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Come back after you graduate high school. Lol (78)

they don't teach you how to like people in high school and people are inherently evil and i don't need to like them if i don't want to. (-68)

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Tolerance is for putting up with a bad smell, or physical pain, not the existence of gay people or other ethnicities. (413)

as an attractive young male, i can definitely say i barely tolerate gay people. too happy and personable. and people in general. i hate everyone equally so good luck spinning me as homophobic or racist. yes i hate gays yes i hate blacks yes i hate your pasty hairy french dad yes i hate your evil 16 year old cat. get over it (-104)

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Forget the politics, the stuff she's saying about your relationship should be enough to drop her NOR (3521)

You people are sick who would drop your family over differences in opinion (-100)

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i can't believe people are seriously focusing on people being gay when someone in government just did a nazi salute lmao for God's sake. and they're not not taking them back because "they're the worst of the worst", they literally are just not taking them back because it's FRICKED UP TO DO THIS TO PEOPLE 😭 he is literally sending back literal american citizens because he is getting rid of birthright citizenship. WHY ARE WE FOCUSING ON GAY PEOPLE WHEN TRUMP IS CLEARLY GOING OFF THE DEEP END??? he's trying to get FOUR MORE YEARS AGAIN. he is literally being scary. like she should be worried, period. again, why in the absolute FRICK are people focusing on gay people when WE CANNOT AFFORD HOUSING. OR GROCERIES BARELY. we are being overworked and underpaid. immigrants are being overworked and SEVERELY underpaid and blackmailed by companies bc of their legal status. THIS IS NOT WHAT AMERICA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. SO WHY ARE THEY NOT WORRIED??? i used to think people on the left were overreacti... (0)

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Some might say that we shouldn't sever contact with our MAGA friends and family because it will let them just fall deeper into their own brainwash pit. Unfortunately that ship has sailed long ago. During his first administration this argument might have had some credibility to it but no longer. It's been a decade. They're lost. Like they are legit lost and gone. We have to sever connections to show that this is not normal. We have to show them that this insanity should not be normalized and doing things such as cutting off all contact with these nut jobs will provide a possibility of showing some folks the seriousness of this. To them they think it's politics and they don't understand why family would cut them off just because of politics. But it's not just politics anymore. It's literally infecting the daily lives of not only Americans but international societies as well. It is affecting human rights, it is oppressing people. The Germans in the 1930's let Nazis become normalized an... (0)

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So clearly you cut the start of this argument. Why? And yes if I saw "Two same-s*x parents cannot typically have biological children. But what if two men could have a baby? What do you think the s*x of the child could be" I'd also be going like WTF is this r-slurred question(AND SO SHOULD YOU). What did you expect calling her homophobic. This isn't even about homophobia, it's a stupid fricking question to have in a BIOLOGY textbook! Wtf are you people teaching your kids in the USA. At first I thought republicans were just exaggerating rare cases but shit has become so muddy I don't think either side knows what's up or down. Every well known reddit thread has become a illogical Lib/Cons cesspool of politics ,propaganda and bots(or r-slurs IDK). No fricking wonder Trump won because Dems seem to be the more radical, illogical, brainwashed morons than the republicans usually are. You people need to seriously do a reality check on yourselves or face another 8 years of Republican dominance. ... (1)

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JD Vance stormed out of a dinner with heads of state on Monday night when the Chinese vice-premier “started singing the praises of trade and the UN”, according to a reporter in the room.https://t.co/0r9lZsZ1rl

— Finbarr Bermingham (@fbermingham) February 11, 2025

Did you know some 20% percent of marriages involving Asian women do not involve an Asian man? Every claims black men are self-haters, but their numbers are nowhere close to that.

I recently joined a university type place after spending years being a shut in. And people actually seem to like me and enjoy my company. I thought I was like beyond saving and on my way to suicide but this little sidetrack is pretty nice and completely unexpected. I'm still r-slurred and lowkey kind of mentally ill but I'm medicated now and my life is improving. Now I'm paranoid this won't last but I'm so chilled out and not having episodes anymore so.

*this is not intended to be a bragpost I'm literally just so perplexed. Have I been put into someone else's life?

