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2027 CA QB Brady Edmunds is a Buckeye!!!

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Oh! This game is just for top players in general, ALONG with the top Polynesian players

Here's just a synopsis of last year's game. Some very familiar names, that are in no way Poly :lol:
https://www.polynesianbowl.com/the-game/2025
The 2025 Polynesian Bowl was played at Kūnuiākea Stadium on the Kamehameha Kapālama campus on Friday, January 17. Team Makai (Ocean, blue jerseys) came away with a 28-21 victory over Team Mauka (Mountain, white jerseys) which was broadcast live on NFL Network.

Strong play by co-offensive MVP QB Husan Longstreet, co-offensive MVP WR Dakorien Moore, and defensive MVP DL Deuce Geralds helped the Gary Kubiak-coached Team Makai to a 28-21 win over Jim Caldwell-coached Team Mauka in the 2025 Polynesian Bowl.

In the first quarter, Team Mauka QB Jaron Sagapolutele drove down the field and threw a TD to WR Winston Watkins. Watkins then caught another TD in the second quarter to tie the game 14-14. Team Makai had a 21-14 lead at halftime with WR Dakorien Moore, WR Donovan Olugbode and TE Dasaahn Brame catching early TDs . Late in the second half, Team Makai QB Husan Longstreet threw his fourth TD in a circus catch to Dakorien Moore. Defensive MVP Deuce Geralds had 3 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss to help Team Makai cap off the victory.
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TDunk said:
As a kid of the Cooper years, that always seemed to be the missing ingredient. Hoying was the first QB that was above decent.

Edit: Frey had his moments. But this run is ridiculous
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The Cooper years were definitely missing the dynamic QB element.

Frey - First QB I can really recall in my Buckeye fandom and most of the memories are not great. Had some good games here & there, but overall he wasn't good.

Graham/Herbstreit - I remember them sharing time for a year and they were not good. Herbstreit took over for a year and sucked.

Hoying - I recall him sharing time w/Bret Powers early and they were meh. Hoying got better as time went on and he was pretty dynamic by his Sr year.

Jackson/Germaine - I get splitting them in '96, but I always wish Coop would have just went with Joe in '97. Think we would have been much better off. Joe was really good in '98.

Bellisari - Still cannot believe we couldn't find someone better than him for 3 years. That was an exceptionally bleak time.

So, yeah, QB play wasn't great under Coop as a whole. I think the biggest missed opportunity was 1997 when he insisted on playing Stanley when Joe was clearly the better QB. Not recruiting anybody better than Bellisari for 3 years was a sin.

We really didn't get consistently dynamic at the QB position until Troy took over fulltime in 2005. Krenzel was gritty as hell and a winner, but I don't think you win with him today. Zwick was the first "uber recruit" QB commit I remember at tOSU but he never lived up to his billing. Troy reshaped the position for us. Had a bridge in Boeckman to Pryor. Since then, the run has been pretty amazing. Pryor - Miller - Cardale/Barrett - Haskins - Fields - Stroud - McCord (hiccup) - Will. Now it seems every year we're bringing in an elite prospect.

Crazy to contrast our current run with what we had in the 1990s through the mid 2000's.
 
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NFBuck said:
The Cooper years were definitely missing the dynamic QB element.

Frey - First QB I can really recall in my Buckeye fandom and most of the memories are not great. Had some good games here & there, but overall he wasn't good.

Graham/Herbstreit - I remember them sharing time for a year and they were not good. Herbstreit took over for a year and sucked.

Hoying - I recall him sharing time w/Bret Powers early and they were meh. Hoying got better as time went on and he was pretty dynamic by his Sr year.

Jackson/Germaine - I get splitting them in '96, but I always wish Coop would have just went with Joe in '97. Think we would have been much better off. Joe was really good in '98.

Bellisari - Still cannot believe we couldn't find someone better than him for 3 years. That was an exceptionally bleak time.

So, yeah, QB play wasn't great under Coop as a whole. I think the biggest missed opportunity was 1997 when he insisted on playing Stanley when Joe was clearly the better QB. Not recruiting anybody better than Bellisari for 3 years was a sin.

