And he lost more than that because the second contract is delayed a year which should be around 20M for his. So he's down 13M
Get the money while it's there and don't worry about future contracts. He still had to prove himself in the NFL and then there's always injuries. Olave made the right decision
It's a second contract league. He didn't
You said earlier that the OL was an issue and now you say if Howard was the QB you win at Michigan? You and daikybuck seem to be blaming McCord for the loss. It was more than just him don’t you think?
They're blaming McCord for the same reason people here blame Allar.
Sometimes those type of int are caused by how the defense is playing. It happens in football games.
PSU top 5 or 6 based on what? On offense, QB and WR positions are questionable; OL starters not solidified. I like the hire of Coach K but we have to see what changes he can install to make this offense productive in big games. Defensively, notvreally familiar with Coach Allen's scheme and I think DE position needs a portal player that can give meaningful minutes. Does Mayer (sp?), walk-on from Wisconsin fill that need - don't know? If A.J Harris (GA portal entry) commits th I feel better about the DB position.
I've seen 2 or 3 early predictions and PSU has been in every top 10 including the one I posted earlier in this thread. I believe many are expecting Allar to be a lot better in his 2nd go around. The majority of the early polls have OSU and Oregon at the top with Michigan and PSU right there also. Not so sure about Michigan with all of the 4th and 5th year players they're losing.
The Big Ten and SEC will have a total of 9 playoff teams. Just depends on which one gets 5. It's a two conference league.
I think Washington will be decent-OK again but USC is the big head scratcher. They're an offensive powerhouse but are clueless on defense. Lincoln Riley needs to hire someone on the defensive side that has a clue
He did, D'Anton Lynn DC away from UCLA. Lynn played his college football @ PSU.
Um... they may be beatable in Happy Valley, but not by Penn State. Don't kid yourself.
He probably should. He is very injury prone but very talented. RBs have a short shelf life in NFL.
He said several weeks ago that he hadn't made up his mind.
Might cause the very talented Dallan Hayden to leave. Not highly rated but just seems to have a knack for hitting the right hole.
IMO, I would take Dallan Hayden next year over Henderson ----- and I'm not saying Hayden is more talented just that Henderson spends an awful amount of time on the injured list. Didn't he miss 3 or 4 more games again in 2023? Henderson is just not very dependable
Henderson is returning. Word out of Columbus is that anyone who hasn't already declared for NFL is staying except for the possibility of Tuimoloau. He asked for an absurd NIL number, which is still being negotiated. I heard that Henderson met with and encouraged running back Quinshon Judkins on his official visit to transfer to Ohio State. They discussed playing together in 2024. A lot of change is still coming to Ohio State in the coaching staff. Day wants to get a new OC and turn over those duties much like he gave the keys to the defense to DC Jim Knowles a couple years ago. Dan Mullen's name is being thrown around but who the new OC will be is still not clear. There's also a lot of noise coming out the Woody Hayes concerning Miami DE coach Jason Taylor, a very strong recruiter with Ohio ties back in the day. A Pittsburgh native, he played at Akron. Stay tuned.
I think the Michigan NC really kicked the OSU-NIL into full go. I thought most of the guys returning were sure fire bets to enter the NFL
Tuimoloau just announced he's returning.....OSU worked out a strong NIL package for him. This one was unexpected for OSU fans.
Holy crap. Didn't most think he was leaving? I believe all of the players that were ranked in the top 1 to 4 rounds are returning. The OSU NIL is really going full blast. How about RB Henderson - is he returning?
Yeah, OSU is setting things up for a loaded roster next year. I don't even know at this point if it matters that much if Henderson comes back or not. Now that you have the Ole Miss guy Judkins and have Hayden in house.
At worst he would have been a second round pick. Probably not a good decision for him unless the nil was really good
If Henderson returns along with adding Mississippi RB Judkins, does Hayden leave? I've been impressed with Hayden in just the few OSU games he's played in.
All of this stuff about Ryan day being on a hot seat is ridiculous to me. His record has been extremely good even though he's lost to Michigan the last several years. Unlike Urban meyer, his teams have never lost to clearly inferior teams. His recruiting is absolutely top rate. The players love to play for him. I saw an interview with CJ Stroud where he said he loved every minute in columbus. Emeka Ebuka stated that he considered his experience in Columbus as being amazing. Various coaches have had problems winning a title or the last game. Tom Osborne comes to mind. Harbaugh did much worse than Ryan day did during the course of Harbaugh's first 5 years. If they are smart like Ryan Day obviously is they eventually adjust and win. The defense has been improving tremendously and we all know that with Ryan Day the offense will be good. The state of Ohio Ohio doesn't have the players that it used to and you need the ability to recruit nationally which Ryan Day can do. Nebraska thought that 10 and 3 Seasons were not good enough and eventually got much worse. Hard to imagine the Ohio State could ever get a coach better than Ryan day. If he loses three or four more games in a row to Michigan I would rethink it but he is an amazingly good coach.
I would worry about Hayden leaving also. On the other hand, one can imagine that a discussion was had with him about this and maybe everything is okay. They redshirted him the last year so they obviously plan to have him for a couple of years. Will be interesting to see how that works out
But unlike Urban, if we're being open and fair, Day never wins the big games
Don't agree with that at all. He beat Michigan the first year and would have beat Michigan the second year if Michigan hadn't chickened out and decided not to play. He beat a good Clemson team in the playoffs and came very close to beating in a really good team in Georgia last year.
