r/CFB • u/Master_Jackfruit3591 Texas Longhorns • Georgetown Hoyas • Dec 07 '25

Casual Ohio St fans should be ashamed

Over 5,000 hate filled comments have showed up on Ohio St kicker Jayden Fielding’s social media since last night. Fanbase should be ashamed they’re harassing one of their own, it isn’t good for the player, team, or sport. No excuse for it, touch grass. Hope the fanbase can lift up this young man in time for their next game instead of tearing him down even more.

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u/prismatic_lights Ohio State • Pittsburgh Dec 07 '25

The fact that they've had to run ads this year telling gamblers not to send players death threats is...quite sad.

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u/Jc110105 Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

The fact that they could easily be traced and aren’t it even sadder. Start making an example out of keyboard warriors making these threats.

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u/OldGreggg69 UConn Huskies Dec 07 '25

The Premier League does it all the time, even getting people from like Indonesia arrested for making racist social media comments

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave Dec 07 '25

Racist comments are legal in the US. It’s still the first amendment. But they absolutely could go after them for threats

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u/The12Ball Florida Gators Dec 07 '25

Pshh, police actually do something? In 2025??

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 07 '25

They're powerless to help, but not to punish.

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u/goddamnitwhalen Oregon Ducks • Sickos Dec 07 '25

I mean, they pick fights with college athletes and harass brown people! Is that not enough for you? Are you not satisfied?

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u/prailock Ohio State • Marquette Dec 07 '25

Hey now! They also help disappear people to illegal prisons overseas

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u/crushedpinkcookies Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Yeah fr. I save my death threats for actual tryants , not a fucking football player

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u/willclerkforfood Penn State • Land Grant Trophy Dec 07 '25

Sic Semper Kickers Tyrannis

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u/TheGeekOffTheStreet Notre Dame Fighting Irish Dec 07 '25

Yeah, my team has a kicker issue. Watching the game you wince, then remind yourself that these are basically still kids for the most part. One of my kids is in college and that dork almost got on the wrong bus to come home. His friend missed a flight because the dumbass decided to stay up all night and party before his 6 am flight be sure he was afraid he wouldn’t wake from his alarm. They make mistakes.

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u/Expendable_Red_Shirt Wesleyan (CT) Cardinals Dec 07 '25

No, you can't do that. Tyrants don't deserve death threats. Only kids playing a game deserve death threats.

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u/ImJacksLackOfEmpathy Dec 07 '25

When I advocate for harsher punishments against death threats etc, some redditors inevitably give some all-or-nothing like “WhAt sHoUlD wE Do, cArPeT BoMb tHe MiDdLe eAsT” in response to things like the South Park guys getting death threats over the Muhammad episode because it was “thousands of threats, not just a few hundred.” Like bro, start with a few dozen extremely harsh sentences, then work your way up to a few hundred and watch how making an example outta them actually brings about change instead of throwing your hands up and saying, welp, I guess we let the terrorists win again!!

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u/dinanm3atl Florida State • Georgia Tech Dec 07 '25

They should. If it's on social media find the person. And handle business. It's unacceptable.

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u/IsLlamaBad Iowa Hawkeyes • Sickos Dec 07 '25

I can only think of two ways to remedy the situation: An overall cultural shift in sports fandom in the US and/or prosecuting those who send death threats. I unfortunately don't see the former happening anytime soon. That costs money and resources that don't yield monetary value. People would much rather see the book thrown at those people instead.

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u/Remote_Elevator_281 Oregon Ducks Dec 08 '25

This. They need to step up their game. Find these people.

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u/-Kyllsw1tch- Missouri Tigers • Saint Louis Billikens Dec 07 '25

I have absolutely no idea what the context of this is and frankly, I’m good with that.

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u/ExceptForFleegle Dec 07 '25

It’s in your cest interest to keep it that way

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u/Stockz Michigan Wolverines • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 07 '25

Goddammit Donut, I wish I hadn't laughed at that.

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u/FragileColtsFan Dec 07 '25

Oh no, you definitely know what the context is

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u/TimTom8921 Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

What the actual fuck?

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u/IkorasBarber West Virginia • Youngstown Sta… Dec 07 '25

I know, right? They planted in the wrong state by one!

