Just noticed the thread title change. Seems appropriate to use my favorite GIF.

"Same Kinda Crazy as Me", "Must Be the Whiskey" - Cody Jinks

dragurd said:

Supposedly payed 2 million for them accroding to irish forum. Which is insane for a kid who is hurt and barely played

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That’s nuts. So many 2nd and 3rd year players (not just OSU) with little college production getting a big payday based on HS recruiting stars. I mean good for them

calibuck said:

Agreed, both bigs are improving. Elsa, started playing like she wanted 'the last pork chop on the plate', and got down with it. Kitts seems to have a way about her, always around the ball, and coming up with it more and more. Very refreshing. One thing, do wish that both would get more elevation when they rebound. Not certain their vertical rise is all that good. a 6'6" player could play at 8-9' if they jumped. Just saying....

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Don't think people are around to teach them really "how' to jump or what muscles to strengthen to do it well. I know I wish Id had someone when I was developing teach me. Girls really get too little of that imo.

Always been a saying, that you win 80% of your home games, and 50% of your away games, you win the B10. Course, that was the old days. But you gotta always get wins against the 'lesser' teams, and the 'average' teams if you expect to get into the Dance.

I'll get banned from any respectable site during Reds season.

We have to save BP

Good to have Brooks back

I wonder, do our coaches have an amount allocated to them to spend, or is there a running balance that needs be drawn upon when looking at recruits. Do the coaches spend a huge amount on one player, and then use the rest of their NIL to build depth, with lesser lights? Or is the strategy kept under wraps like nuclear launch codes? Anyone got some insight?

On a strictly numbers standpoint, tOSU is getting crushed. Also from a talent level. Believe there are a couple of pearls there, but not enough to provide competent back-ups where there are now gaping holes (see WR, DB, OL, DL). Wonder if the lack of OL transfers in indicate that Day & Co feel that tOSU can field a better OL with current players, and guys with zero chance to see the field are looking elsewhere? Thought we'd see a top flight OT(LT) enter the fray, but not certain they're available, and if so, not for us. Am too long in the tooth to really worry that there's zero K on the roster, and or two upcoming classes have been gutted, and replaced with one year players. OK, might have exaggerated a tad, yeah, I'm worried.....

Might suggest that now the Players have learned the rules of this new game. Some of the players go to smaller schools and excel, and then leverage their 'minor league' experience to the bigger/better teams via the portal. Others sign with, and get the training from, the better schools, with better coaches/facilities, etc and then leverage THAT into more NIL cash. Some are taking their skillset and contributions, and looking around to see where they can make a bigger impact (look at the QB carousel). Someone wiser than I might see how many QBs in the playoffs are with the team they originally sign with. And do a correlation with their original NIL $, versus what they're pulling in now....

Always thought he was a 'big fish in a little pond'. When you get a 'big fish in a big pond', then that's note-worthy. Guess that's why these kids go to camps, to showcase their skillset against elite competition. Some rise, and some fall, nothing new here.

Took me a while to connect the dots, but gotta agree. Of the 30 (currently) tOSU entrants into the portal, about 20 have found a new home. Being part of the Buckeyes, perennial contender, and by all accounts, very highly coached team, these young ones are doing what Thump implies, and using their training to leverage themselves into a starting position (?), and in all probability, more NIL loot. To whilst these RS sophomores, and sophomores are leaving, they are gutting at least two upcoming classes, and forcing tOSU to pick up some one and two year eligible players from other teams. And if I look at my crystal ball, the Buckeyes are going to lose many of their starters to the NFL after the 2026 year, and don't really see much 'coming up' the ranks to fill in, having learned the systems in place. Probably being an Eeyore here, but my brain is telling me one thing, and my gut another. Not entirely certain yet whether this team-catharsis will pay dividends, or not. Time will tell. Anyway, Go Bucks!

markermurt said:

Interesting move for both sides. For Ohio State, this looks like a smart depth addition after Kienholz left, especially with Martin bringing experience from two Power Five programs. He’s not coming in as a guaranteed starter, but as a steady, older presence who can push the room and be ready if needed. For Martin, it’s a last chance to reset his career on a big stage, and a medical waiver could keep his options open beyond this season.

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I don’t want to sell him short, but I tend to look at a move like this as getting a jump start on a future coaching career.

Jaxbuck said:

“If you don’t pick us, do we not leave?”
-ND

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Bonus points for the Shylock vamp.

TURDS

DubCoffman62 said:

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R.I.P.

So maybe one last story.

I worked for a bank for many years as a financial advisor/rm and at one point, I was the only male employee in the branch. I was eating lunch one day, and the branch manager came running into the break room. She was hysterical; nearly beside herself.

She says to me, “Come quick, there is a disheveled looking man with a machete, who just came into the lobby. He looked around and walked out. Please please hurry.”

I’m understandably nervous and I asked if they rang the silent alarm and they had not done so because this man had walked out without a fuss. So I cut my lunch short, walked out, and got back to my desk. Everything is good. I did not face the door, but the manager did. She turned white as a ghost and ran o er to my desk practically crying, “He’s back, he’s back, he has a huge knife.” I thought she was going to stroke out or have a heart attack.

I looked up at the man, and immediately buried my head in my hands. I said, “That’s my dad. He told me he was going to give me a chopping blade to borrow to cut down some thick brush at my in-law’s place on Kelleys Island. I told him to give me a call before he got here.”

I was so embarrassed. I told him that he can’t pull that shit. He had just got done working on his car, so he was wearing ripped up greasy jeans and a stained t-shirt. His hair was all o er the place and he legit looked like a psychopath. He completely blew it off as no big deal. I told him you can’t walk into a bank, or anywhere for that matter, looking like a bum holding a 15” chopper. Didn’t give two shits. He pretty much said that’s what you get when you work with a bunch of women. I just shook my head.

Needless to say I had to apologize profusely to the staff.

Fucking ridiculous

Sometimes it worth paying to keep your event from getting the quality player even if you can't play him yourself. Chess instead of checkers. The"old" SEC way of stockpiling talent