cincibuck said:

My impression from talking to Kent State alums is that everyone goes home for the weekend. There's no there, there.

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I went there for undergrad and used to go home Saturday mornings and come back Sunday night during my freshman year. I went home much less on weekends after my freshman year. I attribute much of that to having a car after my freshman year and job off campus.

ScriptOhio said:

Eastbound and down: Burt Reynolds Hall at FSU demolished for more parking

Burt Reynolds Hall served as the Florida State football team's dorm from 1987 until a 1995 NCAA rule change eliminated athletes-only dorms.

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East Bound and Down: Burt Reynolds Hall at FSU demolished for more parking​

So long Burt Reynolds Hall.

Thanks for the memories.

The demolition of the iconic venue – across Stadium Drive from the newly-renovated Doak Campbell Stadium and new football-only facility – is underway.

Burt Reynolds Hall served as the Florida State football team's dorm from 1987 until a 1995 NCAA rule change eliminated athletes-only dorms. It transitioned into a student-housing complex after the NCAA banned athletes-only residences. The complex featured three, two-story buildings and at one time a swimming pool.

The area will be turned into a flat gravel lot considered for parking....

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No doubt soon to be replaced by the Coach Prime Collaboratory for Influencer Development

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“Saturday, it was definitely electrifying—first time in the Shoe. The atmosphere was definitely crazy. Coming from West Virginia to playing in that—that was different.” -CJ Donaldson Jr

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“He's a monster,” Ohio State safety Jaylen McClain said on Wednesday. “He’s just physically imposing and does what he looks like he's going to do.”

“Great start for him, but he's a guy who practices that way,” Day said. “I don't think anybody who saw him practice throughout the month of August was surprised with the production that he had. And we're going to continue to need him. He's going to be a big part of our defense this season.”

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“It was fun,” Reese said. “Being in a bunch of different spots was fun out there.”

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Ryan Day says Carnell Tate “played an unbelievable game without the ball in his hands” against Texas, saying Tate’s blocking stood out on film.

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Day says he's going to return more punts. I don't like this idea. It's one of my pet peeves about Day's tenure (and I understand it's not the biggest deal in the world.) Risk seems greater than the reward. Don't understand why they had Garrett Wilson, JSN, Egbuka etc all returning punts. The whole WR room is 4 and 5 star guys. There has to be someone in the room who can return punts and who if they get hurt it's not a disaster. Just tell Mylan Graham or someone in the spring, you're our PR and have them rep all offseason.

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"He'll continue to have an opportunity to be back there because we think that he gives us something back there, as you can imagine, when the ball is in his hands," Day said. "We'll figure out game plan-wise when he's going to be back there. And we'll keep working on giving him an opportunity and working and grinding to make sure that the guys on the return team (set him up well)."

Day gave the indication that Smith was very close to not fair catching the ball and instead returning it with a lot of space. The sophomore's speed, shiftiness and strength all make him a weapon in the open field, so if the Buckeyes are comfortable with the injury risk, it makes sense to place him back there on occasion.

"If we had held up just a little bit longer and given him a chance to return that, we were in a pretty good position there," Day said with a sigh. "We were trying to keep it sort of quiet that he was getting some of that work back there."

"Special teams, we really want to be an advantage for us," Day said. "I think we have complete buy-in on our team. I think everybody understands, and we say this all the time, the best players who've come through Ohio State football have been really good special teams players."

I don't follow it as close as some but those are two very likeable drivers.

AI is such garbage.

Student-Athlete NIL Deals​

Starting June 7, 2025, NCAA Division I student-athletes must report third-party Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals with a total value of six hundred dollars ($600) or more in the aggregate. The College Sports Commission will utilize NIL Go, an online portal built with assistance from Deloitte, to determine whether third-party NIL deals are made with the purpose of using a student-athlete’s NIL for a valid business purpose and do not exceed a reasonable range of compensation. Additional guidance on third-party NIL deal reporting will be provided to student-athletes as their institutions are onboarded to NIL Go.

How NIL Go Works​

NIL Go offers a simple way for student-athletes to report third-party NIL deals to be evaluated for rules compliance. NIL Go also provides student-athletes the option to clear a third-party NIL deal prior to accepting the deal to confirm that acceptance will not affect their eligibility, allowing student-athletes to move forward with their deals confidently while protecting their eligibility.

More than 8,300 NIL deals worth $80M approved by new commission​

The new College Sports Commission has cleared more than 8,300 name, image and likeness deals worth nearly $80 million, it said Thursday in its first full update on how the new system is working.

The commission, which is in charge of approving contracts worth $600 or more between college athletes and third-party companies, said 28,342 students signed up on its NIL Go platform between June 11, when it launched, and Aug. 31. Nearly 3,200 "representatives" or agents had also signed up.

The platform was created as part of the House settlement, which allows schools to pay athletes directly for their NIL while also offering them a chance to make money from outside groups. NIL Go is in charge of analyzing the outside deals.

It said 332 deals had not been cleared to date and 75 had been resubmitted, while none had entered arbitration, which is available for parties who feel their deals have been wrongly rejected.

The commission said the most common clearance issues were delays in attesting to or providing required information; contradictory deal terms; misreporting of deal terms or mistakes in entering deal terms; and deals that don't satisfy the "valid business purpose" requirement that caused confusion when the platform first rolled out.

The CSC said values of the deals ranged as high as $1.8 million. It said its "deal flow reports" will be updated on a regular basis.

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I would hate to have to tackle him in HS, that's a BIG teenager!

fire everyone

I've started to watch Big Sky on Hulu - kind of predictable, but its not bad

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I'll admit that I do. Im sorry

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fcs charlotte needs to check the buoyancy of the balls next game.

His pass blocking was nasty…..

There was a sign that said:

”Brutus caught Bevo and McConaughey behind the bleachers”.

brodybuck21 said:

Ramzy nails it again....

If there was anything worrisome, it's that Ohio State - despite having 67,000 students enrolled – apparently doesn’t have a single one who can punt a football 40 yards in the air for the fifth straight year.

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Ramzy is publishing stuff for people to click - i.e. clickbait. He's in the same league as Jbook and other rabble rousers when it comes to ridiculous hyperbole.

The punting game is doing exactly what it's designed to do, whether we like it or not. It's a directional punting scheme to limit returns and pin returners to the sideline if possible.

Besides, a quick look at the actual stats show his net is above 40 yards.

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Herbie crying his eyes out ready to chastise the Bama fanbase the next time he calls one of their games, I'm sure