Former Ohio State defensive end Will Smith was shot to death in New Orleans on Saturday night. “It appears that it could possibly have been road rage,” said New Orleans police officer Juan D. Barnes Sr., according to a report from NBC Sports. According to nola.com, Smith and his...
When this year’s NFL combine goes down later this month in Indianapolis, more guys who use to sport the scarlet and gray will be representing their former team than any other school. In all, 14 former Ohio State University football players will be taking part in the 2016 NFL...
It’s starting to become repetitive for Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer. Another National Letter of Intent Signing Day is in the books and once again the Buckeyes have another top-tier class. On Wednesday, 25 young men made it official that Ohio State was their school of choice where...
Less than a week stale off their win over eighth-ranked Notre Dame in the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day, a plethora of underclassmen have declared their intentions for the NFL Draft. In all, nine underclassmen from Ohio State’s football team have decided to tip their cap and...
Ohio State could have gotten down when they found out they wouldn’t be returning to the college football playoff in defense of their 2014 national title and would instead be playing a consolation game against eighth-ranked Notre Dame on New Year’s Day in the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl. Instead, the...
Ohio State may be without two starters on the defensive line when they take on Notre Dame in the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day but for some veterans of the Buckeyes’ defense, it doesn’t mean a thing. “I’m not worried personally,” said redshirt sophomore linebacker Darron Lee....
Ohio State may be without two starters on the defensive line when they take on Notre Dame in the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl on New Year’s Day but for some veterans of the Buckeyes’ defense, it doesn’t mean a thing. “I’m not worried personally,” said redshirt sophomore linebacker Darron Lee....
Since stepping on Ohio State’s campus as a true freshman in 2013, Joey Bosa has played nearly every snap on the end of the defensive line. He proved his prowess early, getting the nod in the third game of that season against California and went on to start 10...
Running backs winning awards and guys getting named first-team All-Americans. But running backs also getting snubbed from winning awards and coaching changes to boot. And then there’s the mess of a high-profile player getting arrested. Suffice it to say, the last 72 hours for the Ohio State football team...
The awards keep piling up for Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott. Earlier in the week, the junior running back was named a first-team all-Big Ten conference selection by both the media and coaches, and snagged both the Big Ten’s Graham-George offensive player of the year and Ameche-Dayne running back of...
Earlier this week, first-year Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh was videotaped cracking a buckeye nut on former coach Bo Schembechler’s grave. Or at least attempting to. In the video, he was seen slamming a hammer down on the buckeye which went flying off of its pedestal, seemingly not broken,...
Woody vs. Bo. The Scarlet and Gray vs. The Maize and Blue. The Ten-Year War. The Game. Ohio State vs. Michigan. This game has been called by many the greatest rivalry in all of college football. Some even say it is still the greatest rivalry in all of sports....
Thirty straight conference wins. Twenty-three straight overall wins. Fifteen straight games of 100 or more rushing yards for junior running back Ezekiel Elliott. All of those records are now permanently sealed in the books as the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes were edged out by the No. 9 Michigan...
Like a mad dog in a meat house, a bull in a china shop or whatever any other clever cliché you want to throw in, Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott has been running roughshod over opposing defenses all season long. The junior from St. Louis, Mo. has rolled...
In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, France, the Ohio State University announced they will be working in coordination with the school’s Department of Public Safety and will be instituting a ‘clear bag’ policy for this Saturday’s home game against Michigan State at Ohio Stadium. Athletic Director...
Ohio State’s offensive performance in their 28-3 win against Illinois on Saturday was about as sexy as an 80-year-old giving a lap dance who turns more stomachs than heads after plopping in a pair of dentures and whispering sweet whistling nothings into your ear. But it was running back...
Whenever Ohio State plays Illinois on the road, it always seems to be a struggle. Since 2000, the Buckeyes and Illini have typically played to within ten points of each other in Champaign, Ill. with the average score being 27-17 to OSU’s advantage. The one outlier was OSU’s 60-35...
There is something to be said about watching a college football game on Saturday night. The crowd seems more electric. The players on the field swagger as if they are reminiscing Friday nights in their high school days. The announcers on TV and radio emphatically raise the level of...
After running for 114 yards Saturday in Ohio State’s 28-14 win over Minnesota, running back Ezekiel Elliott moved to fourth all-time in Ohio State history with 3,384 rushing yards. Head coach Urban Meyer said Elliott is a workhorse. “He’s an animal and I love that kid,” Meyer said after...
With former backup and then newly appointed starter J.T. Barrett suspended for Ohio State’s game against Minnesota on Saturday night, it was up to former starter and newly appointed backup Cardale Jones to come out and prove why he was the right choice for the starting job all along....
The College Football Playoff Committee released their first set of rankings on Tuesday night and apparently they feel very differently than the voters in both the AP and Amway Coaches polls. The committee has Clemson ranked as their No. 1 team in the country, whereas the top-ranked team in...
Maybe it was because five out of the top ten teams in each poll had a bye but regardless, Ohio State stayed the No. 1 team in both the AP and Amway Coaches polls for the tenth straight week. Despite having a bye last weekend, the Buckeyes made it...
Just when it seemed like the Buckeye offense was getting back on track under newly anointed starting quarterback J.T. Barrett, it was announced by the OSU athletics department that the redshirt sophomore was arrested by Columbus Police early Saturday morning under suspicion of operating a vehicle under the influence....
The top two scoring offenses in the Big Ten squared off Saturday night in Piscataway, N.J. and when all was said and done, one offense looked much better than the other. Final score: Ohio State – 49, Rutgers – 7. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer named J.T. Barrett...
Ohio State remained the No. 1 team in both the AP and Amway Coaches polls after posting a decisive win against Rutgers on Saturday night, 49-7. The Buckeyes (8-0) stayed the top-ranked team for the ninth straight week after winning their 21st consecutive game, the longest active streak in...
If it weren’t for Ohio State’s second-team defense allowing a last-second score in the fourth quarter, the Buckeyes would have gotten their second shutout of the year. Nonetheless, the defense still had an outstanding game, shutting down a Rutgers offense that ranked as the Big Ten’s second-best on their...
Backup quarterback J.T. