Goodbye Tanner

Do all these guys know something that we don't? I just don't get all the transfers, especially if they were a defensive player. I guess I can kind of understand a little if they were an offensive player as they don't really know what the new offense will look like but I would think that Bray and Gunderson would of been talking up what they plan on doing on offense. Is OSU's NIL ability really THAT pathetic that we can't hardly keep anyone that had any success this year?

Yes. This was expected. Hope that's the end of it. This is pretty brutal, he was our best offensive lineman coming back.

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It sucks but it could be as simple as just wanting to play power 4 football.

But rgeorge assures us that is not the case

Sorry to see anyone leave, but Tanner was a nice story. He is not an elite OL if you just watch any amount of the bowls games. I realize he was 2nd team Pac12 and more importantly an experienced starter. However, even more importantly he did not want to be here, so his talent level and discussion of the potential "loss" is really a moot point.

But, the more I watched the bowls the more I see OL play as a Pac12 weakness. There is no big "bag" waiting for him at any rate as the big $ schools have better potential talent in the 2 and 3 deep. More NIL $ than OSU will offer, probably!?

Other than a probable 1st rd. pick and some publications that probably never saw OSU play, all you have to do is look at the top 5-10 bowl games to see what elite OLs look like. OSU did well with the level of recruits it landed, but our OL was not "one of the best in the country" even having (4) on the 1st/2nd team Pac12 team.

I know there will be huge disagreement based on some national publication(s) and All-Pac12 awards, but recent draft history shows the OL has not been the Pac12's strength. The draft is one measure but pretty telling (DraftHistory.com... not sure of it's accuracy as I've seen it before today?):

Tackles drafted from the Pac12... ('23) 1 of 19; ('22) 2 of 22; ('21) 2 of 27; ('20) 3 of 21; ('19) 4 of 19; ('18) 3 of 19; ('17) 4 of 15; ('16) 2 of 18; ('15) 2 of 19;
Guards drafted from the Pac12... ('23) 4 of 15; ('22) 0 of 21; ('21) 2 of 11; ('20) 1 of 18; ('19) 0 of 15; ('18) 1 of 10; ('17) 2 of 12; ('16) 2 of 17; ('15) 2 of 21;
Centers drafter from the Pac12... ('23) 1 of 10; ('22) 1 of 6; ('21) 1 of 10; ('20) 2 of 10; ('19) 0 of 7; ('18) 1 of 12; ('17) 1 of 7; ('16) 1 of 7; ('15) 1 of 8;

I stopped at 2015 cuz I was bored! But that is (46) total OL drafted in the last 9 drafts.

OSU has had (3) OL drafted in that span, (15) total players... just out of curiosity which has zero meaning intended:
WSU... (4) and (12) total;

MWC teams...
San Diego State... (3) and (13) total;
Boise State... (2) and (17) total;
Fresno State... (2) and (8) total;
Wyoming... (1) and (8) total;
San Jose State... (1) and (6);
Nevada... (2) and (4) total;
Air Force... (1) and (2) total;
Colorado State... (0) and (7) total;
Utah State... (0) and (5)
Hawaii... (0) and (4) total;
UNLV... (0) and (0) since 2010!?

Pac12 teams...
Arizona... (0) and (6) total;
ASU... (3) and (20) total;
California.. (0) and (16) total;
UCLA... (7) and (37) total;
Colorado... (3) and (10) total;
Oregon... (6) and (29) total;
USC... (6) and (37) total;
Stanford... (5) and (35) total;
Utah... (6) and (30) total;
Washington... (3) and (30) total;

I didn’t say he definitely wasn’t getting that, but it seems ridiculous to me if he is. But 6 figures is what was told to me by a couple people involved with our collective. And yes, there are a lot of fools that have a lot of $$.