard Jackson Shelstad missed the Rutgers loss with a hand injury. It seems to be a day-to-day thing, we'll see if he suits up Thursday.

Romanowski said:

Has Bill Cowher bought his house in Strongsville yet? Inquiring minds NEED to know…

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Down the street from Gruden but across the way from Melody Lane with Saban and all the other rich people.

jarv said:

Wait ..how did USC not know about the Irish's deal with the CFP when every conference signed off on it and even my stupid ass knew about it?

Trojans are pussies. They are looking for some way back to relevance and kicked ND off the schedule. ND immediately found a tougher opponent.

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On one hand, I totally agree, USC and especially Lincoln Riley are major pussies, fuck em.

On the other hand, Fuck Notre Dame too!

New Colorado AD Fernando Lovo aims to make Buffs 'global brand'​

Deion Sanders has a big fan in his new boss.

Colorado athletic director Fernando Lovo might not know his way around Boulder just yet -- or even his way around his new office building -- but he certainly realizes the importance of Sanders, who has put the Buffaloes back on the football map even if he has had only one winning season in three years.

"With Coach Prime's national notoriety and who he is as a person, first and foremost, and his ability to reach a lot farther than maybe some other coaches might be able to because of who he is, I think is a real advantage for us. We want to be a global brand. It's on us as administrators to provide him with the resources he needs. But in terms of who he is as a person and the reach that he has, it's a really special dynamic to have, and I'm excited to leverage that."New Colorado AD Fernando Lovo

"We want to be a global brand. It's on us as administrators to provide him with the resources he needs. But in terms of who he is as a person and the reach that he has, it's a really special dynamic to have, and I'm excited to leverage that."

Lovo inherits a sports department that is looking at a projected $27 million deficit by the end of the school year. That's due in part to the $20.5 million revenue share with athletes. Lovo is brainstorming for innovative solutions to help raise funds without making cuts....
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Lovo also worked in athletic administration at Texas, Ohio State and Houston. He got his start in college sports in the football program at Florida, his alma mater, where he once was a student equipment manager.

"I can't wait to stand in Folsom Field and see Ralphie run for the first time," Lovo said. "It's one of the great traditions in all of college sports, and it's just unbelievable. Can't wait to see it.

"Traditions, they matter here. But so do expectations."

Just sayin': Yeah, good luck with your "brainstorming". Lovo, if you ever get tired of watching Ralphie run I know how you could come up with some money...


(Just kidding, I like Ralphie too. Now if you were at Texas, Bevo would be another matter.)

Wonder how much of a raise they gave him to stay to get QB powered into the ground and really never progress as a passer

Sources: Ole Miss, QB Trinidad Chambliss reach deal for '26​

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has agreed to a new deal that would have him return to the Rebels in 2026, if the NCAA approves his pending waiver for a sixth season of eligibility, sources told ESPN on Monday.
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Ole Miss QB Chambliss faces complex process to get 6th year​

The waiver itself -- like many NCAA eligibility issues -- is complex. But the gist is that Chambliss is asking for a medical redshirt for the 2022 season when he was at Ferris State. (He took a traditional redshirt season during his true freshman year there in 2021.)

Chambliss did not play any games in 2022. He is seeking the medical redshirt for that season as he dealt with persistent respiratory issues that ultimately led to surgery to remove his tonsils.

The initial feedback from the NCAA's case manager, delivered to Ole Miss on Dec. 8, indicated that the panel was not inclined to issue the waiver. It invited the school to submit additional information, as the committee wanted more contemporaneous medical documentation from 2022.

This is from the recruiting thread

Donaldson was brought in to be a power back, but after the ever-brilliant OSU strength and conditioning staff had him drop 20 pounds during the offseason, his biggest strength (quite literally) was negated.

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If this wasn’t because he was sick or he was like 280 then wtf is the S&C team doing

Ohio State cannot afford another bargain bin transfer portal class​

The Buckeyes whiffed in the portal in 2025, and they need to make up for it in 2026.

In its quest to repeat as national champions, Ohio State added 11 players via the transfer portal prior to the 2025 season. Of that group, only three made any sort of impact on the field for the Buckeyes, and two (so far) are now back in the transfer portal again.

Really only two of last year’s additions can be considered any sort of a success, those being tight end Max Klare and offensive lineman Phillip Daniels.

Klare finished the season as Ohio State’s third-leading receiver, totaling 448 yards on 43 receptions with a pair of touchdowns. The Purdue transfer’s numbers suffered a bit as a result of quarterback Julian Sayin’s struggles seeing the middle of the field down the stretch, as Klare should’ve had an early game-tying touchdown against Miami — among the many other times the talented pass-catching tight end was open but not targeted.

