The bench erupts during the second half against Wisconsin on March 10. Photo by Ken Tishenkel/Columbus Wired. It may only be the middle of August and many in Buckeye Nation are getting ready for football. However, it’s never too early to start thinking about basketball and on Monday,...
The Buckeyes gather in front of the south stands of Ohio Stadium and sing the obligatory Carmen Ohio after this year’s spring game. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is feeling good about his 110-man roster after the fourth day of summer practices...
OSU head coach Ryan Day talks to incoming sophomore transfer quarterback Justin Fields during this year’s spring game. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. As part of Columbus Wired’s look into Ohio State’s upcoming 2019 season, our main football beat writer, Andy Evans, will be bringing you a breakdown...
New Ohio State head coach Ryan Day leads the team out onto the field in the 2018 season opener against Oregon State when he was interim head coach. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. It’s about that time of the year. That time of the year when tons of...
Running back J.K. Dobbins gives a flex after scoring his third rushing touchdown against Nebraska last year on a 42-yard run. Photo by Ric Kruszynski/Columbus Wired. The Big Ten Media Days have officially kicked off and on Thursday, the conference released their preseason watch list with two Buckeyes...
Cantlay pitches his third shot out of the sand on No. 18 within eight feet of the hole and would putt it in from there for par. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. Jack Nicklaus had a word of advice for this year’s Memorial Tournament winner, Patrick Cantlay: go...
Former leader Troy Merritt on his second shot from the fairway on No. 18 of the 3rd round at the Memorial Tournament. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. If there is one thing that the third round leaderboard of the 44th annual Memorial Tournament can say that the second...
Armour putts his fourth shot from the fringe on No. 17 while Tiger looks on during their third round of the Memorial Tournament. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. Former Ohio State golfer Ryan Armour had a daunting task ahead of him going into the third round of the...
Tiger stares at his putter before his bogey putt on No. 18 of the 3rd round of the Memorial Tournament. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. After Tiger’s third round at the 44th annual Memorial Tournament, he knows he’s out. The five-time tourney champion posted a 2-under par for...
Tiger Woods hits his second shot from the fairway on No. 18 during Friday’s round. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. As is the case with any golf tournament, things can rapidly change in a heartbeat. One bad shot can change a leaderboard in the snap of a finger....
Rickie Fowler on his second shot from the fairway on par-4 No. 9 during the second round. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. Rickie Fowler’s 2019 season has been a whirlwind. He started with a 66th place finish at the Farmers Insurance Open and followed it up the very...
Bud Cauley gives a smile after making his sand save par putt on No. 18 of the second round of the Memorial Tournament. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. Bud Cauley could be the biggest news so far at the 44th annual Memorial Tournament. Yesterday, he came in at...
The leaderboard after the first round of the 44th annual Memorial Tournament may not come off as sexy. Ryan Moore, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, Vaughn Taylor. And some dude named Jordan Spieth, just to name a few. But don’t be fooled, these guys have either been around for a...
Jordan Spieth shakes hands with fellow group-mate Justin Thomas after his first round of the 44th annual Memorial Tournament. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. Jordan Spieth’s 2019 PGA Tour campaign has been an interesting one. The world’s 29th-ranked golfer started out missing the cut at the Sony Open...
Tiger comes off of No. 9 after his first round at the 44th annual Memorial Tournament. Photo by Mac Connor/Columbus Wired. Hanging out in the rough, in the bunker a couple of times and being put under a time constraint for the back nine. That’s how Tiger Woods...
Destroyers head coach Matthew Sauk talks to the media after his team’s loss to the Washington Valor. The Columbus Destroyers are still on the schneid. The Arena Football League’s only remaining winless team stayed that way (0-5) after watching a 14-point lead evaporate into a devastating 29-27 loss...
Tiger looks at one of his putts during the 2nd round of last year’s Memorial Tournament. Photo by Ken Tishenkel/Columbus Wired. Tiger is back. At least to play in this year’s Memorial Tournament, that is. The Memorial Tournament committee announced on Wednesday and Woods confirmed on Thursday morning...
