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2028 TX WR Damarion Mays (Verbal Offer)

Meant to post this earlier in the week.

This is one to keep a close eye on in the Lone Star State. Ohio State is the only school that lit up his face in the video interview. Patterns his game after Jeremiah Smith. Is an ELITE, likely 5-star talent.

Free Article with Video Interview:
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They Call Him Champ: Is Damarion Mays Texas’ Version of Jeremiah Smith?

With 36 offers, North Crowley 2028 WR Damarion Mays is one of the most elite prospects in Texas, as colleges like Ohio State, LSU and Texas are in hot pursuit.
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S Rob Harley (Interim HC Northern Illinois)

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Former Ohio State Safety Rob Harley Named Interim Head Coach at Northern Illinois​

By Dan Hope on February 18, 2026 at 10:43 am @dan_hope
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Former Ohio State safety Rob Harley is now the interim head coach at Northern Illinois.
Northern Illinois promoted Harley to interim head coach on Wednesday after Thomas Hammock, who had been NIU’s head coach since 2019, left the Huskies to be the running backs coach for the Seattle Seahawks.
Harley, who played for the Buckeyes from 2001-05, joined Northern Illinois’ coaching staff as defensive coordinator in 2025. He was previously the defensive coordinator at Arkansas State from 2021-24. Before that, Harley was the linebackers coach at Pittsburgh (2015-20) and FIU (2014). He started his coaching career at Ohio Dominican (2010-11), coaching linebackers and defensive backs under the direction of longtime former Ohio State assistant Bill Conley, before a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Michigan State (2012-13).
Harley, the great nephew of Ohio State legend Chic Harley, takes over interim head coaching duties at Northern Illinois as the Huskies move from the MAC to the Mountain West for the 2026 season.
Assuming NIU sticks with Harley as its head coach for 2026, he will be one of seven Ohio State alumni leading a FBS program this year.
Harley is the third former Buckeye to become a first-time FBS head coach this offseason, joining Brian Hartline (USF) and Mike Jacobs (Toledo). They join former Ohio State stars Luke Fickell (Wisconsin), Marcus Freeman (Notre Dame) and Eddie George (Bowling Green) as well as former Ohio State student Alex Golesh (Auburn) – who didn’t play for the Buckeyes, but was a student assistant for Jim Tressel in 2004-05 – as Buckeyes who are now FBS head coaches.
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Ohio State vs. #15 Virginia, (Nashville, TN), Saturday Feb. 14, 8pm EST, FOX

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DZ83CK said:
It was the first game of the season they didn't start Mobley. You act like missing one of your leading scorers is no big deal, but OSU refused to put competitive NIL resources into building up this roster, so it's a huge deal.
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On Mobley, yes he might have contributed or he might have scored about 3 points as he did against Pitt or Washington. He probably would have taken some of Thornton's 28 pts, so that could have been a wash. But he wouldn't have made much difference in the rebounding deficit, which was 14! They outrebounded OSU 40 - 26. If you saw the game you saw our guys lose rebounds they should have had, not be in position for rebounds, etc...

E.g., two Buckeyes under the basket, boxing out a UVA player who jumps over them and swats it to his teammate. Our guys didn't bother to jump or even raise their arms for the ball. Another one, ball is bouncing under the basket, our two guys stand there and let the UVA guy pick it up, *then* Tilly decides to do something, ties it up, possession arrow to UVA. Other plays where OSU is nowhere near in position. Buckeyes have the size to be better than 103rd in rebounding. UVA is 12th in rebounding because of good coaching and mentality (from good coaching).

It is obvious OSU does not run a well-coached offense even with Mobley. This is in contrast to their opponents that have seasoned coaches that know what they are doing. Game on the line, under a minute to go, it's Tilly for the 3. Da fuq? With Bynum and Thornton on the court? That's bad coaching. That's why we can't win these close ones.
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The Paul Finebaum Show (Official Thread)

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buckeyeintn said:
"Why would any SEC team agree to a challenging home-and-home with a Big Ten powerhouse when they’re already navigating what they believe to be the toughest conference schedule in college football a schedule the ESPiN FPI index has already determined that all 12 teams on their schedule are top 10, with 9 of them top 5?"
No reason to actually play a legitimate top program.
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I think they should be forced to play B1G teams. What? With the additional opportunity for ‘quality losses’ by picking up an additional conference game? Someone needs to keep this SEC juggernaut in check. I mean hell, with all those quality losses, they are going to be demanding 8 teams make it to the playoffs.
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2027 TX DB Taelyn Mayo (Ole Miss Verbal)

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pnuts34 said:
Yeah very few CBs excel being that tall(Sherman, Browner, Woolen). But if he can still keep his hips loose and stay low and not lose speed or athleticism at that size, then you have something very special
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There are ways you can structure certain coverages to protect tall corners. A lot of what Seattle does is a great example. Their Trix call let's at least 1 corner sit in MOD to cap fades and/or any MRO tags.

They have another that was used in the Superbowl, the zero tag sim pressure with that allows outside align even in MEG.

I have complete confidence in Coach Pat to play tall corners to their strength.
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OSU vs. USC, 6:30 PM EST 2/11 BTN

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brodybuck21 said:
Was also nice to see our awesome arena have multiple clock failures too. Classy
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It's like we're trying our best to further announce we don't care about basketball in Columbus smh. I think back to when I was at Ohio State when there was so much (deserved) excitement with Matta and players like Sully, Craft, Thomas, etc...the student section and fans were doing much better in terms of attendance and most, but it seems like that was short lived. Can't really blame anyone at this point though, there's a chance I might just go to the RPAC instead to lift and chase some Lulu Lemon wearing college girls (assuming we turn back the time).

But aside from that, glad to get a win at home. Who knows, maybe we can fart our way into the Tourney somehow. Even if it's a one and done, I see another NIT appearance being a near death sentence for Diebler's career here. Maybe this win gets us there if we can pull off an upset or two in the conference tourney.
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2027 NC DL John Archer (South Carolina Verbal)

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brodybuck21 said:
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KYBuck4858 15 hours ago
DT John Archer is planning 5 spring visits: Ohio State, NC State, UNC, FSU, and TX. No dates finalized yet.
He's near the top of the board for our big beefy NT target. Also, he grew up an OSU fan.
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Big fan, glad it appears we have a legit shot. Reminds me a bit of McDonald at the same stage (a tad lighter maybe).
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