re: Buying a national title

We're currently doing the exact same thing for the upcoming 2025 season. Don't be stupid.

Was interesting to see standout players on both sides of the ball were standouts for completely different teams last year. They don’t win without those guys.

I’m not a fan of it. My team should benefit from it next year but it’s a mercenary game in every sense of the word.

As far as Caleb Downs. His father is freinds with OSU db coach Tim Walton growing up in Georgia. He almost went to OSU out of high school. When Saban left it was a foregone conclusion that he was going to Ohio State. He even took a little less money than Georgia offered.

I do agree he is a difference maker. Bama might have been 1 or 2 games better with him. I heard Bama fans criticize their DC for playing a 4-2-5. Fact is that is what Ohio State plays and is the best defense in America because of their safety play. The defense is not flawed..the execution needs to be there to be as great as OSU

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Buying a national title

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Saban bought about 6 of them at Alabama.

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Saban bought about 6 of them at Alabama.

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zero proof you poor.

During the ncaa investigation one player was asked if he received monetary offers from Alabama. He replied no but was offered by Tennessee. I'm sure some posters here will remember the guy's name.

If you had the money to burn you would try it at least a couple times.

Most, probably all of us, lack the bankroll. So instead, we get to sit here and bitch about it.

Link it bitch. There's a reason you poors have been irrelevant since 1998.

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Ummm have you seen what LSU has done in the portal lately? And yes, that’s obviously what you need to do to make the championship game so I think we’re doing what we need to be doing. Playing the game the way it is now.

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Don't get too lazy with your big portal potty beliefs. The best teams build from within and pay their guys accordingly, and the Buckeyes still fit that narrative. Like all Bluebloods, they get destroyed when key players leave for greener pastures.


Ohio State signed these players in the portal last year:

QB Will Howard, from Kansas State
QB Julian Sayin, from Alabama
RB Quinshon Judkins, from Mississippi
TE Will Kacmarek, from Ohio
C Seth McLaughlin, from Alabama
S Caleb Downs, from Alabama

I count 6 new guys

The Buckeyes lost these players in the portal last year:

QB Kyle McCord, to Syracuse
RB Evan Pryor, to Cincinnati
RB Dallan Hayden, to Colorado
RB Chip Trayanum, to Kentucky
WR Noah Rogers, to North Carolina State
WR Julian Fleming, to Penn State
TE Joe Royer, to Cincinnati
TE Sam Hart, to Colorado
DB Cameron Martinez, to Boston College
OL Vic Cutler, to Louisville
OL Jakob James, to Toledo
DT Jaden McKenzie, to East Carolina
DE Omari Abor, to SMU
CB Jyaire Brown, to LSU
DB Kye Stokes, to Cincinnati
S Ja'Had Carter, to North Carolina State
LB Reid Carrico, to West Virginia
DB Ryan Turner, to Boston College
LB Nigel Glover, to Northwestern
WR Kiyon Graves, to California
S Cedrick Hawkins, to Central Florida
K Parker Lewis, Arizona State
P Jesse Mirco, to Vanderbilt
RB Will Hartson, to Southern Illinois

So where did all that 20 million actually go? They are paying their homegrowns just like BAMA and others who recruit on a different level.