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What constitutes holding the label of "sleeping giant" across college football? For starters, being in the middle of a prime recruiting area help and you need resources.
Those are some of the factors including in College Football Select's recently released list of the nation's "top sleeping giants", which includes several surprising picks.
Here are programs falling under the sleeping giant label, according to College Football Select:
CFB Select: "This answer shouldn’t surprise you. We’re not just dwelling on their history as a college football dynasty, either – regardless of how you feel about Nebraska, they objectively have some of the deepest athletic department support in the country. They have already utilized this to pull in some of the top recruits and transfers in the country."
Judging by the attention gained after five-star freshman Dylan Raiola turned heads in Nebraska's spring game, the Huskers might not be sleeping much longer. He's the biggest recruiting win in program history and the type of player who could be landscape-changing in the Big Ten if he pans out. Nebraska has one of the strongest collectives in college football and booster support has never been issue, those are major positives for a program trying to get back to the pedestal.
One underrated aspect of a "sleeping giant" is coaching stability and Matt Rhule sounds like he wants to stay at Nebraska as long as he can. Having been in the NFL and failed, there's no want or need to return. Managing expectations for Raiola will be vital for Rhule and this program's advancement.
"Joe Paterno used to say better a play too late than a play too soon. Put guys in when they're ready," Rhule said earlier this year before Raiola had 239 yards passing and a couple touchdowns in the first half of the Huskers' spring game. I told Dylan the moment he got there, don't worry about being the five-star quarterbacks. Don't worry about being all these things. Expectation weighs us down. Just play ball. I'm way more interested in (figuring out) where all our (quarterbacks) where they end up. Not where they are in Year 1.
"That's one of the things that's stressing out our young people. Based upon what I've seen, he's in here all the time. He's committed to doing this and doing this at a high level. I want to see him compete and have fun. I wanna see him play fearless. You're going to make mistakes. We had so many turnovers last year. We have to improve that as coaches. But I wanna see Dylan come in her and rip the the ball. I would say there's a chance we'll probably play all three (quarterbacks) because that's modern college football."
Just sayin': I find it humorous that Bo Pelini had a winning record every year (7 total) that he was head coach at Corn. He had just 4 losses each year; Corn thought that they should be better than that so they fired him. They have only had a winning record once (in 2016) since. Since then, Corn did have a golden opportunity when the B1G had 2 divisions and Corn was in the weaker division. With the B1G eliminating the divisions and adding 4 west coast teams that are potential "contenders", it just got a lot rougher for Corn.
College football sleeping giants: Programs due for breakthrough
Six teams whose best may be yet to come.
By now, the College Football Playoff national title contenders ahead of the 2024 season are at the forefront. Teams litter the preseason rankings, but there is the underrated second wave of programs not on everyone's radar just yet anxious to flex improvements.What constitutes holding the label of "sleeping giant" across college football? For starters, being in the middle of a prime recruiting area help and you need resources.
Those are some of the factors including in College Football Select's recently released list of the nation's "top sleeping giants", which includes several surprising picks.
Here are programs falling under the sleeping giant label, according to College Football Select:
NEBRASKA HUSKERS
CFB Select: "This answer shouldn’t surprise you. We’re not just dwelling on their history as a college football dynasty, either – regardless of how you feel about Nebraska, they objectively have some of the deepest athletic department support in the country. They have already utilized this to pull in some of the top recruits and transfers in the country."
Judging by the attention gained after five-star freshman Dylan Raiola turned heads in Nebraska's spring game, the Huskers might not be sleeping much longer. He's the biggest recruiting win in program history and the type of player who could be landscape-changing in the Big Ten if he pans out. Nebraska has one of the strongest collectives in college football and booster support has never been issue, those are major positives for a program trying to get back to the pedestal.
One underrated aspect of a "sleeping giant" is coaching stability and Matt Rhule sounds like he wants to stay at Nebraska as long as he can. Having been in the NFL and failed, there's no want or need to return. Managing expectations for Raiola will be vital for Rhule and this program's advancement.
"Joe Paterno used to say better a play too late than a play too soon. Put guys in when they're ready," Rhule said earlier this year before Raiola had 239 yards passing and a couple touchdowns in the first half of the Huskers' spring game. I told Dylan the moment he got there, don't worry about being the five-star quarterbacks. Don't worry about being all these things. Expectation weighs us down. Just play ball. I'm way more interested in (figuring out) where all our (quarterbacks) where they end up. Not where they are in Year 1.
"That's one of the things that's stressing out our young people. Based upon what I've seen, he's in here all the time. He's committed to doing this and doing this at a high level. I want to see him compete and have fun. I wanna see him play fearless. You're going to make mistakes. We had so many turnovers last year. We have to improve that as coaches. But I wanna see Dylan come in her and rip the the ball. I would say there's a chance we'll probably play all three (quarterbacks) because that's modern college football."
