Buckeye Fan 19

What a run he’s on right now.

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So they hold it during the NHL playoffs?

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Yes, it’s a much bigger deal for the European countries than it is to the U.S. and Canada. Still, it’s not like it’s a complete joke. Crosby (and multiple other stars) were there for Canada.

But obviously any players still alive in the NHL playoffs weren’t there, and some players decide not to go even if their NHL team has been eliminated in order to rest. So it’s not completely “best-on-best” the way 4 Nations was or the way the Olympics will be next year.

Cfb encroached on the NFL’s territory here. The NFL has played Saturday games in mid-late December for decades.

I’m not trying to defend the NFL as a pure, selfless entity. The NBA ruled Christmas Day, and the NFL has clearly shown how much it cares about that in recent years. And when NYD is a Sunday, the NFL has always won that battle, with the cfb bowls being on 01/02.

But cfb chose it was worth it to have its first-round games at a day/time when the NFL has traditionally played. We’ll see if that lasts.

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The glazing of this guy is really something to see. He took over a program that had went 32-5 (.864) over the previous three seasons, and he has went 33-9 (.785) over his first three. Technically he's 33-10 there but I'm not counting his first bowl loss. This includes a loss he was directly responsible for (not having 11 men on the field), a loss to a pitiful Stanford team that may as well have been a G5, and two upsets by actual G5 schools. Imagine the riots if any of our coaches had lost to two G5's in 3 seasons.

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Kirby Smart went 8-5 in his first year with a loss to Vanderbilt at home and a 26-24 win over Nicholls State after Mark Richt won 10+ games in 4 out of 5 years. There’s a slight learning curve to being a first-time head coach.

Freeman’s starting QB in 2022 was Tyler Buchner. He went down in game 2. Drew Pyne started the remainder of the year. ND went 9-4. Tyler Buchner was up at halftime over CJ Stroud on the road in Freeman’s first game. That’s nearly miraculous.

Freeman beat three final AP top-10 teams in a month in the playoff run. Kelly only beat three in 12 seasons (Stanford 2012, MSU 2013, Clemson 2020. And Clemson 2020 was in OT at home with Trevor Lawrence and 4 Clemson defensive starters were out with Covid; Clemson won by 24 over ND a month later on a neutral field when they were all healthy).

Kelly couldn’t win more than 10 games with Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Brian Thomas. LSU hired a fraud. Cope.

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The last time an NFL game was played on Astroturf was 2005.

Why would they practice on something 20 years out of date?

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Also significantly increased injury chance.

So you’re practicing on a surface with no game preparation benefit, but a much higher ACL tear likelihood.

About the worst possible for Deion / Shedeur:

1) 5th round.
2) Bad weather.
3) Terribly-run organization.
4) Drafted behind another rookie QB.

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Canadians all the way down in Arizona is interesting

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Snowbirds/retirees probably. A lot of older Americans from northern states end up in either Florida or Arizona (either permanently or at least November - March); it’s probably similar for Canadians. And there’s not really any reason for (non-Mexican) working-age / grad school immigrants to be more likely to end up there compared to any other state.

ETA: I find Germany to New Mexico the more odd/interesting one.

In light of his retirement today… Zack Martin finished his career with more All-Pros (9) than accepted holding calls (7). He also had zero accepted holding calls in pass protection in more than 6,000 career pass pro snaps.

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So does the USA rest players or try a little less since the game tonight doesn’t change the finals?

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They’re resting Hellebuyck and McAvoy. Matthew Tkachuk is out, but I think he might have been out anyway after he didn’t finish the game Saturday.

There are only two extra skaters (non-goalies) on the roster, so only two guys can sit completely (that’ll be M. Tkachuk and McAvoy tonight). But I bet the top line and 2nd line will flip ice time with the 3rd line and 4th line, and same with the 1st D pairing and 3rd D pairing.

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As a Kent St alum, I take issue with this. I just want to make a correction to this post. Kent State is actually a MUCH better school athletically than Ohio U in the Big 3 sports. The only sport that Ohio is better at than Kent is football. Ohio is the most underachieving school in the MAC. Period. Kent State is a baseball powerhouse in the MAC. CWS in 2012: Kent State basketball power in the MAC. NCAA Elite 8 in 2002 MAC Baseball Champions just since 2000: 00, 03, 06, 08, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 23 MAC Basketball Champions since 2000: 01, 02, 03, 04, 06, 08, 10, 11, 15, 17, 23 Ohio U hasn’t won shite!!!!

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Feels weird for me to take the time to respond about the juggernaut Bobcats and Golden Flashes but basketball for you is at best even, probably slightly in Ohio’s favor. Ohio has been to more NCAA Tournaments than you, has more conference titles than you (both regular season and tournament), more Sweet 16s than you, has been to the Sweet 16 more recently than you, has won 4 NCAA Tournament games since your last NCAA Tournament win and has more NCAA Tournament appearances in the past 15 years than you.

In your favor is the more recent Elite Eight appearance in 2002 (Ohio also has one, but all the way back in the 60s… but also, nobody on Kent St’s current team was born when you made that Elite Eight), the most recent NCAA Tournament (2023 for you vs 2021) and NCAA Tournaments this century (6 vs 4). Regardless, it’s similar ballpark.

Football they’re WAY better than you, both historically and recently. I don’t really care about college baseball, but OP did mention it. However, I’d note you each have one CWS and they have more NCAA Tourney appearances, although you’ve been much better this century. But he also said football is the most important sport in this exercise. So with basketball about even and with them significantly better at football, and a baseball program with about equal total historic success (despite your better recent history), I consider them the superior athletic program.

Regardless, the main point of this thread, Ohio and Kent St are both Group of 5 and rarely play OSU. Neither are OSU’s little brother because neither are even in the same family as OSU.