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Other programs tampering with UConn's players, Mora says​

UConn coach Jim Mora plans to "pursue all avenues" against teams that tamper with Huskies players, warning such teams to "think hard before you tamper with our players."

Mora posted on social media Monday, hours before star defensive lineman Pryce Yates re-entered the transfer portal. Yates, a three-year starter with 29.5 career tackles for loss, initially entered the portal Dec. 13 before withdrawing Dec. 21 and posting a social media graphic that indicated his intention to return for the 2025 season.

Yates, a redshirt junior from San Antonio, Texas, earned defensive MVP honors Saturday in the Wasabi Fenway Bowl, recording a sack and three tackles for loss in UConn's 27-14 win against North Carolina. Yates led UConn with 14 tackles for loss in 2023 and had 12.5 career sacks, including 3.5 this season despite being limited to seven games because of injury.

"A simple note to the schools and coaches that have blatantly broken @NCAAFootball rules by tampering with our players in the last 24 hours," Mora wrote Monday on X. "We do know who you are, we will pursue all avenues to hold you accountable. We are excited that we've built a program where coaches have to cheat to beat us and we will protect that program. Think hard before you tamper with our players."

Mora later wrote in response to a post that he doesn't know how to fix the tampering issue in college football, but that "we will expose any program and coach that violates" NCAA rules. He added: "I'm 100 percent against grown men cheating the rules and teaching players horrible life lessons."

Just sayin':

1) With NIL and the transfer portal, college football recruiting has radically changed. Many players' loyalty is now to the most NIL dollars and not to any specific team. I seriously doubt that the NCAA knows how to fix it either (other than just abolishing the tampering rules....).

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Re: "I'm 100 percent against grown men cheating the rules and teaching players horrible life lessons."

2) I'm just thankful/glad that the NCAA (as incompetent as they are) actually caught the "cheats up north" for cheating the the last 3 years.

iowa vs missouri

The Longhorns visit the ‘Shoe for the first time since their Vince Young-led 2005 team won 25-22 on their way to the National Title. There is a chance this will be a matchup of the preseason #1 and #2 teams.

The Buckeyes evened the series by winning at DKR in 2006, with James Laurinaitis, Teddy Ginn, and Troy Smith leading the way.

Prior to the glorious CFP Cotton Bowl game last January, the only other matchup was a 21-24 Fiesta Bowl loss in Glendale after the 2008 season, when Terrelle Pryor was a freshman and Colt McCoy was a junior who had just won the Walter Camp POY Award.

The most recent Buckeye victory, sealed by Jack Sawyer‘s 83-yard play for the ages, once again tied the series at 2-2.

The Buckeyes host a first-time opponent, FCS Grambling State, who play in the SWAC. The Tigers were coached by the legendary Eddie Robinson, who led them to 408 victories from 1941 to 1997 (minus the WWII years of 1942/43).

Grambling has more NFL Hall of Famers than any of these schools:

Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Ole Miss, Tennessee, and Texas A&M.

When defending MAC Champion Ohio comes to play in Ohio Stadium, are they not the home team?

The most recent visit was a 43-7 Buckeye win in 2010.

The Buckeyes get a BYE after playing only 3 games.

Following a Bye week, the Buckeyes head to Seattle to face the Huskies as a conference opponent for the first time.

The most recent meeting was the Rose Bowl following the 2018 season, a 28-23 Buckeye victory in Urban Meyer’s final game as head coach.

The last time tOSU went to Husky Stadium resulted in a 33-20 Buckeye victory in 2007.

The Golden Gophers visit the ‘Shoe trying to snap the Buckeyes streak of 13 straight in the series. That most recent Minny win was in Columbus during John Cooper’s final season in 2000.

Buckeyes head to the wind tunnel in Champaign, having won 9 straight in the series since the ‘Juice Williams’ game in 2007.

The last meeting in Champaign was back in 2015, since the 2020 contest was dropped due to Covid.

Buckeyes head to Camp Randall having won 10 straight in the series since the Badgers knocked off the #1 Buckeyes up there in 2010.

Of course, one of those 10 wins was by the score of 59-0.

Series.history (only since 1989)

Buckeyes get their second test of the season against undefeated BYE.

Pedsters come to the ‘Shoe with the Buckeyes coming off a bye week.

Buckeyes head to West Lafayette 1 day prior to the 23rd anniversary of Holy Buckeye.

Bruins come to Columbus for the first time as a conference opponent.

The overall series is 4-4-1. The Buckeyes are 2-1-1 in Columbus, winning the last such matchup 42-20 in 1999.

The most recent meeting was in Sept. 2001; in Jim Tressel’s second game as head coach the Buckeyes lost in Pasadena 13-6, with their only score coming on a blocked punt.

The only time these teams met in the postseason was the brutal 23-10 loss to the Dick Vermeil-coached, John Sciarra-QB‘ed team in the Rose Bowl after the 1975 season, during which the Buckeyes had defeated that Bruins team 41-20 in LA (correction) in early October. That loss was in Archie Griffin’s final game, and it cost the Buckeyes the National Title the last time Woody Hayes had a shot at winning another one.

The last home game of the year, unless the Buckeyes host a CFP game again.

Can’t get here soon enough. The ‘how many days’ counter is way too high.

In case anyone is interested, this private tracker has open registrations for a few days. It has a lot of sports - not just college football. It is private though, so you have to figure out ratio and long-term seeding. https://sportscult.org

Also if you aren't aware, TYT has been open and freeleech for a few years now. https://talk.tenyardtracker.com

In addition to seeding the public seeds posted here, I usually seed the OSU football games on both of these sites.

Game Thread, as the Sycamores visit Columbus on Sunday. The teams have never met.

Indiana State is 8-4, have won 5 straight and have started off 2-0 in the Missouri Valley.

They shoot a lot of 3‘s, making 11 per game, but also commit almost 15 turnovers per game.

ISU.link

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While watching the Hawaii Bowl I thought of USF and the area of Tampa where its main campus is located and remembered this gem of a livestream in Suitcase City.

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Welcome to the BMW Game thread.
For those not present over the last month, this thread is for those that want to Bitch/Moan/Whine (BMW) during the Rose Bowl.
I recommend that we nominate @AuTX Buckeye as the thread monitor.
Tagging @BB73 @LordJeffBuck if they feel this is worthy of a pinned thread.

Welcome to the Buckeye Family, Ethan!



6’6”, 345 pound transfer from Rice. He committed this morning and will have 1 year of eligibility at tOSU.

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Onianwa visited Columbus on Dec. 15 and also was interested in Iowa, Texas A&M, Florida State and Oklahoma. The 6-foot-6, 345-pound offensive tackle has been a three-year starter for Rice, primarily playing right tackle for the Owls. He'll have one season of eligibility remaining.

Per Pro Football Focus’ grades, Onianwa earned an overall grade of 74.6 and a pass-blocking grade of 79.3 in 2024. He only allowed one sack on 350 pass-blocking snaps last season. Per 247Sports' transfer rankings, Ethan Onianwa is considered the No. 13 offensive tackle on the transfer market. He was a three-star prospect as a recruit in the 2021 recruiting class.

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Former Purdue TE

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