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u/Constant_Topic_1040 Auburn Tigers • Air Force Falcons Dec 07 '25

West Virginia? That’s a mighty stone you’re casting out of your glass house

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u/CR0Wmurder Mississippi State • Southern … Dec 07 '25

Everybody always ignores Mississippi in the rankings that matter

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u/Linktheb3ast USC Trojans • Arizona State Sun Devils Dec 07 '25

And normal Virginia. It’s VASTLY worse in western Virginia than it is in West Virginia lol

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u/fart_dot_com Big Ten • Pac-12 Gone Dark Dec 07 '25

one of the closest friends I've had that experienced this stuff came from one of the nicest, wealthiest virginia suburbs of DC. it happens basically everywhere

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u/FuzzyDunlop911 Miami Hurricanes • Florida Cup Dec 07 '25

Once you're north of Orlando, FL gets very "Southern".

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u/lukin187250 Notre Dame • Army Dec 07 '25

My aunt lived in Kissimmee many years ago, she had a saying "you can go from Disney to deliverance in 30 minutes flat".

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u/PlagueOfBedlam Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

Biggest rednecks i ever met were in the FL panhandle the 3 years I lived there. And most were Corrections Officers.

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u/RockThePond Dec 07 '25

The Redneck Riviera is real.

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u/BrohanGutenburg LSU Tigers Dec 07 '25

Yeah, panhandle is just east Alabama.

The irony is that coastal Alabama is a lot less redneck. Of course get even just 10-15 miles from the coast and it's red neck enough to make up for it. Looking at you, Foley.

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u/f0gax Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Dec 07 '25

Yep. Florida is inverted.

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u/frostedz UCF Knights • Miami Hurricanes Dec 07 '25

We've got to be the only state where the further north you go, the further south you get.

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u/latedep31 Florida • Valdosta State Dec 08 '25

Can confirm. It's very southern west of Jacksonville.

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful TCNJ Lions • Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

Regardless of location, child sexual assault is much more likely to involve a trusted adult. This isn't a Florida specific issue. 

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u/FlannelBeard Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe Dec 07 '25

Those were up the first time I drove from MN to Florida to see my brother. Let me tell you, the bill boards get quite a bit different once you hit Tennessee and Alabama

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u/Chance-Spend5305 Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

Hey at least we have progressed enough that we no longer have the Tennessee Trash commercials, talking about dumping trash along roadsides

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u/FlannelBeard Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe Dec 07 '25

The number of opium addiction billboards was a bit jarring

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u/Chance-Spend5305 Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

Funny I can’t think of any billboards in Tennessee about that. Maybe because I’m in Knoxville and usually only travel to nashville or Chattanooga on the way to Atlanta

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u/FlannelBeard Minnesota • Paul Bunyan's Axe Dec 07 '25

They were more prevalent in Alabama but Kentucky and Tennessee had them as well occasionally. But this was about 10 years ago. After that drive I started flying

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u/Do1stHarmacist Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

I'm from the Northeast and while it's normal to see 1-800-call-god signs even in NJ right outside NYC, when driving down I-95 through the South it's jarring how much more explicitly religious the billboards get. There's even one in SC for a diner with two blurbs: open from x to y and Jesus is Lord. It was amusing.

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u/Ameri-Jin Auburn Tigers • Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Disgusting

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u/TechnoFullback Texas A&M Aggies Dec 07 '25

What the fuck?!

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u/Mortara Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 07 '25

Don't worry, they had that shit all over Indiana too. Indiana is the reason Kentucky got a bad name about cousin fucking cuz they all moved from Southern Indiana to Kentucky

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u/Hoosier_Seamus Dec 07 '25

More l like the other way around bro.

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u/gwaydms SMU Mustangs Dec 07 '25

Cincinnati is full of rednecks too. The ok ones and the others.

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u/Kmjada Oklahoma State • Billable Hours Dec 07 '25

I have seen those outside of Tulsa as well.

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u/MrJCOreo Texas A&M Aggies Dec 07 '25

PSA: don't gamble money you can't afford to lose.

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u/wilko_johnson_lives Nebraska Cornhuskers Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 07 '25

But I just need to win back what i lost!

