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KYBuck4858 27 Feb 2026, 6:52 pm
It’s clear that Patricia and Laurinaitis want to continue keeping that Arvell OLB role going. Another offer went out today. Prince Goldsby. Freak athlete, Rivals just ranked #80 overall. His recruiting process is relatively fresh, so we’re not late.

MrBuck24 27 Feb 2026, 6:57 pm
I'm a fan of him based on his name alone. Obviously if coach Patricia and coach Laurinaitis want someone, then I'm good with it.

Double Nickels 27 Feb 2026, 7:12 pm
Offers from Bama, Miami, Tenn, Penn State, Ole Miss, Oregon among others.
Long and rangy looks like he's got a frame like Sonny and Arvell

KYBuck4858 28 Feb 2026, 12:14 pm
He’s said recently he’s 6’4 210lbs. Has been clocked at 22 mph. Some schools recruiting as an Edge, some OLB.

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KYBuck4858 1 Mar 2026, 12:34 pm
Also, OSU is in the Top2 (along with FL) for CB Jaden Carey. He’s visited us a ton already and visits again in April. I’m pretty sure he’s our top target at Field CB.

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KYBuck4858 2 Mar 2026, 11:27 am
Some big TE news today:
Per Wiltfong, TE Mason Oglesby sets an OV to OSU for 5/29. This will come down to an IU vs OSU battle. We're pushing hard. He dominated The Opening Regional in Indy yesterday.

Use the sad emoje as would prefer tOSU be ranked about 8 or 9, and let them surge toward the end. At #1, there's only one place to go.....so now we're on an 0-2 record.

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Double Nickels 15 hours ago
McFarland fonged to Texas A&M. Hoping we can get Bowman and Benny Easter

Sounds like we were not in it at the end, so of course, I wonder why. JL is earning rep as a great recruiter and coach, so of course, with my S&G tinted glasses, wonder why we don't get them all.....

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This chucklefuck is still running his yap?
Thought he would have learned his lesson after the Natty game.

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It's how he makes his money because he was so ass at football he never sniffed the NFL

Good analysis by Ramzy Nasralla for 11W of what went wrong in 2025:

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Four Reasons Why​

The NFL Combine was a healthy dose of confirmation bias.

Everything that transpired in Indy over the weekend simply reinforced what you've either heard, read or said yourself for weeks. How did the Buckeyes lose back-to-back games to end its season with these guys on the team?

This is the type of angst that can consume you forever, like all of those other seasons piled up in Ohio State's reviled Squandered Season cabinet that leak out every offseason. So let's bury 2025. A righteous cleansing, because lot of you (not you, reader) are way into your feelings too often.

We'll start with the hardest lesson in 136 years of Ohio State football, which is that even if the lessons of 2025 are learned and retained, college football is now changing at a velocity which may render them artifacts rather than principles in short order. Planning to build something meaningful in two or three seasons is a wasted effort. Win now is every program's mandate.

The Buckeyes are not going to solve how last season collapsed in winter so that 2026 turns out differently, because it's a whole new team, which will have a seasoned OC calling plays and an actual proven coordinator for the third unit, which has been an anchor on the program since the pandemic. Those NFL Combine highlight machines will be wearing different helmets.

The head coach, several faces and all of the expectations remain the same. It's time to cleanse ourselves of 2025 - here are the four reasons the Buckeyes didn't go back-to-back as CFP champions:

• Special Teams [Field Goals, punting, a just-get-off-the-field mentality creating a huge deficit of hidden yards and costly penalties - a mediocre dynamic now as entrenched in the program as Wide Receiver U]
  • Remedy: Robbie Discher hired. First qualified hire for that role since Matt Barnes in 2019.
• Offensive Philosophy & Execution [failing to accommodate for an inexperienced QB against talent-equated opponents, chronic Red Zone inefficiencies not involving the aforementioned Field Goal kicker, sticking with long-developing routes while OL was in shambles, dialing up a critical 3rd down conversion for TE4 while benching WRs, sticking with a silent count vs. Miami, lack of game control agility vis a vis When It's Time to Turn Up the Gas, We Will]
  • Remedy: Arthur Smith hired, Cortez Hankton hired.
• Talent Evaluation [critical misses, notably Ethan Onianwa as the program's biggest whiff in the portal era, inflated impression of TE room's capabilities, RB4 was RB1 to start the season, a walk-on was WR4 at WRU to end the season]
  • Remedy: A work in progress, always.
• Personnel Decisions[allowing a first-time play-caller to run the offense, which had negative effects on his position group and the offense, his departure the week of the B1G championship, hiring an OL coach who is more specialized in other elements of the offense than OL coaching]
  • Remedy: Prepare for uninvited chaos.

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Trump awards Medal of Honor to 3 soldiers​

President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Honor to three soldiers Monday, recognizing a service member from World War II, Vietnam and Afghanistan, respectively.