I've even stopped procrastinating but I'm still on rs so...

This isn’t true and you fricking know it

— Alyssa Mercante (@alyssa_merc) February 8, 2025

You're a good writer - with a bit of editing you could get some work published (not an attack, I'm a writer and editor myself). I've also done a fair amount of research and had some journ*lism published around the topic of johns and the type of people they tend to be, albeit in a different country to you - I agree with you, it really is horrifying

Nice write-up, I like your writing style. The first third of your post almost sounded like a Pavement song lmao.

I've never really understood the "female empowerment" angle of strip clubs (not exactly a unique thought on this sub). Even if women feel empowered doing it, their customers obviously see it through an objectifying and purely sexual lens. And, obviously, strip club owners operate like large-scale pimps, with the same exploitive relationship and habits with their dancers that pimps have with their prostitutes.

...do RS girlies have no taste whatsoever and equate length with quality? Like if it's banging painfully into the metaphorical cervix of your brain, that must be a darn hot post?

The international standing of the US is literally never going to recover https://t.co/k21jJ9fv0z

— #1 Venlil Enjoyer (@EmpressThaliaa) January 27, 2025

Like I don't mean to be overdramatic, but this is straight up the end of the American century

— #1 Venlil Enjoyer (@EmpressThaliaa) January 27, 2025

It’s the fact that Americans have 0 idea how important it is that America has so many Allie’s around the world that Trump is just now cutting off one by one for absolutely no reason because he failed to communicate.

— You were warned 🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@Rickie99_) January 27, 2025

I can’t believe we’re burning down the world for literally no reason. I am never forgiving republicans

— Flaming (@FlamingAUS) January 27, 2025

me when i have to end my alliances built up over a century because i'm bored

— Amadán (@Mr_Elephant2004) January 27, 2025

its true lol. i think many countries are going to rely far less on the us now

the hostility is insane, the amount of people on here who act like its deserved and shows the us is strong is insane aha. comes across as incredibly petty and weak

— pierbi (@pierbiwierbi) January 27, 2025

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— Jan202021 (@Dixie202021) January 27, 2025

losing power in the global south speed run (new record: 6 days)

— SandstormRefrigerator (@Pokemonprimed) January 27, 2025

Yeah, it's basic diplomacy. America would lose badly in Sid Meyer's Civ right now.

— Tom (@iamtomgranger) January 27, 2025

Anyway remittances from the US account for 3% of Colombia's GDP so a single deportation flight is pretty devastating to their national economy. And the threats worked immediately

https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/26/trump-colombia-deportation-flights-migrants-tariffs/

So we are thankfully not going to be deprived of all the many things Colombia exports here. I don't know what those things are besides coffee and cocaine but X (formerly Twitter) informs me it's a lot and very important. Crisis averted.

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Then I guess you gonna go hungry because it is a lot of them. Check the votes in Carmel for last election. (-50)

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Might want to move to a different part of the state if you're that ignorant (-83)

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The Goat in Carmel used to fly the Blue Lives Matter flag and often has Fox News playing on their TV. (26)

Make sure to call the DEI department when you need a police officer. (-53)

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Me not agreeing with the logic isn't marginalizing them. Can I ask why it's so important for them to be validated by others? Believe what you want. Let me believe what I want. I'm not disrespecting them but you can't change your DNA. (1)

Firstly DNA does change over time. It can be why cancer develops, or trauma, which is why we know radiation is extremely dangerous. It's why we age. There is even a twin study composed by NASA to further assess it.Don't parrot things you don't know. You've likely been told many times gender is a social construct and willfully ignored this and scream deoxyribonucleic acid like its a magic gatcha. Most of the world also believes it's just X and Y without regards to intergender, the SRY gene (which brought out a lot of jackasses last year regarding Imane Khelif), or the genetic anomalies that alter sexual development (XXY, XYY, XO, etc.)You can't go a second without feeling like you're catering to someone by giving a modicum of respect based on a belief you've barely studied in highschool, or had it repeated into your head by propaganda of what you think someone should or shouldn't be. You can easily ignore this controversy altogether like most people do, let them live their lives and ... (3)

