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?

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!

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.

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

Freaking epidemic

SEREbuckeye said:

Played like ass and the defense carried him, but to the victor goes the spoils. Game doesn’t matter other than the W.

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Is that ....bad?

any chance of getting this seeded?

are there any seeders out there? thanks.

replacing lost games. thanks for any seeders.

seeds would be great. thanks.

need seeds. thanks.

replacing lost collection. please seed.

need seeds please.

any chance of getting this seeded?

any chance of getting this seeded?

no seeds.

This is where he should be

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.



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​

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

Jerry Emig, who will retire in 2026 after 19 years at Ohio State, is one of six members of the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame class of 2026.

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

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.

SEREbuckeye said:

Green Wave

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Probably kick 5 over 50 yds.

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I think he’s a Buckeye if this crazy off season didn’t happen and the Portal didn’t do a complete course correct. Expect a bunch of guys being lost in HS because OSU has no need to keep adding so many of them.