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2027 PA OL Terrance Smith(Verbal Offer)
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Position: IOL
School: Lansdale(PA) Lansdale Catholic
Height: 6-foot-6
Weight: 260lbs
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2030 FIFA World Cup
- By ScriptOhio
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South America proposes 64-team 2030 World Cup
The president of South American soccer's ruling body CONMEBOL made an official proposal on Thursday to expand the men's 2030 World Cup from 32 teams to 64.
2030 World Cup: CONMEBOL proposes expanded 64-team tournament
Alejandro Domínguez, the president of South American soccer's ruling body CONMEBOL, made an official proposal on Thursday to expand the men's 2030 World Cup from 32 teams to 64.
FIFA is aware of the proposal that was first introduced in March by a delegate from Uruguay during an online meeting of the ruling council of world soccer's governing body.
"We are convinced that the centennial celebration will be unique because 100 years are celebrated only once," Domínguez said during his opening speech at CONMEBOL's 80th Ordinary Congress.
The 2030 World Cup is already set to be the most sprawling edition with six host nations spread across three continents.
Uruguay was the original World Cup host in 1930 and is scheduled to stage one game. Paraguay, Argentina, Spain, Portugal and Morocco are also co-hosts.
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If FIFA approves the move, it would create a tournament of 128 matches, double the number of the 64-game format that was played from 1998 through 2022.
However, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has called a 64-team World Cup "a bad idea."
Critics of the 64-team proposal have argued it will weaken the quality of play and devalue the qualifying program in most continents.
Bowling Green Falcons (Official Thread)
- By NFBuck
- College Football
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Eddie better be careful, I'm pretty sure new NCAA bylaws are being written that state if you come within 60 feet of a Harbrau it's LOIC.
Buckeye legend Eddie George welcomes a Harbaugh to Bowling Green
The rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State runs so deep that it almost feels unnatural to see a Wolverine and a Buckeye exchanging pleasantries. But that was twww.si.com
Buckeye legend Eddie George welcomes a Harbaugh to Bowling Green
The rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State runs so deep that it almost feels unnatural to see a Wolverine and a Buckeye exchanging pleasantries. But that was the case last week as Ohio State legend Eddie George (now the head coach at Bowling Green) welcomed Jack Harbaugh to take in a Falcons practice. Although many of the Maize and Blue faithful recognize Jack as a Michigan Man, his college playing and coaching career has plenty of roots in the state of Ohio.
As a player, Jack was a halfback at Bowling Green from 1957-60. Following his playing days, he became an assistant coach at various high schools throughout Ohio before joining the staff at Bowling Green as an assistant in 1968. Given that history, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that George recently welcomed Harbaugh to campus with open arms.
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LB Tarvos "TJ" Alford (Official Thread)
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Football
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Better Know a Buckeye: Tarvos Alford Models His Game After Ryan Shazer And Hopes to Make Same Impact at Ohio State As the Former Buckeye Great
Following in the footsteps of fellow Florida linebacker Ryan Shazier, Tarvos Alford hopes to make the same impact at Ohio State as the former Buckeye once did.
Better Know a Buckeye: Tarvos Alford Models His Game After Ryan Shazer And Hopes to Make Same Impact at Ohio State As the Former Buckeye Great
Immediate Impact
With Sonny Styles leading the linebacker room and Arvell Reese likely taking the other starting spot on the depth chart in 2025, playing time could be hard to come by for Alford in his first season as a Buckeye.That said, he has one thing on his mind early on in Columbus: Get his black stripe off and find a way to get in the rotation if at all possible.
“I really want to get my black stripe off and get myself in that rotation early and go out there and make plays,” Alford said this spring.
Although C.J. Hicks moved to the edge, Alford is competing with Garrett Stover and fellow freshman Riley Pettijohn, among others, for a spot on the two-deep alongside Payton Pierce. With so much competition early on, he knows that the talent around him will only improve himself as a player.
“Really playing around a lot of great players,” Alford said of what excites him the most about playing for the Buckeyes. “We’ve already got the best 2025 class right now. There’s plenty of players that’ll be around me that can help make me better.”
