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Iowa Hawkeyes (Official Thread of The Under)

That sucks. Iowa band member collapsed right before the band was to play halftime. He had cardiac arrest and has now been removed from life support due to severe brain damage.

Apparently it was extremely hot and the band had already decided not to wear their heavy wool uniforms and instead were wearing Dry Fit T Shirts and Shorts.
I've been involved in the Drum and Bugle Corps activity my entire life ( my screen name partially references that) The young man who passed spent the summer marching with one of the top 12 corps in the country. This is hitting that community hard also. RIP to young man and prayers for his family and friends.
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Game Thread tOSU at Texas, Sat. Sept 12, 7:30 pm ET, ABC

Presser Bullets: Ryan Day Will “Continue To Evaluate” Changing Offensive Line, Focused on Texas Rather Than Michigan Ending

Ryan Day

  • Said the offensive line will "continue to evaluate" whether changes will be made to the starting group.
  • On scheduling tough opponents at the start of the year: "It sort of gave you some real feedback on where you are, and I think it's great for college football. This is going to be an unbelievable atmosphere down there ... everybody in the country will be watching." Day said games like this are “why you come to Ohio State.”
  • Said Jeremiah Smith's struggles against Texas are a testament to who he is as a player, and it makes everybody else step up and be better.
  • He'll play the younger guys if he feels they give Ohio State the best chance to win.
  • On former Buckeye defensive tackle Hero Kanu: "He's somebody who has a lot of talent as well, and a good football player for sure. But he's somebody that's well-respected in the locker room, and certainly as a player." Day described Kanu as a “tremendous person” who did a lot of work in the community while he was at OSU.
  • On Legend Bey: "I think he has the right attitude, coming in here every day, looking to get better."
  • Said Ian Moore's debut at left tackle was "solid," but he knows there are bigger challenges ahead.
  • Said Julian Sayin and Arch Manning are two "completely different players" from a year ago.
  • On Arch Manning: "He can beat you with his legs. He can beat you downfield. He can make throws when you need to. Give him a lot of credit for putting the work in."
  • Said there's a "reference point" playing a team three years in a row outside of the conference like Texas, but with the new era of college football, it's not like there's a true resemblance each year for the opposing program.
  • Day thought the run game took a step forward in the second half against Ball State.
  • There needs to be a balance between being smart and aggressive with Sayin, but there's more room to be aggressive compared to a year ago, Day said.
  • On Sayin: "I think a big part of quarterbacks is their ability to pick themselves up off the mat and get up and do it again. You think about all the different quarterbacks that make it in the NFL or become really successful in college. lot of them have journeyed along the way where they've been knocked down. So being able to hit adversity is a key component to (being) successful."
  • A big-picture thing Day took away from Week 1 is that the Buckeyes are going to have to play depth against Texas.
  • Said it was important to get Chris Henry Jr. a touchdown to "flush out the mishaps" he had with some early drops.
  • Said he "hasn't been focused on that at all" regarding the ending of the Michigan/Western Michigan game, as all of his focus has been on Texas.
  • On Texas' wideouts vs. Ohio State's secondary: "They're gonna win some, we're gonna win some, and you know we just gotta keep fighting throughout the game."
  • He's not worried about the hot weather.
  • Said they're comfortable putting Connor Hawkins on to kick from anywhere.
  • For Devin McCuin, he said, "we brought him here to win games like this." Day said Devin McCuin reminded him of Chris Olave when he watched McCuin on film coming out of UTSA. Day said that what he didn’t know about McCuin was his makeup and how tough he is. He said McCuin had a great summer in the weight room, and it’s taken off from there.
  • Said the offensive line has put "a lot of work into" downfield blocking, especially for the long runs.
  • Day said Saturday’s game will “mean a little something extra” for Ohio State’s players who grew up in Texas.
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OT Phillip Daniels (All B1G)

Certainly he could improve, but this is year two for Daniels. We’ll see though! Hopefully he turns it around because I really think the best OL is with Austin inside.
Daniel's does have a beef with Simmons because of Simmons running his mouth last year with the name calling. Hopefully that will serve as extra motivation in his prep this week.
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DE Qua Russaw (Official Thread)

Didn't see him in the game Saturday. Is he hurt?

Just sayin': He was listed as RDE2 by "Our Lads" behind Atkinson and all 5 of the other DEs played plus some.

Pos No. Player 1 No Player 2 No Player 3
LDE 2 Jackson Jr., Kenyatta RS SR 9 Grady, Zion SO 34 Wilder, Khary FR
RDE 12 Atkinson, Beau RS SR/TR 4 Russaw, Qua RS JR/TR 44 Sitanilei, Epi RS FR

Snap Counts Defensive Ends as listed by 11W​

Kenyatta Jackson Jr.: 35 Zion Grady: 26 Beau Atkinson: 26 Epi Sitanilei: 20 Khary Wilder: 17 Dre Quinn: 7 Nate Riegle: 6 Darryus McKinley: 4
Quinn, Riegle and McKinley each played their first snaps as Buckeyes in the fourth quarter. Qua Russaw, who was expected to be in the first-team rotation of edge rushers, did not play in the season opener, suggesting he was sidelined by injury, though Ohio State is not releasing an official availability report for non-conference games this year.
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights (official troll of PedSU)

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I remember every minute of 9-11..
Was here in Jersey but had an extremely busy day.. ironically helping folks from Akron who were in the city during the attack
Including a dozen Merrill financial advisors on their way to a training seminar in the towers... Hour later they would have been killed.
Total mayhem for an entire week... Many locals work in the city.. spouses of my kids' teachers never came home..

37 Rutgers alumni lost their lives
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