2024 Ohio State Off-Season Thread

[MaximumSam]

So, can we just end it now?  It was mildly concerning about the future of FBS when low FBS head coaches would leave for Power 5 coordinator jobs.  If schools can poach head coaches from within their own conference to be coordinators, what are we still doing here?

If you are a fan of the top 8 schools, good for you.  But the gap between the haves and have nots has grown to an obscene level.  Honestly if you are a helmet school who doesn't make the 12 team playoff, your coach should be fired on the tarmac, Lane Kiffin style

I don't disagree with the spirit here, though in this case UCLA wanted to fire Chip but didn't think they could afford to, which is why he was interviewing everywhere. 

[Mdot21]

Luckiest sons of bitches in the sport when it comes to coaches. 

Chip must have REALLY hated recruiting as the head man or he must have REALLY thought he was getting fired. Or both. 

Unreal. Most schools would be screwed with the timing after BoB ditched them like that at the last second. They turn around and land a guy at least 10x better than BoB instantly. Fking wild. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

So, can we just end it now?  It was mildly concerning about the future of FBS when low FBS head coaches would leave for Power 5 coordinator jobs.  If schools can poach head coaches from within their own conference to be coordinators, what are we still doing here?

If you are a fan of the top 8 schools, good for you.  But the gap between the haves and have nots has grown to an obscene level.  Honestly if you are a helmet school who doesn't make the 12 team playoff, your coach should be fired on the tarmac, Lane Kiffin style

I suspect this says more about UCLA than it does about OSU... Kelly was trying to GTFO by any means necessary. 

[ELA]

I suspect this says more about UCLA than it does about OSU... Kelly was trying to GTFO by any means necessary.

Perhaps.  But it says something about one of them.  Either about how elevated the top of the Big Ten is, or just how far away the bottom is

[847badgerfan]

UCLA will be a bottom feeder in the B1G.

Might fill up the stadium, but it won't be with UCLA fans.

[FearlessF]

well, they do have the opportunity to land a good coach now

[medinabuckeye1]

UCLA will be a bottom feeder in the B1G.

Might fill up the stadium, but it won't be with UCLA fans.

With both them and USC, this is something I wonder about.  How many SoCal B1G alums are there and how many will actually buy tickets and go see their teams play USC/UCLA.  Also, will it fade as it becomes routine?  

Think of a guy like @betarhoalphadelta (using him as an example because I know he graduated from Purdue and lives in SoCal.  Purdue doesn't visit either of the LA twins in 2024 or 2025 but they are scheduled to play at UCLA in 2026 and at USC in 2028.  How many Purdue fans/alums will go to those games?  

[Brutus Buckeye]

Perhaps.  But it says something about one of them.  Either about how elevated the top of the Big Ten is, or just how far away the bottom is

Do you think it is going to become commonplace for a Big Ten HC to take a massive pay cut in order to become a coordinator at Ohio State? 

[medinabuckeye1]

Perhaps.  But it says something about one of them.  Either about how elevated the top of the Big Ten is, or just how far away the bottom is

If this was about tOSU then the Buckeyes wouldn't have lost an OC to a HC job at . . . Boston College.  

[847badgerfan]

Do you think it is going to become commonplace for a Big Ten HC to take a massive pay cut in order to become a coordinator at Ohio State?

It's only starting.

Chip hated recruiting. Always has. And now throw in the NIL shit and unlimited transfers, and he was done.

Just wants to coach. He's got enough $$ to not worry about anything.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Perhaps.  But it says something about one of them.  Either about how elevated the top of the Big Ten is, or just how far away UCLA is

Fixed that for you. UCLA is terrible. Toxic situation. No fan support. Second fiddle in your home city, which now has (unlike 10 years ago) two NFL teams. And the coach wasn't well-liked but was too expensive to fire. 

Losing records in 2023 B1G teams: MSU, Indiana, Nebraska, Purdue, Minnesota, Illinois

You think the head coaches of those programs will voluntarily (i.e. not getting canned) leave to be a coordinator at OSU? 

With both them and USC, this is something I wonder about.  How many SoCal B1G alums are there and how many will actually buy tickets and go see their teams play USC/UCLA.  Also, will it fade as it becomes routine? 

Think of a guy like @betarhoalphadelta (using him as an example because I know he graduated from Purdue and lives in SoCal.  Purdue doesn't visit either of the LA twins in 2024 or 2025 but they are scheduled to play at UCLA in 2026 and at USC in 2028.  How many Purdue fans/alums will go to those games? 

It pisses me off. Here I was, trying to extricate myself from college fandom. Of course I knew it would be easy because, hell, Purdue's never going to the Rose Bowl Game again and I live 2000 miles away. 

And then USC/UCLA join the B1G. Which means my geographical isolation just went out the window. Jerks. 

And yes, I will probably try to get tickets to BOTH 2026/2028 games. I say that as someone who is so soured on being a fan that I don't even watch the games on TV. And I'll probably go see my team. I've got one fraternity brother "in the area" i.e. down outside San Diego, and I'm pretty sure we'll make an event of it. He's got young kids and I've got older kids, and it might even be a family thing.

I'd also be likely to try to see a basketball game, although only if it's on a weekend. I'm not driving to LA County on a weeknight. Purdue and UCLA have the John Wooden connection AND they're both strong basketball schools, so that might actually not be creampuff vs creampuff like football. 

If *I* will be doing that, I'm guessing there's going to be a lot of SoCal B1G alums that aren't soured on their fandom that do the same. 

[847badgerfan]

Tons of Wisconsin alums in California will go to those games for sure.

[MrNubbz]

Well GREAT DB coach,like Warriner was a GREAT O-Line coach,both festering boils as Coordinators

So can we even say O'Brien stopped for a cup of coffee?Was he even given a locker with his name on a piece of tape over it?Did he even get to stash a flask somewhere around the office? Good bye BOB we didn't even know ye

[CatsbyAZ]

I suspect this says more about UCLA than it does about OSU... Kelly was trying to GTFO by any means necessary.

It was getting bizarrely ugly at UCLA with the way Chip Kelly was so openly mistress-ing himself to anyone that would take - more info below. As an Arizona fan, I was POed when Jedd Fisch bolted for Washington, but man, imagine your coach quitting for an assistant gig.


https://twitter.com/BruinReport/status/1753801279141543991