December 29th, 2019 at 6:37 PM ^
I think this was already posted that he's taking the job.
This will give the downvoters something to do today.
December 29th, 2019 at 6:39 PM ^
Did he sign a letter of intent, or did he just verbally commit?
December 30th, 2019 at 5:01 PM ^
Open the portal doors Scottie!
December 29th, 2019 at 6:41 PM ^
CJ is not stuck. Last year kids were going straight from signing their NLI to the transfer portal.
December 29th, 2019 at 6:48 PM ^
They may as well legalize trading
December 29th, 2019 at 6:51 PM ^
I'd trade a couple of guys for a big 340 lbs NG right now.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:18 PM ^
Can you get that DT by Wednesday?
December 29th, 2019 at 7:22 PM ^
I think Amazon has a same day delivery thing.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:52 PM ^
They’re gonna need a bigger drone though
December 29th, 2019 at 10:08 PM ^
pfff. easily done....
December 30th, 2019 at 2:37 AM ^
It's cause marijuana is a gateway legalization (a legalization portal?). First these rogue states start allowing the kush. And before you know it you've got legalized gambling, kinder eggs, and haggis being openly traded. Soon enough, college athletes will want the legal right to pursue a fair market compensation via negotiation instead of having to accept the compensation predetermined by a monopolistic cartel. And freely move between schools that admit them at their choice without penalty. It's the end times I tell ya.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:25 PM ^
If CJ is smart, he’ll claim “racism within the fan base” as a reason to leave like Fields, even though Fields’ sister still plays softball at Georgia. Then he can transfer anywhere he wants!
December 29th, 2019 at 6:42 PM ^
He would have went either way... Who wants to study?
December 29th, 2019 at 6:54 PM ^
Did he sign with the QB coach, Day, or OSU?
December 29th, 2019 at 7:51 PM ^
Not the point, boomer. Punt on this thread.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:34 PM ^
No need to melt about it, snowflake.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:34 PM ^
As a Gen-Xer, I'm getting very bored of every Millennial responding to anyone that disagrees with them with some variation of the "okay boomer" put down, as if it automatically wins the argument. Either engage in debate based onto merits or realize you are just self-owning by admitting defeat when you resort to name-calling.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:54 PM ^
Okay gen-xer
December 29th, 2019 at 9:07 PM ^
WOW, that would have been really funny, if only it were funny.
December 29th, 2019 at 9:10 PM ^
I didn't even say okay.
I just thought his name was Boomer, like Esiason.
December 29th, 2019 at 9:14 PM ^
And you want a diatribe? Here you go.
His sarcasm is ridiculous. Of course he didn't sign with the QB coach or Ryan Day. That doesn't happen. So he shouldn't ask those snarky smart ass questions if he didn't want a smart ass response. You should've understood that from the jump.
But you got caught up on a word. You want to get all emotional because I used Boomer.
Anyway, we all know kids sign with the school but the top prospects all think they're going to the league and their position coach and the head coach play a bigger role for most than the academic opportunities. They're going to school to play football.
So we can be the sarcastic old school guy (aka a stereotypical "okay, boomer") who thinks that every kid should stick to the school...but we all know that's not reality.
There, are you happy? But did I really need to explain that to you?
December 29th, 2019 at 9:37 PM ^
ok boomer
December 29th, 2019 at 11:37 PM ^
Exactly.
December 29th, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
Not sure this is any more newsworthy that when it happened. Zzzzzzz.
December 29th, 2019 at 11:14 PM ^
Just wait; tomorrow’s OP will be better!
December 29th, 2019 at 6:57 PM ^
FWIW there has been some chatter from the OSU folks that Day basically asked him to look around because he didn't think Yurcich was a good fit. I'm not sure if it matters, but it seems like it's not Yurcich wanting leave, but Day wanting him to. They'll probably replace him with someone better :/ But, maybe the loss of continuity between Yurcich & Hafley will be positive, particularly if Hafley takes someone like Washington with him.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:37 PM ^
This is just the usually OSU spin.
Harrison trends towards Michigan and you “hear” OSU is backing off
Urban didn’t know anything
Chase Young just borrowed money from a long term family friend
Clemson only won because ESPN/Refs wanted them to win
And on and on it goes. Nothing ever is bad for them, their trolls and insiders will always spin the story.
