There is a LOOOOT of NIL talk. But I don’t think I really even know what a typical NIL deal looks like. Anyone able to chime in? I imagine it would be different for different places.

If I were developing NIL deals I’d come up with something like:
- Set amount year one (with some extra for higher rated recruits)
- Escalating set amounts for each year in the program, up to year 3. Escalation based on productivity.
- snap bonuses / caveats (ie extra for starters, have to be a certain amount of snaps by year three or NIL amount drops)
- Bonuses for national awards / B1G awards
- Injury “settlements”
- year 4 tbd (depends if it’s a Tyler Friday type or a Chris Olave type)

Or maybe this is how they all are structured?

Jayvan Boggs has 7 TDs over his last two games, against all FBS types in the secondary. OSU offered in the offseason and he tells us he is looking at the Penn State game

Looking for a nice AirBNB close to the Stadium for the MichST game

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Run blocking and penalties continue to plague our OL, and Josh is unquestionably struggling at both. Heres the scouting report on him last year.

“Simmons played 799 snaps last year, second-most among San Diego State linemen. He was flagged for 17 penalties, according to Pro Football Focus, the most of any offensive tackle nationally.”

According to PFF, Simmons allowed four sacks in 404 passing snaps. He graded better as a pass blocker (65.3) than run blocker (47.7).

I know it’s early but I’m concerned that maybe this is just who he is. IMO If he doesn’t show a lot of improvement In practice this week and early in next weeks game. I think they have no choice but see what Luke or Tegra can do.

@Bill Landis I am wondering if Ohio State changed the way they are having the defensive ends rush. Last year they were often trying to get around the edge and would get way upfield and have the quarterbacks scramble easily. I think this was an issue at Toledo and Michigan. Against Georgia it looked like the ends were being much more restricted in their pass rush. They mostly bull rushed and didn’t let the quarterback step up and then out through the edges. It looks the same this year. They don’t seem like they are even trying to do speed rushes this year. That takes away Jack Sawyers biggest strength from when he can in. Is there a change in philosophy/teaching? I am not an expert but just a possible piece of the issues.

My wife and I are coming to the game Saturday. We have been to many games but always have went to the faculty club in the past. That being said we are not going to Faculty Club on Saturday and instead we’re looking for recommendations of places to eat if it’s even possible to find somewhere on game day. We always park on High Street in a garage and will be downtown around noon.

The Youngstown State probably does not necessitate this much scrutiny, but since the conversation is still ongoing, I went back and watched all 31 times Youngstown ended up in a passing situation. My general takeaway is that we (anyone concerned with the pass rush) should probably cool our jets a bit. There were a few plays where the defensive line was in a true pass rush situation (no quick game, more than a one-step drop, no play action, no RPO) where the rush didn't get home but that was hardly the entirety of the game. Three of them came on the final drive when some backups were in up front.

Jack Sawyer and J.T. Tuimoloau were involved in seven true pass rush situations, and dropped out into zone coverage on two of them, so it was really five true pass rushers. They didn't get pressures on those, and if you'd like to see them do so I won't begrudge you. But 0-for-5 probably isn't worth the oxygen we're giving it.

Some other notes:

• I would consider 10 of the 31 pass calls to be plays where there was just no chance to rush. Those were screens, swing passes, plays where the quarterback took a one-step drop or no drop at all before getting the ball out of his hand.

• On the Cover 0 blitz on the first drive, the completion against Lathan Ransom, Ty Hamilton came free and rocked the QB as he threw the ball. Hamilton also slipped as he was getting into the backfield. He lost his footing for about half a second, but that was the difference between a sack and completion on that play in my view.

• I actually think in the end, JT didn't have a bad game. He wasn't dominant and maybe you want him to be in a game like this. But he collapsed the pocket a couple times leading to errant throws. He won clean on one pass rush and had the QB lined up for a sack, but lost his balance and fell, allowing the QB to escape. He rag-dolled the right tackle on a play where the defense only rushed three and nearly drove the tackle back into the QB, forcing a side-arm checkdown that was stopped for a 1-yard gain.

• Jack seems a bit inconsistent with his get-off, but he also was stepping down to play against a potential run on some of these passes and not always immediately releasing upfield.

• The sack fumble with Tommy and Sonny was a great instance of the DL creating lanes for blitzers. Hall's sack was an incredible individual effort.

PFF numbers on true pass rushers so far this year:
Mike Hall, 14 rushes, 3 pressures
JT, 12 rushes, 1 pressure
Sawyer, 10 rushes, 1 pressure
Kenyatta Jackson, 10 rushes, 2 pressures
Caden Curry, 9 rushes, 2 pressures

I think those numbers could be better. I still want to see what this looks like when Ohio State plays a team that will give them more opportunities to rush the passer. But I mostly want to check my own analysis off of this game, because after watching it again it feels little hot.

My thoughts on what this means for Ohio State now: https://ohiostate.rivals.com/news/a...g-quarterback-decision-means-for-buckeyes-now

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Elijah Melendez has been to Columbus twice, but he was in middle school. Now he has 30 offers and says he talks to Day's staff daily.

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Thinking of bringing grandkids (4) to their first OSU game (Maryland). Really nice hotel option?

2 Big Ten games tonight that you won't wanna miss.

BTN @ 7pm
Indiana St @ Indiana(-31)

ESPN2 @ 730pm
Illinois @ Kansas(-3.5)

The Big Ten office informed OSU that the Holding call on Chip Tryanum was a bad call costing OSU a TD. This was one of those times that cost OSU 7 points and would have changed the score to 41-7 instead of 35-7 The question is does that final score make the win different?