I’m a forum newbie who wanted to share my wonderful experience researching one of your own: Robert “Bo” Rein. My recently published (65 chapter, 335 pp) book FORTY MINUTES TO BATON ROUGE: The Story of Robert “Bo” Rein is the first and only book to be written about the about the Niles, Ohio native who had great success in Columbus playing football and baseball for the Buckeyes. For those who don’t know, Bo Rein tragically died at age 34 on the evening of January 10, 1980 when his twin engine Cessna 441 plunged 40,000 feet into the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia coast, after a 1000 mile “ghost flight” across four states. Rein, the newly hired LSU head football coach, had only been on the job 42 days when the unthinkable happened while returning from a recruiting trip in Louisiana. Twenty years later, we would be reminded of Rein when professional golfer Payne Stewart suffered a similar fate.

Mentored by the likes of Woody Hayes, Lou Holtz and Frank Broyles, there seemed to be nothing that would stop Rein’s ascension to the top. Lured away from NC State by Louisiana State University, Rein was destined for stardom.

The fact that Rein never actually coached a day at LSU muddies the emotional waters and creates an unfortunate chasm between those who knew him and those who never got the chance. At LSU, the sadness resembled a new friend they had just met and abruptly lost. For NC State, the loss was devastation and utter disbelief. And for Ohioans...they had lost a beloved son.

I would be honored to answer any questions about Bo via this forum or the website below.


FORTY MINUTES TO BATON ROUGE: The Story of Robert “Bo” Rein is available at www.amazon.com

For more information visit: www.azachwilliams.com

Ohio State celebrates 150 years in pictures: BTN LiveBIG Book Club
BTN.com LiveBIG Staff via Big Ten Network

Chief archivist Tamar Chute curates a collection of distinct and often rare images sure to tug on the heart strings of Buckeyes young and old.

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We are considering another run in 20. Right now we are in the exploratory phase. Please give feedback and if you are interested in being part of the campaign, inbox one of us

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260 lbs
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After serving my 8th or 9th ban, it is good to be back.
For you guys that missed me, Ill try to stick around a while, but they'll never change me.
Didn't put up with cliques in Junior High, and not going to conform to their little girl cliques now.

This could really be a special year. Our D should be much better and I think Fields will fit the offense well.

Jonathan Taylor paces 11 B1G stars on preseason top 50 players list
BTN.com staff via Big Ten Network

Jonathan Taylor headlines 11 Big Ten standouts on ESPN's preseason top 50 college football players. The Wisconsin RB checks in at No. 6, three spots ahead of Ohio State DE Chase Young.

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2019 BTN Bus Tour: Stop No. 2, Ohio State Buckeyes
BTN.com staff via Big Ten Network

Stop No. 2 of the annual BTN summer bus tour took us to Columbus, Ohio, to watch the two-time defending Big Ten champ Ohio State practice. Relive some of the highlights below. ICYMI: Here's a recap from BTN's day at @OhioStateFB practice Tuesday. ️https://t.co/kVfHJs9LeL — Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) August 7, 2019

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Powder Springs (GA) McEachern High School

Linebacker
6-3
211 lbs
Class of 2021

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No. 5 Ohio State paces seven Big Ten teams in preseason coaches poll
BTN.com staff via Big Ten Network

Seven Big Ten teams land in the preseason coaches poll, released Thursday. See the fill poll inside.

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Eighty Big Ten football stars listed on preseason watch lists
BTN.com staff via Big Ten Network

The preseason watch lists are out, and a total of 80 Big Ten players, at least two from all 14 schools, earned recognition. Michigan leads the way, with 12, followed by Ohio State (10), Penn State (8) and Iowa and Michigan State (7).

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Drew Brees, Tom Brady pace 16 former Big Ten stars on NFL’s top 100 players of 2019
Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor via Big Ten Network

The NFL's annual top 100 players list countdown has come to a close, and 16 former Big Ten stars are represented. Drew Brees (No. 2) and Tom Brady (No. 6) lead the prestigious group that includes 11 offensive players and five defensive players.

