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Week 5 Game Discussion Thread

Hopefully Ped State used up all their voodoo magic of somehow making a game against a high end opponent closer than it shoulda been in this one

I was thinking this postgame...I actually think more of PSU than I did pregame, I thought they were gonna get handled, definitely didn't think they had the chops to come back from 14 down in the 4th.

Then I realized, it's not that, it's just my opinion of them has dropped severely after years of the hardest ceiling in sports.
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Future Football Schedules (Updated 8/31/2024)

Any guesses what month the Bucks visit to Oregon in 2027 will fall? And for anyone who has been to that stadium, how is it for an OSU road game?
Eugene is a great stadium for a game.
Biggest thing you'll want to keep in mind is giving yourself enough time for trip.
Eugene is 1 1/2 - 2 hours from the Portland airport, and most likely, you'll deal with connecting flights to get in/out of there.
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Kirk Ferentz (four more B1G COY Awards than Tressel and Meyer combined)

I agree with your general point, and Gundy's a perfect comp (Fleck might end up being an even better one) but as much as I don't like him and he can "deal with it", Count Chocula had a pretty damn good record.

First, 4 D III nattys and over a .900 winning percentage at Wisconsin-Platteville. Then, in fourteen years at Wiscy, he won four regular season BIG Titles (twice winning both the regular season and conference title) and one additional conference tournament title, had three second place finishes and never finished worse than fourth, never missed the NCAA tournament, and had a national title game appearance, a national semifinal appearance, an Elite 8 and four Sweet 16s with only two first round losses.

All that said, Cignetti is really fucking up the narrative for these kinds of guys for what the ceiling of success is at a middlewight (or lighweight) program is.
Jury is still waaayyyyyyy out on IU and Cignetti but overall I do think the transfer portal is the great equalizer for programs like IU. It is if nothing else a chance where as before, they had no chance at competing with the heaviest weights
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QB Mike Tomczak (B1G Champ, Super Bowl Champ, Asst. Coach Youngstown St.)

NAME RECOGNITION. The final section in a Skull Session gone long is about a Youngstown State wide receiver named Max Tomczak. You probably recognize the last name; Max is the nephew of Mike Tomczak, who played quarterback for Ohio State and was a member of the 1985 Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.

Max Tomczak’s name appeared in a recent article from ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr., Matt Miller and Jordan Reid, in which Kiper named him as one of the “risers to watch” in the 2026 NFL draft.

Tomczak is a nuanced route runner, and he recognizes different coverages well. He adjusts on the ball in the air and then has the hands to secure it. And I see the versatility to play outside or inside -- and return punts. I'm hoping to see him at an all-star event against better competition after the season, but he's the type of player who will fight his way onto an NFL roster.
Through four games, Tomczak has 21 catches for 306 yards and one touchdown. The 6-foot, 195-pounder from Frankfort, Illinois, posted seven catches for 116 yards against Towson last weekend.

I wish him the best of luck the rest of this season on what should be a competitive Youngstown State team. The Penguins are 3-1 with wins over Mercyhurst, Robert Morris and Towson and a 41-24 loss to Michigan State. Following a bye week, they face South Dakota State at home on Oct. 4.

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'27 OH PF Jaylan Mitchell (Verbal Offer)

  • Jaylan Mitchell (2027)
A top-20 prospect in his class, the 6-foot-7, 220-pound Mitchell is from Evansville, Indiana, but plays at Geneva (Ohio) SPIRE Academy. A power forward, Mitchell is the No. 19 national prospect according to the 247Sports composite, a five-star player and the No. 2 prospect in Ohio behind Hudson Western Reserve forward Anthony Thompson.

Ohio State offered Mitchell during the summer. Illinois, Maryland, Memphis, Notre Dame and others are known to have also offered him.
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RB Scottie Graham (RB Coach Washington)

HELLO, OLD FRIENDS! Two former Buckeyes will coach against their alma mater on Saturday: Washington running backs coach Scottie Graham and assistant offensive line coach Michael Brewster.

Graham, a native of Long Beach, New York, was a high school All-American in football, wrestling and lacrosse before becoming a three-year starter at running back for Ohio State. A team captain as a senior, he ran for 1,704 yards and scored 20 total touchdowns across 43 appearances with the Buckeyes.

After college, Graham was selected in the seventh round of the 1992 NFL draft and went on to play seven seasons in the league with the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings and Cincinnati Bengals. He later served as an assistant athletic director at Arizona State from 2014–20 before joining Jedd Fisch’s staff at Arizona as running backs coach, eventually following Fisch to Washington.

On Monday, Graham shared his excitement to face Ohio State (where he earned two degrees!), calling Saturday “a momentous occasion” for himself and the Washington football program.


In 2024, I wrote in a Skull Session that Valparaiso had hired Brewster as its offensive line coach. At the time, Valpo marked the latest stop for the former Ohio State interior offensive lineman, who had previously coached at Western Michigan, Bowling Green, Cincinnati (on Luke Fickell’s staff) and Tennessee State (on Eddie George’s staff). But one year later, Brewster left for Washington, joining Fisch’s staff as an assistant offensive line coach to Michael Switzer.

Brewster, an Orlando native, was a four-year starter at center for Ohio State from 2008-11, earning first-team All-American honors in 2010 and serving as team captain in 2011. He went undrafted in 2012 but played two seasons with the Jacksonville Jaguars before brief stints with the Miami Dolphins and New Orleans Saints.


While I wish Graham and Brewster continued success at Washington, I hope their team has no success on Saturday. After that? Win all you want! At least until the Buckeyes and Huskies cross paths again.

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