Most here forget how hurt JK was after the Clemson game. Would’ve entirely depended on JKs health.

Also, the defense sort of was figured out that year toward the end. 21 to Rutgers, 27 to TCUN, 21 to Wisconsin and 29 to Clemson.

Would’ve been a great offensive game IMO.

Offensive line experimentation continues​

After Ian Moore started at left tackle and Austin Siereveld started at right guard in Ohio State’s first practice of preseason camp on Thursday, Ryan Day said the Buckeyes would continue to experiment with different offensive line combinations before settling on a starting five. Those words rang true on Friday.

Siereveld returned to left tackle, the position he played last season, for the duration of Friday’s practice, while Joshua Padilla got his chance to run with the top unit at right guard. Moore flipped to the other side of the line to play right tackle, where he split first-team reps with incumbent starter Phillip Daniels over the course of practice.

Based on what we’ve seen through two days of practice and what we’ve heard from Day over the last two weeks, it’s become apparent that there's three offensive linemen competing for two starting spots between Daniels, Moore and Padilla. Depending on who performs best between them through the first couple of weeks of camp, we could see Ohio State settle on any of the following three combinations up front:

• LT Ian Moore, LG Luke Montgomery, C Carson Hinzman, RG Austin Siereveld, RT Phillip Daniels
• LT Austin Siereveld, LG Luke Montgomery, C Carson Hinzman, RG Joshua Padilla, RT Phillip Daniels
• LT Austin Siereveld, LG Luke Montgomery, C Carson Hinzman, RG Joshua Padilla, RT Ian Moore

Ohio State’s second-team offensive line for Friday’s practice consisted of Carter Lowe at left tackle, Jake Cook at left guard, Maxwell Riley at center, Gabe VanSickle at right guard and either Moore or Daniels at right tackle. While Padilla will likely be the next man up at center this season if anything happens to Hinzman, his work at right guard on Friday opened the door for Riley, a true freshman, to get an extended look snapping the ball.

Was just thinking of him the other day. Looking forward to him taking steps this season.

You can't have 10 maniacs on a staff but you do need a couple

Former Ohio State Quarterback J.T. Barrett, Baseball Star Nick Swisher Inducted Into Buckeyes’ Athletics Hall of Fame​

By Chase Brown on August 7, 2026 at 2:43 pm @chaseabrown__

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Nine more Ohio State athletics legends will enter the school's Hall of Fame in 2026.
Former Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett and baseball standout Nick Swisher headline this year's nine-member Hall of Fame class. They are joined by women's hockey's Jincy Dunne, women's volleyball's Danielle Meyer, football's Chris Sanders and Stan White, and track and field's Katie Borchers, Diane Dixon and Oyesade Olatoye.

Barrett enters the Athletics Hall of Fame as one of the greatest quarterbacks in Ohio State football history. The two-time Big Ten champion and four-time winner over Michigan started 44 games for the Buckeyes and set 39 combined Ohio State (34) and Big Ten (five) records during his career. He finished his career as Ohio State's all-time leader in total victories (38), passing yards (9,434), touchdown passes (104) and quarterback rushing yards (3,263), while his 147 total touchdowns rank fourth in NCAA history.
Swisher also carved out a legendary Ohio State career before becoming a first-round MLB draft pick and a World Series champion with the New York Yankees. The 2000 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection remains one of the top hitters in program history, ranking among the Buckeyes' all-time leaders in home runs (35), RBIs (156) and walks (131). In recognition of his impact on the program, the playing surface at Bill Davis Stadium was named Nick Swisher Field in 2015.
Sanders and White represent the football portion of the class alongside Barrett. Sanders was a standout wide receiver and track and field athlete, earning Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year honors in 1994 after helping the Buckeyes win a Big Ten title in football and earning 10 All-American honors in track. White was a three-year letterwinner under Woody Hayes, earning All-Big Ten honors in 1971 after leading Ohio State in tackles during its 1970 national championship season.

