With the new College Football game coming out I thought it might be fun to see what you guys thought the Ohio State player ratings would be.
These are mine…

Offense

QB Will Howard- 88
RB1 Treveyon Henderson- 93
RB1a Quinshon Judkins-95
WR Emeka Egbuka- 97
WR Carnell Tate- 90
WR Jeremiah Smith- 81
TE Will Kacmarek- 80
LT Josh Simmons- 84
LG Donovan Jackson- 86
C Seth McLaughlin- 84
RG Josh Fryer- 84
RT Luke Montgomery- 79

Defense

DE JT Tuimoloau- 91
DE Jake Sawyer- 93
DT Tyliek Williams- 94
DT Ty Hamilton- 83
LB Cody Simon- 81
LB Sonny Styles- 82
S Lathan Ransom- 95
S Malik Hartford- 82
CB Jordan Hancock- 95
CB Denzel Burke-97
CB David Igbinosun- 93

Extras

CJ Hicks- 82
Kenyatta Jackson- 83
Devin Brown- 82
Gee Scott- 77
Hero Kanu- 80
Brandon Inniss- 80

I watched the spring game again and tried to focus on the offensive line. Definitely no expert but had a few observations:
Seth McLauchlan the new center is strong and uses leverage well. One of the D-line got partially by him but he was still able to anchor, torque his body and keep him from getting to the quarterback. Hinzman still struggled with this.
Tegra looked good to me as well. Again, his anchor was strong and it seemed like he was solid both in the run and the pass.
Josh Fryar looked good in pass pro as well. Seemed like he actually won his reps against Jack. The only time he seemed to struggle was against the 5 man line with both Jack and JT lined up on the same side. my biggest disappointment with him was not finishing blocks in the run game. He seemed to do pretty well against linebackers but would drop off and they sometimes would get themselves back into the play.
George Fitzpatrick also looked good in pass protection. Didn't anchor quite as well as Fryar but there wasn't a huge drop-off to my eye. Hinzman, Siereveld and Michalski all struggled to hold up against the d-line.
Overall, I felt pretty good about our starting five and Fitzpatrick.

Update: sorry from @Birm — https://ohiostate.rivals.com/news/a...-state-flips-gabe-vansickle-from-northwestern

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Nothing I heard this weekend makes me think Hill won't pick Ohio State.

Just got around to watching TPD from Friday, the mailbox episode. Austin being incredulous to @Birm about golfing alone is a borderline hate crime. If you can get out on the course by yourself where you can just play, and not be held up, there’s not much better. I say that as someone who golfs in a league and in groups very regularly. I commend Birm for hitting the links and ripping through 18 holes in just over 2 hours. That sounds like my personal Nirvana. My only question….what Toledo area track was that because is sounds wonderful?

First impression of Columbus went well this spring

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and a fall official visit is already being discussed

A look right here:

The latest on his recruitment and where things stand with others:

Some big opportunities coming for Ohio State

New Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2025
Biggest movers: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-biggest-risers-in-the-rivals250-24
Adam Gorney's position-by-position thoughts: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-breaking-down-the-new-rivals250-for-2025

Another interested 4-star from the South. Might be tough to pull from the Sip

Sounds like this June visit could be important ...

Plus two new 2026 offers

I remember watching him play for the Reds

This sucks

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Thank you to all of the veterans out there!

With JSN leaving Ohio State and him having the best receiving season in Ohio State history. Where would you rank him in All time Buckeye Receivers?

I would like see everyone's top 10 Buckeye Receivers

I love the excitement of opening the next pack, but now I'm trying to find out if I have something of value. I see cards on line that look cool called Home field Advantage. Are these cards bought separately from Topps or are they in the Series 1 group and very rare?

I think buying these cards is going to lead me to say "hi my name is Pete and I have an addiction".

You often hear people claim that top colleges teams can beat the worst NFL teams. They can’t.

What about UFL teams? How do you think the Buckeyes would match up with these UFL teams playing right now?

...this is where Doug Lesmerises belongs. Because it is certifiably insane to say that Ryan Day will be retained at the end of 2024 with another loss to Michigan. There's no scenario in which he loses to Michigan and wins a B1G or national championship, because if they lose that game this year, at home, with this collection of talent, then it's abundantly clear that this team is not good enough to accomplish either of those things and that Ryan Day does not have a ****ing clue what he is doing.

If Ryan Day loses to Michigan this year, he will be fired. There is no other possible outcome.

The latest on his recruitment - and future position: