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Kinda like Tiger, their name doesn't scare anyone anymore.

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Speaking of Tiger, FSU’s non conference opponent, UGA, kinda like Tiger is known for getting into many DUI accidents.

But still a title downgrade from 'Asst HC'. Could be that Diebs doesn't want a 'coach in waiting' looking over his shoulder? Anyone know how good a recruiter this guy is? With all the tall timber we're getting in, hope he's a 'big guy' coach. Does anyone have a handle on Asst Coach teaching assignments? Don't know if there's a position scheme or not. Thanks in advance.

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Class: 2028
Position: CB
School: Newark(NJ) Malcolm X Shabazz
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Student-Athletes Receive Degrees at Spring Commencement​

Will Kacmarek who was a key member of the 2024 national champion football team, graduated with a degree in human development and family services.

Kacmarek earned his degree through the university's degree completion program.

Four Buckeyes Named USA Lacrosse All-Americans​

Four members of the Ohio State men's lacrosse team were named All-Americans by USA Lacrosse Thursday.

All four players recognized – Cullen Brown, Blake Eiland, Kyle Foster and Caleb Fyock – were members of the Buckeyes' No. 1 ranked defense.

Brown, a senior close defenseman, is a first team honoree this year after earning the honorable mention nod in 2025. The 2026 Big Ten Men's Lacrosse Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Big Ten performer led Ohio State with 31 caused turnovers this season and finished his Buckeye career as the program's season and career caused turnover record holder. The Silver Spring, Md. native grabbed 56 ground balls in 2026, good for second on the team.

Fyock was named to the third team this season. The junior goalie earned nine wins in 2026 and is second in the country with a 7.73 goals-against average in 2026. Fyock averaged 8.57 saves per game and finished the season with a Big Ten-best save percentage of .556.

Eiland was a starting short stick defensive midfielder for the Buckeyes in 2026, finishing the season with 17 ground balls and three caused turnovers in 11 games played. He was a key part of the team's play in transition, helping the team to a second-ranked clearing percentage (.919).

Foster started alongside Brown at close defense and recorded 12 ground balls and 11 caused turnovers on the year. He tied for third on the team in caused turnovers and helped the Buckeyes hold opponents to single digit goals in 12 of 14 games played last season.

Student-Athletes Receive Degrees at Spring Commencement​

Five four-year members of the men's lacrosse program – Cullen Brown, Jonny Cool, Blake Eiland, Taji Flynn and Griffin Liedel– will earn their degrees after helping the team to back-to-back Big Ten regular season titles, the first two Big Ten titles in program history. Brown and Eiland are both All-Americans and 2026 PLL College Draft picks. Brown was also named the 2026 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

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What are we doing here?

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Is state going to have a big year?

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Sparty? Nah.

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Class: 2027
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Ohio State receives key answer from elite quarterback in 2027 ​

Ohio State has had four-star QB Brady Edmunds in the class since Dec. of 2024. The Buckeyes want to have two quarterbacks in the class, but UCLA continues to push for Edmunds to stay home in California.

Ryan Day’s staff has shown interest in several other 2027 quarterbacks, and the latest is committed to another Big Ten school.

The Buckeyes recently paid a visit to Millard South (NE) QB Trae Taylor at his school and are trying to get him to make a trip to Columbus. To this point, no visit is planned and there’s no sign of it changing. However, the Nebraska Cornhuskers’ commitment is at least keeping the door open.

“At this point in the process Ohio State stands where the other schools stand,” Taylor said, via On3. “I’m committed to not taking any trips to campus. But I’m definitely not going to ignore any coach that calls me. The way football is now I refuse to burn any bridges.”

You don’t see a ton of firm commitment in today’s era of recruiting, as Taylor is going about things. The nation’s No. 4 quarterback in the soon-to-be senior class has been committed to Nebraska for a year now and looks solid. Still, the Buckeyes are at least trying to get into the mix if anything changes.

Taylor is a 6-foot-3, 192-pound quarterback who would nicely fit Day’s system in Columbus. Ohio State has been able to pick up late recruiting wins at quarterback in the past with players like the late Dwayne Haskins Jr. and even CJ Stroud out of California.

A couple of dominoes have to fall to figure out which direction Ohio State will go in 2027. The most important thing for the Buckeyes will be seeing if they can keep Edmunds in the class. If not, the Buckeyes will be ramping up the pressure on Taylor and others.

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Ohio State football elite five-star commitment makes the admission Buckeye Nation needed to hear from him​

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"I think time is just too close to just be playing around,” Brown said, via Eleven Warriors. “I know where I want to go, and that’s Ohio State, so I really just don’t see no point in going anywhere else, honestly.”

“My recruitment’s been shut down for a minute, I just haven’t made it public,” Brown went on to say. “Me and Coach Day had a conversation, so it just felt great shutting down my recruitment, knowing how bad I still wanted to be there, and knowing how bad Coach Day still wants me to be there and the staff. And I just can’t wait to get up there and be great.”

Ohio State wide receivers coach Cortez Hankton has been able to build a good relationship with Brown and it’s a key part of this. The Buckeyes not having to fight off other schools for Brown is what Ohio State needed in this class.

Brown is the No. 4 wideout and No. 21 overall player in the class of 2027, per 247 Sports Composite. In an era where we don’t see recruitments completely shut down even when players are committed, it’s a nice development to start the week.

Ohio State can now focus on building out the rest of the class, where they have 11 commitments. The month of May and June will both be very key in what Ohio State’s class looks like for 2027.

Another excellent Land-Grant Holy Land article on a Buckeye football player:

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Dad teaching son all about recruiting by trying to grab one of the receiving recruits at NW. Evil Ryan Day knows no bounds;-)

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Class: 2029
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School: Atlanta(GA) Carver
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Paul Skenes is really good at baseball - now career ERA of 1.97, took a no no into the 7th again last night - hasn't walked a guy in a month

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Pros:
Really cool to play in Bernabeau - one of the planets most legendary stadiums
Week 8 game in Europe likely means Week 9 bye week. I like that! Bye week in the middle of the season is always nice.
Decent mild weather. Cincinnati isn't frigid in November (I live here) but we avoid a cold weather game.

Cons:
I'm so sick of NFL Europe games. This is the fourth time in five years Atlanta has had to go abroad (2x London, 1x Berlin, 1x Madrid)
We lose a home game for this
Miss me with the "grow the game" nonsense. I know why we were chosen. Atlanta host Spain 2x in group play and (likely) 1x in knockout stages in the World Cup. This is some messed up type of international corporate synergy where some knob at the NFL office said "Hey! They'll love the Falcons once they play twice in the Benz! Hate it.

True dat. Everyone's crystal ball works better with hindsight. The future is harder to predict. Measuring heart in a player is also a hard thing to do, but may ultimately be the key to production. And yeah, also believe that tOSU has had a higher percentage of 'hits' than 'misses'.

To be fair, at times it’s not hard to argue that Tate is the #1 WR. I know JJ is JJ. But still …