Cleveland has week 11 circled on the calendar

Bestbuck36 said:

RIP Diogo. You'll Never Walk Alone brother.

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fucking awful ... just so sad ... dude just got married less than 2 weeks ago... him and his brother both gone...

Jaxbuck said:

I will state to the end of my days that his record for yards with the QB's he had throwing, in the era that he played in is one of the most impressive records you will ever find.

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Was recently watching 02 and 03 season games, and while Krenzel was a lot of great things, accurate and consistent passer was not among them.

Always thought Jenkins shoud’ve had a better career, but he ended up with more career yards than I remember and played for 9 years.

Bill Lucas said:

Winfield was fearless. Still mad at Urban for not offering his kid who turned out to be a stud.

I was also a big Nate Clements fan when he was a Buckeye.

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That 1998 secondary was so good, freshman Nate Clements was the nickel back.

IIRC he went on to be the highest paid NFL defensive player of all time at one point wit the 49ers ?(long since broken).

Thump said:

Michael Madsen, “Kill Bill” and “Reservoir Dogs ”Actor, Dies at 67

Reps for the 'Donnie Brasco' actor confirmed the news to PEOPLE

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Mr Blonde

RIP you crazy bastard

pnuts34 said:

That's what's so frustrating about a segment of our fanbase. OSU in no way had a team full of former 5stars last season, they had a complete team, which yes, they had some former 5stars. But they also had a former 3star at QB, a former 5star IOL playing LT for most of the season, an unranked TE transfer from the MAC, and multiple transfers in general who no one knew would mesh with the team. That's what makes the BS narrative that Day "bought" this team so laughable. He had to make a complete team, and no amount of money thrown at players is going to create a team at this level. That might work in the NFL(might), but grown men who are professionals don't have to worry about classes, fans on campus, etc. And OSU didn't have the jealousy or contract issues that you heard about at other schools, and the best example is OSU being the only team not to lose a major contributor, or someone who could be starting next year to the Portal.

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If we can keep up this quality of roster retention, and I think we will, that will keep us a contender every season in its own right. I know some people want to talk down on the portal and claim "we can't rely on it" but we have shown we can and will use the portal well to fill slots that are needed, and that will continue as well. In the end can you really rely on a HS kid who has never set foot on a college field either? I know you can't force players to enter the portal but there is always going to be decent players there for the taking.

GeorgiaBuck2 said:

Dude will never win a title lmao.

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If he doesn't win it all by 2027 then he may have the hottest seat in all of sports. Because Uncle Phil is doing everything in his might to get Lanning all of the talent in the world.

Bags of wampum.

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What to Know About Revenue Sharing, Ohio State’s Approach As New Era of College Sports Begins​

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Buckeyes will share $18 million with athletes in 2025-26
The salary cap – so to speak – for the first year of revenue sharing is set at $20.5 million, an amount roughly equal to 22% of the average total revenue generated by Power 4 athletic departments. That cap will be increased by 4% for each of the next two years, then will be re-evaluated before the 2028-29 season.

Schools that have chosen to add extra scholarships now that scholarship limits have been eliminated, however, are required to count those scholarship funds against their cap up to $2.5 million. Since Ohio State is adding 91 new scholarships across its 36 sports, it is allowed to share $18 million directly with its athletes.

Bjork declined to say during his press conference last month how much revenue would be shared with each sport, saying “numbers create narratives.” That said, it’s expected that a sizable majority of that $18 million will be paid to football players, reflecting the fact that football is by far Ohio State’s top revenue-generating sport.

In addition to setting up revenue sharing for current athletes, the House v. NCAA settlement also created a backpay fund that will be used to pay athletes who played for Division I sports teams from 2016-24. 75% of those funds are being distributed to Power FIve football players, 15% of those funds are being distributed to Power Five men’s basketball players, 5% of those funds are being paid to Power Five women’s basketball players and the other 5% are being distributed to all other athletes who opt into the settlement. While schools aren’t required to use that formula for revenue sharing, most schools are planning to use a similar formula to distribute revenue.

Bjork said Ohio State “really tried to use metrics in a formula, while also balancing some Title IX approach” to determine how much it would pay to athletes from each of the four sports included in its first year of revenue sharing.

“What we did is we used metrics. So we said, OK, what does football drive? What does women's basketball drive? What does volleyball drive? And then we came up with, knowing we'd have $18 million, what are some metrics that can put some parameters around how to allocate it?” Bjork said. “So that was a process through a lot of data, a lot of studying that our staff put together.”

Per Ohio State’s financial report to the NCAA last year, Ohio State football generated $111,646,810 in revenue during the 2024 fiscal year – a number that will be significantly higher for the 2025 fiscal year, which includes the 2024 football season, given that the Buckeyes played nine home games (including a College Football Playoff game) in 2024 vs. six in 2023 and won the national championship. Ohio State men’s basketball generated $24,764,064 in the 2024 fiscal year, while women’s basketball had $1,710,887 in total revenue and women’s volleyball had $823,819 in revenue for FY24.

