Sorry to start another thread about this, but here's what I don't understand.

If there was such a rift and it's been existent for 3 years or longer depending on the coordinator, wouldn't we have heard something from one player or one coach by now?
On twitter as a slip-up, from a former player, from anyone who's disgruntled after a loss, negative recruiting speak related to Larry Johnson being too old.
"He only just tells his DL to occupy lanes and rush straight ahead every play. There isn't even any stunting. If you're an edge player, don't go to OSU. You won't be allowed to actually rush the QB".

Heck, even from Knowles? What does he have to lose? He's not getting fired for 1 comment...he's supposed to be invaluable.

I just don't think that, in any program, the hatches would be battened down so tightly that we wouldn't have heard about the discontent between the 2 (or 3) coaches 1 time from anyone either as an audio clip or a redacted Twitter/X post. It doesn't make sense to me. Someone enlighten me.

Thinking back to the fall , up until 2 days before the season , Nick McLarty was supposed to be the starter , it’s been said McGuire had a better week of practice , and it’s been status quo since the season started .

All season long Ignibusa and Ward have been less than stellar , and you have Matthews , Simpson Hunt on the bench , rarely used .


We’ve watched nearly all year , the same 4 Dl playing 50 plus snaps a game , guess what I’m trying to figure out is do they shut down evaluating once the season starts , and your next shot is the offseason to make an impression , or do we have a seniority/ play it safe mentality that trickles down from Ryan Day ?

I listened to the press conference yesterday , I listen to Ryan Day for weeks saying we need to rotate to keep guys fresh , I listen to Knowles say that it’s Larry Johnson’s decision on who plays on the DL and who’s rotated in . Are we to believe Larry Johnson is just disobeying what Ryan Day tells him ? Sorry to be all over the place .. So many things just don’t make sense with this team, is it just weak leadership from Ryan Day ?

Tuesday, Oct. 29

Florida International vs. New Mexico State, 7 p.m. | CBSSN
Texas State vs. Louisiana, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2
Sam Houston vs. Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m. | ESPNU

Wednesday, Oct. 30

Jacksonville State vs. Liberty, 7 p.m. | CBSSN
Western Kentucky vs. Kennesaw State, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2

Thursday, Oct. 31

Charlotte vs. Tulane, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
South Carolina State vs. North Carolina Central, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2

Friday, Nov. 1

UConn vs. Georgia State, 7 p.m. | CBSSN
Columbia vs. Yale, 7 p.m. | ESPNU
Florida Atlantic vs. South Florida, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 15 Boise State vs. San Diego State, 8 p.m. | FS1