On Thursday, the White House announced that Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Terry Richardson and Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis would receive the award for the nation’s highest military award for valor.
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Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers predicted to land elite 5-star recruit over some of college football’s top programs​

The LSU Tigers may be on the verge of getting some good recruiting news.

Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers may be on the verge of winning a huge recruiting battle.

On3’s Steve Wiltfong, Adam Gorney, Sam Spiegelman, and Chad Simmons all predicted this week that LSU will land 2027 five-star cornerback Joshua Dobson.

“Dobson is one of the best cornerbacks in the class and the development at LSU over the years has stood out so much, along with his relationship with Corey Raymond,” noted Gorney.

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Is that the African American band from Atlanta that does pop punk?

I've heard some songs, pretty good.

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Yes, exactly. Ton of fun.

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these are FIRE

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Didn’t realize that Dabo even had a draftable QB this cycle.

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He doesn't. F*ck Dabo. That is all.

Ohio State Hires Will Pantages As Next Football Communications Director​

Ohio State has found its next football communications director.

Following Jerry Emig’s retirement on Friday, Ohio State announced Monday that it has hired Wake Forest’s Will Pantages to oversee the Buckeyes’ football media and public relations efforts, along with their creative media and branding teams.

“It is a privilege to join The Ohio State University,” Pantages said in an OSU press release. “I’m excited to collaborate with an outstanding team to highlight all the accomplishments of our student-athletes and continue advancing one of the most respected brands in college athletics.”

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A native of Akron, Pantages played baseball for four years at Baldwin Wallace — the alma mater of Ohio State legend Jim Tressel — while earning a degree in communications and economics.

After graduating, Pantages joined SMU’s athletic communications office in 2013. He moved to the University of Florida the following year and became the football program’s primary day-to-day media contact in 2016. Pantages arrived at Wake Forest in 2019 and spent the past six years as the school’s associate athletic director for communications and content.

While in Winston-Salem, Pantages oversaw communications, creative services, fan experience and campus partnerships for all 18 of Wake Forest’s varsity sports. He also served as the primary contact for the Demon Deacons’ football team.

“We are excited to add Will to our Buckeye team,” said Chris Park, Ohio State’s executive associate athletic director for external affairs and chief communications officer. “He has tremendous passion, enthusiasm and vision for his work in the communications and creative space and his experience as a high-level thoughtful leader within college football will be valuable in this new role centered around our Ohio State Football program.”

Ohio State’s release also detailed a new athletic communications structure. Park will lead the department’s external communications strategy, marketing, brand engagement and media relations, while Gary Petit will oversee the communications unit and all non-football-related strategies.

Mike Basford, who assisted Emig with football media relations for the past nine years, will remain in his current role.

Paul Keels to Be Inducted Into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame​

The “Voice of the Buckeyes” will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame this June.

Paul Keels is one of 14 men and women in the 2026 induction class, a group comprising former players, coaches, officials, and administrators. He is the lone broadcaster in the group.

Keels has called Ohio State football and men’s basketball games since 1998. While known more for his work alongside former Ohio State All-American offensive lineman Jim Lachey on fall Saturdays, Keels has been a staple of basketball broadcasts next to former Buckeye guard Ron Stokes for decades.

Jurors deadlock, judge declares mistrial in Miami football murder case​

A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the murder trial of former Miami Hurricanes player Rashaun Jones, accused of the shooting of teammate Bryan Pata in 2006.

About an hour after the six jurors began their second day of deliberations, Florida 11th Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda came into the courtroom to address the attorneys, reading a statement from the jurors: "At this point we are deadlocked with no one willing to move." Miranda instructed them to keep trying, but after about another hour, they again said they could not render a verdict.

Afterward, one jury member who asked to remain anonymous told ESPN that only one of the six jurors wanted to convict Jones.
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Alvarez said the defense will "certainly try" to introduce new evidence at a retrial. Miranda, who ruled against most defense motions regarding other possible theories in the case, apparently would preside once again.

Pata's brother Edwin spoke for the victim's family saying, "Bryan would want us to continue to press, to continue to fight, to continue to stay strong, and that's what we're going to do.
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Sources: Commanders to release CB Marshon Lattimore, save $18.5M​

The Washington Commanders informed cornerback Marshon Lattimore that he will be released before the league year begins next week, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, a move that had been expected since Lattimore suffered a season-ending injury in November.

The new league year begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 11. The Commanders will save $18.5 million in salary cap space; they currently have the fifth-most space available. Washington is expected to be aggressive on the free agent market, particularly at corner, according to league sources.

osu shocks the world

Barnes joined Mississippi State in 2024 after previously serving as the defensive coordinator at Memphis and in roles at Ohio State and Maryland.

Former Ohio State DC gets a coaching job at Maryland​

Barnes has left the Bulldogs in order to take a job at Maryland. He is back in the Big Ten, as is now the new special teams coordinator for the Terps. He is back in the Big Ten after five years away.