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Lancaster (TX) Lancaster High School

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5-11
190 lbs
Class of 2020

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BLUF: When having a difficult time figuring out how to explain things to your children search youtube to see how Mr Rogers did it.

I grew up rough. I didn't really learn some of the critical lessons a child should learn. Crying was not tolerated, feeling were not discussed, etc. I don't believe my father ever once said I love you. I don't mean this to say I had bad parents, they loved me in their own way as best they could and I'm grateful for it. When I became a father I did not want that to be my way. I wanted to my children to feel safe to discuss anything with me. The downside to that is they want to discuss everything with me (and my she-devil wife). The thing is, how to explain things that I myself didn't really understand was challenging. That is until I found YouTube and the plethora of Mr Rogers videos. That man taught me how to be a dad. I was talking to a coworker about the upcoming Mr Rogers movie. I told him what I do when having issues explaining things to my kids. He was blown away and spread it around the office. I'm now like some kind of father of the decade at work. I seriously think I'm going to get an advanced leadership opportunity out of it. I've been flabergasted by the reaction. I just assumed everyone did that. Obviously not, Figured I'd share here just in case it helps.

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Just got back from a roughly 10,000 mile road trip with my son who turned 17 on the road. Drove our truck camper to Alaska including using a ferry to see the inside passage from Prince Reuport, BC to Juneau then drove off for a few days then caught it up to Skagway then drove the interior of Alaska, down to the Kenai Penninsula including catching our limit of Sockeye. From there, on a whim we decide to add an extra 1,500 miles or so which took us to Seattle, the whole coast of Oregon, family in central and Southern California where we surfed then back home to Missouri.

What an epic trip. We stayed in a lot of free places like Wal Mart parking lots, we hit a moose broadside in the Yukon (amazingly avoiding major mechanical damage to the rig) my son was served beer as a 16 year old, by a 15 year old worker (again in the Yukon where apparently you can do whatever you can get away with) and we generally had an amazing trip.

We drove a 2002 F250 diesel truck tuned with a new chip, air intake and exhaust, added air bags and new shocks as an upgrade. We carried a 2006 Lance truck camper with built in propane generator, wet bath, microwave, AC, etc. I freaking love this camper.

I’m sure there are other epic trips out there I’d like to hear about.

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Brentwood (TN) Brentwood Academy

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The league has been renewed, so you should be able to login. If there are any problems, or you no longer want to be in the league, please let me know.

Draft Date & Time - TBD

Rosters
QB
RB
RB
WR
WR
RB/WR
TE
K
D
7 Bench Players

Scoring

Passing:
1 Point for every 30 Yards
6 Points for every TD
-2 Points for every INT
2 Points for 2 Point Conversion

Rushing:
1 Point for every 10 Yards
6 Points for every TD
2 Points for 2 Point Conversion
-2 Points for Fumble Lost

Receiving:
1 Point for every reception
1 Point for every 10 Yards
6 Points for every TD
2 Points for 2 Point Conversion

Kicking:
0-49 Yards: 3 Points
50+ Yards: 5 Points
PATs: 1 Point

Defense/Special Teams:
Defensive TDs: 6 points
Punt Return TDs: 6 points (for the player that makes the actual return)
Kickoff Return TDs: 6 points (for the player that makes the actual return)
Safeties: 2 points
Fumbles: 2 points
Interceptions: 2 points
Sacks: 1 point
0 Points allowed: 10 points
2-6 Points allowed: 8 points
7-10 Points allowed: 5 points
11-13 Points allowed: 5 points
14-21 Points allowed: 2 points
22-28 Points allowed: 0 points
29-34 Points allowed: -2 points
35+ Points allowed: -5 points

The Defense/Special Team will no longer get the points for returned punt/kickoff TDs. Only the player that makes the actual return will get the points. The Defense will still get points for returned fumble/INTs.

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Weeks 11, 12 & 13

Eight Big Ten teams land on NCAA.com’s preseason top 25 poll
BTN.com staff via Big Ten Network

NCAA.com released its preseason top 25 poll Monday, and eight Big Ten teams made the cut. No. 3 Ohio State, the two-time defending Big Ten champ, paces the conference. See the full poll inside.

