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OHIO STATE’S 2021 CLASS HAS ONE MORE CHANCE TO BECOME LEGENDARY AFTER MOST OF ITS STARS RETURN FOR SENIOR SEASONS​

The expectations for Ohio State’s 2021 recruiting class were massive when those Buckeyes arrived in Columbus three years ago.

On paper, the 2021 class was the best Ohio State has ever signed. Including seven five-star recruits, it was the highest-rated recruiting class in school history per the 247Sports team composite rankings, with an average prospect rating of 95.05 that ranks as the third-highest all-time.
Jack Sawyer, one of the most highly touted prospects in the class, wasn’t bashful about setting expectations for what he and his recruiting classmates would accomplish.

“The direction of our program just continues to keep getting better and better,” Sawyer told Eleven Warriors before his enrollment at Ohio State in January 2021. “And I think we’re going to win a few national championships here. I think we’re gonna win five, six, maybe seven, eight in the ’20s. So I’m super excited.”

So far, that prophecy has gone unfulfilled. The Buckeyes haven’t even beaten Michigan once in the last three years, let alone won any national championships. But the 2021 class still has one more chance to achieve legendary status.
While it was expected when that group arrived at Ohio State – and even as recently as a couple of months ago – that most of its stars would only be Buckeyes for three years before entering the 2024 NFL draft, a majority of that class will be back with the Buckeyes in 2024 to make one final run at achieving championship glory.

Marvin Harrison Jr. and Mike Hall are the only two members of that crop of players who have opted to leave early for the 2024 NFL draft. Sawyer, fellow defensive end JT Tuimoloau, wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, running back TreVeyon Henderson, defensive tackle Tyleik Williams, cornerbacks Denzel Burke and Jordan Hancock and left guard Donovan Jackson all would have been drafted this year had they chosen to go pro, but all eight of them decided to stay at Ohio State for their senior seasons instead.
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Steven Izzo scores first career points as Michigan State routs Rutgers​

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"It's the thrill of a lifetime," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo told the Big ten Network after the game.

Nutriaitch said:

Australian punters are taking over the country.
one of the few (ok, only) things Les Miles was ahead of the curve on.

Australian rules football has these kids kicking balls in ways no American ever learns.

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That and his taste for quality grass

This is the entire 2013 football season. Another user posted a near-complete 2013 season torrent, but it was missing the Orange Bowl vs Clemson. A user recently shared the Orange Bowl game with me. This torrent is in the same file structure as the other torrent - just with the Orange Bowl game added. I intend to seed this indefinitely. If you find a problem or have a better version of one of the games, let me know and I'll improve the torrent.

He was terrible at Florida.
Now at Ped State.
Definitely not elite.

The Panthers traded up to #1, Tepper ignored his coaches and scouts, demanding they take Young over Stroud. Realizing later that he fucked that up he fired the coaches who wanted Stroud. This guy is making Daniel Snyder's former regime in Washington almost look competent.

Meanwhile, Stroud dragged the Texans to the playoffs and is tearing it up in his first postseason game.

Jake said:

When the Army lost to some hillbillies.

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Too much DEI training....

Err uhh, I mean usually the best shooters aren't at West Point. Typically your best snipers are enlisted.

OK, the deed is done. Maybe this was the Peter Principle at work? Hopefully, Day did some counseling at the exit interview. Guess this is my maturation as a manager. Would also hope that this termination interview wasn't the first time performance had been broached. Like osuvictory1's suggestion. Whoever gets it, and does well, can add this arrow to their resume quiver.

shouright said:

The two turnovers were essentially the difference. The first one was massive and resulted in a short field and an easy score, and the second one ended the game when Ohio State still had the ability to win. A turnover margin of 2 or more will almost always make the difference between teams that are otherwise roughly equal in ability.

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Michigan also got a bogus td when it was really Intercepted in the end zone. The refs did us no favors.

Bestbuck36 said:

Bumping this thread due to the unreal turn of events with guys returning.

This year, the Buckeyes are going to be the damn dirty apes!!
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God damn black orb of death rolling through next season.

Gus Johnson: “YOUR 2024 Ohio State Buckeeeeyyeezzzz”

Team:

Wise choice. Go get that dream career.

buckeyebri said:

Banjos?

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Bestbuck36 said:

Deliverance son.

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This has been updated after the final polls for the 2023 season.

OK, here's how this was calculated. I took each team's ranking in every year-end poll since the AP started in 1936. Once 2 polls were involved (the Coaches Poll started in 1950), I always used the higher ranking. Sliding scale points were awarded for every year that a team ended up ranked, and 10 points were deducted for each losing season. The scale was determined before seeing where teams ended up.

