re: Buying a national title

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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.