Good morning! My name is Brent Rollins and I write and do film/X&O breakdowns for UGASports.com, the UGA Rivals site, on YouTube. I also work part-time for Pro Football Focus.

A colleague (Dayne Young) and I do these weekly looking at the UGA game and/or potential upcoming opponents.

Going to be a fun matchup! I'm from WV originally and actually went to school at Ohio Northern, so know a lot of Buckeye fans. By all means, ask my anything about the matchup. Thanks!

Here is the link for the 3-part series we posted last night in advance of the Peach Bowl. Two videos focusing on the OSU offense and one on their defense.


If for some reason you can't access, it is also on our site's YT Channel:

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Not to be confused with Daniel Harris the DB... Daniel Harris the four-star DE from Palm Bay HS in Florida was contacted by Ohio State over the weekend. They asked for his transcripts. Just a share should it turn into something bigger.

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Since @Birm is busy / getting hammered before noon, anybody got any wild class projections for next year? A useless exercise I know I know

QB: Hurley
RB: Marshall,
WR: Smith, Hudson, Trader, Graham (my confidence in BH is absurd)
TE: M. Smith (Bailey about to be a problem o ñ the trail)
OT: Moore, Pringle (hope springs eternal lol)
IOL: Seaton, Harbour

DE: king Joseph Edwards, Pickett, Rudolph
DT: smith, Scott
LB/jack: S. Brown, Villiamu-asa, Witten
S: Bolden, Woodyard, Stover (yes that’s Perry Eliano’s music)
CB: West, Scott, Agard

We talked more in-depth about the players Ohio State did land, because they deserve it. On the high-end potential and future impact of Ohio State's 2023 recruiting class:

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Let's keep all news, info, tweets, etc. related to signings, flips, etc. in this thread please.

OSU:6
Bama:3
UGA:1

I hear that the sky is falling and I've gone through my panic cycle but after watching Matayo and especially Bowen ditch all principles and BS about "relationships" I've embraced a pretty peaceful feeling of appreciation for the guys who actually did keep their word. Yep, Ohio State is behind in the bag game and it seems that we're still insisting on playing by rules no matter how unenforceable they are. But I'm thinking of a post @Keith7456 made last week bumping a sentiment about appreciation for the guys who are choosing to sign not because of NIL but in spite of NIL. Most of us are Buckeyes by birth. These guys are Buckeyes by choice. I'm not going to spend the rest of NSD whining about flips or might have beens. I'm gonna celebrate and appreciate the guys who want to be here, the ones who chose us.

@Bill Landis and his wife will be welcoming their first child later this month, as officially announced on THE Podcast Daily today. Congratulations Bill! Hoping for a smooth last month and easy delivery (as much as they can be coming from a guy - ha).
Having a child is the most amazing, life changing and rewarding experience you’ll ever have. You’ll have to let us know if it’s a boy or a girl when the time comes. Best wishes, congrats and good health to mom and baby!!

Oh and is Jeremy (feels weird to type) trying to convince you Birm could make a nice middle name for a boy or a girl? 😂

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Way behind in the nil, but we signed the number three class in the nation currently! Are you even kidding me! I would love to have some of the kids that went elsewhere, but great big huge props to coach day and the staff to nail down a class like this.

They landed Stanford starting center Drake Nugent today while we do nothing because some of the guys in there hurt our feelings

“Comrades, there is no true social revolution without the liberation of women. May my eyes never see and my feet never take me to a society where half the people are held in silence. I hear the roar of women's silence.”

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Less than 24 hours till a lot of these kids sign. Would love everyone’s opinion on the following in or out:

Kayin Lee
Caleb Downs
Mateyo

I am going in, out, in but will be holding out irrational hope on Caleb until he actually signs.

