Ohio State 27, Tennessee 21. Jeremiah Smith goes for 200+.

**Someone please feel free to start a game thoughts thread once this one wraps up. Still not sure when I’ll be able to watch due to travel.

Fresh thread for the games before Ohio State plays.

I've got

Notre Dame
SMU
Texas

Please just ignore this if you are over the conversation as I'm sure many of you are.

But I'm finding a theme among the people who have been on team "Fire Ryan Day" all year long (most of them seem to come from the same hive mind).

My problem is not that they think Day (or Frye, LJ, Pantoni, etc) should be fired. I think many if not most people on this site would probably agree it is time for a change so long as a suitable replacement can be found.

Anyway, the theme I find is just a total lack of nuance in the debate. There is no acknowledgement of the things Day has done well, or of the role bad luck has played in the failures of his teams. There is no acknowledgement that being close to the highest level of success is actually really hard, and the line between a win and a loss in the biggest games is often very very thin. Kirby Smart probably doesn't have the reputation he does without injuries to Jameson Williams and Marvin Harrison; that's pretty lucky! If you acknowledge these things you are a "sunshine pumper", as if the only reality that exists is awful.

You can acknowledge all of this and still think it is time for a change! You can acknowledge that not every recruiting/portal/development failure on the O-line is down to Justin Frye being incompetent. You can acknowledge that you really have no evidence one way or another that "Mickey Marroti sucks". You can even acknowledge that it's not ok to post a coach's home address online just because he hasn't won enough!

So my question is, what is the point of being such hard-liners? You antagonize everyone else in the fan base. Even when you are right, people dislike you because of your approach. What is so bad about having a nuanced discussion instead of defaulting to "Ryan Day is 4-13 on his goals" as if that ever convinced anyone?

I'm not trying to attack anyone, so I'd appreciate if the thread doesn't devolve into name-calling

New thread for the upcoming transfer portal circus and such.

Is a jerk

Can we please try to leave the negative fire Ryan Day talk out of this one and just talk about the game.

Ohio State opens as a 7.5 pt favorite.

Was listening to the kickoff show and Boren just alluded to the fact that Sireveld was hurt the last two weeks? Any insight on what happened there and what the plan is @Birm @AustinWard? Will he be available on Saturday?

SIAP. but this needs its own thread. Great stuff. Gave me Chills.

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@Bill Landis comes out of the gate hot and picks a Tennessee win straight up, 24-21. It probably isn't really that hot of a take though, especially considering the conversation around the offensive line.

@Birm goes 21-16, OSU but is not confident about it.

@AustinWard thinks it plays out like the Penn State game to a degree with just enough offense to win...24-13 Bucks.

All 3 pick the under for you degenerates out there.

As the "Crootin" thread continues to devolve I figured it may be in our best interest to create class-specific threads to help manage offers, final schools lists, etc.

This is the 2026 thread.

Even though he himself is a non believer I have little doubt the Almighty has put Elon in this
place at this time. There are 2 men standing in the way of the fascism of the left, Musk and
of course, Trump.

After ranking 5th last season with 81% returning production, Michigan’s 2024 team plummets to 128th, returning just 36% of their production from 2023.

24% on offense
47% on defense
(Ohio State returns 61%)

It’s going to be really interesting seeing who ends up as their QB1 next season. I have trouble believing anyone on their current roster is starting caliber, but who knows what they’ll be able to find in the spring portal. They could have a major step back, especially if they lose any of their top players in the portal.

Interesting thing from the portal that shouldn't have anything to do with Ohio State.

As the "Crootin" thread continues to devolve I figured it may be in our best interest to create class-specific threads to help manage offers, final schools lists, etc.

This is the 2025 thread.

Getting a thread ready as it feels like we could be spinning up the carousel early at some of these places.

I'm calling that Billy Napier will be fired on 10/13

Neil Brown is another name that could be out soon.

I’m confused why the cold weather piece has been so downplayed and/or assumed it helps the Vols.

B1G teams have been begging for SEC schools to have to come in cold weather forever. So much of the Vols lineup comes from Texas, Louisiana, and Southern California. When the NFL has playoffs games, the venues in Buffalo, New England, Chicago, etc…prove to be a huge advantage.

I know Tennessee is a good rushing team, but why aren’t we talking about the weather more?

Mainstream press will help you cultivate the language needed to justify it to the public.

Worth noting that the person who got murdered didn't do anything. He was yelling.

He didn't assault someone, pull out a weapon.

He yelled, and was murdered for it.



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Been reading that he would take the Osu job if Day got fired.

Hypothetically, if this happens, who would Vrabel keep from the current staff besides Hartline and JL? I'm guessing Walton and Lock

A look at the top players in the playoff and how they got here:

Anything NFL draft declaration related.

One way or another. The left’s only recourse will be to cheat, again, in order to keep him from office. Of course they do this very well, now openly discussing mail-in ballots, ballot harvesting, drop boxes, and even finding ways for non-citizens to vote. It will be fascinating to see how this ends.

Are beating that cheating ass sum bitch 😂😂😘💪💪🤭🤭