Ohio State’s football team performing “Carmen Ohio” along with The Best Damn Band In The Land after the 2019 Spring game. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. Ohio State is changing the way they do things when it comes to football. But it has nothing to do with any...
Hill celebrates after his one-handed touchdown catch against Minnesota last year. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. K.J. Hill could have gone pro after last year if he really wanted to. He finished second on the team with 70 catches, which slid him into fourth all-time in a single...
Transfer QB Justin Fields during the third quarter of the Gray’s 35-17 win over the Scarlet in the annual spring game. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. If there was one thing we learned from Ohio State’s spring game when it came to the quarterback battle between sophomore University...
New head coach Ryan Day (left) and former defensive coordinator Greg Schiano (right) during the first half of last year’s season opener against Oregon State as the team’s acting head coach. Day will be leading the Scarlet and Gray as the school’s 25th head coach in this year’s spring...
Former Machine attackman Marcus Holman celebrates with teammates after one of his team record-setting goals in last year’s season opener against the New York Lizards. Photo by Ralph Schudel/Columbus Wired. Major League Lacrosse is calling it quits on the Ohio Machine. And this is no April Fool’s joke....
Head coach Ryan Day during OSU’s Student Appreciation Day practice at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center on Saturday, March 23. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. It has only been five practices into the first season of his head coaching tenure at Ohio State. But the Scarlet and Gray’s...
It was head coach Ryan Day’s fifth official practice of the 2019 season and he invited a few friends to come and hang out with him and the team on Saturday.
True sophomore transfer Justin Fields (left) and redshirt freshman Matthew Baldwin (right) warm up during OSU’s first spring practice of 2019. Photo courtesy of ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ryan Day had just wrapped up his first official spring practice on Wednesday morning as Ohio State’s 25th HMIC (head man in charge)...
The Buckeyes take the field in last year’s annual spring game with former coach Urban Meyer leading his “bull circle”. This season, first-year head coach Ryan Day will be leading the charge. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. The Ohio State athletics department announced the official date and time...
New OSU transfer QB Justin Fields speaks to the media during an interview session on National Letter of Intent signing day, part 2, at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center. Photo by Bill Bender/Sporting News. Two developments occurred on Friday afternoon concerning the Ohio State football team, one pretty...
The Ohio State defense and special teams huddle up before their kickoff against Tulane on Sept. 22. It was former head coach Urban Meyer’s return after a three-game suspension at the start of the 2018 season. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. On Friday, the Ohio State athletics department...
OSU players kneel before their game against Michigan on Nov. 24. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. After a zany offseason that saw the departure of several coaches and a handful of players, it’s hard to imagine that the Ohio State football team would actually buckle down and start...
Former OSU and Chesapeake Bayhawk lacrosse player Freddy Freibott. Photo courtesy of ohiostatebuckeyes.com. The Ohio Machine made a move on Monday, adding defender Freddy Freibott to the 2019 roster. The team had this to say in an official press release: “The Ohio Machine have acquired defender Freddy Freibott...
Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich was named by Ryan Day to his staff on Wednesday. Photo by Matt Barnard/Tulsa World. It did not take long for Ryan Day to get to work. The 39-year-old, who was appointed as Ohio State’s 25th head coach last month after Urban...
Who wants some?!?! Come and get your fill of two looneys talkin Ohio State football!! Our Andy Evans and his podcasting brother-in-arms, the Intergalactic Buckeye Fan, Mr. Chris Stefanick, chop up the sixth-rated, 12-1, Big Ten champion Buckeyes’ upcoming showdown with the ninth-ranked, 10-3, Pac-12 champion Washington Huskies in...
For the second year in a row, the NCAA is allowing high school football seniors to sign their official letters of intent in mid-December rather than the traditional first Wednesday in February. And on Wednesday, several recruits inked their letters showing intent on where they will be spending the...
Hail, hail the gang’s all here! At least for one last hurrah. In this regard, though, no one is lying on their deathbed, asking their coach to go out there and win one more for them. But in this regard, it is the coach who will be getting...
