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Posted: 12/1/2025 8:27 PM

Bobcatblitz right now:

https://youtu.be/ZwrqI8vK4II?si=Z_wbtnepmCoMLacF

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Posted: 12/1/2025 8:40 PM

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No but the over $800k I helped bring in with Clark Kellogg over a decade ago might. Keep going wise guy you obviously don’t know who you’re dealing with.

Ok Tommie Aaron

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Posted: 12/1/2025 8:56 PM

Based on my completely fake and fictitious insider sources, the coach has taken leave for Ohio gun season (for deer). He's gotta get his rack on---the wall.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:00 PM

Signing Day Wednesday. Sigh.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:04 PM

Of all the threads

From the beginning of BAT

From the beginning of time

And maybe the thread of all time

I am now 100% sure

That we are in a parallel universe

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:26 PM

I’m noticing a couple of the recruits have posted that they will be signing on Wednesday hours after the announcement about Coach Smith. Wonder if they have been told anything more?

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:45 PM

https://x.com/blutman27/status/1995683615595020449?s=46&t...

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:56 PM

Jonesy1017 wrote:expand_more

https://x.com/blutman27/status/1995683615595020449?s=46&t...

Is any of that true?

This whole situation is odd. If it was something known earlier and bad, would they have waited until the end of the season to act? Is it a sudden issue? Why bust into a meeting if you were willing to wait until the end of the season to act?

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:56 PM

You’re gonna trust a b*rstool source? Come on dude

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Posted: 12/1/2025 9:59 PM

Jonesy1017 wrote:expand_more

https://x.com/blutman27/status/1995683615595020449?s=46&t...

Ah yes, the always reliable source of Barstool.

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Posted: 12/1/2025 10:00 PM

Last Edited: 12/1/2025 10:37:50 PM by BryanHall

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Posted: 12/1/2025 10:00 PM

Charlie Fadel, sports editor from The Post: “I reached to Ohio athletics to ask about a possible press conference for John Hauser and whether or not the leave for Brian Smith was paid or unpaid.

I was told that there is “no information to share beyond the posted announcement at this time.”

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Posted: 12/1/2025 10:27 PM

Last Edited: 12/1/2025 10:28:22 PM by JHSbobcat08

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Posted: 12/1/2025 10:28 PM

BryanHall wrote:expand_more

JHSbobcat08 wrote:expand_more

You’re gonna trust a b*rstool source? Come on dude

I think you missed the first point of my post. ANY OF IT TRUE.

Your comment wasn’t there when I made my comment dude. Chill out.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 6:36 AM

Man, it's such an ominous and vague announcement. Bad PR strategy in my untrained opinion. It leaves us speculating everything. The timing is suspect. If it's health or family, what's the harm in posting something along those lines in the statement? Coach could even release a statement indicating he's dealing with a health or family issue.

Nothing has surfaced concerning a legal issue. He hasn't been fired. Nothing from the AD. We're left in the wind. It's awfully strange and now everyone has eyes on and is speculating.

What a day at the Convo.....Wow!

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Posted: 12/2/2025 7:10 AM

Look, I was hoping some news reporter would do this, but there is public record of a pending contested divorce filing by Smith’s wife last summer. The records in this case have been sealed. So I’m pretty sure this is family related, though sometimes allegations in messy divorces can draw scrutiny.

Posting details of these rumors would be a violation of board rules, but the divorce petition is public record.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 7:15 AM

On the next episode of “Tuesday Night Lights”….

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Posted: 12/2/2025 7:58 AM

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First thing I told my wife; His wife found what she was looking for and now it's being added to the docket and it's gonna get ugly. And Lars doesn't know how to handle it. ie slapped together an announcement that was heavy on speculation and light on detail

I also am just flabbergasted by the announcement and the need for one, considering the timing. So I lean to worst case scenario, because thats the way it seems from the outside. Call it an AD who was ill-prepared for the moment. Embarrassment for all parties involved right now, two days before signing day, and we still have zero details confirmed. If you're a parent, do you have your child sign with a coach who may or may not have something pending? Who may not even be there? So why say anything at all? Even if he was having a Sark moment, you want to keep it quiet until you get your ducks in a row - not announce hes on leave when they don't play a football game for a month. They could've used the cover of bowl season to let news of immorality blow over.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 8:46 AM

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https://x.com/blutman27/status/1995683615595020449?s=46&t...

Could someone please post the content of this for those of us who don’t have X Twitter accounts? Thanks

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Posted: 12/2/2025 8:57 AM

KC Bobcat wrote:expand_more

Jonesy1017 wrote:expand_more

https://x.com/blutman27/status/1995683615595020449?s=46&t...

Could someone please post the content of this for those of us who don’t have X Twitter accounts? Thanks

you don't need an account to read a tweet. I cancelled my account several months ago when elon musk became the world's pre-eminent douchebag. I still read an occasional tweet via browser.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 9:00 AM

KC Bobcat wrote:expand_more

Jonesy1017 wrote:expand_more

https://x.com/blutman27/status/1995683615595020449?s=46&t...

Could someone please post the content of this for those of us who don’t have X Twitter accounts? Thanks

You can see the tweet without logging in.

If you want to respond on there you would need an account.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 9:00 AM

It’s now being reported that we will be vacating 7 wins for violations of NCAA rules.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 9:10 AM

colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more

It’s now being reported that we will be vacating 7 wins for violations of NCAA rules.

I haven't seen any reports of this other than one tweet from a WVU Memes twitter account. Do you have a link to this report?

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Posted: 12/2/2025 9:26 AM

If Smith isn't going to come back (an assumption), will John Hauser be the man?
If not, now is the time to jump on hiring a new coach.
Signings coming up, portal opening. Players need to know what's going to happen. If not, we will be behind the 8 ball.

Would Mark Stoops come north? He might be looking for stability in a conference like the MAC. Getting older,
might turn out to be like a Frank Solich, ending his career on a high note @ OU.

There are some good coaches in this league now. Hope we don't get left behind.

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Posted: 12/2/2025 9:41 AM

colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more

It’s now being reported that we will be vacating 7 wins for violations of NCAA rules.

Sincerely doubt it.

Things don’t move that fast. They haven’t even announced vacated wins for the guy who went on TV and confirmed he was throwing games years ago.