For each year since 1936, a team earns points based on these criteria:

NC (#1) in either poll = 100 points
02 -> 05 = 65, 55, 50, 45 points, respectively
06 -> 10 = 40, 37, 34, 32, 30 points
11 -> 20 = 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 points
21 -> 25 = 08, 06, 04, 03, 02 points
non-ranked, but .500 or above = 0 points
losing record for the year = minus 10 points

Here are the all-time totals, updated after the 2023 final polls:

01. 3089 - Alabama
02. 2891 - Ohio State
03. 2798 - Oklahoma
04. 2556 - Notre Dame
05. 2279 - Michigan
06. 2113 - USC
07. 1856 - Texas
08. 1660 - Penn State
09. 1630 - Nebraska (-10 for losing record in 2023)
10. 1554 - Georgia
11. 1521 - Tennessee
12. 1439 - LSU
13. 1399 - Florida State
14. 1193 - Miami
15. 1185 - Florida (-10 for losing record in 2023)
16. 1133 - Auburn (-10 for losing record in 2023)
17. 0985 - Clemson
18. 0867 - Michigan State (-10 for losing record in 2023)
19. 0862 - UCLA
20. 0754 - Washington
21. 0700 - Arkansas (-10 for losing record in 2023)
22. 0545 - Texas A&M
23. 0539 - Ole Miss
24. 0522 - Georgia Tech
25. 0509 - Wisconsin
26. 0409 - Pittsburgh (-10 for losing record in 2023)

Other schools: Iowa (359), Minnesota (341), Oregon (338), Colorado (293), Boise St (278), Army (259), Syracuse (257), Stanford (235), Va Tech (218), BYU (211), West Va (176), Oklahoma St (57), Purdue (25), and Illinois (-97).

Since 2007, I have created separate ratings by adding National Championship credit for those earned prior to 1936, on a sliding scale based on 12-year periods.

1869-1899 - 10 points for each MNC (no top teams here, almost all Ivy League)
1900-1911 - 25 points for each MNC
1912-1923 - 50 points for each MNC
1924-1935 - 75 points for each MNC

Here are the all-time totals, updated with the pre-1936 MNC points:

01. 3364 - Alabama (MNCs in '25, '26, '34, 2/3 for '30 = 275)
02. 2891 - Ohio State
03. 2798 - Oklahoma
04. 2781 - Notre Dame (MNCs in '24, '29, '30 = 225)
05. 2454 - Michigan (MNCs in '01, '02, '23, '33 = 175)
06. 2313 - USC (MNCs in '31, '32, 2/3 for '28 = 200)
07. 1856 - Texas
08. 1660 - Penn State
09. 1630 - Nebraska
10. 1554 - Georgia
11. 1521 - Tennessee
12. 1439 - LSU
13. 1399 - Florida State
14. 1193 - Miami
15. 1185 - Florida
16. 1133 - Auburn
17. 0985 - Clemson
18. 0867 - Michigan State
19. 0862 - UCLA
20. 0754 - Washington
21. 0700 - Arkansas
22. 0647 - Georgia Tech (MNCs in '17, '28 = 125)
23. 0595 - Texas A&M (MNC in '19 = 50)
24. 0539 - Ole Miss
25. 0534 - Pittsburgh (MNCs in '10, '16, '18 = 125)
26. 0509 - Wisconsin
27. 0491 - Minnesota (MNCs in '34, '35 = 150)
28. 0359 - Army (MNCs in '14, '16 = 100)
28. 0359 - Iowa
30. 0338 - Oregon
31. 0293 - Colorado
32. 0278 - Boise State
33. 0257 - Syracuse
34. 0235 - Stanford (MNC in '26 = 75)
35. 0218 - Virginia Tech
36. 0211 - BYU

Note - USC and Bama received 50 points, rather than 75, for disputed titles in '28 and '30, respectively

Note - Illinois, with MNCs in '14, '23, and '27 fails to make the top 35.

dragurd said:

Hopefully he gets that heart issue figured out and lives a long healthy life

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Likely improve as he loses weight and stops getting beat on.

OK burn this thread now. Thanks

COACHES POLL: WHERE RYAN DAY AND 62 OTHER FBS HEAD COACHES RANKED OHIO STATE IN THE FINAL TOP 25​

When USA TODAY revealed the final Coaches Poll on Tuesday, Ohio State checked in at No. 10, its lowest finish in a decade.

The Buckeyes' rank resulted from 63 FBS head coaches from across America, including Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, who participated in the poll for the first time since 2019, his debut season as leader of the program.