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You'd think the internet would be a good place to start, but no.

I have compared the current rosters for Ohio State and Michigan to see which is more talented, and by how much. I used the 247 Composite rating for each player. Of course, I could not factor player development into the equation, so lets just assume that it is equal for both teams (although I suspect that Ohio State does a better job of player development despite [spoiler alert!] having much better talent to begin with).

A quick glance at the charts should tell you all you need to know: There is lots of scarlet at the top and lots of blue at the bottom.

No.	Player..............................	Position	247 Composite
1	Justin Fields	QB	1.0000
2	Shea Patterson	QB	0.9982
3	Nicholas Petit-Frere	OL	0.9963
4	Chase Young	DL	0.9957
5	Jeffrey Okudah	DB	0.9955
6	Baron Browning	LB	0.9940
7	Zach Harrison	DL	0.9933
8	Daxton Hill	DB	0.9927
9	Donovan Peoples-Jones	WR	0.9925
10	Shaun Wade	DB	0.9904
11	Garrett Wilson	WR	0.9903
12	Taron Vincent	DL	0.9884
13	Wyatt Davis	OL	0.9876
13	Tyreke Johnson	DB	0.9876
15	Harry Miller	OL	0.9868
16	Chris Hinton	DL	0.9867
17	Justin Hilliard	LB	0.9851
18	Jaelen Gill	RB	0.9831
19	Tyreke Smith	DL	0.9816
20	Jonathon Cooper	DL	0.9811
21	Jeremy Ruckert	TE	0.9810
22	Ben Bredeson	OL	0.9799
23	J.K. Dobbins	RB	0.9791
24	Cesar Ruiz	OL	0.9786
25	Teradja Mitchell	LB	0.9771
26	Demario McCall	RB	0.9767
27	Zach Charbonnet	RB	0.9760
28	Josh Myers	OL	0.9757
29	Luiji Vilain	DL	0.9734
30	Tommy Togiai	DL	0.9721
31	Isaiah Pryor	DB	0.9712
32	Haskell Garrett	DL	0.9678
33	Matthew Jones	OL	0.9652
34	Austin Mack	WR	0.9649
35	Josh Proctor	DB	0.9640
36	Kamryn Babb	WR	0.9629
37	Jameson Williams	WR	0.9621
38	Ambry Thomas	DB	0.9583
39	Michael Onwenu	OL	0.9571
40	Jashon Cornell	DL	0.9563
41	Tyler Friday	DL	0.9560
42	Binjimen Victor	WR	0.9546
43	Mazi Smith	DL	0.9536
44	Trente Jones	OL	0.9512
45	Jordan Anthony	LB	0.9510
46	Cade Stover	LB	0.9507
47	Jonah Jackson	OL	0.9500
48	Aidan Hutchinson	DL	0.9498
49	Ronnie Hickman	DB	0.9485
50	Cameron McGrone	LB	0.9481

No.	Player..............................	Position	247 Composite
51	Chuck Filiaga	OL	0.9475
52	Max Wray	OL	0.9473
53	Tarik Black	WR	0.9454
54	Enokk Vimahi	OL	0.9445
55	Jake Hausmann	TE	0.9439
56	Dylan McCaffrey	QB	0.9435
57	Brendon White	DB	0.9421
58	Lavert Hill	DB	0.9409
59	Jordan Fuller	DB	0.9403
60	Nico Collins	WR	0.9378
61	K.J. Hill	WR	0.9330
62	Dallas Gant	LB	0.9322
63	Mustapha Muhammad	TE	0.9318
64	Nolan Rumler	OL	0.9295
65	Cornelius Johnson	WR	0.9294
66	Trevor Keegan	OL	0.9288
67	Antwuan Jackson	DL	0.9260
68	Jaylen Harris	WR	0.9254
69	Marcus Williamson	DB	0.9250
70	Amir Riep	DB	0.9243
71	Luke Farrell	TE	0.9233
72	Joe Milton	QB	0.9202
73	Jalen Perry	DB	0.9186
74	Josh Ross	LB	0.9184
75	K'Vaughan Pope	LB	0.9170
76	Javontae Jean-Baptiste	DL	0.9168
77	Sevyn Banks	DB	0.9166
78	Anthony Solomon	LB	0.9137
79	Master Teague III	RB	0.9132
80	Steele Chambers	ATH	0.9126
81	Jerron Cage	DL	0.9105
82	Jaylen Kelly-Powell	DB	0.9071
83	Jalen Mayfield	OL	0.9062
84	Karsen Barnhart	OL	0.9057
85	Cade McNamara	QB	0.9052
86	Ryan Jacoby	OL	0.9031
87	Giles Jackson	WR	0.9004
88	Pete Werner	LB	0.8994
89	David Ojabo	DL	0.8986
90	Thayer Munford	OL	0.8985
91	Quinten Johnson	DB	0.8982
92	Cameron Brown	ATH	0.8971
92	Donovan Jeter	DL	0.8971
94	Tommy Eichenberg	LB	0.8966
95	Noah Potter	DL	0.8958
95	Ryan Hayes	OL	0.8958
97	Carlo Kemp	DL	0.8954
98	Erick All	TE	0.8937
99	Tuf Borland	LB	0.8933
100	Marcus Crowley	RB	0.8917

