That side of me has been riding with the Buckeyes from frustration to joy and back again for over 50 years (‘68 was the first season I remember)

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1968 was the first OSU season for me, too. My first-ever football bet was 50 cents on The Game that year...and we scored 50 points to win. I hope we score 40+ points in the first half against Akron so we can get a lot of the bench players in the game...we're going to need a deep, experienced roster to go all the way to 16-0.

Someone get this man some OSU socks so he can represent for interweb recruiting experts.

One of the best sports rants ever

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Thump said:

24,000 ft. high debris ball near Barnsdall, OK.

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Correction: 30,000ft.

Zurp said:

I wonder... how easy is it to hack into the opposing team's headset? How could that be caught? I know they use this in the NFL, and I can't recall any NFL teams being accused of hacking. So maybe this isn't a thing. But... maybe?

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Probably ought to check with Belicek first.

Dudes a serial killer in the making

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Had no clue that guy had THAT kind of game. He is unconcious in the playoffs.

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Yep that's 3 guys that can go nuclear at any minute, they play great Defense and the role players overachieve. Recipe for Cavs slaughter.

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Stephenson at least hates being embarrassed over and over again.

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Fuck him. Useless solo hr down 5.






Yes Im salty

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I feel blessed that may it have been pure coincidence that in my most difficult times in life I had a dog as a best friend.

Turds

NIL-driven Las Vegas college basketball event with millions paid to schools is nearly finalized​

The 'Players Era Festival' will include eight teams in 2024. In 2025 it's expected to double to 16 teams -- with huge brands​

A one-of-a-kind revolutionary regular-season men's basketball event to be staged later this year in Las Vegas is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks, CBS Sports has learned. Its selling point is based on the major factor that has drastically altered college sports over the past three years: name, image and likeness compensation for players.

Games will be played in November under the umbrella of an event dubbed the "Players Era Festival," which will also include live music and other attractions for fans amid the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip during Thanksgiving week. In a college sports first, the event will also include $1 million NIL payouts for eight participating schools. What's more, players involved will have future earnings opportunities through long-term NIL contracts, sources told CBS Sports.

Alabama, Houston, Notre Dame, Oregon, Rutgers, San Diego State and Texas A&M are all on board, sources said. The eighth and final school for the 2024 event will emerge from a small group that is still being deliberated. The Players Era Festival is not being pitched as a one-year happening, either. Plans are to double the size of the field, sources told CBS Sports, with 16 teams as the target for 2025 and beyond. Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan, Syracuse and Virginia have all engaged in discussions about potentially playing in 2025. If they opt in, they'd be joined by most (if not eventually all) of the schools playing in 2024, many of which have already signed up for a three-year agreement, according to sources.

Event organizers are in the final negotiating stages with MGM Resorts International to hold games at any or all of its three major venues: T-Mobile Arena, MGM Grand Garden Arena and Michelob ULTRA Arena. The tentative schedule is to play games on Nov. 26, 27 and 29, with Thanksgiving an off-day. The 2024 format(s) for the eight teams has not been decided. Organizers are still weighing whether to have a single eight-team tournament bracket or two separate four-team multi-team events (MTEs).

The tournament would be unique in that the NIL collective of each participating school would be paid $1 million. Additional significant NIL opportunities (believed to be in the neighborhood of another $1 million) would be awarded exclusively to the winner or winners of the event, depending on the final bracket format(s). The money would then be distributed to athletes by the collectives. The athletes, while in Las Vegas, would be required to participate in multiple off-the-court activities to earn that NIL money. That quid pro quo agreement for NIL money is a key distinction and at the core of the appeal of the festival. Pay-for-play remains against NCAA rules. However, athletes can be paid for NIL work surrounding the actual games, which is the pitch here.
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Schools participating, however, see a landscape-altering opportunity at a time when programs are desperate for any fundraising to bolster recruiting prowess and increase their NIL war chests. Consider: many top-end 2024 transfers in the past month have committed to a variety of programs after being promised north of $1 million, sources said.
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Just sayin': The House vs NCAA lawsuit is a "runaway NIL train" that won't be stopped. This ↑is just the tip of the "NIL iceberg" floating our way and undoubtedly the future of college sports.

