We need to pay more. Can't blame coordinators leaving for 2 or 3 times the salary. Coach Hayes would frown mightily at the gap in pay

Just sayin': Anyone else remember the Brockermeyer twins; i.e. Tommy was a 5 star OT and James was a 4 star IOL? They both went to Alabama and then transferred to TCU. Tommy is out of football now due to injuries and James is the starting center for the Hurricanes. Here's an interesting story of how Sonny Dykes tried to keep James; however, he was outbid by the Hurricanes. It probably a common occurrence with NIL these days; however, the NIL bidding process with the players is not getting a lot of print.

How TCU and a famed Fort Worth football family broke up over NIL money

The Brockermeyer family is one of the most prominent football names in the history of Fort Worth, but its connection to TCU was severed over a few hundred thousand bucks. Center James Brockermeyer should be finishing his final season of college football at TCU, with his twin brother,

Tommy, having recently earned his degree from TCU. Older brother Luke would likely still be on staff as an assistant coach.

Instead, all three alums of All Saints Episcopal School no longer have any ties to TCU football.
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In February 2023, Dykes hired Luke Brockermeyer as a graduate assistant coach.

Following the 2023 season, during which James was mostly a backup at Alabama, he transferred to TCU, where he would be reunited with his brothers on the same team.

In March 2024, Tommy Brockermeyer retired from football because of injuries. TCU said it would honor the scholarship. Early in the 2024 season, when James was the starting center, he openly talked about how much fun it was for his entire family to be so close where they could be together, and attend games.

He had one season of eligibility remaining, and as such, one of the most decorated football families in Fort Worth would strengthen its tie to TCU.

However, late in the 2024 season, people associated with the Miami Hurricanes football team contacted Blake Brockermeyer about James, who had established himself as a solid Big 12 player.

Miami was willing to offer James a few hundred more thousand than what TCU was paying him.

Realizing this was his son’s best opportunity to make money playing football, Blake asked Dykes if TCU could at least match Miami’s offer for James. TCU did match the offer, and the staff believed this was potential departure was prevented.

Miami people then came back to Blake and increased the offer for James. In turn, Blake reached out to TCU again to match. At this point, Dykes said no.

This was all going on during the practice weeks leading up to TCU’s appearance in the New Mexico Bowl; Brockermeyer was practicing with the team to play in the game. When TCU declined to match for James Brockermeyer, he left the team to transfer to Miami, which forced Dykes and TCU to play a new player against Louisiana in the bowl game.

Shortly thereafter, TCU and Dykes did not ask Luke Brockermeyer to remain on his staff. Tommy had already earned his degree.

“In the moment I was irritated, mostly because of the timing of it all; I could have used those practices for another player,” Dykes said. “When it’s all said and done, I am OK with it. I truly wish him nothing but the best.

“I was upset, but I’m not mad at him. I’ll watch for him, and I want him to succeed.”

When asked about his relationship with Blake Brockermeyer at the moment, Dykes said, “It’s probably a little frosty, but give it time, and I’ll get over it.”

Dykes made a similar decision for defensive tackle Damonic Wiliams, who repeatedly kept coming back to TCU asking for money as he was pursued by other Power Four conference teams. TCU appeased Williams multiple times but eventually said no, and in May 2024 he transferred to Oklahoma, where he is a senior starter.

In the era of the transfer portal, and NIL money, these stories are common.

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Columbus Aviators Draft Gee Scott Jr. and Matthew Jones, Seven Former Ohio State Players on 2026 UFL Rosters​

The Columbus Aviators selected two former Ohio State football players in their first UFL draft.

Former Ohio State tight end Gee Scott Jr. and offensive lineman Matthew Jones are among the players the Aviators selected during this week’s UFL draft, allowing them to return to Columbus to continue their professional football careers.

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Pops got them training!

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Forgot how jacked JT was. He was so intense I could actually see him doing this lol

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Merih said:

Will be interesting to see what happens to Innis role next year as well. I’m all in on needing more “work the middle” operators

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We need something from the slot…I think Innis can get the job done too but wasn’t featured.

