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Cincinnati Reds (2026 Season Thread)

Jaxbuck
They signed the 1st round pick for $5MM.

A scouting blurb in case you think I was just ranting on draft day (bolds are mine):
Cincinnati believes in the huge upside for Justin Lebron. He’s got plus power potential, plus speed, plus defense, and a plus arm. The questions about his game revolve around his ability to identify and hit breaking balls.
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When asked about some of those concerns, Reds scouting director Joe Katuska had this to say about Lebron after the draft:

We believe in our development. We believe in his physical ability. We think he can make the adjustments necessary moving forward. The makeup. The grind that he has to him. He’s ready for this. He knows he has to make adjustments and make corrections moving forward and we think he’s fully prepared to.
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During his final year at Alabama Justin Lebron had 27 walks and 56 strikeouts. Among 1st round college players taken that was easily the worst strikeout-to-walk ratio among the 14 hitters. 10 of the 14 had at least as many walks as strikeouts in their junior years, with several having more for their entire college careers. Two others were reasonably close. Two players weren’t. Lebron was one of them and the other guy had significantly more walks, but also a handful more strikeouts.
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Game Thread Ohio State at Penn State, 10/22/16, 8:00pm ET ABC/WatchESPN

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ScriptOhio said:
www.elevenwarriors.com

Skull Session: Jaylen McClain Names Three Under-the-Radar Buckeyes Entering 2026, Urban Meyer Reflects on the Cost of Ohio State’s 2016 Loss to Penn State

Jaylen McClain names three under-the-radar Buckeyes entering 2026, and Urban Meyer thinks a missed penalty led to Ohio State’s 2016 loss against Penn State.
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WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN. Urban Meyer believes one missed penalty changed the course of Ohio State's 2016 season.

In a clip from The Triple Option released this week, Meyer said an uncalled penalty on a late field goal attempt prevented the Buckeyes from tying Penn State — and ultimately cost them a Big Ten championship.

Holding a 21-17 lead with 4:39 remaining in the fourth quarter, Ohio State lined up for a 45-yard field goal on 4th-and-7. Penn State blocked Tyler Durbin's kick, and Nittany Lions cornerback Grant Haley scooped up the live ball and returned it for a touchdown, turning Ohio State's three-point lead into a 24-21 deficit.

The Buckeyes had one final chance to respond, but Penn State's defense forced a 4th-and-23 from Ohio State's own 29-yard line, where the offense failed to convert.

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“By rule, you can’t physically pull the field goal protector out of the way of the guy jumping through, and Penn State, the one win they got against us in 2016, they blocked the field goal,” Meyer said. “I turned it in, and I didn’t bitch a lot about it; my fault that we ran the field goal team on late. That cost us the Big Ten championship in ’16, and they later came back and said it could have been, and should have been, a penalty, if I remember right. That’s one that might have been — if they would have thrown that flag, obviously we win.”

Ohio State's loss to Penn State was its only regular-season defeat in 2016 and kept the Buckeyes out of the Big Ten Championship Game. Penn State went on to beat Wisconsin 38-31 for the conference title, but the College Football Playoff selection committee still selected Ohio State over the Nittany Lions for the four-team playoff.

Penn State lost to USC in the Rose Bowl.

Ohio State lost to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl.

I wonder if those results would have been different if the referees had thrown a piece of yellow laundry 10 years ago at Beaver Stadium.

The world may never know.
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It got us a decade of Big Game James so I can live with it but man oh man would the cult meltdown have been epic.

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It's Shark Week.....Again

ScriptOhio
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Massive great white shark spotted off NC coast. See where its headed

'Contender,' a 1,653 pound great white shark, resurfaced off North Carolina. Track the giant fish online.
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Massive great white shark spotted off NC coast. See where its headed​

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The Atlantic Ocean's largest tagged great white shark in history recently resurfaced off the coast of North Carolina near the Outer Banks, scientists said.

At nearly 14 feet long, the big fish named "Contender" appears to be heading toward Cape Cod and the eastern coast of Canada, according to a OCEARCH, a global non-profit marine research group tracking shark sightings and migration.

Researchers first tagged the massive great white shark on Jan. 17, 2025 off the Florida-Georgia coast, according to online data from the non-profit.

Most recently Contender breached the surface just before 2 p.m. ET on July 10.
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Amity island welcome sign is conflicted


Just sayin': Anyone think Contender will pay a visit to Amity Island along the way?

