Could Ohio State Football and Ryan Day Lose RB Bo Jackson to the Transfer Portal?

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Menace 2 Sports with Zach Smith

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🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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🚨 OHIO STATE TRANSFER PORTAL UPDATES 🚨
Transfer portal rumors are heating up around Ohio State — could Ryan Day lose star running back Bo Jackson over NIL concerns? With NIL reshaping college football, even top programs like the Buckeyes aren't immune to roster uncertainty.

Today, we go LIVE to break down where the Bo Jackson rumors are coming from, how NIL factors into the situation, and what a potential portal move would mean for Ohio State football.

We'll discuss LIVE:
🌰 The latest Ohio State transfer portal rumors
🌰 Bo Jackson's role in the Buckeyes' offense
🌰 NIL concerns and how they impact player retention
🌰 Ryan Day's approach to managing the portal
🌰 What losing Bo Jackson would mean for Ohio State's CFP hopes
🌰 Potential replacements and depth chart implications

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0:00.0	I'm Chris. That's Pat. It's another pattern. I got to put my glasses on for this one because the transfer portal roller coaster has been exactly that a roller coaster.
0:08.7	In Ohio has the best roller coaster park that is Cedar Point. And that is what this portal, I guess, season has felt like. Ohio State's lost guys who are potential contributors. Not used to that. Ohio State is in talk, I guess it's being reported or floated out there by Berm that there is a situation going on with Bo Jackson's camp. That is definitely pretty unheard of. There is a pushback all while it seems and feels like for a lot of people that Ross Bjork is not doing a good enough job, so we've got a lot to talk about. But also, it is a preview day here on Menace to Sports. So Pat and I will be giving you our previews and picks for the Old Miss First Miami game. That's my co-host, Pat, what's going on? Dude, just hanging out, man, a little nervous about these, you know, these Bo Jackson rumors hitting the timeline. it's like we can't have one stress-free day here this offseason. Everything's been kind of, I don't know, unraveling. It seems a little bit more and more each day. First the Mylon Graham, then the, then the Quincy Porter, and now these Bo Jackson rumors are hit in the timeline. So, you know, it's funny. Like, if there wasn't the Quincy Porter leaving thing, I would not believe anything to do with Bo Jack's Pennsylvania to the portal.
1:14.8	But I think because there is money out there, an inflex of money, and we're seeing over the past couple weeks, we're seeing a direct and clear philosophy change from a lot of the universities.
1:26.1	And where Ohio State has been in the
1:29.3	previously like has been on the forefront and the future of it it makes you wonder are
1:34.3	they going to get in their own way and like fall behind slightly now look it's Ohio
1:38.0	state always going to have talent you know 10 wins is a birthright but there is a lot of
1:42.2	other stuff happening right now and I think other schools are all zinging one way. And Ohio State's got to be either really good at zagging or they have to zig as well. So I'll talk about exactly what that means after the break. But I think I'm ready to get into it, dude, got my tea, got my biscuit. Like, I'm ready to roll. Ready to roll, man. Let's hit it.
2:02.3	It is.
2:04.5	They need to level up.
2:07.3	I think we have some freaks in Menace Army.
2:08.1	I'm okay with that.
2:10.3	I'll watch the fucking film.
2:12.8	But I appreciate you for riding with us.
2:13.4	Menace Army.
2:14.3	Menace out. Menis think I want to start with a countermedia thing that I had that I saw that I thought
2:28.8	was just kind of funny and it was on the Whitlock show and you know you know, Daniel Kelly, who I guess was a former jet scout, which is hilarious because we were shitting on the jets earlier today.
2:42.2	Also, Stephen A. Smith got in a beef with Garrett Wilson, which I hated because I'm all always team Gary Wilson.
2:48.4	First thing, Dante Morris should return back to school instead of risk going to the Jets.
2:51.9	I think is insane.
2:53.4	So you walk into the Jets, you walk into an elite wide receiver, and then you walk into a team
2:57.1	that can only head up.
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