NBA OFF TOPIC THREAD

[shopson67]

Ohio St will lose a lot of guys but they already got a handful of guys in the portal. Man question is QB-Sayin and reloading DL. New RB too, talented guys but not Judkins or Henderson.
Judkins is gone

Are they going to spend $20M to keep their guys out of the draft again this year?

 

[thunderc]

Yeah, he didn't just have his career high in TDs this year or anything on a career low in targets since his rookie year (per 17) due to their running game and improved WR play. He'll be 30 in September, he's not close to retiring. Overreaction, lol.

Hey he went to my school, i know the guy. He is a shell of his former self. He can still be serviceable but he isn’t great anymore. I still don’t know that the hell he was doing on that fumble.

 

[shopson67]

Hey he went to my school, i know the guy. He is a shell of his former self. He can still be serviceable but he isn’t great anymore. I still don’t know that the hell he was doing on that fumble.

It got punched out, nothing remarkable or confusing about it. Solid defensive play, if not a gamble to some degree.

 

[thunderc]

It got punched out, nothing remarkable or confusing about it. Solid defensive play, if not a gamble to some degree.

He was running the wrong direction

 

[eaglesnut]

Those long runs by Barkley could've been done by any decent pro RB. Gaping holes and bad angles for support by the defense. At least Hurts had to break one tackle for his.

Did you see Tucker's season? He's fallen off quite a bit.

Maybe OT, but that's 1:30 back to Josh Allen to get into FG range.

That's because of how the running back sets them up. It was a thing of beauty and that's why you pay for the top dog when you get the chance.

 

[dtgold88]

Yea having it the day after the a weekend of divisional nfl games isn’t smart. There is like no buzz at all for a title game.

agree and in another post mentioned once CFP ran into NFL playoffs buzz went down quite a bit.....but how can it be changed other than get it all done before playoffs in NFL?

 

[dtgold88]

ND made that look easy.

Yikes.

Admittedly I was concerned....until we also got the ball.

 

[dtgold88]

Pretty boringly predictable game so far.

At time you wrote this I kind of liked it.

And still do.

 

[dtgold88]

National Champions

what a day to remember from start to finish.

Yep....think Ryan Day stays.

Does suck losing to UM and never want to.......but this is not 1970 (or even 2023) where a loss to them can end the season. as was said gold pants nice, gold trophy better.

O-H!!

 

[dtgold88]

OSU beat #1 Oregon, #3 Penn State, what was Indiana when they beat them? like #9? Tennesee, Texas.....

obviously the playoff lends to this, but the # of really good teams OSU beat this year was ridiculous. Going through Tennesee, Oregon, Texas and ND to win the title is wild- they didnt have a SMU or any gimme game.

what a display of fortitude- they couldve folded after that Michigan game but instead they came together and played great football and beat Tenn by 25, Oregon by 20, Texas by 14, and Notre Dame by 11.

I don't think they were a top 5 team but IU was top 5 ranked when we beat them.

 

[shopson67]

He was running the wrong direction

He tried to duck under the oncoming DB on his way across the field. If he tries to dodge him downfield, there are 5 more defenders there ready to hit him. He even had the ball in the hand furthest from Bernard, who had to reach across Andrews' body to punch it out. If you want to argue he should've had two hands locking the ball away, sure. How often do you see that with receivers in the open field though?

 

[dtgold88]

gotta give ND credit- they never stopped fighting and made it a game when I thought it was pretty much over after the Buckeyes scored 10 to open the 3rd.

ND deserved to be in title game and showed it.

at the end of the day OSU's talent won out. all of blitz and Howard makes the throw to Jeremiah in single coverage.

agree...figured only thing that could make it a game was our own dumb. Tried to do it with the Egbuka fumble after announcers pretty much willed it to happen.

 

[dtgold88]

bringing back Downs on defense and Smith on offense is a nice way to start for next season. Gotta find some better corners though if you ask me.

QB should be interesting too. Losing Sawyer and Tuimoloau at DE is gonna hurt as well. Should be poised for another run though if they can get it together.

I wonder if Judkins comes back. Henderson is obv. gone. Judkins looked awesome today- that might be a spring board to the NFL- nothing left for him really. Would be nice if they gave him a nice NIL deal and he came back though.

Yeah was wondering about Judkins, too. If he is told he's a 3rd rounder or later would think could make more coming back being the man for a season.

Hope there is more than just Peoples behind him who ar legit players.

 

[dtgold88]

I would love for the Browns to get Henderson and/or Sawyer in the early/middle rounds. I doubt Andrew Berry would take Sawyer though unfortunately.

In round 3-4.....why not?

 

[dtgold88]

Game went as I expected. Just glad they showed some fight and went down swinging

Really did and I know doesn't help but hats off to them. That first drive was amazing by them.

 

[dtgold88]

ESPN's "Too Early" 2025 Rankings have 4 Big Ten Teams in the top 6.

Its funny how people though NIL would make CFB more lopsided but it has actually improved parity since none of these guys want to sit and they jump in the portal.

2nd year in a row for a Big Ten Champion. ND and PSU are climbing the rankings. Oregon looks to be really good. and then the Buckeyes- the only team in college football that seems to be good decade after decade.


Big Ten Rising

SEC falling

So true about your last OSU comment and why even after UM loss thought was absurd to want to dump Day. Get that wrong and one awful season can lead to a bunch of middling years. Ask UF, FSU, USC, Texas, Oklahoma, etc.

 

[dtgold88]

Are they going to spend $20M to keep their guys out of the draft again this year?

since those same guys don't have eligibility remaining not likely.

You get others can do this, too, right? IF the players are willing.

 

[shopson67]

since those same guys don't have eligibility remaining not likely.

You get others can do this, too, right? IF the players are willing.

Might be a harder sell since they've already won a championship. Odds of 2 back to back aren't great.

 

[thunderc]

He tried to duck under the oncoming DB on his way across the field. If he tries to dodge him downfield, there are 5 more defenders there ready to hit him. He even had the ball in the hand furthest from Bernard, who had to reach across Andrews' body to punch it out. If you want to argue he should've had two hands locking the ball away, sure. How often do you see that with receivers in the open field though?

Just saying he had more than one mistake in the game. The last play there was blame for both he and Lamar. The biggest blame goes to the off cord for not giving the ball to Henry.

 

[dtgold88]

Might be a harder sell since they've already won a championship. Odds of 2 back to back aren't great.

The hard sell is they have no eligibility so need to sell NCAA on rules.

Only guy who might need to be sold I can think of is Judkins. I think with a title he leaves.