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Game Thread Kent State at tOSU, Sept. 19th, 12pm ET, FOX

Offensive Ratings By Position​

Quarterback​

Julian Sayin: 83.1 (48)

That seems right. We all know he didn’t play a perfect game, maybe not even a great game, but he went 18-22 for 240 yards and 2 TDs with no picks. From the reaction online, you’d think he was the 2nd coming of Joe Bauserman vs Nebraska. He was good, maybe even very good. There are things he needs to do better, but there is a LOT that he’s doing very well.
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Caleb Williams (Cry Baby, Painter of Nails)

My buddy from Uptown New Orleans met him at a dinner before the Cotton Bowl when USC lost to Tulane. Said that Caleb absolutely threw a fit when someone served him a bowl of gumbo with tomatoes in it and apparently he kept crying the entire night that tomatoes don’t belong in gumbo .
I may like the cut of his jib after all ...
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The Jerome Schottenstein Center (Official Thread)

Ohio State Unveils New Scoreboard and Ribbon Boards at Schottenstein Center

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The home of Ohio State basketball got a makeover this offseason.

As the Ohio State men’s and women’s basketball teams held their first official practices of the preseason on Monday, there was a new and improved scoreboard hanging above the main court at the Schottenstein Center. The court is also now surrounded by bigger and brighter ribbon boards, bringing a more lively feel to the Buckeyes’ arena.

We got our first look at the new scoreboard and ribbon boards on Monday as Ohio State invited the media to the Schottenstein Center for the opening day of practice.

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In addition to the new visual elements, Ohio State also installed a new audio system at the Schottenstein Center this offseason, replacing the original 27-year-old sound system “with a modern, performance-driven design that includes new line arrays, a new back-of-house audio system, mixing console, and support infrastructure located 135 feet above the court.”

The renovations to the Schott, which were completed this summer, came with a $5.2 million budget approved by the Board of Trustees last year.
Yawn……
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How does work make you feel today?

Pretty damn good because I haven’t been there for over a week and haven’t checked in. We’ll see if the train is still on the track or if we went off the rails next Wednesday when I’m back.

Although I just turned 64, so my give a fucks are starting to wane….
I’m 41 and my zero fucks are already gone when it comes to caring if the train is on the tracks lol
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Ohio State Men's Tennis (2014/2019/2024 ITA Indoor National Champs, 20 Straight B1G Titles)

Buckeye Alum JJ Tracy Claims Third ATP Challenger Doubles Title​

Former NCAA Doubles Champion, JJ Tracy claimed his second ATP Challenger doubles title of the year and third of his pro career at the Tiburon Challenger.

Tracy teamed up with Hans Hach Verdugo for the tournament, where they faced four doubles teams to get the trophy. The pair faced the American duo of Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow in the final. The two were evenly matched in the beginning, resulting in a 7-6(7) win for the first set. The second quicker went in favor of Tracy and Hach Verdugo with an early break, and resulted in 6-4 second set for the victory.

Tracy now has a career record of 43-42 in doubles pro tournaments, and three doubles titles. Prior to this tournament, Tracy competed in the US Open with Francisco Cabral, where he reached the Round of 16 before falling to the No. 1 doubles pairing in the tournament. On his way to the Round of 16, Tracy faced the duo of Lammons and Withrow in the Round of 32, where he and Cabral bested them in three sets.

Tiburon Challenger Results
Round Opponents Score
Round of 16 Michal Mmoh/Alex Rybakov 4-6, 6-2, 10-3
Quarterfinals Robert Galloway/Evan King 6-4, 6-2
Semifinals Santiago Gonzalez/John-Patrick Smith 7-5, 4-6, 10-8
Finals Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow 7-6(7), 6-4
Prize Money Singles & Doubles Combined: $686,101
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Game Thread Illinois at tOSU, Sat. Sept. 26, 12pm ET, FOX

Love this game for our first BIG TEN match up.
Last week, against Kent State the Offense was absolutely dominant in our first four drives, scoring 4TDs in an almost flawless performance. On our fifth and sixth drives Julian didn't see a wide open Innis in the end zone and missed a wide open Jeremiah on a fourth down play.
On the seventh drive Julian got the Hail Mary pass for a TD. Kudos to Day for not sitting on the ball.Then our eighth drive on Offense, which came early in the 2nd Half, Sayin led the Bucks to another TD drive.
So, with our starters in we scored TDs on six of our first eight possessions. That's a 75% scoring rate. Julian's passer rating for the day was 81%. Not seeing Innis in the end zone is not Days or Arthur Smiths fault.
Short yardage Offense is our biggest challenge thus far. Let's see how the adjustments work this week. I'm looking to see more of Cook in the Bison package.
GO BUCKS!
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2026 Polls

I dropped the Buckeyes to #10 in my latest ballot.




Just kidding. I haven't had a vote in years. Here is how everyone voted individually in the AP for Ohio State (note my good friend Rece Davis has Ohio State at #4 in this week's ranking):


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McFuckmyface has us #3

wow
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Game Thread tOSU at Iowa, Sat. Oct. 3rd, 3:30 pm ET, CBS

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Just sayin': Could Iowa be the "trap game" in 2026?

They going to be looking ahead to Maryland?

It will be tough because it's Iowa who are always physical and fundamentally sound, it's almost certainly going to be played at night and cancer kids will be involved.

Bucks still have to win this. They lose to Iowa and the wheels are coming off.
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HC Ryan Day (B1G Coach of Year, B1G Champion, National Champion)

Shitty comparison coming but it keeps popping in to mind...

Teams like Penn State or Alabama can never have cool flashy uniforms. The fans and the program just won't allow it, for reasons that are kind of silly if you really take a step back and ask the question "Why aren't we allowed to modernize?". Oregon is allowed to. They built an entire program around it from nothing. Miami is allowed to. All the "lesser" teams can change uniforms and nobody will be "angry" about it. But teams with historical significance......or in the case of Penn State, a cultish foundation.....won't allow for it.

I feel like the same can kind of be said about many things Ohio State does. For some stupid reason, we're not "allowed" to be flashy and open and fun on offense. We're supposed to line up with 3 TEs and tell you what we're doing and be better than you anyways. Fucking why? Why does it have to be like that? Why can't we have a fun ass offense where the players enjoy being part of it? Because of the status quo of 100+ years? I love me some tradition, but we're allowed to open things up and just have fun. We did it 2 years ago for an important string of games and it worked out pretty damn well. Every game should be played the way we played against Tennessee and Oregon. It makes 0 sense why we don't. If you want to work on certain aspects of the game.....do it in the 3rd and 4th quarters after we're already up 50.

Honestly I think it's more from a place of "we have better players than everyone else, we should be able to line up and take whatever the opponent gives us" type of thing than a tradition bound thing.

Cooper was like this, he tried to be all things at all times but never had a real identity.

"Talented" is not an identity.
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