Ohio State Athletic Director Gene Smith honored with major leadership awardhttps://t.co/FPEQghKGMY— Lettermen Row (@LettermenRow) May 13, 2022
Gene Smith: "That's the piece that concerns me (in NIL), whether enforcement can move fast enough." https://t.co/hdt3PfTrCl— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) May 16, 2022
Gene Smith believes FBS football should have its own governing body because the NCAA is “trying to appease 352 schools that have different missions and are in different spaces.” https://t.co/NrDuXWA1q8— Eleven Warriors (@11W) May 19, 2022
Here you have OSU AD Gene Smith pushing to have schools directly involved with NIL, and even talking about mixing NIL in with scholarships, room and board where as at Michigan they won't even get in the game because they want “transformational experience"https://t.co/7DIOTDQ3fC— jbook™ (@jbook37) June 28, 2022
Gene Smith hopes Notre Dame considers joining the Big Ten following the conference's addition of USC and UCLA: "I've always felt like they should be in a conference." https://t.co/BYLxEAzIGw— Eleven Warriors (@11W) July 4, 2022
"It just matches what we're all about."@OSU_AD tells @BTNDaveRevsine how the additions of UCLA & USC help @OhioStAthletics.Full interview: https://t.co/TEC9kVE2BO pic.twitter.com/uLkJ3GSvmb— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) July 6, 2022
Kevin Warren says he is “100 percent supportive of College Football Playoff expansion” and Gene Smith doesn’t expect conference realignment to stop expansion from happening. https://t.co/71CB2Ho7cN— Eleven Warriors (@11W) July 27, 2022
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith on Thursday made another pitch for eliminating the Big Ten's divisions.https://t.co/zmxTNAagbs pic.twitter.com/aMJZSFi8tB— Buckeye Sports Bulletin (@Buckeye_Sports) August 18, 2022
While the Big Ten now has more reason than ever to want the College Football Playoff to have multiple TV partners in 2026, Gene Smith doesn’t think that precludes expansion sooner. https://t.co/IbicwG9A7e— Eleven Warriors (@11W) August 18, 2022
Gene Smith expects "high-level excitement" with the Big Ten's "huge" new TV deal and says he would support the conference going divisionless as soon as possible. https://t.co/bOuTW6h3YY— Eleven Warriors (@11W) August 18, 2022
Gene Smith says the Big Ten is in talks to eliminate divisions and that it will no longer schedule conference games more than a year in advance. https://t.co/LC0CcEGyEb pic.twitter.com/SY1hXPH8CB— Eleven Warriors (@11W) August 20, 2022
🎙️ Check out the latest episode of The Gene Smith Podcast presented by Encova! @OSU_AD speaks with Football Head Coach @ryandaytime and Women’s Volleyball Head Coach @flynnj11.— Ohio State Buckeyes 🌰 (@OhioStAthletics) August 31, 2022
Gene Smith didn't mince words during his pregame speech at Ohio State Skull Session: “I love my alma mater, but we gotta kick their ass tonight." https://t.co/6puPsKyuaG— Eleven Warriors (@11W) September 3, 2022
According to @brdispatch, athletic director Gene Smith said Ohio State is open selling the naming rights to Ohio Stadium in the future: https://t.co/rvpNRDFNBI— Andrew Lind (@AndrewMLind) October 14, 2022
If Ohio State hosts a first-round game as part of an expanded College Football Playoff, athletic director Gene Smith said he will be in favor of it being held at the Horseshoe rather than an alternative site: https://t.co/tcno5xmvWi— Joey Kaufman (@joeyrkaufman) November 16, 2022
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith not concerned about men's basketball crowds https://t.co/88fWJ2NPfZ— BuckeyeXtra.com (@BuckeyeXtra) November 17, 2022
If you are concerned about the NIL situation at OSU..........listen to the AD....... https://t.co/6MYZi99Zfp— OSUBasketballJunkie (@ScarletBuckeye2) December 17, 2022