Saturday, Nov. 2

No. 3 Penn State vs. No. 4 Ohio State, 12 p.m. | FOX
No. 5 Miami (Fla.) vs. Duke, 12 p.m. | ABC/ESPN+
No. 19 Ole Miss vs. Arkansas, 12 p.m. | ESPN
No. 24 Illinois vs. Minnesota, 12 p.m. | FS1
No. 21 Army vs. Air Force, 12 p.m. | CBS/Paramount+
Purdue vs. Northwestern, 12 p.m. | BTN
NC State vs. Stanford, 12 p.m. | ACCN
Syracuse vs. Virginia Tech, 12 p.m. | The CW Network
Akron vs. Buffalo, 12 p.m. | CBSSN
Eastern Michigan vs. Toledo, 12 p.m. | ESPN U
Memphis vs. UTSA, 12 p.m. | ESPN2
Brown vs. Pennsylvania, 12 p.m. | ESPN+
Central Connecticut vs. Wagner, 12 p.m. | TBA
Duquesne vs. Mercyhurst, 12 p.m. | TBA
Robert Morris vs. Merrimack, 12 p.m. | TBA
Georgetown vs. Lehigh, 12:30 p.m | ESPN+
Vanderbilt vs. Auburn, 12:45 p.m. | SEC Network
North Carolina A&T vs. William & Mary, 1 p.m. | FloSports
Hampton vs. Villanova, 1 p.m. | FloSports
Bryant vs. Stony Brook, 1 p.m. | FloSports
Rhode Island vs. Monmouth, 1 p.m. | TBA
UAlbany vs. New Hampshire, 1 p.m. | FloSports
Indiana State vs. North Dakota, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Presbyterian vs. Dayton, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Butler vs. Stetson, 1 p.m. | FloSports
Morehead State vs. St. Thomas-Minnesota, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Princeton vs. Cornell, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Howard vs. Delaware State, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Morgan State vs. Norfolk State, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
Bucknell vs. Lafayette, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
St. Francis (PA) vs. Stonehill, 1 p.m. | TBA
Fordham vs. Colgate, 1 p.m. | ESPN+
VMI vs. Furman, 1:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Dartmouth vs. Harvard, 1:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Richmond vs. Towson, 2 p.m. | FloSports
Elon vs. Campbell, 2 p.m. | FloSports
Charleston Southern vs. Gardner-Webb, 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Marist vs. Drake, 2 p.m. | ESPN+
West Georgia vs. Lincoln (CA), 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Oklahoma vs. Maine, 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+/SEC Network
App State vs. Old Dominion, 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+
UAB vs. Tulsa, 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Western Carolina vs. Chattanooga, 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Tennessee Tech vs. Lindenwood, 2:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Eastern Illinois vs. Western Illinois, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Incarnate Wood vs. Houston Christian, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Mercer vs. East Tennessee State, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Samford vs. Wofford, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Illinois State vs. Youngstown State, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Missouri State vs. Southern Illinois, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
South Dakota State vs. Murray State, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Alabama A&M vs. Southern, 3 p.m. | TBA
Jackson State vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Bethune Cookman vs. Grambling, 3 p.m. | TBA
Mississippi Valley State vs. Prairie View A&M, 3 p.m. | TBA
No. 1 Oregon vs. Michigan, 3:30 p.m. | CBS/Paramount+
No. 2 Georgia vs. Florida, 3:30 p.m. | ABC/ESPN+
No. T11 Iowa State vs. Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 13 Indiana vs. Michigan State, 3:30 p.m. | Peacock
No. 17 Kansas State vs. Houston, 3:30 p.m. | FOX
Nebraska vs. UCLA, 3:30 p.m. | BTN
Florida State vs. North Carolina, 3:30 p.m. | ACCN
UCF vs. Arizona, 3:30 p.m. | FS1
UTEP vs. Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m | CBSSN
Marshall vs. UL Monroe, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+
North Dakota State vs. Northern Iowa, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN+
Navy vs. Rice, 4 p.m. | ESPN2
New Mexico vs. Wyoming, 4 p.m. | truTV/Max
Troy vs. Coastal Carolina, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Utah Tech vs. Central Arkansas, 4 p.m | ESPN+
Abilene Christian vs. Southern Utah, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Lamar vs. SE Louisiana, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Eastern Washington vs. Montana State, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Northern Arizona vs. Weber State, 4 p.m | ESPN+
UC Davis vs. Northern Colorado, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Florida A&M vs. Texas Southern, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
San Diego vs. Davidson, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Nicholls vs. Stephen F. Austin, 4 p.m. | ESPN+
Mississippi State vs. Massachusetts, 4:15 p.m. | SEC Network
North Alabama vs. Austin Peay, 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Cal Poly vs. Montana, 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Alcorn State vs. Alabama State, 5 p.m. | ESPN+
Tennessee State vs. UT Martin, 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Oklahoma State vs. Arizona State, 7 p.m. | FS1
Fresno State vs. Hawai'i, 7 p.m. | TBA
Tarleton State vs. Eastern Kentucky, 7 p.m. | ESPN+
No. T11 Clemson vs. Louisville, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
No. 10 Texas A&M vs. South Carolina, 7:30 p.m. | ABC/ESPN+
Iowa vs. Wisconsin, 7:30 p.m. | NBC
Washington vs. Southern California, 7:30 p.m. | BTN
South Alabama vs. Georgia Southern, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN U
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Kentucky, 7:45 p.m. | SEC Network
No. 18 Pitt vs. No. 20 SMU, 8 p.m. | ACCN
Baylor vs. TCU, 8 p.m | ESPN2
Nevada vs. Colorado State, 8 p.m. | CBSSN
McNeese vs. Texas A&M-Commerce, 8 p.m. | ESPN+
Sacramento State vs. Portland State, 9 p.m. | ESPN+

