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2025 OH DE Brandon Caesar (West Virginia Signee)

https://247sports.com/college/west-...-wvu-over-tennessee-and-ohio-state-234644795/

This went under the radar, but apparently Caesar is going to be a Mountaineer...
Our DL class filled up quickly but I will be rooting for him in Morgantown. Really awesome place and he will get good exposure there if he puts in the work.
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LB Pete Werner (New Orleans Saints)


Saints signing LB Pete Werner to contract extension reportedly worth $25 million over three years​

By Jared Dubin

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The New Orleans Saints are making linebacker Pete Werner one of their future cornerstones on defense. The team and the fourth-year defensive player agreed to a new deal, it announced Thursday. According to ESPN, the Saints will sign Werner to a three-year, $25 million contract extension that contains $17.5 million in guarantees and keeps him in New Orleans through the 2027 season.
The deal makes Werner the 15th-highest paid off-ball linebacker in terms of average annual value, while the $17.5 million guarantee ranks eighth, according to Over the Cap.
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Werner, the Saints' second-round pick in 2021, is coming off career highs in games played (16), tackles (93) and tackles for loss (four). He had the benefit of playing alongside one of the NFL's best linebackers in Demario Davis, but he also showed improvement from where he was in 2022.
Werner's missed-tackle rate dropped from 11.7% in 2022 to 8.9% in 2023, according to Pro Football Focus, while he allowed a 97.9 passer rating on throws in his direction compared to 104.9 the previous season. Both of those figures fell short of the ones he posted during his rookie year in 2021, but he played just 394 snaps during that season.

If Werner can maintain his play against the run and show improvement in coverage, the contract should be a fair value for New Orleans.
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Buckeye Traditions (Merged)

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The coolest traditions for all 18 Big Ten teams, from the Hawkeye Wave to the motorcycling Duck​

Ohio State Buckeyes​

Covering 'M' on campus before The Game against Michigan​

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There is not a rivalry filled with more hatred in college football than Michigan and Ohio State. In anticipation for "The Game," the Buckeye students meticulously put an 'X' with red tape over every 'M' on campus. From street signs, to building markers and everything in between, there is not a 'M' left uncovered. Even the City of Columbus and John Glenn International Airport gets in on the rivalry during 'Beat Michigan' week.
Lame.
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WR Devin Smith (National Champion)

Greg Oden, Devin Smith Among 42 Ohio State Student-Athletes to Receive Degrees at 2024 Summer Commencement​

A pair of former Buckeye standouts on the gridiron and hardwood returned to Columbus to complete their degrees, as former OSU receiver Devin Smith completed his education with a degree in communications while Ohio State basketball great Greg Oden finished his master’s degree in sport coaching.
  • Devin Smith, a starting wide receiver on the 2014 College Football Playoff national championship team who ranks third in school history with 30 receiving touchdowns, is sixth with 2,503 receiving yards and stands 15th with 121 receptions, will graduate through the school's degree completion program with his degree in communications.
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The Basketball Tournament (Carmen's Crew = 2019 and 2024 Champions)

Carmen's Crew Wins The Basketball Tournament, $1 Million Prize With 69-65 Victory Over Forever Coogs

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Four different players hit double-figures scoring for Carmen's Crew in Sullinger, Desonta Bradford, Kaleb Wesson and Andre Wesson. Sullinger, who was named the MVP of this year’s TBT, led the way with 18 points while Kaleb Wesson scored 15, Andre Wesson scored 13 and Bradford, an East Tennessee State alumnus, scored 11.

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It's the second TBT Championship for the Ohio State alumni squad, which won with an entirely different roster in 2019. Carmen’s Crew becomes the second TBT team to win multiple titles, joining Overseas Elite, which won four straight championships from 2015-18.
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OJ Simpson (The Juice is Loose!)

O.J. Simpson’s Lawyer Reverses Opinion on Payments to Goldman Family (Exclusive)​

April 15, 2024
"I'm going to be hypertransparent," Malcolm LaVergne told THR while discussing his earlier remarks about money going to the families of murder victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson.

O.J. Simpson’s longtime attorney, who was named executor of the former NFL star’s will ahead of his death last week, has said he will ensure that any claim the parents of Ron Goldman make to retrieve the millions they were awarded in a 1998 civil judgment against the accused killer will be accepted by the estate.

Attorney Malcolm LaVergne, who represented Simpson from 2009 until the former running back’s death on April 10 after a battle with prostate cancer, said that he wants to walk back statements made last week while speaking by phone with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday afternoon. LaVergne had previously told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he’d fight to prevent a payout of the $33.5 million judgment awarded to the families of Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman; he said he specifically wanted Fred Goldman to receive “zero — nothing” of Simpson’s estate.

“I can tell you in advance, Fred Goldman’s claim will be accepted. And his claim will be handled in accordance with Nevada law,” LaVergne told THR, admitting that his earlier remarks were not in response to Fred Goldman, who has been relentless in his pursuit of justice for his son since the 1997 civil trial verdict, but toward his attorneys.

“Within an hour of knowing that O.J. died, he started talking shit. My advocate instinct is was, ‘Oh, you’re gonna keep shitting on him even after he’s dead?’” he said. “’Fine, you know? You get nothing.’ And so, those were my remarks then. But I backtracked, and they were pretty harsh remarks. And now I’m going in the other direction.”
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O.J. Simpson's estate forced to auction off valuable items to help pay off $117 million debt to Goldman family

Simpson's Heisman Trophy one of the items up for bid​

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When O.J. Simpson passed away on April 10, his long-time lawyer, Malcolm LaVergne, vowed that the Goldman family would get nothing from Simpson's estate. As it turns out though, the Goldman family will be getting something after a probate judge in Nevada agreed with a plan to auction off some of Simpson's most valuable and high-profile items.

According to the Los Angeles Times, some of the items that will be going up for auction are a Heisman Trophy along with an SUV that Simpson owned and some of his golf clubs. Simpson's driver's license will also be hitting the auction block with the proceeds from all sales being used to pay the family of Ronald Goldman.

In 1994, Simpson was charged with double-murder in the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman, who was friends with Nicole. Although Simpson was acquitted of the murders in October 1995, he was later found liable for the deaths in civil court. The former Bills running back was ordered to pay $33.5 million after a judge ruled against him in wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of the victims.

Over the years, Simpson paid almost nothing to the Goldman family, and when he died in April, he owed more than $100 million to the family due to interest that had accrued since the original judgement. According to Ronald Goldman's father, Fred, Simpson's estate owes the family a total of $117.04 million as of July 2024.
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Just sayin': The Goldman family may finally be getting something after all; however, it wouldn't surp[riose me if Malcolm LaVergne (i.e the lawyer) takes more off the top in legal fees and expenses than the Goldman family gets in compensation...... :roll1:
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