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DE Beau Atkinson (Official Thread)

ScriptOhio
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Former high-profile transfer win for the Ohio State Buckeyes is making some noise ahead of fall camp beginning

Beau Atkinson was once a key transfer portal addition for the Ohio State Buckeyes well over a year ago. He may finally be trending toward a breakout with the Buckeyes this fall, and he’s making an impression ahead of fall camp beginning.
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Former high-profile transfer win for the Ohio State Buckeyes is making some noise ahead of fall camp beginning​

Beau Atkinson was once a key transfer portal addition for the Ohio State Buckeyes well over a year ago. He may finally be trending toward a breakout with the Buckeyes this fall, and he’s making an impression ahead of fall camp beginning.

Ohio State football is inching closer to fall camp, and the Buckeyes will look drastically different when they return to the field. Ohio State saw more than 30 players transfer out while bringing in roughly half that number through the portal, plus a freshman class near 30 players. Several returning Buckeyes will need to step into new and bigger roles, and one player generating some offseason buzz is former North Carolina transfer Beau Atkinson.

Atkinson is creating noise with the work he has put in during offseason workouts, and he could be a critical piece of Ohio State’s pass rush in 2026. The former transfer addition has been named a Dude of the Week for the Buckeyes.

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Beau Atkinson looking to bounce back after quiet 2025​

The Buckeyes landed Atkinson two transfer portal windows ago after he posted 7.5 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, and 35 total tackles at North Carolina in 2024. He was an All-ACC caliber player with the Tar Heels, but his first season at Ohio State did not go as planned.

Atkinson played in 11 games for the Buckeyes last season and registered just 11 tackles and one sack. The switch to the Big Ten was an adjustment, and he has admitted it didn’t go as he expected. He struggled bending around the edge and looked noticeably stiff, making it clear he needed more time in Ohio State’s strength and conditioning program under coach Mick Marotti.

Another full offseason in that program could be exactly what Atkinson needed, and he’ll have a chance to prove it this fall.

Ohio State needs Beau Atkinson to step up opposite Kenyatta Jackson​

The Buckeyes are trying to replace Caden Curry and his double-digit sack production. Getting Kenyatta Jackson back was huge for Ohio State, but the other starting EDGE spot is up for grabs.
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QB Luke Fahey (Official Thread)

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Depth Chart Outlook​

Fahey is competing for the QB3 spot as a freshman in 2026 with Justyn Martin, a fifth-year quarterback who transferred to Ohio State this offseason. His first chance to compete for the starting job could come in 2027, assuming Julian Sayin enters the 2027 NFL draft.

That said, Fahey will have a challenging path to a future starting job at Ohio State. Current QB2 Tavien St. Clair is the heavy favorite to be Ohio State’s next starting quarterback after Sayin, and given Ryan Day's track record at OSU, there's a good chance that five-star quarterbacks will continue to come to Columbus even after Sayin and St. Clair are gone.

That’s not to say that Fahey lacks the talent to be a big-time quarterback, even though he is a bit undersized at 5-11. That said, Fahey isn't afraid of the competition and how tough it will be to be QB1 for Ohio State. In fact, he has expected it since the moment he committed to the Buckeyes.

“At other schools, I felt like the path to being a starting quarterback was easier. But again, I don't want to be scared of competition when in life you're going to have to compete,” Fahey said. “I know those guys will make me work hard at every aspect while I'm there, if that's on the field, in the weight room, sprints. And again, my goal is to be an NFL quarterback. And when you're around people who are better than you, it only pushes you to be better. It only makes you work that much harder.”
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U.S. Men's National Soccer (Official Thread)

ScriptOhio
CMic said:
He can make double that amount if he gets the right job in the right league.
Just depends on what he wants to do.
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Just sayin':

1) Well, if he does not sign another contract to coach the USMNT; ESPN lists some other possible head coaches.....

Who should coach USMNT next? 11 potential replacements for Pochettino​

The longtime assumption has been that, with his USMNT contract ending after the World Cup, Pochettino would depart and set himself up for a European club job to be named later. Pochettino has avoided definitive answers on the subject, and his plans aren't clear.

What is clear, however, is that the U.S. Soccer Federation is doing whatever possible to keep him. The two sides have engaged in contract talks, with U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson telling ESPN in an exclusive interview before the team's elimination how much Pochettino and assistant Jesus Perez have been helping with long-term planning.
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2) The ESPN guy thinks Pep Guardiola would be the "perfect candidate". I don't know anything about any of those guys. Does anyone think any of these guys might be an upgrade from Pochettino or at least as good as he was?
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