buckeyebri said:

Banjos?

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Bestbuck36 said:

Deliverance son.

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dragurd said:

Hopefully he gets that heart issue figured out and lives a long healthy life

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Likely improve as he loses weight and stops getting beat on.

OK burn this thread now. Thanks

COACHES POLL: WHERE RYAN DAY AND 62 OTHER FBS HEAD COACHES RANKED OHIO STATE IN THE FINAL TOP 25​

When USA TODAY revealed the final Coaches Poll on Tuesday, Ohio State checked in at No. 10, its lowest finish in a decade.

The Buckeyes' rank resulted from 63 FBS head coaches from across America, including Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, who participated in the poll for the first time since 2019, his debut season as leader of the program.

Day's poll mirrored most of the consensus top 10, as he agreed that Michigan, Washington, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Florida State, Oregon and Missouri should be ranked No. 1 through No. 8. However, he ranked Ohio State at No. 9 instead of Ole Miss, whom he selected to round out the top 10. Here is Day's full ballot:

1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Florida State
7. Oregon
8. Missouri
9. Ohio State
10. Ole Miss
11. Penn State
12. Arizona
13. LSU
14. Oklahoma
15. Notre Dame
16. Louisville
17. Iowa
18. Oklahoma State
19. NC State
20. Oregon State
21. Tennessee
22. Clemson
23. Liberty
24. SMU
25. Kansas State

WHERE OHIO STATE LANDED IN EACH COACH'S POLL​

No. 7: Brent Key (Georgia Tech)

No. 8: Blake Anderson (Utah State), Dino Babers (Syracuse), Alex Golesh (USF), Mike Locksley (Maryland), Jim Mora (UConn)

No. 9: Ryan Day (Ohio State), Dana Dimel (Texas-El Paso), Jedd Fisch (Arizona), James Franklin (Penn State), Hugh Freeze (Auburn), Willie Fritz (Tulane), Dana Holgorsen (Houston), Brent Pry (Virginia Tech), Kirby Smart (Georgia), Mark Stoops (Kentucky), Jeff Tedford (Fresno State), Kyle Whittingham (Utah), Kevin Wilson (Tulsa)

No. 10: Tim Albin (Ohio), Tim Beck (Coastal Carolina), Jeff Brohm (Louisville), Troy Calhoun (Air Force), Jason Candle (Toledo), Curt Cignetti (James Madison), Dave Clawson (Wake Forest), Sonny Cumbie (Louisiana Tech), Kalen DeBoer (Washington), Jake Dickert (Washington State), Stan Drayton (Temple), Eliah Drinkwitz (Missouri), Sonny Dykes (TCU), Mike Elko (Duke), Marcus Freeman (Notre Dame), Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky), Tom Herman (FAU), Butch Jones (Arkansas State), Rhett Lashlee (SMU), Lance Leipold (Kansas), Mike MacIntyre (FIU), Gus Malzahn (UCF), Joey McGuire (Texas Tech), Pat Narduzzi (Pitt), Barry Odom (UNLV), Matt Rhule (Nebraska), Nick Saban (Alabama), Scott Satterfield (Cincinnati), Jon Sumrall (Troy), Lance Taylor (Western Michigan), Ken Wilson (Nevada)

No. 11: Neal Brown (WVU), Shawn Elliott (Georgia State), Danny Gonzales (New Mexico), Brady Hoke (San Diego State), Chuck Martin (Miami Ohio), Jeff Monken (Army), Billy Napier (Florida)

No. 12: Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Will Hall (Southern Miss), Brian Newberry (Navy), Rick Stocksdill (Middle Tennessee), Jeff Traylor (UTSA)

No. 13: Terry Bowden (Louisiana-Monroe)

SEREbuckeye said:

Nice to see them winning!

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How many points did "Air" Butler Blue IV score?

'Irrelevant Bowl' between college football's two worst teams has 'no chance' to receive waiver, per report​

It's unlikely that a Southern California-based promoter's bowl game proposal will become a reality​

A bowl game featuring the two worst teams in college football? That's exactly what a Southern California-based promoter wants to see happen in 2024, though sources told the Action Network's Brett McMurphy there is "no chance" the NCAA would issue the necessary waiver allowing for a proposed "Irrelevant Bowl."

Proposed by Newport Beach, California-based promoter Roy Englebrecht, the bowl game would feature a pair of college football teams that are either winless or close to it. Cities would put in bids within the first quarter of the year to host the "Irrelevant Bowl," according to the release. The city selected as the host site would retain all event revenue, including ticket sales, concessions and parking fees.

"No polls, no rankings, no controversy, just two winless or near winless teams looking for redemption and one elusive win," Englebrecht said in a press release. "Knowing that the NCAA has become more flexible with the number of team's wins to qualify for a bowl, I will petition the NCAA asking them to grant a waiver in 2024 so that two teams would be eligible to play in the inaugural Irrelevant Bowl."

