Willyville Guy

Ya he’s…um…something. This is going to be good.

This offseason, man... lol I came around to the idea that O'Brien's famously an a-hole and maybe the Bucks need some of that edge to go along with Day's message about love. But Chip Kelly at OC seems like a big upgrade, especially given his history with Day. I would expect that the two of them see eye-to-eye on how the offense should be run.

They had 44 seniors who are moving on.

Love to see it lol

Wow. The Bucks are f’n loaded.

I think Day may have been overwhelmed with his duties as head coach, de facto OC, de facto QB coach, and playcaller. Bringing in someone with experience running an offense will help with all that - hopefully. I agree with you about Day as a playcaller but would also like to see him take on more of a CEO role than trying to do everything himself on that side of the ball. Glad to see Dennis move on to other things. As for Hartline, my sense was his promotion was intended to give him a pay raise and honor his work as WR coach, but I don't know about his interest or ability to take over the whole offense. Between the big roster retentions, portal moves, and a high-profile hire like this, Day sure seems to be coaching like his back is against the wall. Any idea how he compares to Howard or even Noland?

Did not see this coming…

He threw for almost 400 yards in a cold weather game at Ann Arbor in 2021.

Biggest news of the night by far....

Lol I’ll be happy for Burke if he takes his shot at the NFL. Hope he makes it, and in the meantime OSU seems fine at CB.

If this is true, the defense should be absurd. They still may need a portal LB.

The guy they wanted….

Day has a lot of credibility with me. I thought he did great in 2019 and called an incredible game against Clemson -- the Wade ejection, Dobbins injury, and Okudah pick reversal doomed them that game. He kept the team together through Covid in 2020 and had the team playing for the natty -- he was undone that time by the best Alabama offense I've ever seen and about a 1/3 of the roster out with injuries. Since then he's won a ton of games but the criticism that the team seems a little soft is resonating. I don't know why some of these younger coaches still have jobs at Ohio State. I cannot understand why he would make such a big deal about the Cotton Bowl, and then run just six light practices and bench his center over a stupid podcast appearance. How could the QB position be in such disarray with his track record and Hartline's run with the WRs? Why isn't Ohio State in the portal just buying up a new OL? Day gets the benefit of the doubt with me for another run here, but man right now the program does not appear as well organized and ferocious as I normally expect.

I agree that they should add a QB and OL. Potential transfers are coming through in the coming weeks and hopefully they hit. Otherwise, I don’t know… play Noland next year as a true freshman like they did with Pryor and just hope for a fun season? It’s not great right now. Day losing the last two games of the season two years in a row looks a lot like Cooper - especially this year. The Cotton Bowl was an absolute disaster and changed my outlook on him a bit. We’ll see how the next few weeks go.

Finally some good news! It would be a huge coup for Day to get Tyleik, JT and Sawyer all back.

At their best, Michigan plays smashmouth, mistake-free football. Their OL is a group of mostly 23-25 year-old men -- I believe their youngest starter is a senior. They come right at you. My impression of Saban is that he loves that style of play and will gladly put his recruits up against Harbaugh's. I'm fascinated by the matchup and can't wait to watch. Roll Tide!!!! (On that particular day, lol)

That's consistent with their track record for speaking with families early about transferring and offering support in the process. In this particular case, I'm guessing Ryan Day isn't willing to risk his job for Kyle. They have to feel good about a one-year transfer and then Lincoln and Air?

I’m surprised— good luck Kyle.

I'm not ready to discuss that game yet in any detail, but I'm torn about Day and just about done with Knowles. The biggest thing for me was the lack of aggression and creativity last week. No wrinkles, no blitzes, nothing to get the team fired up and put TUN on their heels. They just ran a vanilla offense and sat back on defense. Screw that.

lol I was really in my feels last night after hours of drinking, reading Ramzy’s The Situational, and watching the hype video!

In the chaos of the intensity and hostility of The Game, a brotherhood and certain kind of love emerges. Tough love. TUN didn’t win the last two because they cheated. Maybe it helped, but Buckeyes know those teams were flawed in ways that are SUPPOSED to be exposed in that specific moment. This year, the winner is No. 1 in the land. The loser goes home. LFG. Go Bucks!!! https://x.com/ohiostatefb/status/1727827869521318021?s=46&t=wsMX1S6Hise84xr96wRyjQ

Peaking in November Xichigan Week starts NOW LFG!!!!

Lol I'm just busting your chops for coming into an Ohio State thread to say the Bucks are going to lose. We'll see how it goes.

I am? Damn that sucks. TUN could certainly make it three in a row this year. My biggest concern with them is the starting O-line with all grad students and seniors. That unit has looked like men playing against boys all season long. Like every year, it will take a truly special effort to win The Game.

I'm choosing to ease the pain from Monday Night Football by reflecting on my visit to the 'Shoe this past Saturday night with my college friends. The boys were back in town! Every year we say it's a process -- the team develops over the course of the season, and all we can hope for is that it peaks in November. And look what happened against (an admittedly poor version of) Sparty. McCord finally looked comfortable. He stepped up in the pocket, delivered dimes all over the field, and gave this team more than what it needs from the QB position. He was helped by the return of Stover and Egbuka. He was helped by Henderson running hard as hell for another week. And of course he was helped by the best player in the country earning 3TDs before I finished my first stadium beer. Still, give the kid and his coach credit for staying on schedule, shaking off all the "Maserati Marv with Honda McCord" jokes, and taking this team to 10-0. The defense continues to impress. I don't think I've seen many DTs at OSU stuff the run better than Tyleik Williams. Sonny Styles made absolutely violent plays all over the field. It's just great to finally see a silver bullets defense flying around. Credit to Knowles for keeping this unit together through the injuries. I expect the Bucks to cover another 30+ pt spread this week, and then it will be time to see how far they have actually come up in AA. Go Bucks!