I was lucky, I lost around $20K before I realized I had a problem

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover Dec 07 '25

Same goes for loaning out money. I just assume I'll never get it back, and if I actually do get it back, its kind of nice

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u/LightlyRoastedCoffee Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

It's not just this year but yeah, gamblers are scum

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u/uReallyShouldTrustMe USC Trojans • Missouri Tigers Dec 07 '25

But TV networks happily take the money of gambling platforms which feed this addiction.

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u/AlecAndGylfi Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Dec 07 '25

Followed up by draft kings ads. Insane

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u/RoverTiger Auburn Tigers • Air Force Falcons Dec 07 '25

Dystopian as hell.

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u/Easy-Box673 Arkansas State Red Wolves Dec 07 '25

It used to be a lot worse than a meaningless social media post lol

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u/RespondInfamous3150 Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

sports gambling is ruining the fun of just sitting down and watching a game now. So glad I never even tried it.Knowing my luck something like that would happen to me too lol

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u/dinanm3atl Florida State • Georgia Tech Dec 07 '25

Agreed. The problem is, much like alcohol, sports gambling is a huge problem for a LOT of people. Humans in general succumb to it way too easy. And we are supposed to go "This is OK. But here is a number to call if you personally have an issue."

While 50% of ads, and all day on sports TV, is sports gambling tips. It's insane.

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u/lukin187250 Notre Dame • Army Dec 07 '25

They were running at least last year too, maybe earlier.

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u/Captain_Nipples Oklahoma Sooners • Summertime Lover Dec 07 '25

Whats the point of those ads and signs anyways? I highly doubt some asshole is gonna see a sign that says "Dont beat your wife" and think, "Oh. Maybe I wont slap my wife around tonight"

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u/UhIdontcareforAuburn Georgia Bulldogs Dec 07 '25

https://youtu.be/gKfg71qifPo?si=blhnnbNEzN0w5Q3l

We need more of this energy from players

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u/skushi08 Boston College • Louisiana Dec 07 '25

I saw a comment somewhere about this that was along the lines of it seeming like rules or regulations are overbearing (anti sports gambling) because people forget the problems that arose when they weren’t in place.

Remove said regulations and suddenly players and coaches get death threats and there’s a near weekly betting scandal of some sort. Then people suddenly remember why those rules were put in place.

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u/SuperDoubleDecker Alabama Crimson Tide Dec 07 '25

The ruling class knows exactly how damaging sports gambling is. They dgaf. Greedy sociopaths.

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u/xA1RGU1TAR1STx Nebraska • Concordia (NE) Dec 07 '25

I was definitely pro sports gambling, but starting to think it’s probably time to roll it back.

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u/TMPRKO North Carolina • Michigan Dec 08 '25

Maybe we could just not let people gamble endlessly on the performance of kids? Or is that just crazy talk now?

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u/CitizenCue Oregon Ducks • Stanford Cardinal Dec 08 '25

If we had a functioning government, they would be the ones addressing this with policy changes.

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u/brandt-money Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

It's all dudes with no money, pissed that they lost their girlfriend's car payment (2007 Altima) money again.

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings Dec 07 '25

Hey! I drove a 2007 Altima until like 9 years ago! It was a great car. It was the first new car I ever bought.

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u/The_King_In_The_Bay USC Trojans Dec 07 '25

He's not referring to you, he's referring to somone with a loan still out on an eighteen year old car.

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u/sleepfacemcgee Dec 07 '25

I think what they are saying is an indictment of Altima drivers and not the Altima itself.

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings Dec 07 '25

That's what I take objection to, lol

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u/headstar101 Oregon Ducks • Rose Bowl Dec 07 '25

Nah man, it's the fact that it's an 07 Altima and they make payments on it, suggesting that they're poor AF but still gamble away their money.