While the proposed bowl game would provide a postseason opportunity for two teams who would otherwise be nowhere close to the six-win bowl eligibility mark, it immediately poses questions about the integrity of competition. As one source told Action Network, "a conference or team is not going to mock itself for going 1-11 or 2-10."

Just sayin': Probably one of the worst ideas (concerning the NCAA) ever. There will be no "Irrelevant Bowl" in 2024. Nobody would care who wins and/or watch it on TV and I doubt that very many of either team's fanbases would pay thousands of dollars traveling to the site to watch their "loser team" play another game.

College Football Top 133 Team Rankings for 2023 (After Week 14)​

132. ULM
133. Kent State

How interested would you have been in seeing Kent State vs ULM in a bowl game this past season?

I remember watching him in The Shoe and living on West Woodruff Avenue. I didn't remember Saban ever being on the staff.

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This win looks less impressive with each passing day. UCLA is 6-9 after back to back home losses to Stanford and Cal. Cal is 5-10.

Steve19 said:

Wow. That anyone can believe such nonsense.

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That's nothing. The "Asinine Conspiracies" thread is the official thread of Qmum. She has over 55,000 followers on X.

I legitimately can't think of the last time I have been fired up for a new game to come out. Guess I'm getting old.
GTA 6 can't get here soon enough...

Bucks in the Top 6!

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Can we just lock this thread and move the discussion over to the 2024. Having one tcun thread is a necessary evil, but I don't think we need to active one.

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For 11W's individual player analysis see:


Just sayin: How can you say McCord wasn't one of Ohio State's top 20 football players in 2023?

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Another very good 11W (written by Ramzy Nasrallah) article.....

Always good to kick the tires on the recruiting classes. Another exceptional job done. Hopefully all the flowery talk will readily translate to the field for these guys, Buckeye Nation wants it so. Given our last minute recruiting losses, can envision the rest of the college world, looking around late in the process, and gazing at tOSU's verbal commitment list. Knowing that our NIL process/reach/pockets/philosophy being what it is, the competition looks and tries/succeeds in buying off some of the players they feel they need to complete their class(s). Cannot really blame the kids, in any way shape or form. Regarding Raiola, quoting Kevin Costner in "Draft Day", his phrase, 'I think he's a bust' stands out. Seems like the biggest misses are the OL, but Day doesn't seem to emphasize that aspect much. Hopefully he can hire a OC/play caller, and not piss Hartline off. Maybe if he phrases it as 'Brian, we're going to get you some OC training' or somesuch. Go Bucks!

u of cheaters vs washinngton

I didn't even know he ever played in the CFL, but he did.

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No surprise. Best of luck

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One of these schools is not like the others …

It’s odd to me that recruiting has been laid out as the main issue when other staffers I can think of haven’t exactly hit home runs on the trail either, yet they’re currently still here.

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This is directed at their whole 25 and 26 classes together as I expect penalties, but what do I know.

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I suspect there will still be guys that don't care and sign. I mean, didn't Ped St still field recruiting classes during the Sandusky scandal?

Six former Ohio State football players are on the initial rosters for the United Football League.

The UFL held its initial player dispersal draft on Friday, allowing each of the eight teams in the new spring league for professional football – resulting from the merger of the XFL and the USFL – to protect 42 players from their 2023 rosters while adding up to 20 players from the rosters of teams within their previous league that will not be a part of the new league.
The initial rosters selected by each team in that draft were announced Monday, and those rosters include six former Ohio State football players:

• CB Cameron Brown, Arlington Renegades
• TE Marcus Baugh, Birmingham Stallions
• WR Binjimen Victor, Birmingham Stallions
• CB Gareon Conley, D.C. Defenders
• DT Taron Vincent, San Antonio Brahmas
• DT Antwuan Jackson, St. Louis Battlehawks

Six former Ohio State football players are on the initial rosters for the United Football League.

The UFL held its initial player dispersal draft on Friday, allowing each of the eight teams in the new spring league for professional football – resulting from the merger of the XFL and the USFL – to protect 42 players from their 2023 rosters while adding up to 20 players from the rosters of teams within their previous league that will not be a part of the new league.
The initial rosters selected by each team in that draft were announced Monday, and those rosters include six former Ohio State football players:

• CB Cameron Brown, Arlington Renegades
• TE Marcus Baugh, Birmingham Stallions
• WR Binjimen Victor, Birmingham Stallions
• CB Gareon Conley, D.C. Defenders
• DT Taron Vincent, San Antonio Brahmas
• DT Antwuan Jackson, St. Louis Battlehawks