Lakers' Hayes pursuing passport to play for Slovenia with Doncic​

Jaxson Hayes enjoys playing with Luka Doncic so much on the Los Angeles Lakers that the 7-footer is trying to spend his summers playing for the Slovenian national team with Doncic, too.

Hayes said Sunday that his and Doncic's agent, Bill Duffy of WME Sports, broached the idea with Hayes about playing for Slovenia even before Doncic was traded to Los Angeles last winter.

The 25-year-old center, who was born in Norman, Oklahoma, said the Slovenian national team allows one naturalized citizen on its roster for international competitions, and Hayes is pursuing a Slovenian passport to occupy that spot.

Part of Hayes' motivation was fueled by USA Basketball's selection process for its men's national team.

"USA doesn't do open tryouts," Hayes said. "And I feel like there are guys they invite to the USA [training camp] that shouldn't be there. So, I wanted to just play on that stage ... I'm going to do whatever it takes to play on that stage."
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BuckeyeNation27 said:

I took it more like they did something stupid that prevented a win....not that they got screwed.

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What was the stupid thing? I know Allar threw an interception in Notre Dame's field goal range to end the game. But what's to say he gets down the field in time to get a field goal for Penn State?
Or, more likely, the game goes into overtime. Who's to say that they win in overtime?

Jaxbuck said:

If an opponent wants to stop us running the ball, they can. That is concerning.

Let a team get lucky and play us in bad weather where we can't make them pay by passing and we could easily get beat.

Good news is in the playoff era, 1 game isn't a season wrecker and the playoff games will not involve bad weather.

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Also have concerns needing a FG to win or to bury someone deep with a punt.

Former Ohio State football player sentenced in drug trafficking case​

The former Ohio State football player will now spend some serious time in prison.

Former Ohio State football player Demario McCall sentenced to 7-10 years in prison​

Earlier this month, McCall was sentenced to 7-10 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug possession and drug trafficking charges. He pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine, possession of cocaine, trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, possession of a fentanyl-related compound, trafficking in drugs, possession of drugs, receiving stolen property, and possession of criminal tools.

In a separate case, he also pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine, possession of cocaine, trafficking in a fentanyl-related compound, and possession of a fentanyl-related compound. It's a very sad fall from grace for a former Buckeye football player who played for a national championship.

Unfortunately for McCall, he will now spend a lot of time thinking about what he's done. He never had a shot to make the NFL, and he wasn't able to move on. There's hope that he can atone for what he's done when he is released from prison, as everyone deserves a second chance.

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25 carries, 84 yards, 3 TDs

Thank you

ScriptOhio said:

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They're actually not the complete shit show they've generally been but #HuskiesOverEveryone needs to be restricted to basketball

Buckeyefrankmp said:

He really needs to be investigated for impersonating a head coach.

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At the very least, his name should be downgraded from Lincoln to Mercury.

OHSportsFan said:

This guy

He does some dumb. He does some smart. At least it’s nice to have a character in the sport.

Posting Saturday morning shirtless thirst traps with some yoga babes 4 hours before a top 10 kickoff.

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This kind of shit would probably fly a lot better with Ole Miss fans if he'd actually win the top 10 game. Reminds me of when Rick Neuhesisel took over Colorado, took the team inner tubing down Boulder Creek, went 10-2 in his first season and was praised for being a youthful fun coach in contrast to the stodgy Gary Barnett. Then he decided not to recruit linemen, the team became soft as tissue paper, and the tubing outing became a retrospective predictive symbol for an immature, soft, gimmicky coach instead.

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Onebuckfan said:

They are the best defense..you don’t need to take the shine of Caden to hype others. Caden is moving up draft boards which is not about Stats. They all can and will eat. That was stupid nut not as stupid as saying Downs had a poor game.As many did.

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100. Curry is making plays bc hes that talented not because hes simply in right place right time.

ScriptOhio said:

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HELLuva Win...

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Eh Illinois beat them worse.

Tanner said:

I think it's unfair when people criticize him and say the fatal flaw in his approach was trying to modernize Wisconsin's offense. I imagine the plan was we'll get our usual lineman and running backs and then modernize the passing game with better schemes and better players. A reasonable plan. There's no law against being good at running and throwing. Wisconsin had been trying to beat people 17-13 forever---that's a pretty hard thing to do in 2025. I mean, do people think he was recruiting 240 pound lineman?

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You probably make a good point. You're probably right. But I don't think teams can get away with changing their personalities that easily. Barry Alvarez made Wisconsin a pound-it-down-your-throat running team. Run to set up a pass. I think if you start to abandon that style, the players who like playing in that style are going to stop committing, or transfer out. And with the transfer rules in place, they can transfer out faster than the "modern-style" players can transfer in.
Of course, this is probably all bullshit. Didn't Oklahoma - a power run team - switch to a more modern offense in the late 90s or early 2000s?

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Or the potential lawsuits......

cincibuck said:

My impression from talking to Kent State alums is that everyone goes home for the weekend. There's no there, there.

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I went there in the early 90s. That was some bad football. 3 wins in my 4 years there. My Sophomore year I had a roommate from the Pittsburgh area that would go home a lot on the weekends.

Kent State football is a stepping stone program for coaches to get a better job if they have success. I blame them for not hiring Nick Saban in 1987.

Zurp said:

And I don't blame them for doing it.
What do they get for these games? $500k for each? Maybe more? Probably more?
On top of that, they can go to their recruits and try to sell them on Kent State with "Yeah, you didn't get recruited by the power schools, but if you come here, you'll still get a chance to play in their stadiums."
Kent State probably knows they'll never crawl their way out of where they are - a lower-tier G5 school. Might as well get some money to pay for the rest of their sports along the way, and who knows - they might be able to pull off an Appy State vs. the cheaters at some point.
Oh - another reason they're never going to get any better is the changing of the transfer rules. The moment a player emerges from a team in the MAC or other G5 conference, they're going to transfer to a team that can pay more for NIL and have a chance to get to and win the championship.

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They got $1.5 million from Oklahoma and $1.2 million from Florida State.

thackattack said:

Reminded me of another last play against Wisconsin to prevent a score. Believe that it was Josh Proctor laying the wood…

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Yep. Proctor almost murdered Jack Coan at the end of the 2019 B1G Championship Game.

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Looked good yesterday.

brodybuck21 said:

Yeah he did

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He did, but he’s also relatively new to football compared to his teammates - only been focusing on it for a couple years now. That experience probably benefits him more than the rest given he’s catching up. The fact that he’s taking snaps from elder DB’s is impressive.

Nice comeback W

Joey was on the kick coverage teams today