No.	Player..............................	Position	247 Composite
101	Nick Eubanks	TE	0.8893
102	Gemon Green	DB	0.8891
102	Mike Morris	DL	0.8891
104	D.J. Turner	DB	0.8888
105	Chris Olave	WR	0.8875
106	Andrew Steuber	OL	0.8860
107	J'Marick Woods	DB	0.8838
108	Khaleke Hudson	LB	0.8819
109	Charles Thomas	LB	0.8810
110	Mike Danna	DL	0.8800
111	Gavin Cupp	OL	0.8791
112	Christian Turner	RB	0.8784
113	Brad Hawkins	DB	0.8783
114	Zach Carpenter	OL	0.8776
115	Joel Honigford	OL	0.8761
116	Jack Stewart	OL	0.8756
116	Bryson Shaw	DB	0.8756
118	Cormontae Hamilton	TE	0.8754
119	Mike Sainristil	WR	0.8743
120	Taylor Upshaw	DL	0.8742
121	Craig Young	ATH	0.8735
122	Sammy Faustin	DB	0.8729
123	Phillip Paea	DL	0.8721
124	Robert Landers	DL	0.8719
125	Alex Williams	DL	0.8713
126	Ben Van Sumeren	OL	0.8709
127	Marcus Hooker	DB	0.8701
128	Kwity Paye	DL	0.8696
129	Julius Welschof	DL	0.8694
130	Vincent Gray	DB	0.8667
131	Branden Bowen	OL	0.8666
132	Jaden McKenzie	DL	0.8661
133	Josh Alabi	OL	0.8655
133	Gabe Newburg	DL	0.8655
135	Michael Barrett	LB	0.8635
136	Luke Schoonmaker	TE	0.8614
137	George Johnson III	ATH	0.8601
138	Damon Arnette	DB	0.8596
139	Rashod Berry	TE	0.8568
139	Malik Harrison	LB	0.8568
141	Quintel Kent	WR	0.8564
142	Josh Uche	DL	0.8558
143	Stephen Spanellis	OL	0.8543
144	Josh Metellus	DB	0.8540
145	Hassan Haskins	RB	0.8539
146	Joey Velasquez	DB	0.8531
147	Dawand Jones	OL	0.8527
148	Ellijah Gardiner	WR	0.8518
149	Ben Mason	FB	0.8510
150	Sean McKeon	TE	0.8493
151	Gunnar Hoak	QB	0.8485
151	Jahsen Wint	DB	0.8485
153	Davon Hamilton	DL	0.8457
154	Michael Dwumfour	DL	0.8453
155	German Green	DB	0.8444
156	Devin Gil	LB	0.8428
157	John Runyon	OL	0.8402
158	Ronnie Bell	WR	0.8349

Here are the top 50 players broken down into groups of ten:

01-10: Ohio State 7, Michigan 3
11-20: Ohio State 9, Michigan 1
21-30: Ohio State 6, Michigan 4
31-40: Ohio State 8, Michigan 2
41-50: Ohio State 5, Michigan 5

So Ohio State has 35 of the top 50 players (70%), while Michigan has only 15 (30%). It is very difficult to beat a team when your opponent has more than twice as many top end players as you do, and that is exactly the position in which Michigan finds itself. In football terms, Ohio State can field an entire team of 22 players, plus 13 reserves, from top-50 recruits, while Michigan can barely field a single unit (offense or defense) from top-50 recruits.