Just sayin': I find it humorous that Bo Pelini had a winning record every year (7 total) that he was head coach at Corn. He had just 4 losses each year; Corn thought that they should be better than that so they fired him. They have only had a winning record once (in 2016) since. Since then, Corn did have a golden opportunity when the B1G had 2 divisions and Corn was in the weaker division. With the B1G eliminating the divisions and adding 4 west coast teams that are potential "contenders", it just got a lot rougher for Corn.
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2027 GA LB Max Brown (Verbal Offer)
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2027 GA LB Jake Godfree (Verbal Offer)
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2027 OH QB RJ Day
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Class: 2027
School: St. Francis DeSales HS, Columbus OH
Position: QB
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 195 lbs
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Although he still has three more years of high school to go, RJ Day’s recruitment as a future college quarterback has begun.
The son of Ohio State coach Ryan Day picked up scholarship offers from Boston College and Marshall during his freshman year at Columbus’ St. Francis DeSales High School, in which he threw for 1,563 yards and 15 touchdowns and earned first-team All-Central Catholic League honors. He recently started visiting colleges, taking trips to Clemson and South Carolina in March with plans to make more visits this summer.
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This early in the recruiting process, the younger Day says his focus is on building relationships with coaches who have started recruiting him. Ultimately, he’s looking for a school that wants him because of who he is as a quarterback, not because of who his father is as a coach.
“I've been trying to find the school that gives the most towards me, not because of who my dad is or what my dad offers, but more like what I can offer, what they can offer for me as a person,” RJ Day told Eleven Warriors after participating in the Elite 11 Columbus Regional in April. “When their head coach or their position coach is talking to me and they're not talking to my dad, when they’re trying to show stuff like to my mom and towards me, that's when I start to realize that the school kind of wants to recruit me and not the image that I’m from.”
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Ryan Day is supporting his son as he begins his recruiting process, accompanying RJ on his visits to the Palmetto State. But Ryan told his son that he wants RJ to make his own decision.
“He doesn't tell me to make any decision, he just guides me,” RJ said. “He just sets me on the path. When I’ve fallen off, he kind of sets me straight. But he always tells me, it's my journey. So you got to figure it out. Because everybody else figures it out. You can't use me as a crutch. So you got to figure it out on your own.”
RJ has thought about the possibility of playing for his dad at Ohio State, and he’d certainly consider that opportunity if it was offered to him. But RJ plans to see through all of his options before making any decision.
“We’ll see,” RJ said when asked about potentially playing for Ohio State. “But it's always been a dream of mine to play in the Shoe and play for my dad. If the situation’s right, then yeah, we'll go ahead. But until then, I'll keep hunting down teams and make my decision later on.”
Playing for his father would be a natural transition for RJ, as he’s been receiving coaching from his dad ever since he started playing football. RJ says he and Ryan watch film together four times a week, and he credits his father with playing an integral role in his development as a quarterback.
“He's taught me everything that I know,” RJ said. “I try to emulate him every single time because he does a great job of handling things under pressure. So he always teaches me that there's gonna be good days, there’s gonna be bad days; you can't get too high and you can't get too low, because you can’t be extreme at the position. You have to stay even-keeled. Even when you have a great day, it’s okay. Even when you have a bad day, it's okay. Because it's gonna go back up eventually.”
RJ has also received plenty of coaching from new Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly. RJ has known Kelly his entire life because of Kelly’s close relationship with his dad, which dates back to Ryan’s playing career at New Hampshire, where Kelly was the offensive coordinator while Day was UNH’s quarterback.
“We grew up around him. Our vacation house was two doors down for him. So he's like my uncle pretty much, Uncle Chip,” RJ said. “But yeah, he's taught me wonders.”
“IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE TO PLAY IN THE SHOE AND PLAY FOR MY DAD. IF THE SITUATION’S RIGHT, THEN YEAH, WE'LL GO AHEAD. BUT UNTIL THEN, I'LL KEEP HUNTING DOWN TEAMS AND MAKE MY DECISION LATER ON.”– RJ DAY ON POTENTIALLY PLAYING FOR OHIO STATE
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RJ Day Says Father Has “Taught Me Everything That I Know” About Playing Quarterback, But Ryan Day Wants Son to Make His Own Recruiting Decision
RJ Day says his father taught him “everything I know” as a quarterback but Ryan Day wants his son to make his own college decision as his recruiting process gets going.
RJ DAY SAYS FATHER HAS “TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW” ABOUT PLAYING QUARTERBACK, BUT RYAN DAY WANTS SON TO MAKE HIS OWN RECRUITING DECISION
Although he still has three more years of high school to go, RJ Day’s recruitment as a future college quarterback has begun.
The son of Ohio State coach Ryan Day picked up scholarship offers from Boston College and Marshall during his freshman year at Columbus’ St. Francis DeSales High School, in which he threw for 1,563 yards and 15 touchdowns and earned first-team All-Central Catholic League honors. He recently started visiting colleges, taking trips to Clemson and South Carolina in March with plans to make more visits this summer.
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This early in the recruiting process, the younger Day says his focus is on building relationships with coaches who have started recruiting him. Ultimately, he’s looking for a school that wants him because of who he is as a quarterback, not because of who his father is as a coach.