One thing’s for sure. We are about to see rotation at the WR position. Thank goodness for that.

There’s no way we are bringing in two guys to not play.

Rotation of Smith, Innis, Henry, and now McCuin and Parker is a good rotation

buckeyemania11 said:

Weber State?

They went 4-8 this year and their QBs combined to throw 11 TD / 16 INT

I'd assume he will probably end up being the starter at the beginning of the year.

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NJ-Buckeye said:

Weber State has a football team?

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

I don't know why anybody would assume that

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Just sayin': FWIW, Weber State went 4-8, (2-6 in conference) in 2025. They used 4 different QBs in 2025; however, I have no idea who is coming back. However, if they all come back, Brown could have a QB competition with 5 other players, i.e. these 4 and an incoming Freshman. With that being said (after looking at "the competition's stats" below); I'd say Brown would be the odds on favorite to be QB1 at Weber State in 2026.

Per ESPN Weber State has the following QB passing stats for 2025:

Passing
* where they never saw any game action......

Players in the pros get fined all the time for being late to meetings, events, games, missing curfew, etc. I’m sure it’s not that difficult. You have punishments on a team, there doesn’t need to be a contract to make a kid run extra. I see nothing wrong with this at all. You want to be professionals then you get treated like professionals

The machine is playing well. Of course, the other team is on scholarship as well. Do like the way the bigs are playing, obviously before injuries. Also enjoy Devin sneaking in the paint to snag a rebound. He skies bigger than his height. And do believe that Thornton is 'taken for granted', probably by Buckeye faithful, as always going to have a 20 point, 6 assist, 5 rebound night. But if you iso on him, he works very hard for what he gets.

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"...seems a bit malicious..."
Sports announcers and their wild takes.

Should be and NEEDS to be a serious Thorpe candidate for the Defense this year.

Jackson and Jackson law firm? We got Action Jackson in the backfield this year!

BB73 said:

1 transfer window right after the season ends. Kinda makes sense.

The bowl tie-ins and semesters starting in January for those wanting to join for spring practice make this a mess for football.

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Agreed. Plus, they protect players whose coach leaves in the spring by providing them specifically an out whenever that happens. The other thing is, now teams like OSU will not have the same excuse as last year of not participating in the Crown or NIT because of the transfer portal being open.

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Very big!!

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and unexpected.

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I keep seeing people saying that this is not sustainable but as long as there are people winning to pay it IS sustainable. The only way it stops becoming a thing is if the people behind the money start saying no. Maybe the market will eventually have some rollback price wise on these players (especially for the unproven players who seem to be getting insane pay days for having done nothing), but I doubt the big money players at these programs ever just totally stop writing checks. It's likely to only get worse before there is maybe some sort of setback correction.

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This.

It isn't about ROI. CFB is a playground for billionaires. They are buying racehorses to fuel their egos.

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It wouldn't surprise me to see him have a very solid "Mike Conley" type NBA career, he's that good.

Just sayin': This could have been his Senior year at Ohio State too.....

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His issue in college was that he didn't seem to see the field very well and took too long to pull the trigger. It didn't matter as much in college because he had better protection and weapons that were able to get open. That issue didn't improve in the NFL.

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Yep it was a noticable issue with him after Haskins. Cause Haskins got the ball out quick but Justin threw a better ball. Stroud was a combination of the 2 which is why he's done the best in the pros

Off to the NFL. Good luck young man - go be great

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Well, one had to know it had to happen. Putting down millions on untried players only means you've got a good one on paper, but on the field it's another story. Heck, tOSU has one, with the Rice OL that maybe cracked the two-deep, but certainly didn't carry their weight (literally) on the field. But there's one thing, a scholarship is now for four years, and NIL money isn't. At year end, the coach sits down with the player, and says, 'Fella, you've still got your schollie, but no more NIL'. Doubt they're going to turn in their Range Rover, and eat dorm food again, no? Conversely, one also has to know that tampering is happening everywhere. Hey, come to XXX, and we'll give you YYY NIL money, and a Lambo to boot!

He's on my short list for favorite DBs at Ohio State. He punched way above his weight class.

I think Luke could have left for the NFL.