The NCAA typically pulls in about $1 billion each year in revenue from media rights, merchandise licensing, ticket sales, and corporate sponsorships associated with the three-week tournament.

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For basketball, sometime in the not too distant future a designated portion of that ↑ will be allocated to the players, etc.

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Meh so glad I don't follow recruiting as religiously as I used to.....














Says the guy posting in BP recruiting thread

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I still enjoy following it, but just adjusted expectations of the process that has changed recently. Any Florida WR (or really most positions for that matter) are typically going to take you on a roller-coaster ride until the ink dries, so I just don't get as emotionally invested as before. That or I'm getting older and wiser?

With Ffrench, he would be an incredible pickup and honestly is my favorite WR in the class. But Hartline has proven he will manage just fine at the position (regardless of how exciting it would be to land this kid).

Foul. Foul. Foul. Gonna foul the Cavs out in Boston

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I think he was brought in to team with him, not replace him. Zed Key had went through Senior Day, and went in the transfer portal April 5th, so I'm sure Diebler had an expectation that Key would not be back, hence the recruitment of Bradshaw. Bradshaw committed to OSU exactly 10 days after Key entered the portal. Bradshaw has some skills to play the 4, he has 3-point shooting ability and is as an excellent athlete, so I believed there would have been some matchups where he could have played together alongside Okpara, but of course they would also have shared the 5 spot minutes.

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That was what I figured, I don't think we wanted Felix to leave with the different skill sets. I wanted to see Felix develop some more offense and awareness of the game, but he was a great shot blocker. In any event, thanks for the input and happy to have Bradshaw here.

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Perspective: Marcus Siemien's stat line for today's game is better than my entire last week!

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Same.

Analysis: IndyCar cheating scandal risks sullying Roger Penske’s perfect image​

Santino Ferrucci once made a typo in a social media post in which he incorrectly spelled Josef Newgarden’s first name.

Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar champion at the time, quickly responded to Ferrucci, who does not drive for a powerhouse such as Team Penske.

“It’s Josef(asterisk)” he wrote two years ago. “At Penske, we care about details.”

It was a zinger that earned Newgarden scorn at the time for his arrogance to a driver on a lesser team. But he was being honest — attention to detail is next level under Roger Penske’s watchful eye — and that’s what makes the cheating scandal that has rocked IndyCar so troubling.

IndyCar last week disqualified Newgarden’s victory and teammate Scott McLaughlin’s third-place finish in the March season-opening race because it realized weeks later that the Team Penske push-to-pass software had been illegally used by both drivers during restarts.

Newgarden says this is all just one big misunderstanding and the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner thought there had been a rule change allowing the extra boost of horsepower on restarts. Team Penske officials called it an error in transferring the software systems from hybrid test sessions onto the 2024 cars.

Roger Penske, who owns the team, IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has said he was embarrassed by all this. He summoned all IndyCar owners into his motorcoach for a brief Saturday mea culpa session in which the 87-year-old apologized for the damage his team had done to the series.

A.J. Foyt, who was not present for the meeting but represented by his son, on Monday staunchly defended Penske.

“I think the drivers thought they could use the (system) at a certain time, and it turned out they couldn’t, so I think it was all just a big misunderstanding,” Foyt told The Associated Press. “I have known Roger longer than anyone in my career. He is straight up. He’s not a B-plus guy, he’s an A-plus guy. He doesn’t need to cheat for his cars to win races and I really respect him for standing up to the owners and offering his side.”

Here’s the problem: Penske Perfect is a way of life and, as Newgarden himself stated, the entire operation pays immaculate attention to detail. So there is only one of two options in this scenario: Either Newgarden and multiple members of the No. 2 team cheated, or, Penske’s employees are incredibly inept at their jobs.