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It's your right as an American 🇺🇸 to have and voice your opinions beliefs- it's also your right to be wrong. MAGA is not the problem. It's the infighting and tribalism that divide us. I just want the best for America and its citizens. We should all be able to revolve around this point. We are all Americans. (-1)

But your "best" for America and its citizens probably doesn't match my "best." And MAGA isn't the root of the problem, sure, but a manifestation of decades of political rot and subversion and lies going unchecked. Decades ago when it was decided that facts didn't matter, that was the slippery slope emerging. Please don't tell me MAGA isn't the problem when they're racist and ok with Nazis and persecution of anyone who isn't white male. If the goal was to spread Christ, as they claim, they need to reread their Bible if they have the literacy and reading comprehension skills. And if that wasn't the goal (which duh, it's not when it's coming from Trump/Elon/etc.), it's greed and evil intent personified. So sure, you can try to walk back years of poison, but you'll find no one will trust or listen to you again. (1)

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Not mad - just pointing out the left's hypocrisy. What if a conservative said they didn't want to support trans businesses? Y'all would call them every name in the book. (-16)

No, I wouldn't. I mean that. It's your right to spend your money where you want. Our dollars are a form of voting, after all. I understand that and it doesn't make me mad. ETA that I learned a long time ago spending the mental energy being mad about something that doesn't impact me (ie, the conservatives boycotting a liberal business in your example) is just not worth it, that anger and hate is all-consuming and not productive. (2)

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Men have always had a choice on when and if they married. Women were the ones who were sold and traded as property (106)

Nonsense. Women provided protection, dowrys, and largely married & procreated. They passed on their DNA. Men much more disposable, and many did not. With female empowerment, hypergamy on full display. (-23)

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"They won't give me a wife to frick so why should I work" is soft af (56)

Most men work hard for their wives and kids Soft or hard it just how most men are wired When that deal is broken men don't need incentive to work hard anymore (-26)

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Not because of financials. Not every man or woman needs to breed.There is more to life than procreation. (49)

Women want feminized sperms donors that coparent. (-22)

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You work hard because the struggle is the reward. Do you remember that part of LOTR The Two Towers where Legolas complains (in elvish) that everyone in Helm's Deep was going to die? Because of the enormous orc army waiting to kill them? And Aragorn says, "Then I will die with them!", really showing Legolas up for being a whiny b-word? And then later Legolas seeks forgiveness, saying, "I was wrong to despair". Aragorn shows him that the fight is all there is. Legolas was wrong to despair then, and you are wrong to do so now. Don't despair! Life is challenge. Life is struggle. The climb is all there is. Climb, pilgrim. Do not give in to bitterness and resentment. Climb! (2)

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No it's all worthless. There is no happiness without people. Humans are tribal creatures. There's no joy it's just misery. Am I supposed to care about being productive for a society that doesn't want me and has outcast me? Again I've to slave away for no benefit to myself why? (4)

If you're poor you're more miserable. If you can't afford food, can't afford heat, can't afford the things you like, can't afford a car, and depend on society to sustain you, that's misery. Being rich and alone isn't a great life either, but being poor and alone is worse. There's a reason they have the term "poor and lonely" as being a really bad pathetic thing. (2)

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No, not all. But they do make up a strong base, to be fair. (4)

No they don't. I'd hazard to guess that most incels are democrat voters. Conservatives believe in working hard and following traditional morals and norms. Whether or not they adhere well to that is something else, but they certainly aren't attracted to sitting in their mothers basements complaining about how bad they have it, that's what leftists do. In fact, the entire ideology is antithetical to incels. Heck, one of the things that made Jordan Peterson famous was the notion that men need to get their shit together and clean their room. It was to stop blaming everyone around them and instead work to better their lives, something that the left widely rejects. I would be shocked to hear this person voted for Trump. They would want more hand outs because apparently the world is impossible to survive in while eating regularly. This post was a monologue of a loser. And incel losers are usually whiny, spoiled, entitled, leftists. (-11)

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BREAKING: LOS ANGELES POLICE HAVE LOST CONTROL OF LARGE PARTS OF DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES pic.twitter.com/zFcSGDnk7j

