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Cincinnati Bengals (Same Ole Bengals)

BuckyKatt
RB07OSU said:
Oh the front office I definitely blame. Until Brown is gone, this team will never make it the distance. The problem is I don't see that changing until he is dead, whereas coaches can be changed. We did need to clean house on the defensive side and most of the offense regardless...the defense was just impossible to watch and we had several guys that used to be reliable out of position constantly.
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Here's where I (unfortunately) disagree with you.

Mickey learned his cheap ways from his father, the late, great Paul Brown. Who do you think Katie's been learning how to run an NFL team from?

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree and all those other clichés.

Go listen to Andrew Whitworth talk about his final years with the club. It wasn't Mike Brown that threw him under the bus, it was Katie and her husband.

Katie's largely been in charge of player contracts for several years now. Is Chase signed? Is Tee...? Who let Joe Mixon go mostly because they didn't want to pay him...? And didn't feel DJ was worth the money?

Yep. Lil' Pumkin that's who.

I'm sorry to be Donny Downer but if you really think things are going to drastically change once SoP goes to that big locker room in the sky you're dreaming.
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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

gmen6981
BuckeyeNation27 said:
Kid's from my current neck of the woods. I went to see him once. Let's just say I'm not surprised he didn't end up doing a damn thing worth a shit as a football player.
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If I remember he came in about the same time as Hackysack. Was somewhat highly ranked as a recruit but got hurt ealy on and never really recovered. Wound up transferring to UMass. and did fuck all there.
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OC Chip Kelly (National Champion)

billmac91
Buckeye86 said:
Everett Withers was fired after the 2013 season because the defense was so bad. Chris Ash was brought in and they won a championship in 2014.

Tom Herman left after the 2014 season and was replaced by Tim Beck/Ed Warriner which blew an insane amount of talent in 2015 and was a disaster in 2016.

Day was brought in the fix the offense in ‘17, but the defense started to show major cracks under Schiano after Fickell left following the ‘16 season and then completely collapsed in 2018.

2019 was a golden year with Day/Wilson and Hafley on defense.

But then Hafley left and Coombs was a disaster in ‘20 ‘21 before Knowles was brought in.

When Kevin Wilson left after the ‘22 season the offensive transition was bad (Hartline promotion) which was partially responsible for subpar results in ‘23.

So by my count, that’s five bad coordinator decisions tanking eight seasons since 2013.
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While we can't predict what will happen after the 2025-2026 season, I think a very solid blue-print has been left for whoever the next DC is.....Assuming Caleb Downs stays healthy, you just continue to build on what they did down the stretch, which is confuse the hell out of QB's and offenses by playing a safety at LB depth while not necessarily giving anything away in pass defense bc he's so smart & athletic he erases the ground he gives up if he drops into coverage...

It's an absolute cheat code.

The real question IMO, is what happens when Downs leaves for NFL, bc u can't just replace that level of player, who we've basically built a defense around...
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2025 tOSU Defense Discussion

scarletngray
Sgt Brutus said:
Hiring within would make sense

Hiring Jim Leonard would get me excited


Mayo is a solid coach, that would be a good hire imo
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My two favorites are:
MG
Randy Bates - OSU alumni and current DC at Pitt. He's done a good job there. Before that he was the LB coach at NW for 12 years.
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Ohio State AD's $38M Deficit

AuTX Buckeye
ORD_Buckeye said:
Spending ballooned to $300M despite knowing well in advance that there would only be 6 home games. Completely inept management. Hire an aggy and a cornhusker and get aggy/cornhusker competence, I guess.

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Ohio State’s Athletic Department Spent Nearly $38 Million More Than It Made During 2024 Fiscal Year

Ohio State athletics spent nearly $38 million more than it made during the 2024 fiscal year, which athletic director Ross Bjork attributed to “unique circumstances.”
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Iowa at tOSU, Monday 1/27, 8 ET on FS1

RB07OSU
buckeyemania11 said:
I think 6-5 in the last 11 likely gets them in (that brings us to a .500 B1G finish)

4 of the remaining games are against the bottom 3 in the B1G (2 vs Corn, 1 vs Ped State, 1 vs Washington) take care of business against those teams and they are in good shape.
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Funny you should mention that, I was just looking at the remaining schedule and thought the same thing. Should be able to make up for some losses down the stretch, but of course you never know with this team. At least the rest of the schedule isn't too brutal though.
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QB Kyle McCord (transfer to Syracuse)

calibuck
Well, glad he had some success at Syracuse. Round peg in a square hole here, methinks. Kinda a mental masturbation thing, but cannot believe tOSU wins a Nati with him at the helm. Very much like the 2014 Nati, with Cardale exhibiting his big arm, and winging it over the Bama S's. Doesn't happen with JT either. Guess we'll watch with interest in where he is drafted in the pros, ahead of Howard or after.
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Thread of What You've Eaten, Cooked and/or Drunk Lately

calibuck
Tomateaux, flew in to Melbourne, Au. Which is where ship embarked. from there, to Sydney, for two and a half days. Golfed there, and took excursion to visit the Opera House. Truly a magnificent study in engineering, sound etc. Wife and daughter went to an 'operetta' there while I golfed, and pronounced it special. From Sydney, traveled across the ocean to New Zealand. Started on southern tip, and had eight stops up to Aukland. Beautiful places along the way. Golfed (not your question), five more times, and some of the ports were smallish. Our ship was able to tie up to a dock in all but one place. Finally debarked in Aukland. Fantastic city, rivaled Sydney (to me at least), and reminded me of SF, with all the water, bridges, and housing all around. People all friendly, but, for whatever reason, had the worst time understanding their speech. The accent, and some of their word substitutions made for hard listening. PS, Aussies and Kiwis don't serve American wines - reasons I got ranged from 'we're protecting our own wine business' to 'it's racism, we don't like Americans'. Asked them what they're going to do when China starts tossing bombs....anyway, fun family trip. Probably a one-time thing, as the 17 hour flights were hard on the old bodies. PS, you can harness up and climb the big bridge in Sydney if you are so adventerous. We passed.
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