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Me, too. I can say with 100% confidence that I will never accept an offer to play football for Ohio State.
Precisely. They'll be some fluff piece about him in a few weeks discussing his commitment to his mental health. That as athletes, storming off the field when you "just aren't feeling it" takes significant courage.
Just a senior LB POd about getting passed by younger players and not getting the playing time. Just stupid ! If he thought he was good enough, just hit the transfer portal. I believe that this being only his 4th game - and last year's Covid year - he would still have 2 years left. Good luck with that now. I doubt if any P5 team offers him. Just plain STUPID. Outside of a crappy defense, I haven't heard of any other issues in Columbus.
McCord supposedly looked very good but that was also Akron. I think McCord sticks around awhile but agree with you that Miller hits the portal.
I've been on the OSU boards this morning and one of their writers - Tom Orr - pointed out that part of the problem for some of the older players is that OSU had extremely strong 2020 and 2021 classes, maybe their 2 best back-to-back - ever, but certainly in their top 2 or 3 back-to-back ever. He said that a few of "the pups are biting right now." He meant that a few upperclassmen have been passed by freshman, RS freshman, and sophomores and aren't too happy about it. Senior LB Dallas Gant just entered the portal about a week ago after also being passed up by younger players. Both Gant and Pope were Urban Meyer recruits and were not happy at all about what;s happening.
Sounds like Day is doing a bad job of managing personality
If we're being honest, that's going to happen with any mega talented team. Read where Alabama has 7 to 8 transfers every year that are unhappy with their playing time. I'd almost bet that Saban's last concern is to massage hurt egos
True. But I don’t recall anyone storming off mid game.
that would suggest that it is some level of concern, however low- I doubt it is of any concern at all
But when Urban was in charge things like this weren’t happening
NIL entitlement syndrome
Urban Meyer ? Seriously ? Might not have had a player walk off the sideline / field but everything else seemed to happen during his stays at Florida and OSU. He wasn't exactly portrayed as an ethical giant by opposing fans bases and the media
Never said things are OK as I've stated on numerous occasions that their defense is a complete train wreck. I have also stated that the B1G East winner could have 2 losses and that includes OSU
We had a player spit on an opponent. Just as bad IMO.
I spend a ton of time on the B1G boards and reading some of the OSU boards is really puzzling - especially their feedback on the defense. Upper classmen like Zach Harrison and Tyreke Smith - both of whom were recruited by everybody - have had ZERO impact this year even after Harrison was selected on a few preseason AA teams and a possible 1st round NFL draft pick. Offense seems to be OK and clicking. The defensive issues have to come down to coaching.
This could possibly be an NIL issue on their team. Some of the older players see the younger players getting PT ahead of them, resulting in $ and vehicles and they are left with nothing because they are not seeing enough reps to make an impact play(s). Just a thought, I have no inside info. I recall Ryan Day indicating during training camp that they needed to find a way for all players to benefit from NIL.
And equally as unsurprising, referenced "mental health"