— News Rated (@NewsRated) February 3, 2025

/r/The_Donald discusses sending in Marines to declare martial law

Other stuff I guess

He hardcoded API tokens

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Logs growing too large

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Hunter Biden reportedly 'commandeered' the White House after Biden's disastrous debate with Trump:
Lindy Li: "After the debate, Hunter basically commandeered the White House. He sat in on all of the White House top level meetings. We had a former cocaine addict sitting in on the… pic.twitter.com/yO2GBRVZyk

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) February 7, 2025

Hunter Biden reportedly 'commandeered' the White House after Biden's disastrous debate with Trump:

Lindy Li: "After the debate, Hunter basically commandeered the White House. He sat in on all of the White House top level meetings. We had a former cocaine addict sitting in on the most sensitive meetings of the most consequential and most important government in world history. Does that sit right with you?"

Shawn Ryan: "No."

Li: "Without security clearance mind you. That's basically who was running the show.

Hunter basically batten down the hatches after the debate to make sure his father would only receive intel he pre-approved."

The Biden administration makes a lot more sense if you view it through the prism of 'The brains of the operation was on crack'

An Indian travel vlogger visited Nigeria and she never wishes to visit again. She gave some reasons here. pic.twitter.com/saiIi4HNe8

— Lord Immy Kant (Eastern Exile) (@KantInEast) January 31, 2025

@Aisha tried out smoking five spice and brown sugar duck breasts for dinner

turned out dericious. Am trying to figure out a plan for the leftovers for tomorrow.

!meatshit

you need to be fucking serious LMAOOOO i’m way outta your league https://t.co/WIuipsmJeL pic.twitter.com/jtIjkqgIb5

— alexa🧸🪞 (@inmybloodgrande) January 25, 2025

https://x.com/_troubling/status/1883566145489527031

To be fair you guys look closely related

— Mariè (@p8stie) January 26, 2025

Looks matched tbh

— Nugs (@Nugjokes) January 26, 2025

you're barely a 4

— Haile Selassie Groyper (@bannedgroyper23) January 25, 2025

You're both actually looksmatched if you take off the makeup.

— Involuntary Celibate (Incels.is) (@IncelsCo) January 26, 2025

B-word 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/sFpvHPUlKD

— ChadCathGroyp ❄️ (@ChadCathGroyper) January 26, 2025

you somehow becoming convinced that this is not your exact stone cold looksmatch is the reason that fertility rates are going to zero https://t.co/rURcM2uOpc

— doomer (@uncledoomer) January 26, 2025

It’s funny in a way because women are delusional when it comes to their looks but it is an actual problem. Many such cases. pic.twitter.com/NH5BwjprZp

— kt🧝🏻‍♀️ (@amishescapee) January 26, 2025

Yea I’m not gon hold you y’all are in the same league, same conference, division rivals even https://t.co/6HctQoqVI3

— Trill Burr (@ReloadedJu) January 26, 2025

This is proof that women can't rate themselves objectively and think they're way more attractive than they actually are.

The truth is that they're both looksmatched and not a single person would bat an eye if they were together. https://t.co/gPpkTtchRe

— Involuntary Celibate (Incels.is) (@IncelsCo) January 26, 2025

Being a narcissistic whore putting down your looksmatch is based and good until enough people start pooping on their appearance too, then suddenly it's about "heart" or whatever the heck. Lol https://t.co/WqZSrqqsBa pic.twitter.com/ngmcyuhcgX

— ᓀ‸ᓂ (@hisenkeigeniac) January 26, 2025

sorry it's such a lazy post but yeah pretty funny huh 😏 I made a post about this guy being ugly and jewish before but they actually do look like my childhood friend's parents and the mom would go all out for every holiday with themed hand towels and such and the dad liked to drink beer and watch hockey but they were nice and wholesome and always bought us chinese food so I feel like these two should get married

I've been stuck with these frickers for last few day, so why not put them to some good use and farm a coin or two with their unsolicited pictures.

This is an animal hole, those are some animal pictures. I don't think there is anything to add.