Former Ohio State Quarterback J.T. Barrett, Baseball Star Nick Swisher Inducted Into Buckeyes’ Athletics Hall of Fame​

By Chase Brown on August 7, 2026 at 2:43 pm @chaseabrown__

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Nine more Ohio State athletics legends will enter the school's Hall of Fame in 2026.
Former Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett and baseball standout Nick Swisher headline this year's nine-member Hall of Fame class. They are joined by women's hockey's Jincy Dunne, women's volleyball's Danielle Meyer, football's Chris Sanders and Stan White, and track and field's Katie Borchers, Diane Dixon and Oyesade Olatoye.

Barrett enters the Athletics Hall of Fame as one of the greatest quarterbacks in Ohio State football history. The two-time Big Ten champion and four-time winner over Michigan started 44 games for the Buckeyes and set 39 combined Ohio State (34) and Big Ten (five) records during his career. He finished his career as Ohio State's all-time leader in total victories (38), passing yards (9,434), touchdown passes (104) and quarterback rushing yards (3,263), while his 147 total touchdowns rank fourth in NCAA history.
Swisher also carved out a legendary Ohio State career before becoming a first-round MLB draft pick and a World Series champion with the New York Yankees. The 2000 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and two-time first-team All-Big Ten selection remains one of the top hitters in program history, ranking among the Buckeyes' all-time leaders in home runs (35), RBIs (156) and walks (131). In recognition of his impact on the program, the playing surface at Bill Davis Stadium was named Nick Swisher Field in 2015.
Sanders and White represent the football portion of the class alongside Barrett. Sanders was a standout wide receiver and track and field athlete, earning Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year honors in 1994 after helping the Buckeyes win a Big Ten title in football and earning 10 All-American honors in track. White was a three-year letterwinner under Woody Hayes, earning All-Big Ten honors in 1971 after leading Ohio State in tackles during its 1970 national championship season.

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Fucked around and found out.

Half of the NFL have at least one legit fall guy in their posse. They depend on that player's money just like the player does.

Not the first group I'd target for a con game but what do people who are still alive know about such things?

Would be ecstatic to have tOSU beat the Eastern teams for the Lacross championship. But then again, am happy when the Buckeyes win any sort of championship.

First thought is that the Triple Crown winner can/will be no more. The dilution thingy. Am old enough to remember Darby Dan Farms winning the Derby (?) with Chateaugay. Don't remember any memorial type wins after that. Anyone know/care what happened to that non-Kentucky racing stable?

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305Buck 2 hours ago
https://247sports.com/player/karon-eugene-46155620/
New safety recruit that Ohio State has been in contact with. Could we land another safety from Louisiana two classes in a row? LSU and Texas A&M are also recruiting him.

KYBuck4858 31 minutes ago
We’ve been on him for awhile. He was thought to be a lock to LSU at one point.
The reason he fell off the map for the past 6-9 months, was that he had severe grade issues. Schools were waiting to see spring and summer school transcripts was the word. I was hoping that LSU would not want to wait for him and fill up, but I think they still have an opening.

305Buck 23 minutes ago
Yeah he’s planning visits to all 3 schools this season.

According to QB warmups at practice #1, he’s repping at #2 center right now.

Lol the predictable domino effect from the insane deal that DGG got. Desperate programs throwing comical bags to get a player or two causes havoc on the market.

Victory Vaka lost his Western Kentucky scholarship while grieving mother's death; now he's suing to transfer​

The former Western Kentucky defensive lineman is suing the NCAA for the right to use his final year of college eligibility at another school​

Former Western Kentucky defensive lineman Victory Vaka filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday seeking a temporary restraining order that would allow him to transfer to Middle Tennessee or another school, his attorney Darren Heitner tells CBS Sports.

Vaka filed the lawsuit in a chancery court in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and is seeking an injunction allowing him to join another program after his scholarship was non-renewed in May. The lawsuit argues he'd suffer irreparable injury, loss or damage without temporary injunctive relief.