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings Dec 07 '25

I was just messing around, lol

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u/headstar101 Oregon Ducks • Rose Bowl Dec 07 '25

Ah, it's 6:41 here rn and I'm really just up to feed my cats and am barely awake. The brain isn't braining yet. 🤣

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings Dec 07 '25

It's Sunday. Go get some more sleep for both of us

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u/headstar101 Oregon Ducks • Rose Bowl Dec 07 '25

I'm going, I'm going. Geez! 🤣

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u/Electromotivation James Madison Dukes Dec 07 '25

Or general car upkeep. 07 Altima‘s were missing headlights and trailing black smoke by 08

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u/Geaux2020 LSU Tigers • Valley City State Vikings Dec 07 '25

I had the same mileage when I sold it and barely any issues as well. I must have gotten just as lucky

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u/supergeeky_1 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

Dude, JD Byrider is vicious. Makes mob bookies look reasonable by comparison. 

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u/Express_Roll_8321 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

It’s probably a combo of degenerate gamblers that don’t know football at all (bc if you were shocked by Indiana winning you’re either a giant homer or an idiot) and the same losers who wanted to fire Day last year and reminisce about when the bye week was our hardest game of the year (urban years). Either way threatening a college kid as a grown adult should permanently close your DraftKings account and make you have a forced vasectomy.

Regardless of who you wanted to win if you love college football that game was a fuckin banger and expecting a perfect season is insane. If college football makes you so mad you threaten a kid work that out in therapy big dawg it’s embarrassing.

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u/ProvocativeCacophony Auburn Tigers • Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

(bc if you were shocked by Indiana winning you’re either a giant homer or an idiot)

Damn, most of the subreddit catching strays.

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u/Express_Roll_8321 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

OSU has a solid football team this year for sure. But the best team they’ve played to this point has been texas or maybe Michigan. Indiana is historically good this season. And although I think OSU is probably one of the 2 best teams right now, Indiana is the other and that’s how it is supposed to look when 1 and 2 play each other. Turns out Indiana was 1 not 2. Hopeful for a rematch in the natty! Or maybe I’m wrong and Georgia is gonna embarrass everyone but 😂

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u/ProvocativeCacophony Auburn Tigers • Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

I agree. Most people just saw "Indiana" and presumed they were a paper tiger.

I just wanted to point out that it was the common mentality I've seen all year towards Indiana and how ashamed people should feel about allowing their thoughts to cloud their eyes.

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u/Express_Roll_8321 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

People act like if you’ve not won it all in the past 20 years (which is a shockingly short list) you’re incapable of having a good season or being a good program. The job Cig has done in the past 2 years is incredible and should be celebrated. Wish the job he did ended with getting into the big 10 championship game personally but you can’t have it all 😂

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u/Mortara Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 07 '25

I'm totally on board with this forced vasectomy thing, I think you should have to take a test to have kids anyways

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u/SnepbeckSweg Michigan • Cincinnati Dec 07 '25

Y’all are getting real close to eugenics here

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u/soupjaw Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

I mean, it's more merit-based, but I take your point 

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u/totallynotsquatty Arizona Wildcats • Team Meteor Dec 07 '25

I adopted my son and the amount of anal probing required is ridiculous while the process took 2yrs. It’s so frustrating to watch degenerates pumping them out with zero scrutiny. I know that sounds dystopian but it’s how I feel.

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u/Mortara Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 07 '25

I get it, I was in the military for 13 years and I seen absolute pieces of shit raising kids. I waited till I was 38 to have my first so I wasn't a piece of shit dad

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u/putsch80 Oklahoma Sooners • Arkansas Razorbacks Dec 07 '25

Gotta take a test and doo hundreds of hours of training to legally cut other people’s hair. But can become a parent by having 5 minutes of fun in the back of a van in a parking lot after a Friday night football game.

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u/Mortara Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 07 '25

A lot of specificity there. Lol

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u/Express_Roll_8321 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

As someone that does family therapy for a living nobody would have kids if we did that 😂 but also anyone who thinks threatening a kid over a game is okay should be near children.

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u/Juicewag Verified Media Dec 08 '25

Yup, eugenics is wonderful. Great take Michigan!

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u/Mortara Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 08 '25

I mean we did lead the world in it for years, but I don't think that there's anybody on this Earth. That doesn't agree that there's people too stupid to have fucking kids

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u/Juicewag Verified Media Dec 08 '25

Me, I don’t agree! As soon as we start policing what the defining term of “stupid” is all of a sudden we have a society that’s determining some aren’t capable to our standard of free will and self determination. That is bad.

