sparcboxbuck said:

Didn’t realize that Dabo even had a draftable QB this cycle.

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He doesn't. F*ck Dabo. That is all.

Ohio State Hires Will Pantages As Next Football Communications Director​

Ohio State has found its next football communications director.

Following Jerry Emig’s retirement on Friday, Ohio State announced Monday that it has hired Wake Forest’s Will Pantages to oversee the Buckeyes’ football media and public relations efforts, along with their creative media and branding teams.

“It is a privilege to join The Ohio State University,” Pantages said in an OSU press release. “I’m excited to collaborate with an outstanding team to highlight all the accomplishments of our student-athletes and continue advancing one of the most respected brands in college athletics.”

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A native of Akron, Pantages played baseball for four years at Baldwin Wallace — the alma mater of Ohio State legend Jim Tressel — while earning a degree in communications and economics.

After graduating, Pantages joined SMU’s athletic communications office in 2013. He moved to the University of Florida the following year and became the football program’s primary day-to-day media contact in 2016. Pantages arrived at Wake Forest in 2019 and spent the past six years as the school’s associate athletic director for communications and content.

While in Winston-Salem, Pantages oversaw communications, creative services, fan experience and campus partnerships for all 18 of Wake Forest’s varsity sports. He also served as the primary contact for the Demon Deacons’ football team.

“We are excited to add Will to our Buckeye team,” said Chris Park, Ohio State’s executive associate athletic director for external affairs and chief communications officer. “He has tremendous passion, enthusiasm and vision for his work in the communications and creative space and his experience as a high-level thoughtful leader within college football will be valuable in this new role centered around our Ohio State Football program.”

Ohio State’s release also detailed a new athletic communications structure. Park will lead the department’s external communications strategy, marketing, brand engagement and media relations, while Gary Petit will oversee the communications unit and all non-football-related strategies.

Mike Basford, who assisted Emig with football media relations for the past nine years, will remain in his current role.

Paul Keels to Be Inducted Into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame​

The “Voice of the Buckeyes” will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame this June.

Paul Keels is one of 14 men and women in the 2026 induction class, a group comprising former players, coaches, officials, and administrators. He is the lone broadcaster in the group.

Keels has called Ohio State football and men’s basketball games since 1998. While known more for his work alongside former Ohio State All-American offensive lineman Jim Lachey on fall Saturdays, Keels has been a staple of basketball broadcasts next to former Buckeye guard Ron Stokes for decades.

Jurors deadlock, judge declares mistrial in Miami football murder case​

A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the murder trial of former Miami Hurricanes player Rashaun Jones, accused of the shooting of teammate Bryan Pata in 2006.

About an hour after the six jurors began their second day of deliberations, Florida 11th Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda came into the courtroom to address the attorneys, reading a statement from the jurors: "At this point we are deadlocked with no one willing to move." Miranda instructed them to keep trying, but after about another hour, they again said they could not render a verdict.

Afterward, one jury member who asked to remain anonymous told ESPN that only one of the six jurors wanted to convict Jones.
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Alvarez said the defense will "certainly try" to introduce new evidence at a retrial. Miranda, who ruled against most defense motions regarding other possible theories in the case, apparently would preside once again.

Pata's brother Edwin spoke for the victim's family saying, "Bryan would want us to continue to press, to continue to fight, to continue to stay strong, and that's what we're going to do.
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Sources: Commanders to release CB Marshon Lattimore, save $18.5M​

The Washington Commanders informed cornerback Marshon Lattimore that he will be released before the league year begins next week, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, a move that had been expected since Lattimore suffered a season-ending injury in November.

The new league year begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 11. The Commanders will save $18.5 million in salary cap space; they currently have the fifth-most space available. Washington is expected to be aggressive on the free agent market, particularly at corner, according to league sources.

osu shocks the world

Barnes joined Mississippi State in 2024 after previously serving as the defensive coordinator at Memphis and in roles at Ohio State and Maryland.

Former Ohio State DC gets a coaching job at Maryland​

Barnes has left the Bulldogs in order to take a job at Maryland. He is back in the Big Ten, as is now the new special teams coordinator for the Terps. He is back in the Big Ten after five years away.

Jagdaddy said:

The stunner to me is that McAfee's 36. I don't pay much attention to him but I thought he was 45 or so.

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Article’s a couple years old. He’ll be 39 in a couple months.

OregonBuckeye said:

They're diverting me from watching them with their uninspired play

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Me too.

Steve19 said:

From AI, but I checked and accurate...explains the original attraction of Big12 members to the SEC a bit more fully?

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Having a large alumni base is certainly an advantage, but I wonder what the Venn diagram between dues paying alumni and alumni that spend money on/donate money to the football program looks like for various universities. Are the dues paying alumni typically athletic department supporters, academic supporters, or both?

36" vertical at the combine. And he blocks like a fucking boss. Give me Will any day of the week in the NFL.

*also 4.74 40. Not bad.

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Bell has actually been with the Buffaloes since last year, but had not formally been announced as a member of Colorado’s coaching staff until Saturday. His promotion to safeties coach comes after former Colorado defensive coordinator Robert Livingston, who doubled as Colorado’s safeties coach, left the Buffaloes to be the defensive passing game coordinator and secondary coach for the NFL’s Denver Broncos.

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But there is one thing I do know. The University of Cincinnati deserves $1 million in damages.

The boys…

I’m excited for this guy. Different size and he plays mean too

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That's funny because I got a reservation for this weekend. My son and I went to the Ohio State - Texas game and we got there SUPER early. (I never know how early to leave or predict the traffic.) The stadium scoreboard had an ad for this. So I got home and looked into it, and made this our Christmas gift to a bunch of the family.
I'm hoping it's as awesome as I want it to be.