And he’s planning to be back in Columbus at the end of the month.

Hey guys! Richie O'Leary here, publisher of Happy Valley Insider aka the Penn State - Rivals site. Just wanted to drop by and post our video from PSU head coach James Franklin's press conference today. I'll try to stop by throughout the week and answer any questions you guys have + I'll drop all our game week links below as well.

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continuing to watch unfold before our eyes.

The last four years the news media, DNC and other democrats willingly and knowingly covered up Biden's obvious health issues so that a small donor class and powerful people in the party could select him as the nominee. When was the last time democrats actually voted for their nominee that actually ran for President? It's been few election cycles. Biden get's selected and hides in his basement for months while the media, DOJ, FBI and democrats play out their smearing and destruction of Trump. Biden wins. He fumbles, slurs, sleeps, falls, babbles, whispers and screams for over 3 years. Democrats and the media lie, hide and cover up what everyone not watching CNN and MSNBC clearly know.

For some odd reason Biden is pushed out to debate Trump much earlier than usual in a Presidential campaign and bombs in spectacular fashion. The media and democrats pretend to be shocked and claim to have been unaware. Some still support Biden others do not. Just over a week later after disastrous polls showing Biden has no chance Trump goes to a rally where bullets start whizzing buy his head, one grazing his ear. They missed. Weeks later we are told to believe that a laughable number of mistakes and Three Stooges Level of incompetence lead to the attempt on Trump. We still know almost nothing about this 20 year old and the Director of the USSS would not or could not answer questions in front of congress.

The polls continue to tank for Biden and his support from the donor class and leading dems evaporates once everyone realizes Trump is going to make it to the election. Suddenly the man who we heard saved us from COVID, lowered inflation, was facing Putin, and created an economy that is the envy of the world IS OUT! The guy that got 81 million votes in the general election and beat Trump and 14 million votes to win the nomination is GONE! A weird note, which was signed Joe Biden but was not his signature was posted on X saying that he was dropping out and it looks like Harris is in. Just like that it's over.

In 48 hours without a single vote being cast or a debate or discussion....nothing..... Harris is in. She is raising crazy money and the woman who could not get 2% of the vote in the primary is the new Democrat candidate for President. The same lady who failed at the border czar job and served up legendary word salads during her VP run is the nominee. The party claiming that you must vote for them to save democracy once again finds a way to choose who will be their nominee by throwing millions of their party votes into the trash bin. This happens in a back room or on a call where a handful of wealthy donors and Dem party elites pick the potential President. AHHHH democracy.

And this is the Chef's kiss the supporters who were lied to for 4 years, had their votes thrown out, the man they supported tossed aside ....are cheering. They are lecturing others about saving democracy. And this is how democracy dies....to thunderous applause. Oh and just for fun we have a President for the next 6- 7 months who is too unhealthy and riddled with dementia to RUN for President....but he is fine to BE the President. You betcha!

I grew up on Woody’s street. I only saw him a handful of times. But he always gave out full-sized candy bars. Thanks Woody, RIP.

Conservatives pretend to be oppressed by Facebook and other social media where misinformation is rampant — yet where is censorship at scale happening other than in classrooms and hospitals where truth takes a backseat to politics?


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trickery since 1996 ish

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Even though we shouldn't need it!

I re-watched the 2004 Michigan game; wow, Ted was exceptional at punt returns.
Praying we can do something other than fair catch balls this season.