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u/Mortara Michigan Wolverines • Purdue Boilermakers Dec 08 '25

Oh I didn't say that we should stop them, but there are definitely people who are too fucking stupid to do it. And if you don't agree with that, then you apparently live in a bubble

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u/Express_Roll_8321 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 08 '25

Well yes I do not actually believe in eugenics to be clear. I also don’t wish on any children to have parents who send death threat to kids for missing a field goal. Meant to be hyperbole, was hoping that would come off in my comment, but here he are 😂

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u/elproteus Ohio State Buckeyes • ECU Pirates Dec 07 '25

Get the fuck out of here with your reason and logic.

/s

But seriously, I'd rather beat Michigan than win a natty, I think I suffered enough thru the John Cooper years with my dad blaming every Michigan loss on me.

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u/KingOfTheUzbeks Ohio State • Minnesota Dec 07 '25

Our hardest games during the Urban years were some random B1G team.

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u/Express_Roll_8321 Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

B1G west team specifically, that had a feel good puff piece before the game. but off the top of my head Carlos Hyde smacking someone in a club he shouldn’t have been in, Barrett DUI, Barrett or maybe Miller DV, dude who just wouldn’t stop taking Molly, Elliott with like 500 speeding tickets, and worst of all, hiring Tim Beck.

Edit bc I forgot about covering for Zach Smith DV

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u/jeepfail Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

As fun as betting can be people get real shitty over it to a very detrimental level.

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u/MocoMojo Maryland Terrapins Dec 07 '25

I only use sports betting to bet against my team as an emotional hedge. So far, it’s working well.

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u/Strange-Cap9942 Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

During the 2023 season, I put $100 on Ohio State, $200 on Alabama, and $200 on Washington. I like to tell people I spent $500 on a national title.

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u/big_sugi Texas A&M Aggies Dec 07 '25

My failure to put money on Texas at halftime cost A&M the game. I’m so ashamed.

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u/PiMemer Michigan Wolverines • Iowa Hawkeyes Dec 07 '25

You know what you need to do next year

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u/aterpinncatwork Maryland Terrapins Dec 07 '25

OMG, why have I never thought of that?

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u/griffinhamilton Southern Miss Golden Eagles • LSU Tigers Dec 07 '25

I do that with fantasy fb pretty often, I’ve had like 7 different starting defenses this year just by picking up whoever is playing the saints this week

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u/Worried_Fee_1513 Dec 07 '25

Same here. Whoever is playing Cincinnati has been good as well.

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u/MocoMojo Maryland Terrapins Dec 07 '25

Willard’s team 2 years ago was like printing money when they played away games.

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u/Bill3ffinMurray Nebraska • $5 Bits of Broken Chair Tro… Dec 07 '25

You'd be rich if your team was Nebraska.

If you emotionally hedge-bet the under on Nebraska's preseason win total, you'd have won I believe 13 times in a row. I think someone crunched the numbers and came out with like a couple million if you rebet your winnings on the under every year.

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u/Few-Race-8527 Purdue Boilermakers Dec 08 '25

Somehow I feel like I’d have made out pretty well with Purdue

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u/TornadoApe Georgia Bulldogs • Texas Longhorns Dec 07 '25

The SEC Championship cost me $5 yesterday. Worth it 🥲

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u/ElChapo1515 Dec 07 '25

This is the way

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u/giggidygoo4 Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

You must be rolling in it.

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u/MocoMojo Maryland Terrapins Dec 07 '25

Buzz is looking to be a great income generator for me

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u/ElChapo1515 Dec 07 '25

lol thank you. Then “losing the bet” simply feels like you have paid to watch your team win.

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u/dustin-dawind Case Western Reserve Spartans Dec 07 '25

Exactly. I don't pay for cable, but instead I do buy a win now and then.

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u/nizerifin Kentucky Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Same! (Or bet for teams I hate).

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u/jeepfail Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

That’s the only way I’ve ever used it as well. Or to make those out there bets so I’m more invested in a game. I kind of stopped though because I’m also a Lewis Hamilton fan in F1 and that betting took far too much of an emotional toll.

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u/MocoMojo Maryland Terrapins Dec 07 '25

Out in Q1. Eek.