“I've been trying to find the school that gives the most towards me, not because of who my dad is or what my dad offers, but more like what I can offer, what they can offer for me as a person,” RJ Day told Eleven Warriors after participating in the Elite 11 Columbus Regional in April. “When their head coach or their position coach is talking to me and they're not talking to my dad, when they’re trying to show stuff like to my mom and towards me, that's when I start to realize that the school kind of wants to recruit me and not the image that I’m from.”
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Ryan Day is supporting his son as he begins his recruiting process, accompanying RJ on his visits to the Palmetto State. But Ryan told his son that he wants RJ to make his own decision.
“He doesn't tell me to make any decision, he just guides me,” RJ said. “He just sets me on the path. When I’ve fallen off, he kind of sets me straight. But he always tells me, it's my journey. So you got to figure it out. Because everybody else figures it out. You can't use me as a crutch. So you got to figure it out on your own.”
RJ has thought about the possibility of playing for his dad at Ohio State, and he’d certainly consider that opportunity if it was offered to him. But RJ plans to see through all of his options before making any decision.
“We’ll see,” RJ said when asked about potentially playing for Ohio State. “But it's always been a dream of mine to play in the Shoe and play for my dad. If the situation’s right, then yeah, we'll go ahead. But until then, I'll keep hunting down teams and make my decision later on.”
Playing for his father would be a natural transition for RJ, as he’s been receiving coaching from his dad ever since he started playing football. RJ says he and Ryan watch film together four times a week, and he credits his father with playing an integral role in his development as a quarterback.
“He's taught me everything that I know,” RJ said. “I try to emulate him every single time because he does a great job of handling things under pressure. So he always teaches me that there's gonna be good days, there’s gonna be bad days; you can't get too high and you can't get too low, because you can’t be extreme at the position. You have to stay even-keeled. Even when you have a great day, it’s okay. Even when you have a bad day, it's okay. Because it's gonna go back up eventually.”
RJ has also received plenty of coaching from new Ohio State offensive coordinator Chip Kelly. RJ has known Kelly his entire life because of Kelly’s close relationship with his dad, which dates back to Ryan’s playing career at New Hampshire, where Kelly was the offensive coordinator while Day was UNH’s quarterback.
“We grew up around him. Our vacation house was two doors down for him. So he's like my uncle pretty much, Uncle Chip,” RJ said. “But yeah, he's taught me wonders.”
“IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE TO PLAY IN THE SHOE AND PLAY FOR MY DAD. IF THE SITUATION’S RIGHT, THEN YEAH, WE'LL GO AHEAD. BUT UNTIL THEN, I'LL KEEP HUNTING DOWN TEAMS AND MAKE MY DECISION LATER ON.”– RJ DAY ON POTENTIALLY PLAYING FOR OHIO STATE
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LGHL Women’s basketball gets Big Ten opponents, football title odds increase
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Women’s basketball gets Big Ten opponents, football title odds increase
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Ohio State’s national title odds improve coming out of spring practice
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
This would be an epic recruiting victory:
Updated scholarship count, breakdown after spring transfer portal window
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
Take Two: Post-spring analysis takes closer look at defensive ends (paywall)
Austin Ward, Dotting the Eyes
Big Ten football quarterback rankings: Post-spring projections ahead of 2024 season
Brad Crawford, 247Sports
Big Ten announces Ohio State women’s basketball 2024-25 conference opponents
Thomas Costello, Land-Grant Holy Land
By the Numbers: KenPom breakdown of where Ohio State stood in 2023-24 (paywall)
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
All Ohio State spring sports updates you need, including tennis and golf postseasons, and more
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Women’s Golf: Buckeyes Move Into Fifth Place After Second Round of NCAA Regionals
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
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All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.
Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.
Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.
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Ohio State’s national title odds improve coming out of spring practice
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"If I'm picking a school to upset (Clemson)... it's absolutely the Buckeyes."
️ @TomLoy247 says the buzz around Ohio State for 5️ OT David Sanders Jr. is "very real." @OhioStateFB | @Bucknuts247 | @emily_proud pic.twitter.com/lTktVn0jtg
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Updated scholarship count, breakdown after spring transfer portal window
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
Take Two: Post-spring analysis takes closer look at defensive ends (paywall)
Austin Ward, Dotting the Eyes
Big Ten football quarterback rankings: Post-spring projections ahead of 2024 season
Brad Crawford, 247Sports
On the Hardwood
Big Ten announces Ohio State women’s basketball 2024-25 conference opponents
Thomas Costello, Land-Grant Holy Land
By the Numbers: KenPom breakdown of where Ohio State stood in 2023-24 (paywall)
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
Outside the Shoe and Schott
All Ohio State spring sports updates you need, including tennis and golf postseasons, and more
Jami Jurich, Land-Grant Holy Land
What the F is going on here?
Women’s Golf: Buckeyes Move Into Fifth Place After Second Round of NCAA Regionals
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Men’s Lacrosse: Waterdogs Select Hudgins in 2024 PLL College Draft
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