Vaka, a redshirt senior who transferred in from Texas Southern, flew home to California in early April to grieve his mom's death. Vaka told CBS Sports he always planned to return to Western Kentucky for the 2026 season. Nine days before his mom's funeral in May, he received a call from an assistant strength coach. Vaka said the coach provided him a summer workout plan and told Vaka he was expected back in June.

A few weeks later, on May 27, the Hilltoppers informed Vaka they were canceling his scholarship due to his failure to report with the rest of his team.

That designation of a "failure to report" prevented Vaka from entering the transfer portal under the NCAA's aid-and-reduction-or-cancellation exception.

Vaka was set to graduate in the fall. He had one remaining year of eligibility remaining. But with no ability to transfer, Vaka was left with no way to play his final season.

Vaka's agent, Jaykwon Jefferson, said multiple FBS schools would sign Vaka today if he were able to enter the portal. Western Kentucky filed a legislative relief waiver on Vaka's behalf. But the NCAA denied it and a subsequent appeal, leading to Vaka's lawsuit.

The 6-foot-3, 335-pound DT is a journeyman in college football terms. He's played for four schools and said he hoped Western Kentucky would be his last.

Looking back at the situation, Vaka said he could have communicated better. Other than Western Kentucky flying Vaka back to campus in mid-April and his call with the strength coach, the two sides had no communication between Vaka's mom's death and the staff asking him to report in late May.

Vaka said he told the staff at the time that he thought he could return in June, but offered to come back sooner to prevent his removal from the roster.

The unique situation ​

Western Kentucky did eventually help Vaka file a legislative relief waiver, but that process puts the Hilltoppers in a situation where they basically had to file a waiver against themselves, per CCHA Law partner Paia LaPalombara, because NCAA rules only allow schools to cancel scholarships under limited exceptions

"It's very unique," LaPalombra said. "The institution is filing a waiver essentially against itself. So, they're filing a waiver in support of a student athlete that is going against something that they ultimately said that they're not going to do -- (enter him into the portal)."

Vaka wasn't a high-profile transfer -- he played 171 snaps in 2025, and WKU signed him for $2,000 a month, per Jefferson -- and his text with the GM in May indicated the Hilltoppers were worried about Vaka maintaining his weight.
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Google AI: Defensive lineman Victory Vaka is a college football journeyman who has been associated with multiple programs throughout his collegiate career, with tracking documented on the Victory Vaka Profile on 247Sports.

College Football Career & School List

• • BYU Cougars: Committed in April 2021 and enrolled in January 2022 before later entering the transfer portal.
  • College of the Canyons: Transferred to the junior college program in August 2022, spending two seasons there.
  • Northern Arizona Lumberjacks: Played one season with the program.
  • Texas Southern Tigers: Played the 2025 season as a defensive lineman for Texas Southern.
  • Western Kentucky Hilltoppers: Transferred to WKU ahead of the 2026 season. However, his status became the center of a major national controversy and legal suit after WKU revoked his scholarship following a family bereavement.

Just sayin': This player was a Power 4 caliber recruit, had offers from top tier schools, and actually committed (and then decommitted) to both Texas A&M and Colorado before committing to BYU. The guy has a chronic case of the "transfers". With that being said; yeah, it does appear that he got the "shitty end of the stick" at WKU and should be given the opportunity to transfer to another school.

Out here in Cali, In-N-Out Burger always has a very long line. My favorite is the protein burger (with lettuce leaves instead of bun). Very sloppy, but that's why they make napkins. The other outstanding stop is Chick-Filet, and the lines (both in store and drive-thru) are just a tad shorter than In & Out. Both make quality meals. But my go-to is BK's jr whopper (2 for $6.00).

Wish could look forward into time and see what might happen to the Buckeye team. Injuries, personal pathos, whatever. Team actually looks balanced to me, so picking up another player to fill a 'need' can be problematical. As in, who's going to be needed. The frontcourt looks stacked (for once), and the backcourt looks to have some talent as well. Was surprised to see how much height is on the roster. Maybe a 6'7 slasher with enough meat on his bones to help on the boards? Dunno, that's why Diebs is being paid the big bucks.