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u/jeepfail Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

IU is the only thing keeping me going sports wise this year haha

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u/MocoMojo Maryland Terrapins Dec 07 '25

I’m really happy for you guys. Major freudenfreude vibes.

I hope y’all go out and win it all.

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u/ClaudeLemieux Michigan Wolverines • NC State Wolfpack Dec 07 '25

I use it against my teams and against my rivals too. Lost a lot on osu last night but made a chunk back with Duke. C’est la vie

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u/starry49 Michigan Wolverines • Oregon Ducks Dec 07 '25

That’s so pathetic. If someone GAMBLES they should be prepared to lose because it’s never a guaranteed win

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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Dec 07 '25

You need to win about 59% of 50/50 bets to break even. The general public wins more like 45%.

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u/Pastagiorgio34 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

It’s 55%

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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Dec 07 '25

It’s not 55% anymore, lines have gotten juiced in order to make up for expensive promos. -115 is standard and can even get up to -122

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u/Wigglebot23 Arizona Wildcats Dec 07 '25

Show me a screenshot of a college football game with both teams at -115 or -122 before the game, I've only ever seen -110 (though that is obviously very rare, but it's often clearly centered at -110) Edit: Currently have Alabama -115, Oklahoma -105 so -110 is clearly even odds

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u/Proteinchugger Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

You’re right. I’ve seen live odds at -114 both ways, but have yet to see anything pregame that doesn’t average to -110.

Plus, if one book is doing it line shop to another for better odds.

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u/Proteinchugger Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

That’s not true outside of live betting. Pregame it still averages to -110. The promos are basically all parlay based (sportsbooks make a killing on parlays) or such a small amount it’s a “loss leader” so you make more bets that you lose

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u/YoUDee Delaware • Maryland Dec 07 '25

Can you explain the math?

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u/Pastagiorgio34 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 09 '25

The VIG is 10% of the bet. 10% of 50% is 5 - so 55%

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u/Aggravating-List6010 Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

Professional gamblers wouldn’t do this. Drunk 40 year old washout men sitting on their couch in random places in Ohio do this.

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u/goddamnitwhalen Oregon Ducks • Sickos Dec 07 '25

Shoot about 10-15 years lower and you’re spot-on.

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u/Aggravating-List6010 Michigan Wolverines Dec 07 '25

That’s probably true. As a freshman in the 40 club I am so happy this shit didn’t exist the way it does now when I was in college

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u/Bandlebury Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

Yeah but they’re also targeted 24/7 with ads telling them to “get into the action”. Can’t even blame them

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u/Pastagiorgio34 Indiana Hoosiers Dec 07 '25

Hey!

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u/jarkon-anderslammer Wyoming Cowboys Dec 07 '25

I have heard 90% of profits come from 10% of gamblers. 

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u/Sgt-Spliff- Michigan State Spartans Dec 07 '25

It's also much closer to being a guaranteed lose than guaranteed win

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u/gwaydms SMU Mustangs Dec 07 '25

When we went to Las Vegas, long ago, we considered the amount we were prepared to lose an entertainment expense. As it was, my husband won the same amount I lost, so we broke even. Not bad for a weekend in Vegas.

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u/TonyTheSnowman Texas Longhorns Dec 07 '25

Legalized sports gambling has been such a detriment to our society, especially young men. While some are able to do it in moderation, the majority of money these sportsbooks make are from a small percentage of their customers. Sure, you can blame the addicts, but the fact that these leagues shove it down everyone's throats during every single ad break is disgusting imo.

I should add this. Obviously, it doesn't excuse a damn thing when it comes to these hateful comments. I just personally feel very gross every time I see one of these ads.

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u/goddamnitwhalen Oregon Ducks • Sickos Dec 07 '25

I deeply regret that I ever supported its legalization and I can’t believe I was upset when it didn’t pass in CA recently.

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u/TonyTheSnowman Texas Longhorns Dec 07 '25

That just shows you have a heart and strong morals. It's not yours or anyone else's fault. The people who run this shit would have got it through no matter what. It just sucks that it ruins so many lives. I have no place to judge anyone's decisions. I feel bad for people who do it in moderation and responsibly as well. It's a fun hobby for them. I just don't believe it's worth it in comparison to the many families' lives it's ruined.