We really didn't get consistently dynamic at the QB position until Troy took over fulltime in 2005. Krenzel was gritty as hell and a winner, but I don't think you win with him today. Zwick was the first "uber recruit" QB commit I remember at tOSU but he never lived up to his billing. Troy reshaped the position for us. Had a bridge in Boeckman to Pryor. Since then, the run has been pretty amazing. Pryor - Miller - Cardale/Barrett - Haskins - Fields - Stroud - McCord (hiccup) - Will. Now it seems every year we're bringing in an elite prospect.

Crazy to contrast our current run with what we had in the 1990s through the mid 2000's.
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It was a different day though. in the 90's you could still win with a game manager and a dominant running game. It was the same model as the previous 40+ years.

QB's and WR's are the today version of a dominant RB from back then imo. OSU got on top of the national heap with good QB play as QB became the most important position on the field. Which leads us back to Brady Edmunds being the next great QB at OSU.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
It was a different day though. in the 90's you could still win with a game manager and a dominant running game. It was the same model as the previous 40+ years.

QB's and WR's are the today version of a dominant RB from back then imo. OSU got on top of the national heap with good QB play as QB became the most important position on the field. Which leads us back to Brady Edmunds being the next great QB at OSU.
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For sure. Look at Hoying & Germaine's numbers. By today's standards, they're very pedestrian, but at the time they were elite. Things definitely shifted to more QB-centric in the early 2010s. You could win NCs in the 1990s/2000s without a dynamic QB:
Colorado, Washington, Alabama, tCun, Tennessee in the 1990s all won with an emphasis on defense and the running game. In the 2000s, tOSU, LSU x2 and Bama in 2009 all won with the same model. By the 2010s, QB play emerged as the dominant piece of the puzzle.

But at the same time, a great QB could have certainly made those early 1990s tOSU teams much, much better. And I think if Cooper had just unleashed Germaine instead of splitting him with Jackson, our 1997 team would have been in the NC hunt instead of just a pretty good 10-3 team.
 
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NFBuck said:
For sure. Look at Hoying & Germaine's numbers. By today's standards, they're very pedestrian, but at the time they were elite. Things definitely shifted to more QB-centric in the early 2010s. You could win NCs in the 1990s/2000s without a dynamic QB:
Colorado, Washington, Alabama, tCun, Tennessee in the 1990s all won with an emphasis on defense and the running game. In the 2000s, tOSU, LSU x2 and Bama in 2009 all won with the same model. By the 2010s, QB play emerged as the dominant piece of the puzzle.

But at the same time, a great QB could have certainly made those early 1990s tOSU teams much, much better. And I think if Cooper had just unleashed Germaine instead of splitting him with Jackson, our 1997 team would have been in the NC hunt instead of just a pretty good 10-3 team.
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Heck, look at Troy's numbers. They look laughable for a QB
 
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Not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread, but is there any possibility/need for him to reclassify to 26?

It seems the OSU coaches prefer players not to reclassify and I am not hoping Brady does, I am just curious if it has come up.
 
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BuckBackHome said:
Not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread, but is there any possibility/need for him to reclassify to 26?

It seems the OSU coaches prefer players not to reclassify and I am not hoping Brady does, I am just curious if it has come up.
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If it has, I'm sure Day has told him not to do it. It can severely mess up his development. And there's no need for him to rush the process. Guys who are reclassifying are doing mainly to fast start their NIL earnings. Brady doesn't strike me as the kid that needs to do that and can work on his craft in a HS environment a little longer
 
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pnuts34 said:
If it has, I'm sure Day has told him not to do it. It can severely mess up his development. And there's no need for him to rush the process. Guys who are reclassifying are doing mainly to fast start their NIL earnings. Brady doesn't strike me as the kid that needs to do that and can work on his craft in a HS environment a little longer
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Agreed. And while we used to joke about kids reclassifying in the opposite direction, candidly… I think it’s a far better option for most than to go early. Few kids are physically, mentally and emotionally ready to make such a jump at that age. Heck, think of how many kids don’t make it who aren’t balancing the demands of being a D1 athlete.
 
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