Hey everyone, was joined by @Birm on this week's Fact or Fiction to discuss if the Buckeyes are the favorites to win the national title right now.

Thoughts? I think it disgusting..

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Loved it and will read The Energy Bus book tomorrow.

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!Haha Madrid!

I know there's a ticket forum area, but I was wondering if anyone had some tips on how best to purchase tickets for an Ohio State game.

I have been a few times, and each time I went it was facilitated by someone who has season tix and is a current/former staff member of the university. That connect can't assist this time, and I have a trip planned to take my girlfriend to her first game this fall.

We live in NC, and aren't looking to spend a fortune, but I targeted either the Iowa game or the Nebraska game. My first question was - in general, what's the best way to go about tickets and on what time frame are they usually released or go on sale? My second question is timing for the game itself. With the changes to college football and TV, it seems likely looking at the schedule, that Iowa OSU should be a 3:30 CBS game. It also seems likely that Nebraska Ohio State will almost assuredly be a noon kick.


I loved the Skull Session and pre-game atmosphere for non noon games, and was really hoping for a 3:30 game or later. Other than waiting to see closer to the game, is there a solid guess that one of those games might be a later kick? Would prices skyrocket at some point? Any general information about anything related to tickets and planning an out of state trip for the game would be really, greatly appreciated.

Last bit of information: my GF is intent on staying at The Graduate, which is also why making a decision sooner rather than later is best for us.

Thank you all, and Go Bucks!

Ohio State among his lead group:

Best stock market ever.

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… is expected on Saturday

Caleb Downs and Seth McLaughlin have already met with the media this morning. Quinshon Judkins, Will Howard and Will Kacmarek will do the same in about an hour.

Downs and McLaughlin were, as expected, exceptionally impressive.

Kid from Anderson in Cincy is a 6-3, 215 DE who has 9 offers, including Wisky, Arkansas and Oregon in the past 2 days. Also has Tennessee, IU, Purdue and West Virginia. He's blowing up

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I don’t remember posters history (well maybe a few) but a few months ago there were a few wanting to bring in someone that recruited at a higher level. What are your thoughts now?

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First they steal Bill Landis from the Athletic, then get Doug and now Extra Points? NIL must be strong for THE Media folks. Fun to watch this grow and continue to grow. Hats off to @AustinWard @Birm @Bill Landis Doug and everyone behind the scenes at THE Media, you guys are killing it! Keep it up

Hey everyone, so I have alot of family in Kentucky, and some ties to a certain KY big sports radio and political figure, he provided some updates on potential NIL regulation that he is hearing has some actual traction, and he got to read the in-progress Bill, here are some features:

- One time transfer allowed, for 2nd time, committee of coaches will evaluate your reason for transferring.

- Each school will establish an official “collective” and it will have to register and disclose all deals/payments, and each conference will set a “cap” for the collectives

- Players will still be allowed to make secondary NIL deals with businesses and endorsement opportunities (original idea for NIL)

- Bill is also intended to provide an amendment avenue for if schools then start to have to share revenue directly with athletes

Apparently NCAA and Congress set aside the NIL carnival shouters like Tuberville and went to some behind the scenes Congressional shakers who ACTUALLY get things done and aren’t the ones on TV and looking for publicity. Bill is meant to control the NIL collectives primarily and shed some light on what they’re doing.

Chip and Miyan were tough runners.
Our current RB are not in that mold.
We need some help here in the portal.

Did a roster comparison of the top 4 teams going into next year. Heavy odds the title comes from one of these 4. My goal was to understand the relative experience and quality of play from each one entering the year. I used PFF for all the numbers. Snap % is just the % of available snaps played in 2023; for transfers the % they played in 2023 for their old team was applied to the current team. Grades are just PFF grades weighted by snaps played. Obviously PFF grades need to be taken with a grain of salt but in aggregate they are a good way to measure relative performance.

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Takeaways for each of them:
Georgia: Solid grade and experience on offense, lowest grade and experience on D. Portal additions focused on offense. They will rely on coaching + inexperienced high level recruits to have a great defense because what they return is not that awesome. Positions potentially starting inexperienced (<200 snaps in 2023) players: RT, C, SS, DE, STAR

Ohio State: Lowest offense grade, mostly because of inexperience at WR and poor O-line play. By far the best defense grade with solid experience. Added experience on offense and quality on defense in the portal. Should have the best defensive roster in the country but O-line must be better. Positions potentially starting inexperienced players: RT, WR, TE

Oregon: Tons of experience, much of it through the portal. Solid but unspectacular grades on both sides of the ball. Used the portal to add quality, experienced players on both sides of the ball. Big question will be how all of those parts work together, and how well portal additions maintain quality of play from previous teams. Not projecting any starters without significant experience.

Texas: Very similar to Oregon, but with slightly less experience added from the portal. Added very good players on both sides of the ball but might be looking for high end players as the only projected starter who graded over 80 last year was Ewers at QB. Only position starting an inexperienced player will be RT

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Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy got their teams...Kansas City and San Francisco....to the NFL Super Bowl Feb. 11 because they were able to extend plays and make game-winning plays with their running ability when defenses presented opportunities. A scrambling-running quarterback can demoralize an opponent with just 2 or 3 big plays during a game.
The Buckeyes need to have that threat with their quarterback. Don't risk a QBs health when leading 35-3, but in close games against formidable opponents, a big scramble by the QB could decide the game.