And I'm not trying to say that anyone who supports it doesn't have a heart or strong morals. I'm not trying to attack the average person like most of the folks in this sub. It's the profiteers who were already worth millions, billions, w.e before this, and continue to profit off of vulnerable people. Most of whom have no idea what they're even doing in the first place.

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u/organizedchaos5220 UCF Knights • Illinois Fighting Illini Dec 08 '25

It's legalization could be fine, but treat it's advertising like we do tobacco.

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u/putsch80 Oklahoma Sooners • Arkansas Razorbacks Dec 07 '25

Needs to be like cigarettes and have its advertising banned, at least during sporting events. And this doesn’t even need to be a federal law; NCAA and networks can (and should) do this on their own.

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u/TonyTheSnowman Texas Longhorns Dec 07 '25

That would be a great compromise. The cats out of the bag it's not going away, but there should definitely be some type of guardrails in place. The way it is now, they're legit going out of their way to push it about it with no shame at all.

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u/WooBadger18 Wooster Fighting Scots • Wisconsin Badgers Dec 07 '25

I also like the idea of limiting types of bets (e.g. around prop bets) and limiting it to on-site betting.

Part of the problem is having 24 hour access to betting

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u/_c_r_w_ Tennessee Volunteers Dec 07 '25

hard agree. in a time when our society is already dealing with such a wealth discrepancy, sports gambling is jsut another way for the poor and vulnerable to send their money to those at the top that dont need it.

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u/IsLlamaBad Iowa Hawkeyes • Sickos Dec 07 '25

Addiction and overcoming addiction has a lot to do with opportunity and association. There is a false narrative that willpower alone can keep people from making bad choices. Those who seemingly have the best willpower actually put themselves in positions where they limit the instances in which willpower is needed.

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u/ad51603 WKU Hilltoppers • Cincinnati Bearcats Dec 07 '25

I would assume over half of them

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u/Wolfgang985 LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave Dec 07 '25

A majority of them. No question about it.

Nothing to be furious about as a fan. They lost conference, but still in playoff contention.

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u/GuestCartographer James Madison Dukes Dec 07 '25

Bet that won’t make it into the next round of FanDuel ads.

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u/lexbuck Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Who could’ve ever seen that introducing gambling on these games would ever be a problem? 🤦

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u/SomeCar Ohio State • Youngstown State Dec 07 '25

Yeah, I can't think of any fans doing this. Gamblers will shit on anyone that makes them lose money.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '25

i can definitely think of some fans doing this, especially drunk ones. we need to take accountability here

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u/fart_dot_com Big Ten • Pac-12 Gone Dark Dec 07 '25

uhhh there have always been fans that do this kind of stuff, let's be real

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u/BuckeyeBentley Ohio State Buckeyes • Ithaca Bombers Dec 07 '25

Gambling has gotten so out of hand. Not only should college sport gambling be illegal but so should gambling on real world things like politics. Presidential elections are whatever but the more granular you get on a topic, the fewer people it takes to influence the outcome, the more likely the fix is in.

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u/Adams5thaccount Boise State Broncos • UNLV Rebels Dec 07 '25

the specificity is exquisite

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u/karlmalowned1 Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

I remember working with a guy that absolutely hated Ohio state. I asked him what team he was a fan of and he said he didn't really follow college football.. he just lost a lot of money in 2006 against Florida. Some people are just rock bottom losers

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u/ragizzlemahnizzle Houston Cougars • Texas Longhorns Dec 07 '25

Bet all you fucking want on professional sports, but betting on college sports is a different type of fucked up. Wagering on your money on a bunch of 18-23 year olds smh. I bet some of those people abusing him online had a son or nephew around Fielding’s age.

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u/Citizen51 Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

They aren't OSU fans even if they say they are. Those fake fans can go kick rocks and leave the sport completely.

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u/gwaydms SMU Mustangs Dec 07 '25

That was a hard-fought game, and a true CFB fan would have enjoyed the hell out of it, mistakes aside. (I can understand if you didn't enjoy it quite as much. But that's the kind of game I love to see, regardless of outcome.)

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u/ShockMental6476 Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Yeah OSU fans know what it is with Fielding at this point. Good kid but not the first time he's choked a big game away. Also this loss doesn't mean much at all to us lol we'll still get a CFP bye, just slightly affects 2nd round matchups. IU can have the Big 10 title.

