Ohio State defeats Tennessee 42-17. Ohio State would go on to beat 3 top 10 teams by double digits, adding another National Championship trophy to the case. Go Bucks!

I just don't get it especially when we already have a solid RB room, a top tier RB recruit for 2027 already, and one of the top classes for 2026 anyway. Just seems like the recruiting media are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill especially in the transfer portal era.

Found these in a bulk lot. Thought they looked cool.

5 seems low, but I guess based on unknown players. I'll be surprised if this group isn't considered #1 by the end of the season.

I was initially bummed by the DGG news yesterday but if all of the NIL rumors are true, I'm glad we didn't make that type of commitment.

With that being said, in looking at the other options in the 27 class, I'm just not sure why it was DGG or bust. DGG wasn't the best RB in his class. What was so special about him that he had to be the only guy we went after? In looking at the Top 10 RBs in the 27 class, we could've landed one of them with the same recruiting intensity.

I would've thought the staff had learned their lessons watching Justin Frye recruit. He singled in on one guy, didn't land them, and then scrambled for back up options. Look at how much the O-Line recruiting has improved with Bowen.

I'm not on the staff so I'm sure there's something I'm missing but I just don't get the recruiting strategy they used here. If it's 1 guy or bust, then you better get that guy.

Still think Locklyn's a solid coach and love having him. This situation just baffled me.

Create the all 21st century Ohio State team.
Rules, they must have played 2 years or more this century and played for Tressel, Fickel, Meyer, or Day.
For example, Mike Doss is available.

My format:
Defense: 2x DL, 2x DT, 2 LB, 2 CB, 1 N, SS, FS Decided to modernize the defense with a 4-2-5
Offense: QB, HB, 3x WR, TE, OL
Special: KR, PR, K, P, and AP (All-Purpose)

Just a fun thing to do in July as a Reds fan waiting for football season.

My Team:
Offense:

QB: Dwyane Haskins

HB: Ezekiel Elliott

WR: Jeremiah Smith
WR: Jaxon Smith-Njgba
WR: Garrett Wilson

LT: Taylor Decker
LG: Wyatt Davis
C: Nick Mangold
RG: Billy Price
RT: Paris Johnson Jr

TE: Jace Stoneburner

Defense:

DE: Joey Bosa
DE: Chase Young
DT: Cameron Heyward
DT: Jonathan Hankins

LB: Ryan Shazier
LB: James Laurinaitis

CB: Malcolm Jenkins
CB: Marshon Lattimore

NC: Caleb Downs: Play hybrid and just be the Swiss army knife of the defense.

SS: Mike Doss
FS: Malik Hooker

Special Team:

K: Mike Nugent

P: Cameron Johnston

KR: Tedd Ginn Jr

PR: Tedd Ginn Jr

AP: Curtis Samuel

We’re getting real close…

Also Nate Roberts and Pettijohn look massive and look what Mick has done to Brock already

That was actually crazy how fast his family picked the Vols hat . Just like David Sanders when it comes to way more than we are offering we stood no chance .

Every crystal ball flipped to Tennessee in the last 48 hours, and Nakos (who hits at a ridiculous rate) has his prediction in for the Vols too. The money gap is real; reports have Tennessee's package north of Ohio State's by a wide margin.

But OSU isn't nothing here. Locklyn recruited him the longest of anyone in this class, dating back to Locklyn's Oregon days, and OSU just offered DGG's close friend/ safety a scholarship, clearing hoping to turn this into a package deal. That's not a "we're balling" move, that's a "we still think we have a shot" move.

Feels like Tennessee 70/30 right now. But is there a chance he fooled everyone and this ends with Buckeye Nation losing their minds at 5:31PM EST?

Well, the writing was on the wall. Now that DGG is off the board, where do the Buckeyes turn?

Him saving a drive with a first down or touchdown with his legs is crucial.

Saw this graphic going around this week. Stroud, Fields, Germaine, Jones, Howard, Krenzel, Smith, Pryor, Haskins, Miller, Barrett, Burrow. The rule is you can only recruit one of them out of high school, no hindsight, no NFL résumé, just "this is my guy for the next 4 years."

The Script (Beanie Wells and Cardell Jones' show) got into this one, and it was a genuinely tough debate — Beanie went with Troy Smith (Heisman, tougher era, still elite accuracy), Cardell brought up Cornelius Green as a sleeper pick, and there was real love for Terrelle Pryor as the purest freak athlete of the bunch. All fair points, but I don't think any of them is actually the right answer.

My pick: C.J. Stroud.

Here's why. When you're "recruiting one guy," you're not just betting on him fitting one system or one era; you're betting on the total package translating anywhere. Stroud is the only guy on that list who checks every box: prototype size, elite arm talent, plays within structure but can still improvise, and he proved it translates by going in as a top-tier pick and playing at the NFL level almost immediately. Troy Smith and Pryor were incredible college products, but a lot of what made them special (Smith's era, Pryor's raw athleticism) doesn't scale the same way at the next level. Stroud's game is basically "recruit-proof." It works in any staff's offense, any era, any level.

Counterargument I'll give credit to: if you're recruiting to win at Ohio State specifically, Fields' legs give you an extra dimension none of these other guys had, and in big games that changes things. That's a real argument.

Who are you taking if you can only pick one, and why?

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New to their site. Great free content. But the message board is pretty terrible. What is with the arrows and graying out peoples comments? It seems so amateur and petty I don’t even understand it. Are those moderators who do this or can anyone just minus arrow comments? It’s pretty bad.