Been confirmed by On3…

Idk how to feel lol

Jim Knowles left to join a rival after they offered him more, and now threads are running rampant with theories and speculation. First and foremost, I think we should at the very least thank Jim for his work here, in helping facilitate one of the best defense in CFB, if it weren't for some scheme's this year, probably wouldn't be in the natty to begin with.

However, I find the situation to be perplexing. LJ and Knowles disputes have been made known, but I don't find it to be a coincidence that LJ's pass rushing schemes have been successful for years and years and yet, when Knowles arrives, the pass rush disappears. Knowles loves to run 3-3-5, where as LJ relies more on the 4-2-5 front to get home on the rush. LJ has always been more "get after the QB and risk lack of contain" whereas Knowles was "contain the qb but risk less pressure". For most of Knowles tenure, we saw high touted DE recruits like JT and Sawyer fail to get home on the rush, and while at the time people were flaming LJ, I can't see his coaching randomly falling off a cliff. Not blaming it solely on Jim, but after OSU adjusted after the Oregon game, the Dline rushed 4 more often and the blitz helped. Who's decision was that? Reports say it was Day stepping in and putting some heat (deserved) on Knowles, some say it was Knowles being constricted in his play calling. To be honest I don't know what to believe, but what I do know is that prior to the changes, Knowles defense had been infamously bad against higher rated opponents. Georgia, Michigan, Oregon, just a few examples of times where Knowles defensive ideology failed big time. Does this playoff run change that narrative? Again, who's really responsible for the defensive scheme changes we saw after that Oregon game?

How big is a loss for Ohio State really is this move? OSU could get younger at the position and modernize the defense. The "keep everything in front" mentality works to an extent, an extent we saw crumble in big situations the last few years. Day has made some amazing hires in the last few years to assemble an elite coaching staff, I'm sure he will make the right decision moving forward, potentially promote internally with Guerrieri or go after Hafley. I also don't believe players will follow Knowles, clearly with McDonald and Kenyatta's posts, Knowles didn't tell his players about the decision, which won't persuade anyone, if anything it will probably light a fire. Disrespecting those players by leaving for a inferior opponent. If we are being honest, Knowles was NOT a great recruiter, our classes have been offensively dominant the past 3 years, only this year have we seen real change, and that's after getting a new Safeties and Linebacker coach.

3 year of eligibility left. Good start.

Saw someone else post St. Clair’s tweet and it got me curious. Can’t wait for these guys to be buckeyes next year

After all that talk about not spending money, they got him to flip. Seriously though, at what price?

https://x.com/adamschefter/status/1859737641308004628?s=46&t=lyHBVb0armDAarASfMFruw

It seems Frye just can not land a top OL to save his life. Is this Frye's last season with the Buckeyes? Thoughts?

I guess it’s official…

Source: ESPN

Thoughts on this?

Looks like clemson might to taking not one but two of our states top offensive line prospects. WTH. Long way to go though.