This is the best Down syndrome awareness video I have ever seen

Amazing 👏👏👏
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— The_Bearded_Dr_Sina (@the_beardedsina) February 13, 2025

the clip for anyone who wants it:

also can someone ping robloxians and proship for me I have negative currency so I cant do it myself

For context, if you use the progressive stack award, your posts are (temporarily) treated as if they have 2x their actual upmarseys. This was thought of as so powerful by the jannies that it costs 1500 coins for just 6 hours. Now, if you make a post that gets 140 upmarseys, and at the same time someone makes an effortpost that gets 30 upmarseys, or chud ragebait that gets 50 upmarseys, your post will actually be below them on the front page. In fact, since upmarseys are basically normally distributed (getting 30 upmarseys is pretty average, getting 90 makes yours one of the top posts of the day, getting 150 would make it the top post of the day), any sort of multiplier would change the content of the front page immensely, let alone a multiplier so large it treats mediocre effortposts and slightly above average chud ragebait as superior to the actual top post as chosen by users.

The fact that /h/chudrama is blocked by default is irrelevant, because most active users have it unblocked, so even if you block /h/chudrama every post you make is still effectively being deranked. And besides, there are plenty of people who want to read /h/chudrama and not have it be literally the only thing they see on the front page

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It is time sports goomblers for the final game of the CFB season! Also the 5k MB pick em contest will be paid out tonight, you can find the standings here

I'll have some prop bets in the comments, but let me know if you have any ideas. Okay onto a preview of the game

Their paths to atlanta

Ohio State

The Buckeyes entered the playoff as the No. 8 seed — though ranked No. 6 in the final CFP top 25 — after missing out on an opportunity for the Big Ten championship and a bye following a shocking home loss to longtime rival Michigan. Spirits seemed gloomy in Columbus as the Wolverines took down Ohio State for the fourth consecutive season — on what was a particularly down year for "that team up north." Questions were swirling around head coach Ryan Day and what to make of potentially another disappointing season. However, Day quickly put the murmurs to bed, easily running by Tennessee in the first round and manhandling undefeated, No. 1 seed Oregon in the CFP quarterfinals.

The Buckeyes outscored their first two playoff opponents 83-38 before taking down Texas 28-14 in the Cotton Bowl. Their semifinal matchup was still a two-score win, but OSU was tested late, unlike in its previous two playoff games. The Longhorns had possession inside the Buckeye's 5-yard line late in the game, threatening to tie the game at 21 in the fourth. However, the stout Ohio State defense stepped up, knocking the Texas offense back outside the 5-yard line before OSU defensive end Jack Sawyer strip-sacked Quinn Ewers and ran the ball 83 yards to the house.

It was a play that Buckeye nation will not soon forget, and Ryan Day's once-questioned squad is rolling into Atlanta with about as much momentum as a team can hold.

Notre Dame

The Irish entered the playoff seeded No. 7, incapable of receiving a bye as an independent. This is a team that was counted out early in the season, and at the time, it was fair. Notre Dame lost to the MAC's Northern Illinois in Week 2. It was a low point in South Bend, and heavy pressure was immediately dropped on Marcus Freeman's squad. One more loss in its remaining 10 games would have likely knocked the Irish out of the 12-team playoff.

Four months later, Notre Dame holds the nation's longest winning streak (13) and is heading to its first title game since 2012. The Irish took a similar, while not as dominant, path as the Buckeyes, defeating Indiana and Georgia relatively easily before their defense stepped up late against Penn State in the semifinals. Riley Leonard and Notre Dame will look to add its another ring to its historic football program on Monday.

Series history

Ohio State leads the all-time series 6-2, winning the previous six matchups since 1995. Notre Dame's only two wins came in 1935 and 1936. The two powerhouse programs most recently faced off in 2023, delivering one of the best finishes of the season.

No. 9 Notre Dame led No. 6 Ohio State 14-10 with 1:25 remaining when the Buckeyes took over on their own 35-yard line with one timeout. The next 12 plays consisted of a 3rd and 10, 4th and 7 and 3rd and 19 conversion down to the Notre Dame 1-yard line. With no timeouts, a 3rd and goal from the 1 and 3 seconds on the clock, OSU running back Chip Trayanum punched it in for the 17-14 win.