Things get a little bit better for Michigan in the second 50 players:

51--60: Ohio State 5, Michigan 5
61--70: Ohio State 6, Michigan 4
71--80: Ohio State 6, Michigan 4
81--90: Michigan 6, Ohio State 4
91-100: Ohio State 5, Michigan 5

In the second group of 50 players, Ohio State still holds a slight edge, 26 to 24, or 52% to 48%. Among the top-100 players, Ohio State has 61 while Michigan has only 39. Note that Ohio State has almost as many top-50 players (35) as Michigan has top-100 players (39).

Michigan owns the rest of the chart, which is not a good thing. Of the bottom 58 players, 39 (67%) belong to Michigan, while only 19 (33%) are with Ohio State. (Note that place kickers, punters, long snappers are not rated).

Ohio State has 80 players on the chart, while Michigan has 78 players. Here's how the two teams compare by percentage of players in the top-50, second-50, and bottom-58:

Program	Top-50	2nd-50	Bottom-76
Ohio State Buckeyes	35/80 (43.75%)	26/80 (32.50%)	19/80 (23.75%)
Michigan Wolverines	15/78 (19.25%)	24/78 (30.75%)	39/78 (50.00%)

Here's another way to look at this: Each team has roughly the same number of players on its current roster (80 for Ohio State, 78 for Michigan). The midpoint player for Ohio State is #40, for Michigan #39. Ohio State's #40 player is Jordan Fuller (0.9403 rating), who places at #59 overall (37th percentile). Michigan's #39 player is Erick All (0.8937 rating), who places at #98 overall (62nd percentile).

Finally, the average rating for Ohio State's players is .9308, and the average rating for Michigan's players is .9020. To people who don't know recruiting, three points might not seem like a huge talent gap. However, take your favorite football simulator game; give every player on one team a score of 93; give every player on the other team a score of 90; play fifteen games, and see which team wins fourteen of them.

BTN Prepares for the 2019 Big Ten Football Season
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Ahead of the Big Ten Network’s 13th football season, BTN president François McGillicuddy today shared the network’s perspective on the 2019 season at Big Ten Football media days. “We are responsible for representing all Big Ten institutions across more than 40 games and over 750 hours of programming during 14 weeks of the 2019 Big Ten Football regular season,” said McGillicuddy. “To do that, our focus will be on three things –production of quality live games, compelling storytelling about the Big Ten Conference and the most expert Big Ten analysis.” The following updates were also provided: FOX Sports App Beginning

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The off season is long and boring and we're all caught in a rut of scrounging through morsels of recruiting news, praying for trash talk out of conference media days and laughing at Dan Mullen.

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How about we actually talk about what's going to happen in the 2019 season? In responding to this thread, please give the three things you are most certain about (ICL's) and three things crazy things you think COULD happen if circumstances were right (WADI's). Pictures are always welcome!


ICL's:




1). Guz Malzahn is going to get fired. Don't care about his contract or money owed, his ass is getting canned.

2). Notre Dame will lose four games (including Week 4) and Brian Kelly will leave of his own free will

3). Oklahoma will not make the CFP


WADI's:



1). Brent Venables is everybody's pick to replace Dabo when Dabo takes the Bama job after Saban retires. What if Southern Cal says fuck all that and makes him the Coach at the end of this year?

2). I think Indiana wins 8 games this year. Including Michigan State

3). Somebody is gonna hire the fired Maryland head coach DJ Durkin and make him their OC. It will be a bad day for a once proud program.

Big Ten writers predict Michigan to win 2019 Big Ten football title
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Michigan, for the first time since 2004, will be Big Ten champions, according to cleveland.com's ninth annual preseason Big Ten football predictions.

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