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DC Matt Patricia (Official Thread)

sparcboxbuck said:
Some of the buzz when it was just a rumor of his hiring was concerning. I’m thrilled with the surround sound on him coming out of the WHAC and things like this just back it up.

I’m really looking forward to what he puts on the field this year.
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A wise man once told me that things are never as bad as it looks, but of course they are never as good as we hope for. My life experiences after that day has been a testament to those words.

Patricia has been a tremendous surprise and date I say he’s an upgrade from Knowles. I’ll enjoy the ride I’m sure. Go bucks!
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Auburn Football (Paying Players Before NIL + Scientology)

Jaxbuck
Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:
Alabama is working hard to surpass Mississippi as the least educated and most impoverished state
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It goes back and forth every year. Not because one state gets smarter or richer, just that the poorest, dumbest sonofabitch on earth died that year and some other poor dumb bastard in the next state over takes over the title.
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The Basketball Tournament (Carmen's Crew = 2019 and 2024 Champions)

ScriptOhio
This may not go anywhere; but FWIW a college team (i.e. Green Bay, aka University of Wisconsin–Green Bay) wants to play in the TBT:

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Green Bay files NCAA waiver to play in $1M TBT

Green Bay has filed for a waiver from the NCAA to allow its men's basketball team to compete in The Basketball Tournament, the $1 million, winner-take-all summer tournament.
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Green Bay files waiver to play in The Basketball Tournament​

Green Bay has filed for a waiver from the NCAA to allow its men's basketball team to compete in The Basketball Tournament, the $1 million, winner-take-all summer tournament that features many high-profile college alumni teams and active professional players.

The waiver request, which was filed last week, acknowledges TBT is not certified by the NCAA or fall within legislated exceptions but makes the case it is a suitable replacement for a foreign tour, which permits college programs to travel abroad to play against professional teams once every four years.

"When you play overseas, these teams that go to France, Spain, Belgium, whatever, those aren't NCAA-sanctioned games," Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb said. "So the NCAA's argument is, 'Hey, in summer competition, you can't play these games in the United States. They're not NCAA-sanctioned.' So if I played this exact same game three hours north of here in Canada, it'd be OK. It doesn't make sense."

There is also the cost aspect. For a school like Green Bay -- especially as college athletics braces for the House settlement to be finalized -- a foreign trip can be cost-prohibitive. By participating in an event like TBT, Green Bay's waiver request made the case that it would be providing its athletes a similar experience within its means.

"Let's not worry about the prize money right now, but that could go to a charity, just let us play," Green Bay athletic director Josh Moon said. "It's really about our team and trying to give them opportunities."

The original premise of the rule that allows programs to take a foreign trip once every four years was that it gives every athlete a chance to make one such trip while in school. However, with all the movement in college sports in the wake of eased transfer restrictions, Moon said it's outdated.

"You're working in an environment that is still largely built on rules from 10, 15 years ago," he said. "There's still massive amounts of legislation that doesn't make any sense -- that hasn't been adjusted in 20 years or 30 years or who knows how long."

Green Bay's waiver request has support from Horizon League commissioner Julie Roe Lach and the organizers of TBT.
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2026 OH RB Favour Akih (Verbal Offer)

moopdawg
Really hope that he commits soon. I am anxious to see how Coach Lock and the rest of the staff develop this young man from our home state, both as a player and as a person.
Being an Ohio guy, I get probably more excited when the offensive skill players (the guys who get to score the TDs) are from Ohio. It seems like most recently, the Ohio kids have been making contributions more the O-Line and the defensive side of the ball which is all good. But looking ahead, I really hope to see Tavian St. Clair throwing dimes and guys like SWD, Bo Jackson, Jaeden Ricketts, Chris Henry, and maybe Favour Akih scoring touchdowns for the good guys.
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2026 LA DL Lamar Brown (Verbal Offer)

calibuck
Thought this had been solved, when tOSU had an 'heir-apparent' (who fled to Texas). Believe tOSU is reaching a point where opposing coaches are using the 'LJ is gonna retire soon' against us (still....), and the recruiting simply is not where it should be. Don't really have a solution, and apparently, neither does Day. When I look at those coaches that have been shown the door, none have attained the professional pinnacle that LJsr has. Doubt that we fanatics will ever see it, but wonder if Day has the cojones to give LJ the ultimatum of an MBO (management by objective), of getting 3 (?) 5* DL guys into the fold. Forget the DL coach's name, but appears that Texas has corralled 5 (!) DT guys from the portal this year. Maybe to keep them out of tOSU's hands?
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Vacation: Beach or mountains?

calibuck
Have done the drive you mention (though not from V-ville), several times with my lovely wife. Actually drove to Cambria for a combo wife b-day and Mom's day (got a twofer on that one), and did the up and back down Highway 1. Morro is beautiful, have camped there several times, and has some very good restaurants, and yeah, to an Ohioan, looks wonderful (and it is). Ps, in the winter, the hills are a verdant green. In the summer (with less water), they are called 'the golden hills of California'. That's while Ohio hills are lush and green. PS, you covered a heckuva lot of territory from VVille to Monterey and back in a weekend. Daughter did some swimming and water polo in Pismo, so have spent many a weekend there. Plenty to do, and usually run into a half dozen or so people from our town there. Too busy for me. PS, when we drive to Colorado, always go through the Tehachapi's out to Hwy 15 through Vegas to I-70 into Grand Junction. From where we are, the mountain passes through the Sierra Nevadas are still covered in snow through June-ish, so gotta go south, or north on the I-80. Sounds like some great memories!
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2025 College Football Playoffs Discussion (12 Team Format)

Zurp
1. For the record, I like the straight seeding method better.
2. The reason for this change is about the worst logic ever. Imagine if you're in a Rock/Paper/Scissors contest, best X out of Y. And in the first round, you go with Scissors, and your opponent goes with Rock. Does that mean Scissors is the worst and you should never use it again? Of course not.
I do think that conference winners should get something, though. How much fun will this board be when Notre Dame goes 11-1 and gets in over a 12-1 team that won its conference? I suppose that will be unlikely if that team is in the Big Ten or SEC, so maybe it won't be that big of a deal. Maybe the answer is to go to 16 and get rid of byes. Then, we'll see more blowouts in the first round, and people will have something new to cry about.
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