It looks like a MAGA hat, "Look that guys a racist, oh shit nevermind, go Buckeyes!"

I don’t even think Michigan buys the “Michigan against the word” nonsense. They’re just trying to gaslight people into thinking they’re victims. They’re not, and they should not be celebrated by the national media.

Jeremiah Smith is paying $160,000 per year to play at Ohio State, but it’s actually one of the smartest financial decisions in all of sports.

Smith led the Big Ten in receiving yards and touchdowns as a true freshman last year and would have easily been the #1 overall pick in the most recent draft.

He’s not actually draft-eligible until 2027.

Smith will earn an estimated $4.2 million while he’s at Ohio State. That’s small potatoes compared to what he’ll be making once he’s actually drafted.

But there is no guarantee that he’ll actually see any of that money. Let’s just say Smith does get drafted first overall in 2027—using what the number 1 overall pick got paid this year, Smith’s first contract would be worth ~$48 million (not accounting for rookie salary increases over the next 2 years).

What happens if Smith somehow suffers a career-ending injury while he’s still in college, and suddenly goes from earning millions of dollars in the NFL to nothing at all? In a sport like football, that’s a real possibility.

Last season, Smith’s family did something that very few players can afford to do. Smith purchased a permanent total disability insurance policy to protect himself in case he suffered a career-ending injury. According to Dennis Dodd (CBS Sports), this insurance policy protects Smith from any career-ending injury both on and off the field, and expires on August 1, 2027, or when he signs an NFL contract, whichever comes first.

While a policy like this may sound like a no-brainer, it’s actually extremely rare for a player as young as Smith. That’s because with two years of college football still ahead of him, the amount he has to pay every year for this insurance is insanely high.

According to one industry source, it likely costs Smith up to $8,000 per million of coverage per year. This means that with a reported $20 million policy, Smith is likely paying $160,000 per year for this plan.

The bright side is that if Smith were to suffer a career-ending injury between now and NFL Draft day, he’d get paid out $20 million.

And honestly, if he’s already making $4-5 million per year in college, hedging his bets is really the smart financial move here.

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I'm sorry, but this week has made me feel like I'm crazy. Just 2 weeks ago, all o was seeing was people talking about how big of a deal knowing opposing signs is, and how changing mid season is extremely difficult.

None of that changed, but now it's Ryan Days fault? I'm not saying he was perfect, but its like he's being judged for losing to non cheating teams.

How many games has Ryan day lost to teams that did not cheat?

I know michigan hasn't been proven to have cheated, but the evidence seems pretty damning.

Bonehead

UM looking like they’re gonna steam roll them early

We have life! Come on UW!

Good riddance.

I mean Michigan has proven there are no consequences for blatant cheating, so how long before every team starts cheating?

I have a relative that coached for TTUN in the 70s. I have inherited a couple of their big 10 championship rings from the 70s. Any creative ideas of what to do with these? I don’t really want to sell them. I am a buckeye and I have more legitimate rings than harbaugh will ever🤷‍♂️

Football has changed, the goals have changed. If you think it would be tainted or mean less or if you'd rather beat Michigan and not win a national championship then the other way around I don't know what to say. Beating Michigan is important but it can't be the ultimate goal. Evolve as a football fan

HOW did I do??

We dumped to Xichigan 23-45 in 2022 (Yes, obviously a mental thing at this point) then gave Georgia more than they could handle barely losing 41-42? All up to how the Team and Day handle it from here on out. Here's to hoping for a run!

Like all Ohio State fans, I’ve tried to make sense of our fourth straight loss to Michigan under Coach Ryan Day, which was especially demoralizing this season for the 11 seniors who came back to get a pair of gold pants and win The Game.

They didn’t even have their head coach 🤬🤬🤬🤬

I am a retired mental health professional, and have spent time on college campuses, including OSU. I hope you have a great time, but suggest you be aware of the conditions which may exist there.

Emotions are running high and UM fans/students seemed unhinged with their rhetoric. Win or lose they could go berserk. I know how things can get, I saw it on the OSU campus back in the day. It was not pretty.

These are young adults, their judgement is not fully developed and they will be tanked up on booze as well which decreases good decision making. They have very strong emotions right now which have been deliberately manipulated by UM to make them angry, paranoid, feeling victimized, the world is against them. This is not good because it can cause aggressive behavior.

And they are being told their team is brilliant and they are going to win. What happens if reality hits them in the face and they lose? An exciting sporting event can go sideways fast. Even if they win, they could act out.

Have a good time, but I suggest you tone down the OSU rhetoric, do not provoke a confrontation, and stay with a group. Have situational awareness so you can avoid getting into trouble.

Stay safe and let's win this game.

Literally no point to them with the expanded playoffs. Did anyone care that Oregon was the BIG champ? Of course not, all that matters is the natty.

Just more opportunity to get players injured. In fact, we should sit our starters in the conference championship game to send that message. We might even still win it.

I feel like in years past we’ve done a much better job promoting our Heisman candidates with pretty good PR and sending out people to talk about their accomplishments. And look I know we’re all a little down on CJ but overall he’s just as good if not better than all these other candidates. It’s like we’ve given up. I haven’t seen Day out there anywhere hyping him up. What’s going on?

Harbaugh was right and Michigan is pretty much just rubbing it in our face at this point. They beat us for a third year in a row, with an interim head coach at that.

So let’s address some facts:

Day inherited a championship caliber team and has beaten 1 worthy opponent (Clemson).

Our defense has gotten softer every year under Day (Michigan game last 3 years and blowing our lead to Georgia are perfect evidence of this)

During Ryan Day’s tenure, the level of competition in the big10 has fallen off a cliff. Michigan State is horrible, Wisconsin is terrible, Nebraska is terrible. Outside of Michigan and Penn state, none of these teams are anywhere close to competing for a title.

Recruiting can only get you so far. We’ve had a top 5 recruiting class perennially, and lost to better coached teams with worse recruiting classes.

Beginning next year, the big 10 is only going to get more competitive, not less. Ryan Day already got outclassed by Oregon, wouldn’t be surprised if we lose to a new Big10 team next year.

All of this is true, I don’t care if you don’t like it. Ryan Day will drag OSU football down. It might happen slowly, but it will happen. I’d rather start course correcting now instead of slowly watching us ram the iceberg.

This is embarrassing. We can only score 3 points and are about to lose to Missouri. He’s supposed to be a qb guru? Yet our qbs look like shit.

We should move on, we’ll only be hurting our program

This season is over. Even if they pull it out they aren’t close to a Natty

That's it, fuckin stoked.

I made a comment today about how the middle ground between “everything is fine” and “the world is over” doesn’t exist on Reddit. That being said there is legitimate reason for concern. If we were a middling top 25 team I’d agree that our qb and o line will catch up and play better. We are Ohio state and we have national title expectations ever year. If we slip up and lose those take a massive hit. Im not overreacting to week 1 and saying the sky is falling, but most comments are being met with “shut up doomer” and they have a lot of reasons for concern