It's mostly degenerate betters that would be shocked and unhinged enough to send threats.

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u/BuckedUpBuckeye614 Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game Dec 07 '25

Yeah, I knew people would do it after I seen it but for it to be that many Buckeyes I cant see. Every school has that lunatic fringe, but the majority of us are not bad. Ultimately, I posted on FB that we should go for it and go down in a blaze of glory before the kick, I had that feeling. Fielding hasnt been great at FG. Regular games and mediocre distance, yeah. Close games any distance, no. As I said before, our ST is lacking. Theres college teams kicking NFL distance FGs out there.

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u/exit322 Akron Zips • Marching Band Dec 07 '25

Likely more than any of us want to admit

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u/submersi-lunchable Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

Yep. The stakes of this game were zero, barring injury. We couldn't even, "Jesus FUCK, Tegra!" with the normal gusto.

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u/BeNiceBeChill Dec 07 '25

Gambling certainly adds to/is part of it but fandom allegiance had people killed over Alabama Auburn years back and there's the one guy who poisoned those trees. Bill Buckner was sent death threats. The soccer player who own-goaled was murdered. These things are unfortunately an evil of the human condition and also not isolated to sports. We are all children of God. We all need to love each other first. Sports is play, and play IS important, but it needs to be practiced right-mindedly. We are all equally flawed beings. Hate and evil directed to anyone for any reason just stinks. Just pray for that young man but also  for the people who are sending him hate.

I'm flawed and just a lowly sinner and try hard not to weigh my sins against another's but I've found it comforting to root with this mantra in mind: I believe that we can, hope that we do, but have faith that regardless of the outcome, God's will is good.

Grant me the will to will what God wills.

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u/gwaydms SMU Mustangs Dec 07 '25

The soccer player who own-goaled was murdered.

By someone connected with a crime syndicate.

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u/BeNiceBeChill Dec 07 '25

Yeah for sure. I dont remember well enough if it was directly tied to gambling or due to national pride and fandom. My point was that irrational and hateful acts have occurred prior to the US mainstreaming gambling. If I were so inclined, Im guessing I could find instances where practitioners of sport were put to death thousands of years ago for merely letting down or shaming and not just for losing someone money. Either way it's all sad and not how we should treat one another, and I think that applies whether one is religous or humanist.

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u/misdreavus79 Penn State Nittany Lions Dec 07 '25

I agree that gambling is reaching alcohol levels of "out of controledness" in our media, but let's not sell the fanbase short here. This is the same fanbase that forced the coach to have a security detail for himself and his family last season.

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u/WhoopsieDiasy Ohio State Buckeyes Dec 07 '25

This

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u/Skidda24 Ohio State Buckeyes • Illibuck Dec 07 '25

Yeah, unfortunately this is bigger than Ohio State so idk why we are getting singled out.

I remember clear back in the early 2000s a soccer coach encouraging one of our players not to pursue a kicking career in football. Because you miss one kick and you'll come out to your car being vandalized because someone made a bet on you not missing.

It's a shitty thing. Anyone attacking him are pieces of shit but I wouldn't be surprised if it's more people who spent their rent money on Ohio State winning.

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u/HandleAccomplished11 Washington State Cougars Dec 07 '25

I bet none of them bet on Indiana. 

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u/nfshaw51 Ohio State • Johns Hopkins Dec 07 '25

Yeah I have to think that’s the case. I’ve got a couple group chats and about 26 combined fans of OSU in those chats (alum), absolutely none of us post shit like that on social media. It’s gamblers/t-shirt fans. I’ve got no problem with non-alum fans, after all that’s what my family is aside from me, but there’s a contingent of them that are the absolute worst.

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u/everheist Iowa Hawkeyes Dec 07 '25

Ah yes the old blame all the gamblers

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u/hhelman7 Dec 07 '25

Where’s all the people that won money because of his miss being thankful for his performance? Why aren’t they reaching out? /s

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u/tragicallyohio Ohio State Buckeyes • Ohio Bobcats Dec 07 '25

I am sure it has increased with gambling. But this kinda stuff was happening before it.

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