inal Standings - Congrats to CMic on the win!

CMic…………………………60
Wingate1217…………….....54
Bestbuck36…………………40.5
tOSURox…………………....40
NFBuck……………………..39
gobucks17bp………………36
gracelhink…………………..33.5
buckeyeskickbuttocks…….32.5
MD Buckeye………………..30.5
808 Buck……………………30.5
Steve19……………………..29.5 (1st ever blind hamster team. You guys are done next year!) ARGGHH
thackattack…………………29.5
heisman……………………..28.5
Fungo Squiggly…………….28.5
muffler dragon………..……28
ScriptOhio…………..….…..27.5
Kevin………………………..26
Bucklion…………………....24.5
gregorylee…………………..23
WoodyWorshiper…………..23
Zurp…………………………23
HineyBuck………………….23
osugrad21………………….22
BB73………………………..21.5
IlliniDylan………...…………21
gmen6981………………….20
TooTall………………………19.5
Buckeye doc……………….17
BuckeyeNation27….…..….16
buckeyboy……………..…..15.5
UrbanBuckeye….……..…..14
brodybuck21……………….13.5
Herb Kirkstreit….…………..13.5
LovelandBuckeye………….13.5
TampaBuckeyes……….…..13.5
Wadcutter………...……..…13
buckeyemania11……….....11.5
Beano Cook………..…...…11.5
wolves2002……………..…11.5
zbuck……………………….10
Akron-Buck……………..….9.5
Captain Buckeye…………..9.5
AuTX Buckeye….….….…..6.5
TMGumbeaux………….….6.5
BuckeyesGunn………....…6.5
malibuspeedrace………….6.5
Mike80……………………..6.5
Jake……………….………..0

brodybuck21 said:

Fuck Minnesota bball!

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lvbuckeye said:

This would be poetic af.

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He had lots of hair pre-Faust didn’t he?

pnuts34 said:

D4 Final
Glenville- 38
Alter- 3

@bigdog3300 feel free to provide commentary
But it seemed like total domination by Glenville

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This one felt over in the 1st quarter, Glenville was on another level....was 26-3 at half, Damarion Witten had two TD receptions and looked fantastic. Semi's are always interesting because Glenville had a tough game from Canton South and Alter destroyed Steubenville, so for Alter to go from 48-0 to 3-38 is a heckuva roller coaster ending.

Thanks to all who contributed and followed along - until 2024 it's only fitting to end with BOOM, WHACK, THUD - TARBLOOD!

enjoy

Jaxbuck said:

If there is one thing that even I will give Ryan Day credit for, it’s that nobody, and I mean nobody, can pound a completely overmatched opponent can like he can.

Ralphie and his Red Rider Range model air rifle (with the compass in the stock) would be envious of how Day so ruthlessly dispatches tomato cans.

This mouthy IU coach has no idea what he’s in for.

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Such a great legacy he is building. Kinda reminiscent of another legacy strongly built in the 90’s…
But I won’t name names. I don’t want another week long ban.

:)

cliwel said:

I have been collecting game jerseys, cleats, and gloves for about the last 5 years. Now have over 200 jerseys, 100+ cleats, 100 + Pairs of gloves. Does anyone else out there collect these items? Does anyone have any items for sale?

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Nope, but I did just buy a CJ Stroud Texans jersey!

Thanks RB. Came in off 315 (daughter lives on/near Bethel). Got funnelled off to West Campus. Wow, huge development. Walked to busses, which dumped us off near new bridge across Olentangy, which we walked across. Too late to attempt the St. John's thingy, so walked up to C deck. Had tickets on 40, so saw a great show. Band still sends chills/goosebumps, and game was impressive (do miss replay - even though saw on jumbotron). Was confused by victory bell playing on third down, versus at end of game. Also first time in 30 years, so saw the 'improvements' up close and personal. Wife and daughter highly approved of additional women's bathrooms! Line for busses was 3 days long, so hoofed it the 3 (?) miles back to car, which was an easy merge to Lane, and through Arlington back home. Dinner at Stone Bar&Grill (went numerous times, nice place), reminds me of second time around meat market (but with class). Anyway, scored wbb tickets Sunday after football debacle ($8 bucks) six rows up from floor just inside baseline. We've got a winner in the wbb team. Still need a big. Go Bucks! PS, see you all over Christmas time....

New College Football Playoff Format Will Only Add to the Chaos​

Though next year’s 12-team format will get more teams involved, the ramifications of an expanded field could dilute some of the sport’s most compelling aspects.

For decades, college football’s playoff lobbyists screamed that they just wanted an undisputed national champion determined on the field. The College Football Playoff is about to do that once again, while mostly preserving the integrity of the best regular season in sports. Naturally, the CFP will expand to 12 teams next year anyway, to chase two American obsessions: massive playoffs and revenue.

You would think that after roughly a century of people screaming for a nice big playoff, college football would be ready. It is not. Next year’s format is going to cause a lot more screaming than people realize, because the system is built around the money grab known as conference championship games.

Let’s start here with an obvious point: With a 12-team Playoff, last week’s Michigan–Ohio State game and this weekend’s Oregon-Washington Pac-12 title game would be for Playoff positioning rather than likely Playoff elimination. That would dilute the meaning of rivalry games; the only question is by how much.

The 12-team CFP addressed this proactively by promising that the top four Playoff seeds (and accompanying byes) will go to conference champions, which was smart. But that was before the latest wave of realignment radically changed the structure and purpose of conferences.