This is the 39th meeting between the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions, with the Buckeyes leading the series 25-13 with an average score of 25-19. Let's take a look back and see "What Happened Before?" (Cue echo sound)

The series began in 1956 with Rip Engle's Nittany Lions coming into Ohio Stadium and beating Woody Hayes' 5th ranked Buckeyes 7-6. The Nittany Lions won the first three meetings, including a 27-0 victory over the #2 ranked Buckeyes in 1964.

- When only OSU is ranked (6-4)
- When only PSU is ranked (0-1)
- When both are ranked (17-7)
- When only OSU is top 5 (15-3)
- When only PSU is top 5 (1-5)
- When both are top 5 (1-0) (1996)
- Most points and largest margin of victory by PSU (63-14) (1994)
- Most points and largest margin of victory by OSU (63-14) (2013)
- Ryan Day is 5-0 against Penn State
- James Franklin is 1-9 against Ohio State

Games of note:
1978: Art Schlichter had an inauspicious debut at quarterback by throwing 5 interceptions as Woody Hayes shocked everyone by starting the true freshman quarterback over the previous year's starter, Rod Gerald, as the #6 Buckeyes fell with a thud against #5 Penn State, 19-0.

1993: John Cooper's #3 ranked Buckeyes beat JoePa's #12 ranked Lions 24-6 on a cold, snowy day, to welcome Penn State to the B1G in their first season in the conference.

1994: Ohio State ran into a buzzsaw as the #1 Nittany Lions outgained the #21 Buckeyes 572 yards to 214, on their way to a 63-14 drubbing of the Buckeyes in Happy Valley.

1996: The #3 ranked Buckeyes jumped out to a 24-0 halftime lead against the #4 ranked Nittany Lions en-route to a 38-7 victory in the only meeting in the series of top 5 teams. The Buckeyes outgained PSU 565 to 211 yards.

2013: Urban's second edition, ranked #4, crushed Penn State, 63-14 in a game where the Buckeyes rushed for 408 yards, had 686 total yards and led 42-7 at the half, for their largest margin of victory in this series.

2016: In a game that still hurts to this day, Dennis Franklin got his first and only win against Ohio State when they blocked Ohio State's field goal attempt and returned it for 60 yards and a touchdown with 4:27 to play to cap off a 17 point 4th quarter rally and pull out a 24-21 victory, which would keep the Buckeyes out of the Big Ten Championship game.

2017: The 2017 game was one for the ages! The Buckeyes came out in their grey "Wolf" uniforms and helmets with scarlet cleats, then promptly gave up a 97 yard kickoff return to Saquon Barkley. Penn State led 14-0, and 21-3 before the Buckeyes gained their footing. Trailing 38-27 in the 4th quarter, quarterback JT Barrett completed 16 straight passes, the last a 16 yard touchdown to TE Marcus Baugh with 1:53 to play, as the #6 ranked Buckeyes rallied for a 39-38 victory over #2 Penn State. The Buckeyes had not led at all in the game to that point, and even trailed by 18 points at two different times.

2018: In another nail biter, the #4 Buckeyes traveled to Happy Valley to face #9 Penn State in one of their famous "White out" games. The Nittany Lions jumped out to a 13-0 second quarter lead, before the Buckeyes were able to edge ahead, 14-13 in the third. Penn State answered with 13 straight points to lead 26-14 with 8 minutes to play. Quarterback Dwayne Haskins hit Binjimin Victor on a short pass and Victor did the rest. Weaving through Lion defenders, Victor was able to take it 47 yards for the touchdown. 26-21, Lions. The Buckeye defense holds, and after a Penn State punt, the Buckeyes take over at their own 4 yard line with 4:35 to play. After a beautifully executed screen pass to JK Dobbins, the Buckeyes drive to the PSU 24, where Haskins hits KJ Hill for a 24 yard TD to take a 27-26 lead with 2:03 left in the game. Now, it's up to the defense. And they hold! Penn State turns the ball over on downs. Game over!!