If Ohio State went solely off of last year’s numbers in deciding how to distribute revenue, football players would receive approximately 80% of the available money – more than $14 million – while men’s basketball players would receive approximately 18% (around $3.2 million). Given what Bjork said about factoring Title IX into revenue share, it’s likely that those numbers will be slightly lower so that some of that money can be given to women’s basketball and volleyball players.

Bjork said Ohio State will leave it up to coaches to determine how they want to distribute the allocated revenue for each of their sports among their players. While Ohio State won’t reveal how much it pays to specific athletes, it’s expected that stars like Jeremiah Smith, Caleb Downs, Bruce Thornton and Jaloni Cambridge will receive the highest payments for their respective teams, as there’s no requirement for players to be compensated equally nor a cap on how much any individual athlete can be paid.

NIL still exists, but with more oversight​

While the amount schools can directly pay players is capped, college athletes will be able to earn additional money through NIL deals. All deals with a total value of $600 or more, however, will now have to be reported to NIL Go, a clearinghouse and review platform built by Deloitte and overseen by the College Sports Commission, a new administrative entity created to oversee and enforce rules around revenue sharing and NIL.

The intent of NIL Go is to ensure that NIL deals have a valid business purpose and fall within a range of compensation commensurate with compensation paid to similarly situated individuals, and to prevent schools and boosters from using NIL deals as a way to circumvent the revenue-sharing cap. But it’s already apparent that schools and their NIL collectives are still looking for every way possible to get more money to their players and give themselves a competitive advantage.

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that payrolls for top college football programs are expected to be around $30-35 million this season even with the revenue-sharing cap now in place. And Opendorse reported Tuesday that NIL collectives paid athletes 824% more this June than they did last June, a clear effort by collectives to funnel more money to players before the new model went into effect.

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“We know a lot of people front-loaded,” Bjork told the Wall Street Journal regarding the collective deals. “We were not unique to that.”

The new model does allow schools to work directly with third parties to facilitate NIL deals for their players without counting those deals against the cap. As a result, Ohio State now has an in-house NIL initiative, Buckeye Sports Group, which is taking over the work previously done by the 1870 Society and The Foundation, the two external NIL collectives that worked with Ohio State to arrange deals for players.

“The Foundation, 1870, the people involved in those groups, they wanna stay involved, they wanna help, and we embrace that,” Bjork said last month. “They've done a great job. But as we transition with Ohio State Sports Properties, it's really a marketing agency that can go out and arrange agreements between an athlete and a business … so really, really excited about the Buckeye Sports Group and the partnerships that have been created.”
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Jaxbuck said:

If it's not a talent thing then why penalize them for being successful?

Why can't other D7 teams run better schemes?

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This.

Full disclosure - I'm from Coldwater, one of their major rivals.

There is literally nothing special about the school. They don't breed supermen there. They just play football very, very well. They don't excel at any other sport like this.

Now, I don't like them. My school wins every game except one (them) almost every year. There is no reason to punish them for their success

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R.I.P. @Jake, he loved him some CFL clips

LovelandBuckeye said:

Honest question. Do you guys think this would be the end of CFB or minor league NFL? Will people care about the Columbus Buckeyes or Tuscaloosa Tide?

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I’m already paying less attention than I used to. But I think professional sports fans will more than fill the void left by any disillusioned college sports fans who stop watching.

Just sayin': Here is a real airport annoyance, your "swamp crotch" sets off the TSA alarm.......

People With Swamp Crotch Keep Setting Off TSA Alarms​

A woman flying for the first time in 15 years recently shared that both airports she passed through flagged her groin area during the security scan. She had no piercings, no medical devices, and her pockets were empty. The only possible culprit? Her sweaty crotch.

She posted about the experience on Reddit and quickly found out she wasn’t alone. Other travelers chimed in with similar stories, pointing to what one security officer allegedly called “swamp crotch.” The term might sound ridiculous, but it lines up with how the scanners work.

TSA’s millimeter wave technology doesn’t just detect metal. It responds to anything that disrupts the signal, including moisture. TSA expert, Shawna Malvini Redden, told Reader’s Digest that sweat is one of the stranger things that can trigger an alert because of how the waves bounce off water. That kind of false positive happens more than people realize.

Sweat isn’t the only thing that might get you stopped at security. Feminine products, snug clothing, or even body shape can trip the scanner. TSA has said their systems are designed to accommodate a range of body types, but the reality is that some people—especially those with fuller figures—get flagged more often.
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Just sayin': He's not necessarily the first Cincinnati Bengal most people think of.

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Pete Johnson was WAY more successful than Archie.

MGMT said:

Elite offer list, has he flown under the radar because of the PA high school or not being on the camp circuit or something?

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He only played like 3 games last year and then got injured. So his rating plummeted. Playing at IMG should bump it back by seasons end

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Is that what the kids call a "dump truck?"