Newly named head coach Ryan Day takes the Buckeyes out on the field for their 2018 season opener against Oregon State. It was Day’s first game as interim head coach of Ohio State. On Tuesday, he was named OSU’s 25th head coach after current head coach Urban Meyer announced...
Soon-to-be former OSU head football coach Urban Meyer discusses his decision to retire during Tuesday’s press conference at the Fawcett Center. After seven years as The Ohio State University’s head football coach, Urban Meyer has decided the 2018 season will be his last. In an afternoon press conference...
OSU head coach Urban Meyer celebrates after his Buckeyes beat Northwestern on Saturday night, Dec. 1, 45-24, for their third Big Ten championship since 2014. Photo by Ric Kruszynski/Columbus Wired Who needs three yards and a cloud of dust when you have the Rocketman out there slinging the...
OSU head coach Urban Meyer celebrates one of his team’s defensive stops during their win over Michigan on Nov. 24. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. Yesterday, the Big Ten announced their defensive award winners. Today, it was the offenses’ turn to find out who won what. And it...
Defensive end Jonathon Cooper celebrates along with teammates Malik Harrison (back, left) Tuf Borland (right) and Dre’Mont Jones (back, right) after his 3rd quarter sack on Michigan QB Shea Patterson. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. On Tuesday night, the Big Ten Network announced the conference’s media and coaches...
OSU’s Sevyn Banks (left), Brendon White (middle) and Dwayne Haskins (right) do a pregame prayer before taking on the fourth-ranked Michigan Wolverines on Saturday, Nov. 24. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. After another silly weekend of college football where three top 10 teams got beat, the ‘net is...
OSU QB Dwayne Haskins attempting one of his 30 passes in their 62-39 win over Michigan. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. When it comes to The Game, there is always hype in one way or another. I mean, come on, it’s THE Game, Ohio State versus Michigan! Does...
Members of The Best Damn Band In The Land show their support for beating That Team Up North during the Minnesota game this season. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. If you are reading this and you were born before 1995 and grew up as a big Buckeye fan,...
Head coach Urban Meyer gets ready to lead his team onto the field for his first game back against Tulane on Sept. 22. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. What is it that head coach Urban Meyer has done to mentally put his team on a whole different level...
The Buckeyes celebrate their win over Maryland on Saturday afternoon. Photo courtesy of ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State had 688 yards of total offense on 94 plays and scored 52 points against the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday. The 688 total yards of offense now ranks as fifth-best in OSU history...
OSU head coach Urban Meyer embraces wide receiver Parris Campbell during Nebraska pregame warm ups on Nov. 3. Photo by Ric Kruszynski/Columbus Wired. Brett McMurphy is still on a mission to tear down The Ohio State University, head coach Urban Meyer and former wide receivers coach Zach Smith....
OSU head coach Urban Meyer attempts to fire up his team before their game with 2-6 Nebraska. Photo by Ric Kruszynski/Columbus Wired. It’s hard to put your finger on what went right for No. 10 Ohio State in their five-point win over Nebraska. The Buckeyes (8-1, 1-5 Big...
OSU offensive tackle Isaiah Prince blocks for QB Dwayne Haskins during the 2nd half of their win over Indiana on Oct. 6. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired. Isaiah Prince is pissed off. And a sore loser. Somewhat soft-spoken, the senior captain seemed to speak up a little bit...
The last place Detroit Red Wings powered past the Columbus Blue Jackets rather handily, scoring five goals on the evening. Detroit’s first three goals came in the opening frame with goals from Michael Rasmussen, Dylan Larkin, and Anthony Mantha. Joonas Korpisalo (.571) made his third consecutive start this evening...
Mack celebrates after his only touchdown catch of the season which came in the first half against Tulane. Photo by Sam Fahmi/Columbus Wired On Tuesday it was reported by several different sources that Ohio State wide receiver Austin Mack will be out for the rest of the season...
Purdue quarterback David Blough celebrates with teammates after beating the No. 2 Buckeyes, 49-20. Photo courtesy of Michael Conroy/ AP After nearly faltering in their last two games against Indiana and Minnesota, yet pulling out un-decisive wins, some were thinking that Ohio State was primed for a loss....