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Well, there is no way Petty or Phillips are coming back for a BOR starter that is a FA at the end of the season. Phillips will be in the Reds rotation probably by end of July with what he is doing to AA right now. Hinds is an interesting prospect, he hits for a ton of power, but hasn't put it all together, he is a lottery pick. Stoudt has a live arm, with that said, I can understand not wanting him. I think a fair trade would be Lorenzen for TJ Hopkins and a pitcher not named Petty, Phillips, or Acosta.

Reds Get: RHP Lorenzen Tigers Get: RHP Live Stoudt OF Rece Hinds Who says no?

He is filthy

Happy New Season, Tigers fans. I drafted Riley Greene in fantasy, so he better be good! With that said - I cannot tell who is worse this year, the Tigers or my Reds.

Something seems off with Jaydn Davis's recruiting and I cannot quite put my finger on it. I think he is one of those kids from down south that think it makes sense for his pro career to come up north to play but is looking for a reason to stay closer to home. I have a feeling he is going to choose Clemson at the end of the day. I do not think there is any way he goes to OSU, even though he included OSU in his final list. OSU doesn't even seem to be recruiting him anymore, they are going after Air Noland. I think at the end of the day it is going to be down to UM and Clemson. UM has the ace up their sleeve of saying "if you come here you will have the inside track to take over as leader of this program the moment JJ leaves" Will be interesting to follow.

Hey folks, long time no see. I saw Lorenzen signed with the Tigers so I figured I’d stop by and give a Reds fan perspective on him: He gets hurt a lot. When he does pitch there will be stretches where’s he just mows down the opposition and he looks like Nolan Ryan. Then there will be long stretches of mediocrity. He’s a very frustrating pitcher to watch because you will watch him at times and not understand why he isn’t one of the best pitchers in baseball. Then he will have 3 starts in a row where you’re wondering why he isn’t DFA’d immediately. His arms are massive. Looks like Popeye but on steroids. Anyways, hope everyone is doing well, congrats on the 2nd win in a row against the Buckeyes.

After reading this thread, not sure who is worse: Avila or Nick Krall

Being a Reds fan sucks so hard. No idea why I am still hanging on. I was shocked to see the Tigers and Angels were 2 of the 4 teams.

Well, I don’t think any of the OL are going in the first round now. NPF was getting first round hype before today and after getting completely owned by Hutchinson all day he is a late 2nd/early 3rd I would guess now. i don’t think Stroud will go in first round. He faced 2 good defenses this year and wasn’t very good in either game. He’s young, but he’s more DeShone Kizer than Justin Fields IMHO. No OL will be first round picks. Wilson, JSN, and Olave will all be first round picks. Ruckert - nah Henderson - he’s good, but RBs rarely go in the first round anymore.

Good game. Better team won today. Congrats!

Did Haskins just win the Heisman? Seriously.

OSU is gonna have to completely revamp the defense this offseason. Just terrible play. like I said 2 hours ago. Sincerely - congrats. I am genuinely happy for UM fans today.

No, this has been domination by UM. I’m just saying, the idea the refs have missed only holding calls on OSU is hilarious when nothing has been called on UM today. A lot of that is because UM is playing basically perfect football. However, there have absolutely been a few missed calls.

Including literally none of the ones called on UM, I’m assuming?

That “hold” was huge, though. Killed another minute of clock. Not enough time and the OSU defense can’t stop UM. Worst OSU DL in decades.

Lol not even remotely a hold

OSU is going to go for it. But why in the hell is Day running up the middle with his 2nd string back on 3rd and 6??! He’s completely lost right now.

Honestly, no, this game is beyond over. UM is completely dominating the line of scrimmage. Wolverines look more fired up and confident. Stroud looks scared. OSU WRs dropping a bunch of passes. Day is getting completely outcoached by Harbaugh. People forget, Day has only coached against UM once and he had Fields.

This game is over. Sincerely - congrats UM fans! Way overdue. I’m honestly glad this is a rivalry again. Harbaugh figured it out. This is gonna be fun for the next decade.

The moment Vegas had it at -6.5 you should have realized this wasn’t going to be a blowout.

Absolutely huge to hold OSU to a field goal to end the half. I think that is going to win this game for UM.

I wonder how much Ryan Day is about to get

I can see it, the fact Vegas put the line at -6.5 and 75% of the bets so far are for OSU and the line hasn't moved much tells me Vegas might know something everyone else doesn't. One thing I have learned as an adult watching sports: very rarely is Vegas wrong. They had the line at -20 against MSU because they had a feeling what was coming, I think they know something about this match-up, and I think it is the year Harbaugh gets a W.

Miller is definitely gone. I bet he transfers to Arizona or Arizona St. Will be very interesting to see what McCord does. He has looked quite mediocre in his snaps. I know he is a true freshman, but he does not look like a 5* to me at all. Ryan Day has the philosophy of recruiting a top QB recruit every single class. When asked why he does this instead of someone like Dabo's philosophy of recruiting top QBs every 2 years, his response was simply "Because what if you miss?" I think McCord is a miss, and in a perfect world Ewers would absolutely stay next year as the back-up and starter for 2023. However, I simply am not convinced he will ride it out like that. Day is going after Devin Brown, 5th best QB in the 2022 class, Dante Moore in the 2023 class (13th overall croot out of Detroit), the top QB in the 24 class, im blanking on his name, and actually already offered top QB in 2025 class out of Findlay, OH - Montgomery. This fits his overall philosophy, but the push for Brown tells me he knows Ewers is gone and he sees McCord as a bust.

Yep, although I would like to point out OSU football players actually do graduate at a solid clip. Even the ones that go to the NFL. Cardale Jones, who infamously said "We ain't come to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS" actually graduated from OSU after being drafted into the NFL. Most overlook that, which I get, it was a really dumb thing to tweet out and easy to make fun of. However, I think there is a lot of truth to that statement for many players at the top football programs. He just said the quiet part out loud. With regard to paying players. You don't even have to do that anymore because of NIL. Quinn Ewers, the top recruit in the 2022 class, re-classified to the 2021 class last summer and showed up on campus a year early. Why? Well, he signed a $1.5 million NIL deal with some local company in Columbus. The crazy part is I do not even know if the football program was involved with it. Reading between the lines I do not think Ryan Day was particularly happy with Ewers showing up a year early. You cannot really blame the kid, though, when I was a junior in high school, if someone said to me "hey, the moment you register for classes at the University of Dayton, I am going to give you a check for $1.5 million" you bet your ass I would have graduated early and registered for classes. Fast forward a few months its looking like CJ Stroud has cemented himself as QB1 for the 2022 season already. I highly doubt Ewers is going to sit another season, so he will likely transfer to Texas. The NIL stuff is a double edged sword. I think you are going to start seeing more and more kids re-classify a season early and show up on campus unprepared and coming to the realization they are likely going to have to sit at least 1, maybe 2 seasons until they see playing time. Then their ego-maniac self will transfer to an easier situation. I actually think this is going to help programs like UM. Might be able to get their hands on recruits they would have not been able to in years past. With all that said, yes, top college football is absolutely a minor league system for the NFL. If you are trying to be a top 5 program and you are not recruiting with that in mind, you are doing it wrong.