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National college football reporter @TheAthletic . Stars matter. awasserman @theathletic .com.
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The more I watch this game, the more it's clear that Ohio State was probably the best team in college football this year.
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There is no way the wonderful people over at Pop-Tarts aren’t getting their money’s worth for sponsoring this bowl game. I haven’t had a Pop-Tart since college and now I want them. Talk of the town tonight.
I still wish we got to see the winning team chase a human Pop-tarts mascot around and eat an edible part of his costume
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The more I watch this game, the more it seems Ohio State was probably the best team in college football this year.
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Got word that there is going to be a big-time QB flipping tomorrow. Get some sleep, ladies and gentlemen, it's going to be a wild ride.
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That was the best CFP semifinal day in the history of the four-team field.
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The Fiesta Bowl should refund Shaun Wade's family the money they spent to fly to Phoenix to watch him play.
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A few things:
• A football stadium is chanting "MVP" for Cardale Jones
• There's no targeting in the XFL
• I'm in
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10 years ago, Ohio State won a national title on this field with its third-string quarterback.
Tonight, Ohio State is too afraid to throw a pass with its third-string quarterback in the Cotton Bowl.
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1. JK caught from behind on 64 yd run
2. Targeting on Wade
3. Tuf dropped pick 6
4. Fuller TD overturned
5. Roughing punter
6. Ball hit Clemson returner on OSU final punt
7. Dobbins TD drop 1
8. Dobbins TD drop 2
9. Olave miscommunication
And OSU had the ball to win. Insane.
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Rewatched the Fiesta Bowl and my main takeaway now is this: There were 10 key things that happened, and if one of those 10 things went Ohio State’s way, it probably would have won the football game. Ohio State got zero breaks.
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Ohio State fans range of emotions in five minutes:
1. "Oh my god we're killing Michigan!"
2. "Oh shit, Fields is down."
3. "Oh no, are the title hopes gone?"
4. "I hope he can play in the playoff."
5. "I hate my life."
6. "He's out of the tent."
7. "OMFG TOUCHDOWN!"
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Ryan Day thinks Chase Young, Justin Fields and JK Dobbins all deserve to go to New York for the Heisman ceremony.
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The more I watch this game, the more it's clear that LSU was the best team in college football this year.
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Why does Brian Kelly’s face literally not change
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Asked if bowls are still a reward in college football’s system, UTSA coach Jeff Traylor brought up a crazy idea to intertwine NIL money with prize money. The players on the winning roster of the bowl gets $10,000. Losers get none.
“That’ll get their asses up to play,” he said.
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Imagine this game if Wade wasn't called for targeting. Sack stands, Clemson is off the field without the TD, Ohio State feels like giants.
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Urban Meyer on potential of spring football: "No chance. You can't ask student-athletes to play two seasons in one calendar year."
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Spare us the drama, Michigan — your ‘challenges and adversity’ are self-inflicted
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The 2002 Ohio State-Miami national championship isn't on the list so the list is trash
For CFB 150, the Football Bowl Association ranked the top 25 bowl games of all-time.
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The NFL could never duplicate the feeling of this game.
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I've never seen a fanbase root harder for a player who transferred than Ohio State fans root for Burrow. And nobody "wanted" him to transfer, nor did they say "he's not good anyway."
Me: SMH
2018 Ohio State fans: we are glad Joe Burrow transferred. He is not good anyway and we didn’t want him.
2019: look at 3 Buckeyes for the
#HeismanTrophy
Me: smh
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I don’t know if Michigan won a game because of this cheating scandal, but it is unbelievably hilarious that the program that has a general “we are better than you because of our moral high ground” stance is all of a sudden involved in multiple NCAA investigations right as it…
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If I were the Big Ten, I would say screw it to everyone's feelings, play the Big Ten title game this weekend between Ohio State-Northwestern and schedule the Ohio State-Michigan game for championship weekend.
There is no downside.
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Alabama signed the best class in the history of recruiting rankings in 2021, just in case you're wondering when this is going to end.
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Ohio State has four players going to the college football awards show this year:
Chase Young (Bednarik)
Jeff Okudah (Thorpe)
JK Dobbins (Doak Walker)
Justin Fields (Davey O'Brien)
OSU has 4 players considered the best at their position in college football. That's insane.
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Imagine being a Michigan fan and having to watch that first half, then during halftime having to listen to Urban Meyer talk about it.
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Shaun Wade just got ejected for a sack and I'm not sure if this is football or not.
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I've written two columns, read a lot of articles and listened to a ton of podcasts since the Ohio State-Michigan game.
One thing that needs to be said that I haven't heard anyone say is this: Ohio State didn't just lose the game, it missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…
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Ohio State lost its best receiver, got punched in the mouth a few times, then won the game by out-toughing a top-five opponent in the trenches. That wasn't the prettiest win, but a vintage one that I'd think the Buckeyes staff can be pleased with.
