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Devin McCuin
Position: WR
Weight: 195 lbs
Height: 6-0
Class: Senior
Hometown: Jacksonville, Texas

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Former UTSA Wide Receiver Devin McCuin Transfers to Ohio State​

A 6-foot, 195-pound receiver, McCuin has caught 152 passes for 1,696 yards and 16 touchdowns across three seasons with the Roadrunners, including 65 receptions for 726 yards and eight touchdowns in 2025. He’ll bring a jolt of speed to Ohio State’s wide receiver room, as he was timed at 4.37 seconds in the 40-yard dash and 10.28 seconds in the 100-meter dash in high school.

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Just sayin': It looks like Ohio State is looking for a Jersey patch sponsor for 2026....


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Ohio State Planning to Sell Jersey Patch Sponsorship As Part of New Deal with Learfield​

Sponsored jersey patches could be coming soon to Ohio State’s uniforms.

As part of its announcement on Wednesday that it had agreed to a multimedia rights contract extension with Ohio State, Learfield revealed that Ohio State is “engaging brands that are highly interested in pursuing a jersey patch partnership with Ohio State in anticipation of the NCAA rule change.”

“As one of the most celebrated schools in college athletics, boasting 36 sports, a jersey patch opportunity with Ohio State would represent one of the most highly coveted sponsor partnerships in college sports,” Learfield wrote in its news release.

Sponsored jersey patches could be coming to college sports as soon as the 2026-27 season. Sports Business Journal reported last week that the NCAA’s Division I Cabinet is slated to discuss allowing sponsored jersey patches during competition at next week’s NCAA Convention. While no vote on the potential rule change has been scheduled yet, there is “optimism” that sponsored jersey patches will be allowed next season, according to SBJ.

Multiple schools have already sold jersey patch sponsorships in anticipation of the change. LSU agreed to a jersey patch deal with Woodside Energy* in October, while UNLV announced last month that it had struck a deal with Acesso Biologics to be its first official jersey patch partner.

Wednesday’s announcement comes as part of a contract extension between Ohio State and Learfield, a college sports marketing company that works with many of the biggest brands in college sports. Per SBJ, Ohio State’s new deal with Learfield “includes a three-year extension through 2036 and will see the parties enter a revenue sharing relationship designed for Ohio State and Learfield to capitalize on one of college sports’ most prominent brands and sponsorship machines.”

“It’s a critical juncture in college athletics, and this is the ideal time to lock arms with Learfield, to continue to provide best in class opportunities and lead Ohio State Athletics for a long time into the future,” Ohio State athletic director Ross Bjork said in a statement. “Learfield’s expertise brings a full range of capabilities that allow us to continue to maximize the largest sponsorship program in the country through even more commercial activity that impacts revenue and further capitalize through innovative sponsorships and NIL strategies, which help strengthen our entire athletics program. We are proud to continue our long-term affiliation and transformational partnership with Learfield and continue to maximize the Ohio State brand power here in Ohio and across the country.”
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* https://frontofficesports.com/lsu-signs-multimillion-dollar-jersey-patch-deal-before-ncaa-approval/

LSU Signs Multimillion-Dollar Jersey Patch Deal Before NCAA Approval​

Just sayin': Silly me, I thought Nike was the jersey sponsor. In addition to the B1G patch, you play in a bowl game like the Cotton Bowl, now you have a Goodyear patch. Before too long the jerseys are going to look like something in NASCAR...... OK, besides "Chico's Bail Bonds"... who do you think would be a good jersey patch sponsor?

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Class: 2027
Position: WR
School: New Orleans (LA) Brother Martin
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185 lbs

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Bucks welcome in undefeated Nebraska Monday Night

Can the Buckeyes be #1 in scoring defense for a third straight year?

The Buckeyes open by hosting the Ball State Cardinals, a team they have never faced before.

Ball State was 4-8 in 2025. They finished the shortened 2020 season at 7-1 after achieving their first and only bowl victory that year over San Jose State, and actually finished at #23 in the AP poll. Since then they have had 5 straight losing seasons.

In 2008 they were 12-2 under Brady Hoke, who then went to San Diego State for 2 seasons before getting the head job for TTUN.

The Buckeyes head to DKR to face the Longhorns and the Arch Manning hype machine, the teams will be meeting for the third straight season.

tOSU leads the all-time series 3-2, winning both previous contests in that state, in 2006 at DKR and at JerryWorld during the 2024 postseason run.

The Golden Flashes visit C-Bus for the 4th time.

The combined score of the 3 previous matchups is 155-20, most recently a 66-0 drubbing in 2014.

The Buckeyes head to Bloomington to take on the Hoosiers and 2-time AP COY Curt Cignetti.

The Ducks visit Columbus for the first time as conference opponents in the ‘Shoe.

Their last visit was a 35-28 win over tOSU in 2021.

Recent B1G addition Southern California hosts the Buckeyes at The Coliseum for the first time since 2008.

The Trojans lead the all-time series 13-10-1. The Buckeye win at JerryWorld in December, 2017 ended a string of 7 straight losses.

Bret Bielema leads the Fighting Illini into C-Bus.

