Alabama Freshman All American safety Caleb Downs transferring to OSU

I keep saying they're going to be scary next year. 

OSU is undefeated this offseason. Wow, hats off to them. If OSU continues to defeat all opposing (read: none) teams this offseason, they are going to enter next season undefeated. This could be a turning point for OSU. After losing to Michigan and scoring three points in their bowl game, they look to start next season with zero wins and losses. Wow. Hopefully Michigan can sell some jerseys in Ohio and turn the tide on the rivalry 

I know as a Michigan guy I should follow the lead of everyone here. But I have to say it. The dudes they’re bringing in now have played great football. They’re not just high school kids who are highly ranked and need developed. These guys have already proven to be elite. Ohio lost to Georgia, who was absolutely elite, on a field goal that they should have hit. Otherwise Day has lost to the current national champion on the road by 6. And another great playoff caliber Michigan team. This will be his most talented group yet with the guys they convinced to come back and he’s been that close so far. I know it’s easy to say they have choked and everything else.

But this team will be elite and will make the playoffs. Howard is a solid option behind what should be their one small weakness. With him being mobile, it’ll be harder to get after him. If a team has a chance of beating them, they’ll have to create turnovers and have an elite defensive line. Luckily Michigan has the players to do that, but they’ll be on the road. This will be one of the most hostile years at Columbus is a longggggg time. I’m not crowning them the champs before the season even starts, but at this point they’ll easily be the betting favorites, as they should be. 

OSU basically saying they are paying for players on blast, but the NCAA is more interested in Harbaugh not admitting he paid for hamburgers for a couple of kids who were already commited.

What a world we live in

The best team that money can buy?   We’ll know in about ten months.

Buy! Buy! Sell! Sell!

Not good but expected if he entered the portal. He barely chose Bama over OSU the first time and OSU is in full panic mode throwing bags at everyone to get over the hump.

I just can't be bothered to freak out for a while given that we just won a National Championship 2 weeks ago.

QB is what matters. 

The Lamborghini dealer in Dublin has already asked for his allocation to be increased… twice..

Screw ‘em.  This is our time!

Any of these guys linemen? 

Fuck.

Wow - was probably their 2nd best defensive player as a true freshman and 2 years of eligibility.  Yikes.

Thank god we got the NC this year.

The scary part with regards to OSU getting some of these guys is that they still have 2-4 years of elgibity left.  If they get Sayin, then that is another guy.  They are not just going all in on next year, they are positioning a possible dynasty over there.  Whether it works or not will be seen.  

Impressive. Let's see how that translates on the field.

Yikes!

Damn, they are loading up.  Tide may turn again next year, but you know what, it doesnt matter.  We are reigning national champions!

At this rate, Day won't even have to coach.  Which is a good thing for him.

Him and Styles is a pretty crazy combination, though are there snaps for 2 hybrid 5 stars? 

Yeah, whatever.  Cryin Ryan is doing the only thing he knows how to do to try and beat Michigan.  Stuff the roster with more mercenary 5 stars, instead of just coaching the players better.  

Stop worrying about osu.  They want to move the narrative as fast as possible to next season. We just won the national championship.  Don’t rush it.  Bask in its glory.  Does it really matter to you if we randomly do start sucking ass? It shouldn’t.  We did the thing.  It’s done. Were good. 

Appears Day is leaking confidence at the seams with the BOB hire.  Very surprised their AD did not take a longer look at Vrabel.  Throwing all the chips in for NC or bust in 2024.  What a wonderful day that would be if/when they do not take home the NC!  

After the little flurry of QBs at the beginning of the portal window, it seems like every friggin major transfer has ended up at OSU. Unreal. We all knew where Downs was going to end up. Its also clear why they wanted TAMU's AD.

Congrats and proving what a sham major college athletics are becoming. Cant recruit/develop? Just buy 'em I guess. 

I’m sure there was zero tampering. 

they're gonna be the preseason number 1

There are quite a few people on this board who are basking a bit too much in the glory of this National Championship. It was great but it's over. Everyone else is gearing up to knock us down a couple of pegs and I don't care how good this one felt, getting kicked around next year will suck. Is anyone from Georgia sitting around basking saying, we won two in a row and have one-loss in the last three years, let's sit back and bask in that glow? No, Michigan instituted a Georgia drill simply because we were tired of losing. 

This Harbaugh situation needs an answer, either stay or go but do something so that the team can move forward. 

Some work needs to be done with NIL. We don't have to shop like a drunk with Daddy's credit card, but we should be able to land at least one 5-star type high demand position player.