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Against Michigan and Indiana, the Buckeyes rolled with three or more TEs inside the 10-yard line a dozen (!) times.

The stat line on those 12 plays: 0/4 passing and eight carries for two total yards, which comes out to six inches per play in 13 and 14 personnel - for a team that has a plethora of NFL playmaking talent available.

If there were letter grades lower than F, then that is how you could objectively evaluate the Ohio State offense's absolutely bizarre overindulgence in its TE room during critical moments. This coaching staff is full of football nerds - if they saw any other team with their personnel doing this, they'd laugh at them. So, the question becomes who wants this?

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Columbus Aviators (Official Thread)

Ohio State Legend Ted Ginn Jr. to Coach UFL’s Columbus Aviators​

By Chase Brown on December 17, 2025 at 1:18 pm @chaseabrown__
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An Ohio State legend is coming home to lead Columbus’ newest football team.
The United Football League announced Wednesday that Ted Ginn Jr. will serve as the head coach of the Columbus Aviators, who will kick off their inaugural season at Historic Crew Stadium in March 2026.

“Ted Ginn Jr. represents everything that is great about football in the Buckeye State,” UFL president and CEO Russ Brandon said in a statement. “A proven winner, Ted combines a winning performance on the field and a deep knowledge of the game with tremendous pride for his home state. We look forward to Ted not only building the foundation of the Columbus Aviators, but also writing a new chapter in the history of Ohio football.”
Ginn shared Brandon’s excitement about the opportunity.
“Today marks a new milestone in my football journey,” Ginn said. “When I heard the United Football League was bringing a team to Columbus, I wanted to be part of creating a new winning tradition in a city that means so much to me. I can’t wait to start building this team, and I invite football fans throughout the state to join the Aviators as they take flight.”
Football runs deep in Ginn’s family. He is the son of longtime Glenville High School head coach and three-time Ohio high school state champion Ted Ginn Sr., and he spent 17 years as a player between Ohio State (2004–06) and the NFL (2007–20). That background gives Ginn the football IQ to excel as a head coach, his former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said.
“I’m so excited for the Columbus Aviators as Teddy Ginn Jr. joins the organization as its inaugural head football coach,” Tressel said. “Teddy will be a great influence on young men, and he will represent the Buckeye State and the UFL with class. He’s passionate about bringing a great product to Central Ohio and making a difference both in the community and in the game of football.”

Ginn was a first-team All-American at Ohio State in 2006, totaling 4,106 all-purpose yards and 26 touchdowns during his Buckeye career. In the NFL, he recorded 15,751 all-purpose yards and 42 touchdowns with the Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals, New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears.
In October, UFL co-owner Mike Repole said the league plans to give the Aviators priority on Ohio State players interested in continuing their careers in the UFL.
“Every player that comes out of that Ohio State program, if they want to continue playing football (in the UFL), they’ll be playing here,” Repole said at the Columbus Aviators’ introductory press conference.
While the UFL maintains both a draft and free agency, Repole indicated that each of the league’s eight teams will have the first opportunity to sign players from colleges within a 100-mile radius of their home cities. Because the league owns all eight teams, the UFL retains the authority to determine team placement, though each club employs its own general manager.
Four former Ohio State players appeared in the UFL this past season: Damon Arnette, Steele Chambers, Antwuan Jackson and Rashod Berry. Arnette parlayed his performance with the UFL’s Houston Roughnecks — renamed the Houston Gamblers — into an NFL opportunity this fall.

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What are you currently watching on TV?

Im all about this show. BCS and BB are up there as all-timers so I'm pretty excited to see where this goes

Also season 2 of Fallout on Prime debuted a little over an hour ago so I'll be checking that out when I get off work tonight
I’ll have to checkout Fallout. Got get something besides TNF out of it
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AT&T Stadium Cotton Bowl Behind the Scenes Tour

Welcome to BP Conor! Thanks for that offer. Unfortunately I personally can’t make this game. If I was there I would be very interested in the tour of your incredible stadium.


[Note the different spelling ochre……and note that as far I know the Dallas Cowboys have never had anything to do with the Connor from scUM.]
how often am I going to be able to spin "we don't cotton to <whatever> around here" organically like that (particularly with a Cotton bowl reference too)?
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OL Carson Hinzman (All B1G, All American, National Champion)

Major props to Carson for sticking with it. In this modern era of players leaving at the first sign of adversity, he never stopped working and now gets an All-American tree to show off his hard work.

2023: starter; benched for bowl game
2024: lost preseason battle for starting job; got it back and won a National Championship
2025: All-American
2026: Rimington, please

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