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Joe Burrow thanked Mickey Marotti during his Heisman speech, which I think is a reminder of how much a strength coach can impact a kid early in his career.
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I’ve never seen Ryan Day this fired up in a news conference
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Micah Parsons opted out of an entire year and is now the best player on your favorite NFL team.
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The more I watch this game, the more it seems Ohio State was probably the best team in college football this year.
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ESPN says Ohio State has a 39 percent chance to be the No. 1 seed and LSU has a 36 percent chance, which are completely made up numbers because it’s human beings having a discussion behind closed doors.
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Have we stopped to consider that maybe, gulp, the SEC isn't that good this year?
I'm running away from my mentions for this one.
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College football is the best sport in the world because regular season games are as intense as playoff games.
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Ryan Day describes happiness as driving home after a win in a noon game, turning up the music with his family and then sitting on the recliner/watching other college football games with the fire on and food on the way.
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Probably the guy standing in street clothes on Ohio State's sideline.
Josh Allen: “You all record this. If I don’t go No. 1, I don’t know who is.”
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Every starting cornerback at Ohio State since 2014 has been an NFL Draft selection.
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I know the last few years didn't go according to plan for Kerry Coombs, but if you're an Ohio State fan, it's important to acknowledge and appreciate everything that man did for the program. Because he did a lot.
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Justin Fields on this rivalry: “I think we take it more seriously than they do to be honest”
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If Ohio State beats Wisconsin twice, does it get credit for two top-10 wins or only one?
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I saw every single one of Ezekiel Elliott's games at Ohio State, but I don't know if a running back has put the Buckeyes on his back when they needed it like this in the past decade?
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Ryan Day is the first Ohio State coach to win Big Ten Coach of the Year in 40 years.
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A team feels the temperament of the coach. When Ohio State punted on that fourth down, Ryan Day showed weakness and trepidation despite having the better football team and home field. That stuff is contagious and now Michigan is on the doorstep of scoring on the following drive.
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Never understood how anyone could hate LeBron. And if you still do after this, that’s a you problem.
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Ohio State is the only team in college football that would have made the CFP every single year since 2014 if it were at 12 from the beginning. I have no idea how the Buckeyes could ever miss the Playoff again.
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10 people unfollowed me a minute after I suggested to be unselfish and just wear a mask out of precaution. That's the reason we're the only country on that chart headed in the wrong direction.
It's frankly sad — and sickening — that people are offended by caring about others.
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When people projected Michigan to win the Big Ten this year, was the extent of the analysis "well, it's a new year and Ohio State lost its coach and its quarterback, so what the hell?"
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The Jags are on the clock as Urban Meyer's staff explains to him why he can't take 8 of the top 10 players on his board.
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The notion that everything hinges on whether Jim Harbaugh knew is so interesting to me.
1. How could he not know?
2. Even if he somehow didn't, wouldn't he, as a coach, feel he has the best info in the history of football from sign stealing and ask where it came from? If my…
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It sounded like offseason shit talking when Ryan Day said he wanted to drop 100 on Michigan, but that is actually a real life possibility.
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Watching Michigan fans contort their bodies in ways that could fracture bones trying to convince themselves -- and everyone else -- that reported facts and pictures we all see is actually some weird plan to bring down the Wolverines program.
It's not unique to Michigan. It…
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The best way to stop Chase Young is to get low, maintain your form, play hard and wrap your arms around his waist and bear hug him.
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I wonder if Clemson went 6-0 because it had games cancelled due to COVID-19 what Dabo’s perspective on whether his team belongs in the CFP would be?
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Ohio State now has 11 verbal commitments ranked the top 110 players in the country.
The rest of the Big Ten has a combined 3.
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Honest question: Why didn’t Ohio State play like this against Michigan?
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What’s the reason Michigan fans are talking about botcotting ESPN/Game Day? I don’t even get what the motivation is? For accurately reporting what happened there?
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Chase Young is legitimately the best player in college football. And because he's an unblockable defensive end, Ohio State could win a national title on his back.
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I think it’s hilarious that Ohio State opened turf design ideas to the fans, got a bunch of awesome submissions and then reveled nearly the same turf it already had.
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You can’t win national titles without commitments from five-star prospects
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The cheating part.
@AriWasserman
Real question: what is “self-inflicted” about the B1G inflicting a punishment on Harbaugh/Michigan for an alleged rule violation?
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Michigan football is a huge operation with more than 100 staffers. The Lone Wolf thing was never, ever, ever going to turn out to be true.
Literally 12 hours ago people were having an argument in my mentions about military pensions, independent wealth, rich parents and a vacuum…
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The Browns gave up three first-round picks and guaranteed $230 million to a quarterback only to lose a game Baker Mayfield would have won.