2022: This game belonged to JT! Number 44 had the game of his life, with two interceptions (one a pick 6), two sacks (one a strip sack causing a fumble), and a tipped passed that was intercepted by Zach Harrison. All of this led to a 44-31 victory for the #2 Buckeyes over 13th ranked Penn State. The Buckeyes led 44-24 before PSU added a late TD.

Though most of the games have been fairly close lately, the Buckeyes have been able to secure the victories. Let's hope that is the case this Saturday!

I was talking to a buddy of mine that works in development in the athletic department at OSU, and he gave some interesting tidbits that I thought I would share. He said ever since the Oregon game, Ross Bjork and the staff are actively trying to find ways to increase fan engagement during our home games. He said that Bjork saw how engaged the fans were for all four quarters of the Oregon game, that he immediately went to drawing board to figure out what he could do to get that same experience at OSU. He also mentioned that our home games are flat and that our fans at the game treat it as if they’re watching the game at home on their couches. He also mentioned, that we have too many advertisements/commercials in between timeouts. So the plan is to alleviate some of those and add more fan engaging things to keep the fans on their feet. Also, he said that Gene was great. But he catered way too much to the donors and the “wine and cheese” crowd and he never evolved with the times. Lastly, he said all this is set into motion now but you won’t see a change until the next season. But he did say that the fans will be given rally towels for the ttun game this year.

Just trying to think positive. Here’s hoping that we show up with great energy and focus. That our offensive line finds its footing with DJ at LT. Our run game clicks. Our defense is stout. we make plays in crucial situations. We win in the end even if it by 1 point this weekend.

We are not amazing but I don’t think there is a team out there who is.

The Democratic Party should be ashamed for putting Biden out there, any competent person could have challenge some of Trump’s wild claims. Instead we had a slow old man up there struggling to close his mouth when he stares off to space. Trump is slow and old looking but next to Biden, he looks like a spring chicken.

The rich overlords have won, they no longer even try to have the working class think we have any say in this country. They are just running out figure heads while they rape the working class. America is cooked

U keep on hearing that OSU spent $20mil from the media and pundits. Does anybody know what the real # is? I have heard it’s not even close to that.

Just a putrid performance by just about everyone. Reminded me of the Missouri game with a different end result. Survive and advance I guess??? But there are some serious problems that need to be addressed over the next seven days, and I have no idea if that's enough time to get things turned around.

• This program has a Justin Frye problem. Zen Michalski was obviously horrendous, but I put most of the blame on the lack of recruiting/depth/development. I genuinely thought they might have someone else start the second half at LT.
• The entire left side of the line was bad. I honestly didn't even watch the right side much because I was focusing on the glaring problems on the other side. Donovan Jackson also had a very forgettable day.
• I don't know what the answer is, but this team will get killed by PSU/Indiana/Michigan if it plays anything like that. George Fitzpatrick? Luke Montgomery? Donovan Jackson to LT (lol)? Maybe just play with three tight ends helping out the left side on every play?
• The running game today? Beyond bad.
• This program also seems to have a Ryan Day problem. They had two weeks to prepare for a team that just lost by 50 to Indiana.....and this is what we got?
• Zero first downs in the third quarter. Pathetic.
• The deep ball TD to Tate was underthrown. The deep ball TD to Jeremiah was a beautiful throw.
• Howard missed a few reads where he should have kept the ball. I will say that he DID have the one nice keeper on the go-ahead TD drive, though.
• Emeka should have run a better route on the third down catch where he was stopped just short.
• Nebraska only bringing three on the one TD pass is a fireable offense for their DC.
• The Howard INT was very bad.
• Howard had Emeka wide open for an easy conversion on a 3rd and 3. Instead he threw it further downfield to Jeremiah. Incomplete pass. Ended up punting.
• I will give Will Howard credit for the final touchdown drive. Definitely not his best day, but it also wasn't terrible.
• Chip Kelly has seen better days (and so have the officials).
• Did I mention that the offensive line was terrible?
• The go-ahead TD drive was nice and the running game finally did some things on that drive.
• The field goal attempt was nearly as bad as Ruggles against Georgia.
• As much as Michalski struggled, I obviously hate to see the kid get hurt.