Long-Term Impact
Laurinaitis has always seen Alford as a Will linebacker at the college level and beyond, so Alford perfecting that position – both on and off the field – as a freshman will be key for his success, both short and long-term.With Styles entering his final season at Ohio State, Alford can push for significant playing time in his second season in Columbus in 2026. The competition to do so will continue to be tough, especially as Laurinaitis continues to bring in the top talent from across the country every year, but Alford's ability to chase down opposing ball carriers, speed to cut down angles, and athleticism to drop back in coverage is the type of skill set that is tough to teach.
In the running game, Alford pairs his pre-snap reads and instincts with his speed and sure-tackling ability to make big hits on ball carriers. He uses his speed and athleticism to be a standout linebacker in coverage as well, giving him the skills to be a future every-down player on Ohio State’s defense.
Look for Alford to make it on the two-deep at Will linebacker as a sophomore and fight for a starting spot alongside Pettijohn in his third season as a Buckeye in 2027.
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2027 NC CB Akedran Crumel (Verbal Offer)
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School: Clayton(NC) Clayton
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Livvy Dunne puts tomatoes in her gumbo (LSU gymnastics official thread)
- By ScriptOhio
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Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case
Olivia Dunne is not giving up. She is standing by her objection even if it means fighting in court. Check out the latest developments here.
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Olivia Dunne Fights in Court After Losing Millions in 5 Years With NCAA Housing Settlement Case
February 2025. Olivia Dunne penned a letter to the U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken. Her concerns? The $2.8 billion NCAA house settlement had issues. Multiple issues. It lacks transparency. Distributes money inequitably. Excludes athletes from the decision-making process. And now, about 2 months from that, she finds herself fighting in court. Directly this time. What happened? Well, the NCAA house settlement is nearing its final leg, and Dunne is not giving up without a fight!Olivia Dunne has been running the NIL space for quite some time now. Since 2021, the year when the NCAA adopted the new NIL rules, she has amassed millions through endorsements. Currently ranked #4 in the top 100 NIL athletes, she has about 13.5M followers and an ON3 NIL roster estimated value of $ 4.1 M. Thus, when she spoke up on this issue, it held weight. She is the present example of an athlete who doesn’t come from the football/basketball domains but from an Olympic sport and still has managed to make a mark in the NIL space. Thus, when it came to fighting for what she represents, Livvy didn’t back down.
As per Forbes, Monday, April 7, Olivia Dunne appeared before Judge Claudia Wilken of the U.S. District Court to formally object to the $2.8B NCAA house settlement case. Among the four athletes who testified, Livy appeared on a Zoom video call and called herself a “Division 1 athlete, a businesswoman, and I’ve been the highest-earning female athlete since the NIL rules changed.” However, she went on to oppose that the settlement does not take into account her true value and potential earning power. She even alleged that she had sacrificed in her earnings.
In fact, Livvy even opposed the back pay offered by the settlement. And her argument was? “My value existed before NIL was legal. I don’t need to guess what I might have earned, I know. I had a growing platform and millions of followers before I ever stepped foot onto a college campus,” Dunne said. She even described that, before the NIL rules came into effect, she had already committed to LSU in 2017. During COVID, her fame skyrocketed and thus, till she came to college, she was already a rising star with millions of followers.
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Academic Honors for Buckeye football players
- By ScriptOhio
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Former Ohio State Football Captain Cody Simon, Two-Sport Star Makenna Webster Win Big Ten Medal of Honor
Former Ohio State football captain Cody Simon and two-sport star Makenna Webster are OSU’s Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients for the 2024-25 academic year.
A program-record 95 Ohio State football players were named Ohio State Scholar-Athletes for having a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or better. 805 total athletes across the Ohio State athletic department earned Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2024-25 academic year.
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Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork believes the Buckeyes’ athletic and academic success go hand in hand.
“If you're doing one thing in your life at the highest level, you're going to do everything else at the highest level,” Bjork told Eleven Warriors. “No one's going to take a day off. No one's going to take a shortcut. So if you just look at our football team, look at our women's hockey team; women's hockey has led the department in cumulative team GPA, and we've been in six out of the last seven Frozen Fours, won two out of the last four national championships. Football had the highest GPA (in program history) last spring, last fall, they're on track this spring to have a really great GPA, and we just won the national championship. So again, correlation between excellence in one category – academic, social life, whatever – is going to bleed over into the athletic realm.”
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