Starting caliber Big Ten players: what OSU views as complimentary/depth/rotational pieces.
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And Thomas Gordon, currently on the Bears practice squad
Thomas is a smart, talented, and engaging young man, who I spoke with several times after games at Bob's Pizza.
Marshall Lang was also on the Seahawks at one point.
We’ve had decent, talented TEs thanks to recruiting so many.
Getting them regularly involved in the offense has been the issue.
Olsen is taking his talents to South Beach and will be kicking at The U next year. Ain’t no way he ain’t getting a chunk of cash with that with that they do with cash.
I guess we just assume he got a boatload of cash because it is Miami?
Going to Miami doesn’t mean he’s getting paid, especially when they took two transfer kickers.
You really think a Kicker with modest range got a huge bag to transfer?
I didn’t say he left to get paid. But saying he left, and he’s getting paid, isn’t made up. He’s not going to Miami for free.
You don’t know that. He left NU for exclusively degree reasons, not looking for a bag.
Based on where he landed, weather and the chance to win a championship as a backup were also factors.
The U is likely swimming in NIL money with their national championship run. They have tons of wealthy alumni and supporters.
@CoralSpringsCat can probably give us a better idea of the difference in the two programs’ financial situations better than most. I’m sure they threw Olsen a bit of cash on top of his scholarship.
JFC. You’re just making a straw man argument. I am not suggesting he left NU for any other reason than to pursue a new degree.
I just pointed out that you said he wasn’t going to get paid anywhere, which was wrong. It’s not the reason he left, but he was a good enough kicker to have a market. He wasn’t going to go anywhere for free. And he landed at The U.
The ACC changed their rules at Clemson’s insistence that teams making playoff runs don’t have to share with the conference, so in addition to Miami’s already large pile of Ruiz and donor cash, they are indeed getting $20 M straight from the CFP. They’re rich as hell.
What a weak excuse for a conference. Can’t wait for their TV rights to be up for renewal so the B1G and SEC can take the best remaining teams and finalize the “Two SuperConference” model.
The SEC can have Miami. I’m not interested in playing conference games in Florida. I realize the West Coast is farther but it feels like the former PAC 12 is more akin to the Big Ten perhaps because of the Rose Bowl affiliation. Anyhoo, if the ACC gets sliced up, It will be interesting to see who the B1G wants to take. The typical academic profiles they historically emphasized like AAU may not apply. I would think UVA certainly from academics standpoint and maybe UNC/Duke depending on if they’d rather be in SEC. Pitt is strong in research. Syracuse used to be AAU and is committed to sports if not recently successful. I don’t know about BC, they don’t really fit the profile of either super conference
Syracuse ain’t getting in ****. UVA has to make sure it’s really good and competitive for awhile to jar a chance at being a Big Ten TV draw. I don’t know if it can. UNC absolutely. Miami will be SEC. FSU has also always felt SEC to me but there were rumors of Big Ten opportunity so who knows.
Best part is national title game participants get a $3M stipend for travel expenses. But since it’s a home game for Miami they get to pocket that, too.
Sounds like a kid with a plan and a good head on his shoulders! All you can do is wish him well!
Why did B1G take Rutgers and Maryland. TV markets. I’d think that Cuse and UVA would increase draw of the NY and DMV media markets. I’m sure Duke and UNC may prefer to go SEC.
Pitt, Syracuse, UNC, and Duke wouldn't add that much to the B1G. They are just a bunch of what I used to call as a kid, "beat ons".