Daniels was brought in as a depth piece along the offensive line with the hopes that he would develop into a starting-caliber player down the road, but was forced into the starting right tackle role in year one in Columbus. Daniels performed admirably given the situation, lacking from a consistency standpoint but ultimately holding his own when not matched up against the Rueben Bain Jr.’s of the world.

The aforementioned third player to make any bit of impact of this Buckeyes’ transfer class is C.J. Donaldson, who began the year as Ohio State’s starting running back but lost the job to true freshman Bo Jackson. Donaldson was brought in to be a power back, but after the ever-brilliant OSU strength and conditioning staff had him drop 20 pounds during the offseason, his biggest strength (quite literally) was negated.

The rest of the 2025 transfer class for Ohio State was nothing short of a disaster.

Chief among that group was Ethan Onianwa, who came to Columbus as one of the top transfer tackles in the country but was immediately one of the worst offensive linemen on the roster. A complete miss from a player evaluation standpoint, the Buckeyes attempted moving Onianwa to guard before giving up on him entirely, finishing the year having played less than 100 total snaps.

Onianwa was far from the only whiff for Mark Pantoni and the Ohio State player evaluation staff.

Beau Atkinson was another huge miss. Coming over from UNC having posted 7.5 sacks for the Tar Heels in 2024, Atkinson looked completely overmatched on the field for the Buckeyes. Playing a little more than 200 total snaps on the season, the edge rusher finished the year as the second-worst graded defensive player on the roster, per PFF, with his lone sack coming in garbage time against Ohio.

Ohio State also brought in Jackson Courville at kicker, but never actually let him attempt a single field goal in a real game.
The Buckeyes instead trotted out Jayden Fielding, who having not once in his career shown he was capable of making important kicks, proceeded to help lose them the Big Ten title game against Indiana with a 27-yard shank.

Courville, meanwhile, has never in his career missed a field goal under 30 yards, and he is now back in the transfer portal.

There were a handful of other lower-tier additions, including offensive lineman Justin Terry from West Virginia and quarterback Eli Brickhandler from UConn, both of which were basically emergency backups at their respective positions.

There were also the FCS up-transfers, including defensive end Logan George and linebacker Ty Howard. George played 19 total snaps and was injured most of the season, having since re-entered the transfer portal. Howard never saw the field as likely the seventh or eighth linebacker on the depth chart.
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Just sayin' I guess it's no secret that the 2 biggest portal signees for 2025 (i. e. Ethan Onianwa and Beau Atkinson) were major disappointments this season. However, Beau Atkinson has another year of eligibility left; so. if he sticks around. (who knows?) he potentially could have a "banner year" in 2026.

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Mobley says he heard Nebraska calling to foul him, so he knew the only chance of a tie there was passing the ball.

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Yepp said it was supposed to go to Tilly-Bynum back to Mobley

Catastrophic failure to lose Hicks.

If you look at the schedule, January is a somewhat favorable month as there is only 1 more game this month you look at and say it's a loss for sure. There is a stretch of 8 games coming up here that the Buckeyes *should* be able to win the majority of. If they could manage to prevail in all but one of these matchups against unranked teams, they would be at 8-4 in the B1G moving into the tougher part of the schedule. I realize the results aren't what we hoped so far, but I feel like this team still has a very legitimate chance at making the tournament.

Not that it changes much, but I believe my total was 17.

Jax St. 3.5
Miami, FL 3.5
Penn St. 3.5
Virginia 6.5

Black Monday: Pete Carroll fired by the Raiders.

GeorgiaBuck2 said:

Who tf is gonna play cb lol?

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Well, the answer is probably Jermaine Mathews, Jr, Devin Sanchez, and whoever they sign from the transfer portal.

osuvictory1 said:

It is about Scott because this is probably mostly about money.

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You have to wonder if it is about playing time and/or money; and what conversations he has had with the coaches.....

ScriptOhio said:

Just sayin': Yeah, he's undoubtedly the RB1 2026. However, we definitely need a running back (or 2) from the portal to replace Donaldson and Peoples. I was really hoping Peoples would stay; however, that wasn't to be.

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I was hoping too, but when he had the nice run at the end of the year against(I believe) Rutgers after being relegated to RB4 towards the end of the season. I knew he’d definitely leave, I honestly knew that earlier when West started getting carries over him. I just don’t think he was ready for a lead role at this level and may need to drop down, which isn’t a knock he’s still talented.