@Birm @AEllis

I’ve been thinking about this (and trying to kill time before tomorrow). What were people’s expectations with the new hires in regards to coaching and recruiting? To my eye, it seems like people had a pretty high bar for Frye / Knowles / Walton / Elliano to clear on both fronts. My thoughts are basically centered around the ideas that the 2023 season / 2025 recruiting class is really the year that you can start to fairly evaluate how good they are as coaches and recruiters. Am I crazy? Should I have had higher expectations for this year? It seems like there was definite improvement on the defensive side and I think next year will be even better.

Ryan Day has proven he can land the nation's top QB from anywhere - CA, UT, TX, PA.

That said, the class of 25 QBs is pretty interesting geographically. While the top QBs in most cycles are CA/TX/GA heavy, the class of 25 has quite a few top QBs within driving distance to Columbus.

I didn't find Rivals' 2025 rankings, so I used 247. The exact ranking doesn't mean everything at this point, it's just indicative of how many top guys are in the area. Ryan Day will have his pick of the litter.

247 QB Rankings
QB1 Bryce Underwood - Belleville, MI
QB2 George MacIntyre - Brentwood, TN
QB4 Cutter Boley - Lexington, KY
N/A Ryan Montgomery - Findlay, OH
N/A Tavien St Clair - Bellefontaine, OH

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am copy and pasting this from 11w user RICK, because I love discussing this stuff.

2022 Black Stripe Removed

• Tanner McCallister - 3/28
• Kye Stokes - 4/8
• Caden Curry - 4/11
• J’yaire Brown - 8/9
• DeaMonte Trayanum - 8/9
• CJ Hicks - 8/13
• Kaleb Brown - 8/16
• Zak Herbstreit - 8/17
• Kyion Grayes - 8/20
• Dallan Hayden - 8/20
• Joop Mitchell - 8/20
• Kenyatta Jackson - 8/20
• Sonny Styles - 8/30
• TC Caffey - 9/14
• Kojo Antwi - 9/15
• Mason Maggs - 9/15
• Ryan Turner - 9/22
• Hero Kanu - 9/22
• Devin Brown - 10/6
• Omari Abor - 12/7
• Carson Hinzman - 12/14
• Bennett Christian - 12/17
• Caleb Burton - 12/20
• Gabe Powers - 12/20

Transfers: DB Tanner McCallister, LB DeaMonte Trayanum

Early Enrollee’s: DB J’yaire Brown, DE Caden Curry, LB CJ Hicks, LB Gabe Powers, DB Kye Stokes, DB Ryan Turner, QB Devin Brown, WR Caleb Burton, TE Bennett Christian, OL George Fitzpatrick, WR Kyion Grayes

2022 Signee’s: DL Omari Abor, WR Kojo Antwi, WR Kaleb Brown, RB Dallan Hayden, OL Avery Henry, OL Carson Hinzman, DE Kenyatta Jackson, DL Hero Kanu, S Sonny Styles, OL Tegra Tshabola

Redshirts Burnt:

• Cayden Curry
• Jayden Fielding
• Jyaire Brown
• Dallen Hayden
• CJ Hicks
• Kye Stokes
• Sonny Styles
• Kaleb Brown
• Kojo Antwi

What was Biden thinking, or was he?

Reality is gene smith is keeping him. But you’re the AD; what do you choose?

All of the recent recruiting events are pretty strange. Strange enough that I think something decently big is going to happen right after the playoff run is over.

Apparently Dylan notified TOSU of de commitment about a week ago…. And everyone held this info tight. Maybe coach day let Dylan know about the news so he wasn’t blind sided…

Should be interesting…. Good or bad

I used 247’s Class calculator. I pulled out Innis, Tate and Rogers. Kept Bryson Rodgers, added reasonable enough WR targets in a theoretical world without Hartline; Rico Flores (seemed to fit with OSU regardless), Anthony Brown (ohio kid), Rodney Gallagher (Pennsylvania kid, WVU commit) and then I added Josh Mickens for this excercise assuming we’re not getting Damon or Matayo.

The final result? 274.08 class score. Assuming no other programs add anything between now and NSD( which is unrealistic)… that’d be good for the 12th best class; one spot ahead of Penn State.