Edit: Best to just look at the facts. He went from passing game coordinator to OC. That’s a bump in title that most people would take. He will also receive about a 30% bump in pay. if he switched to a complete dumpster fire school or took a job title demotion then I could believe it. But he left for a significant bump.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:15 PM ^
It usually doesn’t happen where a coach forces another coach out and then that coach being forced out moves up the job latter
December 29th, 2019 at 10:13 PM ^
It seems like it happens fairly often at schools like Alabama. Hoke hired Nussmeier from Bama and it felt like a biG time coup until it was discovered that Saban more or less showed him the door.
December 29th, 2019 at 10:18 PM ^
Nuss didnt move up the ladder. He went lateral from Bama OC to Michigan OC (then to Flordia OC).
December 29th, 2019 at 11:18 PM ^
Those all be ladderall moves, so he’s partially correct (minus any spelling errors) when he moved up north.
December 30th, 2019 at 12:17 AM ^
I heard those ladderall moves are also used to treat ADHD, possibly overly so.
December 30th, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
please tell me I'm missing the sarcasm of 'ladderall'.
If not:
- There is a coaching 'ladder' (move up the ladder)
- And if you go from OC to OC that is a 'lateral' move
December 29th, 2019 at 8:58 PM ^
I'm shocked that the same collection of OSU writers and "insiders" who were told to stop cheering the press box would carry water for the football team even if the facts didn't agree with them.
It's extremely unlikely that an HC would push a coach out into a higher-paying, more prestigious job at a major program because he didn't think he was a good fit, especially after a year where his first-year QB transfer had one of the most efficient passing seasons in conference history and was a Heisman finalist.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:01 PM ^
How many times is that guy going to take that Texas job?
With Chris Ash as DC they will have Columbus-Austin campus. They just need an out of work WR coach to complete the set.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:39 PM ^
Hopefully they can start keeping the studs in Texas and not going to OSU. Dobbins, okudah, wilson, incoming freshman jaxson Smith njigbe.
December 29th, 2019 at 9:23 PM ^
I know a guy...
December 29th, 2019 at 7:14 PM ^
Again?
also maybe CJ wanted to play for Day at OSU.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:15 PM ^
Getting to play for a perennial top 5 team.........is being stuck ?
December 29th, 2019 at 9:10 PM ^
....and with online classes - WOW!
December 29th, 2019 at 11:30 PM ^
Plus all the tats you want in exchange for extra gear.
December 29th, 2019 at 7:35 PM ^
"Stuck". Yeah, terrible situation he's going to be "stuck" in.
December 29th, 2019 at 11:20 PM ^
Stuck with all the cash from his signing bonus
December 29th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
Again?
December 29th, 2019 at 7:55 PM ^
Enter Art Briles.
Perfect cultural fit, great offensive mind.
He can also sub for Urban in his Ethics 101 online class on sick days.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:30 PM ^
Shoutout to all the douchebag OSU beat writers who claimed Tom Herman was trying to distract OSU by making up a rumor that their assistant was leaving. Nope. Sounds like your coach had one foot out the door when he should've been preparing for the biggest game of his career. Don't lose your locker room, Ryan.
December 30th, 2019 at 11:11 AM ^
The idea that the Texas head coach would invent a rumor to distract OSU is pretty tinfoil hat stuff.
December 29th, 2019 at 8:38 PM ^
The unknown answer is how good Day is at being a HC.
One of, if not the most important role is hiring assistants.
He inherited a program, just like Hoke and Jim did in their first years.
How he maintains it, improves it, or lets it slip is unknown.
He obviously has the advantage of being able to recruit the best. But is he a competent judge of who is best?
I'm hoping he's a dope and fucking failure at program administration.
December 29th, 2019 at 9:24 PM ^
Day choked yesterday in ways Urban wouldn't have. Constant redzone issues. Calling for the punt block. Having no adjustment for Clemson running their QB. Not going to 2 when they got the lead. Punting rather than going for it at the end. I think it shows how much he's relied on a talent advantage and pretty amazing and injury and turnover luck. Maybe he learns from it, but his team should've crushed Clemson yesterday.
December 29th, 2019 at 10:06 PM ^
I mean, he did a hell of a lot better than Urban did against Clemson. But the rest is true, Day is an unknown as far as how he'll do once Urban's players leave. Day inherited the most talented roster in the country. And to his credit, his scheme was good enough to utilize that talent and destroy pretty much every opponent they played until yesterday. What happens once these players leave and Day actually has to show his chops as a program head is still up in the air.