Next year, the Big Ten and SEC will no longer be collections of the best teams from a region. They will be 18- and 16-team conglomerates. There are many ramifications to that, but the one that is relevant to the CFP is that when leagues are that large and the season is this short, it is very hard to create an equitable format for producing a conference champion.

The Big Ten and SEC have chosen rotating schedules with certain fixed games to preserve rivalries. There will be no divisions. The top two teams in each conference will play in the conference championship games.

It all sounds good. But look at the 2024 schedules. LSU will not have to play Georgia or Texas, and its four road games will be against three teams that finished sub.-500 this year (Florida, South Carolina and Arkansas) and another (Texas A&M) that fired its coach. Meanwhile, Georgia has road games against Alabama, Texas and Ole Miss.

In its first Big Ten season, UCLA won’t play Michigan or Ohio State. Wisconsin won’t play Michigan, Ohio State or Washington.

In 2025, Iowa will not play Michigan, Ohio State or Washington. USC will not play Ohio State, Washington or Penn State.

Of course some schedules that look easy now will end up being brutal and vice versa. But when leagues are this large, scheduling imbalance is inevitable. That means that the third- or fourth-best teams in the Big Ten and SEC will make the conference championship games fairly regularly. This happens now, too—Iowa will play Michigan on Saturday, after all—but it will mean a lot more next year, because there will be automatic byes at stake.

Relying on conference “championship games” when teams face only half their league is a lousy way to set a playoff bracket. The NFL also rewards division champions, and the strength of NFL schedules vary—but one of the biggest complaints about the league’s playoff format is that division champions automatically get top-four seeds, and, anyway, each team in a division plays the others twice.

There are other problems with next season’s CFP. If the 2024 format had been in place this year, Michigan and Ohio State would have clinched a rematch in the Big Ten championship game before playing each other in Ann Arbor. Winning the conference title game would guarantee a top-four seed. Losing The Game and the conference championship game would lead to a spot in the Playoff. If Ohio State had beaten Michigan by four touchdowns in Ann Arbor, then lost to Michigan in overtime on a neutral field, Michigan would get the better Playoff seed and the bye.

Suggesting that Michigan and Ohio State rest their starters against each other sounds like heresy. But sitting out the Rose Bowl was unthinkable once, too, and now players do it all the time. What happens when the system also rewards teams for resting starters?

Historically, Michigan and Ohio State have rarely been undefeated when they face each other. But what happens when Alabama clinches a conference-title game spot before the Iron Bowl?
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Entire article: https://www.si.com/college/2023/11/29/new-college-football-playoff-format-12-teams-add-to-chaos

One negative. Mahaffey 0 points on 0-7 from the field, with defenders sagging off him & daring him to shoot. Dude needs to figure out how to put the ball in the hole, or else someone else should snag that starting spot. Can't have a non-scorer playing starter minutes, I don't care how good of a passer he is.

RB07OSU said:

2024 Outlook​

I think the priority areas are pretty clear for next year...two very good offensive tackles, a stud RB, a pair of good DEs, and at least three CBs. With Kienholz, I am not so concerned on Raiola, though we will of course want to land a QB in '24. In my eyes, the '23 class was a very good one in terms of star power, but we need more numbers with injuries, transfer portal, etc. all being very real. And hopefully we can adjust to the NIL world, I don't want to harp on that with all the conversation that has already happened, but the landscape of recruiting has changed there and we have to do better this next cycle. I don't pretend to know the answer, but the powers that be hopefully have a plan.

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Looking back on this for the '24 class, I would say we checked most boxes off. Armstrong and Moore are two very good OT prospects, though Moore might project inside and an elite OT did evade us to round out the class. Assuming we land Amaris Williams to go with Houston, check the box on a pair of really good DEs. In terms of 3 good CBs, we absolutely did that in a big way with Scott, West and Lockhart...plus the next cycle will be ridiculous at DB. QB was obviously a huge success landing Noland. We will see on the portal (need an OL or two, probably DE as well), but I would say the '24 class mostly lived up to what we needed assuming we keep our current commits and close out guys like Amaris Williams and Koi Perich, we hit almost every category outside an elite OT.

"It happened again last Saturday at Michigan. Ohio State’s only penalty came on an illegal formation on a punt. Xavier Johnson cost OSU both time and yardage when he did not fair catch Michigan’s final kickoff. The Wolverines easily won the head-to-head comparison on both placekicking and punting."

Above from a Cleveland.com article.

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How much would he have helped this year?

gmen6981 said:

If he can stay healthy. He was banged up alot this year. Love watching the kid play though. I'm surprised he hasn't transferred to a bigger school than Toledo.

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Was hoping Candle would get the job at MSU - would love to have seen what Finn and Boone could have done in the B1G. I guess there is still the chance at IU but, meh...Toledo has a game @ Miss. State next year and with Powers transferring, Toledo could legit run the table with them all back.

Mount Union got bounced at home in the second round of the D-III playoffs by Alma College, who I never heard of until 10 minutes ago.

Alma College is located in Michigan, because of course it is. Fuck this Saturday.

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You couldn't pay me to watch a second of the B1G title game. Iowa is going to get rolled, and even they know it.

DubCoffman62 said:

Didn't you say you're from Youngstown or was that Mili?

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Mili from Austintown.

Damn great win, glad I was able to watch that one. Excellent shooting and forced enough turnovers for the win. Would be awesome to win this game and in Ann Arbor in the same weekend.

Do the British bookies still stream everything under the sun?

Onebuckfan said:

We just harvested the Turkey breast not killing the bird.

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How many titless turkeys are running around your neighborhood?

BB73 said:

My wife and her sisters made 120 enchiladas. We have several dozen left.

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Well damn you win