Ohio State is a mirror image of us...

[Califashorn75]

...watching the post NC Championship interviews, the players are humble, polite, love their coach, talk about their standards, etc. Coach Day doesn't appear to be a jackass a'la Nick Saban. This game is going to be a nailbiter. Hopefully,  special teams don't blow it. 

[LovingBuckeye]

Ryan Day is a class act all the way around. He is a very good human being. Urban Meyer was an elite HC but seemed to be pretty shitty off the field.

[A-10HORN]

Ryan Day is a vampire 

[GetHooked]

3 hours ago, A-10HORN said:

Ryan Day is a vampire 

He's a Day Walker.  

[NothinButDaHorns34]

Except we didn’t lose BOTH coordinators which is what i think will be their downfall against us. You’re never just going to be completely cohesive on both sides of the ball game one with two new coordinators. 

[JATX99]

Ryan Day’s beard is colored on with sharpie

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

On 8/23/2025 at 12:23 PM, A-10HORN said:

Ryan Day is a vampire 

Eddie Munster 

Edited August 25 by CoachBobbyFinstock

[LovingBuckeye]

I was curious If Ohio State & Texas were mirror images of each other on the field so I did a deep dive on the recruiting rankings of all of the contributors on both sides of the ball to see how they match up. I have no idea at this moment what the data is going to show, but let's take a look. (All recruiting rankings curtesy of 247Sports Composite)

OFFENSE

QB
UT: Arch Manning - 5* .9995 #1 national, #1 QB, #1 LA
OSU: Julian Sayin - 5* .9966 #6 national, #1 QB, #1 CA

RB
UT: Quintrevion Wisner -  3* .8869 #494 national, #33 RB, #77 TX
UT: CJ Baxter - 5* .9868 #18 national #1 RB, #5 FL
OSU: James Peoples - 4* .9484 #115 national, #8 RB, #19 TX
OSU: CJ Donaldson Jr - 3* .8630, #931 national, #52 TE, #121 FL

WR
UT: Ryan Wingo - 4* .9819 #39 national, #8 WR, #2 MO
OSU: Jeremiah Smith - 5* .9997 #1 national, #1 WR, #1 FL
UT: Emmett Mosley V - 3* .8883, #498 national, #72 WR, #39 CA
OSU: Carnell Tate - 4* .9699 #58 national, #9 WR, #14 FL
UT: DeAndre Moore Jr - 4* .9498 #105 national, #20 WR, #8 CA
OSU: Brandon Inniss - 4* .9815 #38 national, #5 WR, #10 FL
UT: Parker Livingstone - 4* .9101 #270 national, #46 WR, #44 TX
OSU: Mylan Graham - 5* .9845, #33 national, #7 WR, #1 IN

EDGE: OSU - .9839 #32.5 national > .9325 #228

TE
UT: Jack Endries - Not ranked coming out of high school
OSU: Max Klare - 3* .8522 #1191 national, #69 TE, #39 OH
UT: Jordan Washington - 4* .9036 #330 national, #22 TE, #54 TX
OSU - Will Kacmarek - Not ranked coming out of high school

LT
UT: Trevor Goosby - 4* .8930 #413 national, #26 OT, #70 TX
OSU: Austin Siereveld - 4* .9045, #302 national, #16 IOL, #8 OH

LG
UT: Neto Umeozulu - 4* .9599 #91 national, #4 IOL, #16 TX
OSU: Luke Montgomery - 4* .9542 #92 national, #3 IOL, #2 OH

C
UT: Cole Hutson - 4* .8965 #362 national, #13 IOL, #48 TX
OSU: Carson Hinzman - 4* .9300 #177 national, #9 IOL, #3 WI

RG
UT: DJ Campbell - 5* .9944 #10 national, #1 IOL, #3 TX
OSU: Tegra Tshabola - 4* .9557 #104 national, #10 OT, #6 OH

RT
UT: Brandon Baker - 5* .9850 #32 national, #2 OT, #3 CA
OSU: Phillip Daniels - 3* .8731 #770 national, #64 IOL, #25 OH

Edge: Texas .9458 #182 national > OSU .9235 #289

OVERALL TALENT ADVANTAGE: TEXAS .9412 > OSU .9360
 

Edited August 25 by LovingBuckeye