All is not well in Buckeye Land

[OKLionFan]

I apologize, maybe I'm not understanding. Isn't that the good part of the portal--kids that wouldn't start at their first choice now have options to play without being controlled by the program. I don't see then negative with that. I see the negative in top guys chasing money.

No we’re both right. Gives the kids a chance to play and equalizes the talent so the top five teams don’t have better 3rd teamers than everybody’s #1’s.

 

[africamurphy]

I apologize, maybe I'm not understanding. Isn't that the good part of the portal--kids that wouldn't start at their first choice now have options to play without being controlled by the program. I don't see then negative with that. I see the negative in top guys chasing money.

I don't think we're arguing good or bad about portal or NIL....

We're stating that it's leveled the playing field from the elite schools in the 4-team era.

Is it negative for the sport as a whole? Yeah. Probably. But it's seemingly here to stay...so now we might as well analyze the results. That's what we're discussing.

 

[africamurphy]

No we’re both right. Gives the kids a chance to play and equalizes the talent so the top five teams don’t have better 3rd teamers than everybody’s #1’s.

You mean like 2018 Alabama with Tua, Hurts, and Mac Jones in their quarterback room...while their running backs included Damien Harris, Josh Jacobs, Najee Harris, Brian Robinson Jr. and Jerome Ford.

NIL and the portal gets rid of some of that glut...and gives another SEC contender or a middle of the pack school a talented RB or QB.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

They flat out put it on Tennessee bigtime. But being neutral and pulling for all B1G teams, my favorite part during the 1st round was the OSU fans chanting "SEC, SEC, SEC" during the game. SEC fans are the most arrogant around (along with a-hole Finebaum)......that had to be a loooong ride back to Tennessee for their fans.

And Clay Travis had to watch that blowout too. Phony prick. Leveraged some tenuous connection to Sandusky to trash Schiano and kill his candidacy for the UT job - if Schiano had the success of say, Saban, he would have welcomed the Gorilla with open arms. Let’s not kid ourselves. Kind of like all Penn State coaches were persona non grata in 2011 - until, of course, an Ohio State could pick up an LJ Sr on the cheap.

 

[rrdd2021]

And Clay Travis had to watch that blowout too. Phony prick. Leveraged some tenuous connection to Sandusky to trash Schiano and kill his candidacy for the UT job - if Schiano had the success of say, Saban, he would have welcomed the Gorilla with open arms. Let’s not kid ourselves. Kind of like all Penn State coaches were persona non grata in 2011 - until, of course, an Ohio State could pick up an LJ Sr on the cheap.

I was watching an online Tenn broadcast after the game on YouTube - from something like Volquest (I think) - and what really pis$ed them off was OSU emptying their bench early in the 4th quarter when they were up 42-10. Those Tenn. announcers were livid saying this should never happen against a Tenn team. I could be wrong, but I believe OSU played all of their QBs in this game. Those announcers really went after Heupel and his staff.

Maybe my favorite part of the Game was when the OSU fans started chanting that "SEC, SEC, SEC" BS. Hilarious !

 

[dailybuck777]

pis$ed them off was OSU emptying their bench early in the 4th quarter when they were up 42-10. T

Two aspects to this. First it is a very long season and it is smart to rest your team for the rest of the playoffs. Second, Devin Brown who is transferring has been a very loyal hard-working quarterback and I think Ryan Day was rewarding him for staying through the playoffs even though he will be entering the transfer portal at the end of the season.