It was arguably the best finish of the season that came in late September and one that is likely in the back of many Ohio State and Notre Dame fans' minds as we near Monday night.

Defense wins championships

The old Bear Bryant adage reigns true in 2025 as each team is anchored by two of the top defensive units in the nation. The Buckeyes rank first in the FBS in points per game allowed (12.2), yards per game (251.4) and yards per play (3.9). Day has built a sound defense on all levels, boasting an elite pass rush complemented by a smothering secondary.

Two stats exemplify the greatness of the OSU defense — opponent's red zone scoring percentage (61.11%) and sack percentage (11.06%). Both stats rank first nationally and have been fully displayed in the playoffs. The Buckeyes have 16 sacks in their three playoff games, and on the season, they are bringing down the QB over once per 10 pass attempts. Sacks are drive killers, and it will be a tall task for the Irish's banged-up offensive line to slow them down.

As for the Irish defense, they sit in second behind OSU in points allowed (14.3), seventh in yards allowed (298.7) and fifth in yards per play (4.4). Notre Dame's sack and red zone percentage don't quite stack up with the Buckeyes, but Freeman's squad has its own identity — forcing turnovers. The Irish have four thus far in the playoffs, two interceptions and two fumbles, and they are fifth in the FBS in takeaways per game on the season (2.1). All-American safety Xavier Watts has six interceptions (second in the FBS), so Will Howard must keep a close eye on the ball-hawk in the Notre Dame secondary.

Offensive X factors

Although the defenses are elite, the offenses are still flushed with talent, as expected from national championship contenders. Here are two offensive talents that could make a huge difference in the national championship:

Notre Dame

The Irish's offense is powered on the ground, averaging over 200 yards rushing per game. The combination of dual-threat Leonard and superstar running back Jeremiyah Love has poisoned teams all season. However, Love is dealing with a lingering knee injury. He is expected to play but with the added restraint of a knee brace, meaning Notre Dame may not be able to rely on him as much as Freeman would like.

In addition, this is one of the few, if not the first, matchups this season that the Irish might be out-matched on paper. It's easy to run the ball with a lead, but this reliance can hurt teams trying to come from behind — especially with your star running back not 100% healthy.

That being said, Leonard and the receivers will have to step up as they did against Penn State, and Notre Dame's leading receiver in the semifinals, Jaden Greathouse, has become Leonard's go-to target. Against the strong OSU pass rush, Greathouse should be heavily involved out of the slot position, as Leonard will need to get the ball out quick. Greathouse has fast feet and a large 6-foot-1, 215-pound frame. He could become a true game-changer as the Irish pursue their first title since 1988.

Ohio State

The obvious answer here is Jeremiah Smith. Through three playoff games, he has 14 catches for 293 yards and four touchdowns. But... 290 of those yards came before the semifinals. Smith's final stat line against Texas in the semis: one catch for three yards. Now, Texas entered the Cotton Bowl with a clear game plan — stop Jeremiah Smith. Steve Sarkisian double or triple bracketed the freshman most of the night. And to come to the Longhorns' defense, it almost worked until the red zone collapse at the end of the game.

While of course Freeman is not guaranteed to deploy the same efforts at stopping Smith, it certainly wouldn't be a bad idea, seeing how he gashed Tennessee and Oregon. Thankfully for OSU fans, the Buckeyes produce wide receiver talent at the same rate McDonald's makes cheeseburgers. Guys like Emeka Egbuka and Carnell Tate are high-level talents, and if Smith gets the Calvin Johnson treatment, one, if not both, of these receivers should be in line for a big day.

Egbuka has experience against Watts and the Irish secondary, tallying 96 yards in the school's last matchup in 2023, including the huge 3rd and 19 catch with seconds remaining to set up the game-winning touchdown. The projected first-round draft pick will be a guy to look out for in Atlanta.

College Football Playoff Championship - Monday January 20th 7:30 p.m. ET - Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta, Georgia - ESPN

Enter BetOhio State Buckeyes - 125 bets - WINNER!

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