The Buckeyes have won 10 straight in the series since the Juice Williams game in 2007.

The Buckeyes head to Kinniick for the first time since 2017.

That was the year they started the tradition of The Wave toward the Children’s Hospital, and a painful 24-55 result on the field.

‘Cats come to Columbus for the first time since 2016.

Since that 24-20 Buckeye win 10 years ago, the teams have met twice in Evanston, twice in Indy, and at Wrigley Field in 2024,

Buckeyes travel to Lincoln.

The Terps will come to the Shoe.

The date and time of The Game haven’t been officially announced yet; I’m assuming it won’t get moved this year.

TampaBuckeyes said:

Didn’t watch the games yesterday but looking at the scores I think we have enough data points on rest vs rust.

Next year should be 16 and get rid of the byes. Indiana just has an underdog mindset that keeps them focused. Only top-4 seed to make it out of 8 so far.

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What will the College Football Playoff look like in 2026? The primary options as deadline nears​

Updated Jan. 2, 2026



With an extra six weeks to talk about it, the administrators who oversee the College Football Playoff are making one last push to expand the postseason format in time for the 2026 season.

ESPN gave the CFP management committee a reprieve by extending a Dec. 1 deadline to inform the network of just how many Playoff games will be played next season to Jan. 23. The deadline will not be extended again.

The options haven’t changed much since late summer:

• Stay at a 12-team field with five spots for the highest-ranked conference champions, which is the default if consensus on an expansion plan cannot be reached.
• Expand to 16 teams next year by adding four at-large spots to the current bracket.
• Expand to 24 teams, which would require more than one year’s notice to implement.

Agreement between the SEC and Big Ten — essential for any change — remains uncertain, but a couple of potential compromises could provide a path to resolution and a larger Playoff for the 2026 season.

If the Big Ten is willing to back away from the field mostly being set via automatic qualifiers — which the league appears to be now, people familiar with the direction of discussions believe — maybe the SEC would be open to doubling the size of the field within the next two or three years?

The Athletic spoke to several people involved in or briefed on the discussions to get an idea of where the possibility of expansion stands heading toward a pivotal in-person gathering of CFP officials, the day before the Jan. 19 national championship game in South Florida.

The odds of expansion seem to be increasing, but this is still very much an active negotiation.

“Expansion is a necessity,” one person familiar with the discussions said. “The question is when and how?”

The SEC has made where it stands more than clear over the last month or so, from commissioner Greg Sankey to Mississippi State president Mark Keenum, who heads the CFP’s board of managers. The SEC wants a 16-team Playoff with as few spots dedicated to automatic qualifiers (AQs) as possible.
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Expanding the Playoff to 24 teams would be complicated, starting with the elimination of conference championship games and the reworking of TV contracts that include them, and it is not something college football could flip the switch on less than a year out from the 2026 season. Realistically, the soonest a postseason of that size could be implemented would be the 2027 season, but there is at least some interest beyond Big Ten country.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark publicly acknowledged being intrigued by 24. The components of the model, which would de-emphasize the selection committee and create a more clearly defined path to qualification through conference play, address a lot of common complaints about the current format and the changing standards of success in major college football.

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Just sayin': Might as well just go to 16 teams. If they had 16 teams this year; #11 Notre Dame, #12 BYU, #13 Texas, and #14 Vanderbilt would have gotten in; and in lieu of Notre Dame and Texas, #15 Utah and #16 USC would be bitching....

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Class: 2026
Position: K
School: Pittsburgh (PA) Upper St. Clair
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 165 lbs

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Former Ohio State star sends Ryan Day some important transfer portal advice after Cotton Bowl loss to Miami​

The former Buckeyes star wants a major change made in how the team attacks the transfer portal this year.

Fresh off a frustrating Cotton Bowl loss to the Miami Hurricanes, the Ohio State Buckeyes staff has plenty to do this offseason. It was an impressive campaign for much of the regular season for them, but the ultimate goal was not achieved. They fell short, and clear holes on the roster made a massive difference in the end for OSU.

The transfer portal will play a key role in creating another dominant roster for the Buckeyes in 2026, but an underrated need is already getting pointed out as one that must be addressed in an impactful way by Ohio State’s staff and NIL plan.

Fresh off a frustrating Cotton Bowl loss to the Miami Hurricanes, the Ohio State Buckeyes staff has plenty to do this offseason. It was an impressive campaign for much of the regular season for them, but the ultimate goal was not achieved. They fell short, and clear holes on the roster made a massive difference in the end for OSU.

The transfer portal will play a key role in creating another dominant roster for the Buckeyes in 2026, but an underrated need is already getting pointed out as one that must be addressed in an impactful way by Ohio State’s staff and NIL plan.

Garrett Wilson pushes Ohio State to find top kicker after loss to Miami​

Former Buckeyes wide receiver and first-round pick of the New York Jets Garrett Wilson was understandably concerned with the inconsistency on special teams this season for Ohio State. He made that clear on social media, placing some pressure on head coach Ryan Day to go “big fish hunting” at kicker.

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Just sayin': So far here are the kickers in the transfer portal....


Does anybody actually stand out as a "top kicker"?

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