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Columbus Blue Jackets (Official Thread)


Bowness, 70, most recently served as the head coach of the Winnipeg Jets from 2022-24, leading the club to a 98-57-9 record (.625 pct.) in 164 games and back-to-back appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He spent the previous two-plus seasons with the Dallas Stars, compiling a 89-62-25 mark (.577) in 176 games from 2019-22. After being named interim head coach in December 2019, he led the club to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final, where they lost a six-game series to the Tampa Bay Lightning. In his final season in Dallas, he led the Stars to a 46-30-6 mark in 2021-22.

“Rick Bowness is a tremendous coach with invaluable experience and knowledge, and he will bring a steadiness to our team at an important juncture in our season,” said Waddell. “He is a good communicator whose teams play with structure, are sound defensively and we believe he is the right person to bring out the best in our group.”

The Moncton, New Brunswick native has compiled a 310-408-48-37 record (W-L-T-OT) in 803 games as an NHL head coach or interim head coach with the Jets, Stars, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins, including a 187-119-0-34 mark in 340 games between 2019-24. He began his coaching career as a player-coach of the American Hockey League’s Sherbrooke Jets in 1982-83 before joining Winnipeg as an assistant coach from 1984-87. He served as the head coach of the AHL’s Moncton Hawks from 1987-91 and had a 28-game stint as Winnipeg’s interim head coach during the 1988-89 campaign.

He spent the 1991-92 season as head coach of the Bruins, guiding the club to a 36-32-12 record and playoff berth before being named head coach of the expansion Senators in 1992. He led the club for three-plus seasons before joining the Islanders as associate coach in 1996. He was named head coach during that campaign and remained in the position through the 1997-98 season. He then spent six years with the Coyotes from 1999-06, including a stint as interim head coach in 2003-04. Over the next 15 seasons, he served on the coaching staffs of the Vancouver Canucks (2006-13), Lightning (2013-18) and Stars (2018-19).

“I appreciate the opportunity to come to Columbus because it is a good organization with good people and this is a team that I think I can help improve,” said Bowness. “I’m thankful to Don and (Blue Jackets President) Mike Priest and I’m really excited to work with our players and coaching staff to help get us where we want to go.”
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Indiana Hoosiers (no more shinebox)

Real analysis. A couple of them have been deflected, Oregon and OSU were good reads. And the other is…Purdue.

The real story is they have 0 star guys at the bottom wrecking people. Cig finds lower guys and pulls the Urban pyschology to make them play Point A to Point B, 4-6 seconds like their life depends on every play.

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It will be interesting as they transition to getting more kids that may come in and expect to be good vs. fighting for their life because they didn’t get the OSU offer or whatever. But as long as they keep their coordinators and money, they’re here to stay.
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WR Noah Rogers (transfer to NC State, transfer to ???)

Alabama finally addresses the wide receiver position after landing a commitment from a former 5-star via the transfer portal

Alabama adds an experienced wide receiver with size in Noah Rogers from the transfer portal, which helps recover from the latest losses on offense.

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The Crimson Tide finally has a key addition with Noah Rogers committing, and he provides something it didn’t have on offense.

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Alabama has Ryan Williams, Lotzeir Brooks, and Rico Scott returning, but it needed two things that none of those wide receivers offer: size and experience. That’s where Rogers will come in clutch as a much-needed boost on offense at 6-2, 205 pounds. I asked A to Z Sports Alabama writer Rob Gregson why this commitment was so important for Alabama after the rough stretch it’s had.

“Alabama has been slow to address the WR position in the portal despite the sudden and frankly, unexpected departure from Isaiah Horton. Now, the Tide may have very well found its Horton for 2026. Noah Rogers is a former 5-star from the 2023 class, who was once an Ohio State Buckeye before his two years with the NC State Wolfpack. He’s a complementary piece to the serious deep threats that are Lotzeir Brooks and Ryan Williams in the wide receiver room. Totaling over 900 receiving yards and three touchdowns in his two seasons at NC State, this move adds a veteran presence and key depth piece to its WR corps with this commitment.” – Rob Gregson, A to Z Sports Alabama

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Receiving & Rushing​

Receiving Rushing Scrimmage
Season Team Conf Class Pos G Rec Yds Y/R TD Y/G Att Yds TD Y/G Plays Yds Avg TD Awards
2023* Ohio State Big Ten FR WR 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0
2024* North Carolina State ACC FR WR 13 35 478 13.7 1 36.8 0 0 0 0.0 35 478 13.7 1
2025* North Carolina State ACC SO WR 13 33 441 13.4 2 33.9 0 0 0 0.0 33 441 13.4 2
An asterisk (*) indicates bowl stats are included.
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2027 GA DL David "DJ" Jacobs is a Buckeye!!!

(Ojo got paid, and he’s been abused at every major camp, I guess good for him. Hopefully there’s no takebacks from Tech)

Tangent but you're right, Ojo has looked awful two straight years at camps. I get he has good size and athleticism but that hasn't turned him anywhere close into a competent OT, let alone a 5* one.
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Pittsburgh Steelers (official thread)

That's my point of disagreement. It wasn't dirty no matter who did it back then. It was just football.

I think it's disingenuous to look at yesterday though today's lens in any aspect of life.
I'm not looking at it through today's lense. I'm looking at it from a "did you really need to try and decapitate that player?" lense. I hate that it was allowed then as much as now. It's grotesque.
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tOSU Sports Information Director Jerry Emig

Ohio State Football Communications Director Jerry Emig Named to CSC Hall of Fame Class of 2026

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Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Jerry Emig.

Emig, who will retire in 2026 after 28 years in athletics communications — including the past 19 at Ohio State — was named as one of six members of the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 on Monday.

“I am thrilled, appreciative and humbled to be recognized as a CSC Hall of Fame member,” Emig said in a statement. “The feeling of pride I have to be included among this distinguished and distinctive group of communicators is real and will be everlasting. I want to thank the CSC Special Awards Committee and current Hall of Fame members for this honor.

"I also want to thank the communications staff at Ohio State University for its spirit, work ethic and leadership that makes every day in this profession a pleasure. Working alongside colleagues, coaches, student-athletes and members of the media has been wonderful, and I will forever be grateful that it has positioned me to receive this honor.”
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Well earned.
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