• The defense wasn't as bad as the offense, but I'd probably still give them a D.
• Wayyyy too many missed tackles.
• I DID like that they were mixings things up a bit more. I did NOT like how confused the players looked on seemingly every play. Mathews especially looked perplexed and was constantly looking around pre-play as if he had no idea what was going on.
• Mathews did have a nice play when he read the screen and blew it up.
• Ohio State has a Larry Johnson problem. I know the mythical rushmen is a thing and has worked in the past, but why on earth do we have Curry and Jackson at DT when you have Tyleik Williams on the team?
• JT sacked the QB when he was unblocked --- hurray! I don't get why he regularly can get some pressure but ends up several yards behind the quarterback. I assume that is more of a Larry thing than a JT thing......but it's annoying.
• On the 3rd and 10 long Raiola run......they were bringing pressure but everyone ran past the quarterback. Downs was blitzing too and the Nebraska running back did a nice job picking him.
• I'll give credit to Raiola. He is going to be scary over the next couple of years.
• Igbinosun just cannot stop grabbing people (nice play on the goal line stand though).
• Burke was bad again.
• Cody Simon definitely flashed a few times; especially late in the game.
• Caleb Downs is really good. It sucked seeing him getting picked by the official on the long pass to the tight end.
• Nebraska missed at last two should-have-been touchdown passes.
• Hilarious how a team with a horrible kicking game suddenly had vintage Justin Tucker today.
• I am revising the defensive grade to a C- after they held Nebraska at the end there and picked off a pass to seal the deal.

* Day said it’s trending toward Zen Michalski not playing. We didn’t see him coming off the practice field. Day wouldn’t say what the plan is for left tackle against Penn State.

* Day did say Lathan Ransom is “ready to go” and answered with an affirmative “yes” when asked if Ransom would play this week. Ransom was one of the last guys walking off the field, and definitely looked like he was doing stuff today. I also thought he still had a fairly noticeable hitch in his walk, but I’m not a doctor.

* Will Kacmarek wasn’t padded up for practice, but he was in a jersey and didn’t have his arm in a sling. So that seems like he’s making progress toward a return. Don’t think that would be this week, but certainly looks like we’ll see him on the field again at some point this year.

I didn't see a thread for this yet, but given this is OSU's biggest rival and current biggest threat in the Big Ten are playing each other, thought I'd start one up.

I'm a little fascinated about this game that I'm assuming most think will be a blowout. I have a hard time seeing Michigan slowing Oregon's passing game given the way their CBs have been picked on all year. But it's possible that their interior DL can do something that OSU's couldn't and that's take advantage of Oregon's weak spot there. They have seemed to shore it up since their opening games against Idaho and Boise where the middle of their line couldn't block anyone. And Michigan's DL couldn't do anything against a Texas OL that got destroyed by Georgia, so maybe they'll be stymied again.

On the other side, Michigan is going to have to run and keep control of the ball. Oregon's defense can be gotten, as OSU moved the ball pretty easily. But Oregon was able to slow their run game once Simmons went out. One X factor is that it is a time zone game. Oregon did win at Purdue, but this has generally worked to level the field and put the traveling team at a distinct disadvantage.

Overall, I'm not sure I can see Michigan winning but I would be surprised if Oregon covers the 16 points.

More returns coming in from over the weekend:

My thoughts on the Ryan Day bashing:

HOW did we f that one up? It is not an understatement to say that he saves the whole line. Fryar and Smith are your tackles post-injury and everything is fine. The kid is from Columbus, Ohio. Do not tell me we couldn't have gotten him to come if we tried.