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For those wondering, Liv Wasserman was born two days ago. She and her mother are completely healthy and I’ve never been happier. I’m truly blessed.
One mild concern, she shares a a birthday with
@Andy_Staples
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Appreciate everyone for the love and support.
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The more I watch this game, the more clear it is that Ohio State was probably the best team in America this year.
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Come on, Ryan Day. It's the Cotton Bowl. It's a meaningless exhibition game. You have a young QB in there you may really have to count on in a few years.
What's the harm in even TRYING to do something?
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Oregon flipped four-star QB Austin Novosad from Baylor, flipped five-star S Peyton Bowen from Notre Dame and just landed five-star defensive end Matayo Uiagalelei. The Ducks are EATING today.
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Watching Ohio State the last few weeks has been like watching a Ferrari drive through a school zone that won't end.
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Nebraska-Illinois has had the following:
• Safety
• Illegal forward pass on a punt return
• Two missed XPs
• A coach not knowing the down
• A 75-yard touchdown run
• A scoop and score
• A snap over a QB's head
• A team trying to overcome a 21-point deficit.
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I know we talk a lot about NIL a ton as it pertains to recruiting, but when I went to Ohio State's building for the Ryan Day story, I walked through this.
Not sure there's a better, more effective recruiting pitch than that.
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In case you were wondering, the two Ohio State football players who got taken in the top 3 this year were five-star prospects.
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Ohio State’s big nonconference matchups into the future :
2020 – at Oregon
2021 – Oregon
2022 – Notre Dame
2023 – at Notre Dame
2024 – at Washington
2025 – at Texas
2025 – Washington
2026 – Texas
2030 – at Georgia
2031 – Georgia
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Ohio State has 6 nationally significant home-and-home series scheduled with in the next 12 years: versus Oregon, Notre Dame, Washington, Texas, Alabama and Georgia.
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I think it’s really good news for Michigan that Chris Partridge was just destroying evidence rather than being proven to be one of the masterminds of the scheme.
That said, why would he know to destroy evidence? Why did he know where it was? Why did he feel a need to do it?
It…
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Give Dabo truth serum and ask him whether he’d rather play Texas A&M or Ohio State on Jan. 1 and I think we all know what the answer to that question would be.
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I'm just now beginning to think there was more at play than "putting the focus back on the players" when Michigan dropped its legal battle yesterday.
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Urban Meyer after week six of next year's NFL season: "The best thing about being 2-4 is the chance to go 3-4."
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Ryan Day flew commercial to Hawaii to recruit 4-star G Enokk Vimahi, stayed in Hawaii for three hours and flew a commercial redeye back.
1. That's insane
2. Ryan Day won't be flying commercial much longer.
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This dude committed to Colorado on national television like two weeks ago.
A crystal ball has been submitted for No. 1 OL Jordan Seaton to commit to Maryland. The 5⭐️ prospect committed to Colorado on 12/7. 👀
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Dabo Swinney told Jackson Carman during his recruitment that Urban Meyer is on the back end of his career in terms of years left. “It wasn’t a major factor, but it was an underlying one,” Carman said.
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My goodness
Video from last year's OSU vs Michigan game appears to show Connor Stalions who is at the center of the alleged sign stealing operation standing next to the UM defensive coordinator.
See their pre-snap interaction:
Here is better quality video and story :
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Ohio State deserves everyone’s respect. What a game Ryan Day’s team played when everyone — myself included — counted them out.
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If that isn't Conor Stalions on the sideline at the Central Michigan game, wouldn't it be so easy to prove who it was? I feel like we'd know who the other person is already it weren't him.
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This is the first time in a month I haven't had 15 〽️ profiles in my mentions hurling insults and conspiracy theories at me. They must be in the lab cooking up something new.
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Justin Fields is the best Ohio State quarterback of all time.
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Urban Meyer on Greg Schiano: "I'm not angry, but I'll make this comment: He's an elite father, an elite football coach and an elite friend and I stand by my coach."
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At the risk of sounding like a homer, I think Ohio State was the better football team and it couldn’t catch a break. Also, I think Fields was more hurt than they let on and Dobbins could barely move in the second half.
@AriWasserman
Thank Ari... OSU actually had better talent... just didn’t convert when needed and T Lawrence did
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Ohio State is doing an investigation into the allegations and Urban Meyer has been put on paid administrative leave.
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Ohio State has signed 7 top-100 players and it could be 8 tomorrow.
The rest of the Big Ten has a combined 6.
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Elias Ricks tried to get into this picture and Fleming yelled out, “commit and you can get in.” Everyone laughed.
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The "listen to what the players want" people and the "but they get a free education" people are the same.
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Maybe I'm forgetting something, but I don't think Ohio State has worn uniforms with these sleeves since the 2014 national title run/opener at Va. Tech in 2015. I guess it took another playoff run to bring them back?
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