Day's poll mirrored most of the consensus top 10, as he agreed that Michigan, Washington, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Florida State, Oregon and Missouri should be ranked No. 1 through No. 8. However, he ranked Ohio State at No. 9 instead of Ole Miss, whom he selected to round out the top 10. Here is Day's full ballot:

1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Texas
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Florida State
7. Oregon
8. Missouri
9. Ohio State
10. Ole Miss
11. Penn State
12. Arizona
13. LSU
14. Oklahoma
15. Notre Dame
16. Louisville
17. Iowa
18. Oklahoma State
19. NC State
20. Oregon State
21. Tennessee
22. Clemson
23. Liberty
24. SMU
25. Kansas State

WHERE OHIO STATE LANDED IN EACH COACH'S POLL​

No. 7: Brent Key (Georgia Tech)

No. 8: Blake Anderson (Utah State), Dino Babers (Syracuse), Alex Golesh (USF), Mike Locksley (Maryland), Jim Mora (UConn)

No. 9: Ryan Day (Ohio State), Dana Dimel (Texas-El Paso), Jedd Fisch (Arizona), James Franklin (Penn State), Hugh Freeze (Auburn), Willie Fritz (Tulane), Dana Holgorsen (Houston), Brent Pry (Virginia Tech), Kirby Smart (Georgia), Mark Stoops (Kentucky), Jeff Tedford (Fresno State), Kyle Whittingham (Utah), Kevin Wilson (Tulsa)

No. 10: Tim Albin (Ohio), Tim Beck (Coastal Carolina), Jeff Brohm (Louisville), Troy Calhoun (Air Force), Jason Candle (Toledo), Curt Cignetti (James Madison), Dave Clawson (Wake Forest), Sonny Cumbie (Louisiana Tech), Kalen DeBoer (Washington), Jake Dickert (Washington State), Stan Drayton (Temple), Eliah Drinkwitz (Missouri), Sonny Dykes (TCU), Mike Elko (Duke), Marcus Freeman (Notre Dame), Tyson Helton (Western Kentucky), Tom Herman (FAU), Butch Jones (Arkansas State), Rhett Lashlee (SMU), Lance Leipold (Kansas), Mike MacIntyre (FIU), Gus Malzahn (UCF), Joey McGuire (Texas Tech), Pat Narduzzi (Pitt), Barry Odom (UNLV), Matt Rhule (Nebraska), Nick Saban (Alabama), Scott Satterfield (Cincinnati), Jon Sumrall (Troy), Lance Taylor (Western Michigan), Ken Wilson (Nevada)

No. 11: Neal Brown (WVU), Shawn Elliott (Georgia State), Danny Gonzales (New Mexico), Brady Hoke (San Diego State), Chuck Martin (Miami Ohio), Jeff Monken (Army), Billy Napier (Florida)

No. 12: Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State), Will Hall (Southern Miss), Brian Newberry (Navy), Rick Stocksdill (Middle Tennessee), Jeff Traylor (UTSA)

No. 13: Terry Bowden (Louisiana-Monroe)

SEREbuckeye said:

Nice to see them winning!

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How many points did "Air" Butler Blue IV score?

'Irrelevant Bowl' between college football's two worst teams has 'no chance' to receive waiver, per report​

It's unlikely that a Southern California-based promoter's bowl game proposal will become a reality​

A bowl game featuring the two worst teams in college football? That's exactly what a Southern California-based promoter wants to see happen in 2024, though sources told the Action Network's Brett McMurphy there is "no chance" the NCAA would issue the necessary waiver allowing for a proposed "Irrelevant Bowl."

Proposed by Newport Beach, California-based promoter Roy Englebrecht, the bowl game would feature a pair of college football teams that are either winless or close to it. Cities would put in bids within the first quarter of the year to host the "Irrelevant Bowl," according to the release. The city selected as the host site would retain all event revenue, including ticket sales, concessions and parking fees.

"No polls, no rankings, no controversy, just two winless or near winless teams looking for redemption and one elusive win," Englebrecht said in a press release. "Knowing that the NCAA has become more flexible with the number of team's wins to qualify for a bowl, I will petition the NCAA asking them to grant a waiver in 2024 so that two teams would be eligible to play in the inaugural Irrelevant Bowl."

While the proposed bowl game would provide a postseason opportunity for two teams who would otherwise be nowhere close to the six-win bowl eligibility mark, it immediately poses questions about the integrity of competition. As one source told Action Network, "a conference or team is not going to mock itself for going 1-11 or 2-10."

Just sayin': Probably one of the worst ideas (concerning the NCAA) ever. There will be no "Irrelevant Bowl" in 2024. Nobody would care who wins and/or watch it on TV and I doubt that very many of either team's fanbases would pay thousands of dollars traveling to the site to watch their "loser team" play another game.

College Football Top 133 Team Rankings for 2023 (After Week 14)​

132. ULM
133. Kent State

How interested would you have been in seeing Kent State vs ULM in a bowl game this past season?

I remember watching him in The Shoe and living on West Woodruff Avenue. I didn't remember Saban ever being on the staff.

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