Roger Penske suspends team president, more in IndyCar scandal​

Roger Penske on Tuesday said he has suspended the president of Team Penske along with three others for two races for their roles in the cheating scandal that has rocked IndyCar ahead of the Indianapolis 500.

Penske said in an interview with The Associated Press that a review done by his general counsel found that the team had no "malicious intent by anyone" and chalked up the incident as a breakdown in internal processes and miscommunication.

He also said he remains committed to reigning Indianapolis 500 winner Josef Newgarden and is actively trying to sign the two-time IndyCar champion to a contract extension.

"We're the same company we have been for 50 years, and I'm going to hold my head high," Penske told the AP. "This is an unfortunate situation, and when you're the leader, you have to take action. We've done that and we're going to move on. I am not trying to run a popularity contest."

Tim Cindric, who oversees all of Team Penske's operations and is the strategist for Newgarden, is the top name to receive a two-race suspension. Also suspended was team managing director Ron Ruzewski, Newgarden engineer Luke Mason and senior data engineer Robbie Atkinson.

Penske told the AP that Cindric and Ruzewski "raised their hands as the team leaders" to accept responsibility for the mess.

"For Ron and I as leaders of this team, it's not about what we did, it's about what we didn't do. It is our responsibility to provide the team and all our drivers with the right processes to ensure something like this can't happen," Cindric said in a statement. "For that, I apologize to Roger, our team and everyone that supports us. Our No. 1 job is to protect and enhance the reputation of our brand and that of those that support us.

"In that regard, as the overall leader, I failed, and I must raise my hand and be accountable with the others. This is a team, and in my position, it's the right thing to do."

Commissioner: WNBA to begin full-time charter flights\​

The WNBA plans to commit $50 million over the next two years to provide full-time charter flight service for its teams during the season, the league's commissioner announced Tuesday in a move that addresses years of player safety concerns.

"We intend to fund a full-time charter for this season," commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a meeting with sports editors.

She said the league will launch the program "as soon as we can get planes in places."

Engelbert said the program will cost the league around $25 million per year for the next two seasons.
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WNBA teams also have been moving games against Clark and Indiana to bigger arenas because of increased demand.

Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier said flying via charter planes is a safety issue as the names, stars and fans grow. She noted video showing Clark having bodyguards surrounding her at the airport and security personnel trying to protect Brittney Griner last year while traveling.

"All these players and these faces are becoming so popular that it really is about that as much as it as about recovery," Collier said.

Flights have been an issue for the WNBA that only increased last year with the league working with Griner and the Phoenix Mercury. They had to travel via commercial air, and the All-Star center who had been detained in Russia for nearly 10 months was harassed by what the WNBA called a "provocateur."

The league hadn't allowed teams to use charter flights except for when they have back-to-back games.

That forced players like Breanna Stewart, the 6-foot-4 forward for the New York Liberty, to squeeze past fellow travelers on commercial flights to fit into her assigned window seat. WNBA players also had to not only retrieve their own luggage but endure travel days that could stretch 13 hours with delays.

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Of course Brutus graduated with honors

OHIO STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LEARNS BIG TEN OPPONENTS FOR 2024-25 SEASON, WILL PLAY MARYLAND TWICE AND ALL OTHER TEAMS ONCE​

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Ohio State will open the 2024-25 season in November. The Buckeyes’ non-conference schedule and dates will be announced later this summer, and the dates for Big Ten games will be announced in September.

If we can't run the ball this year with the RB talent big WRs and Kacmarek and Thurman on the ends then Frye needs fired. The talent in these other groups is ridiculous

A footnote to that 3rd place finish in the 4X100 meter relay - the top four team all broke 40 seconds. The winner, earlier in the season, broke 39 seconds. There are a lot of sprinters in Texas and many of them also play football. The top two teams also had football players.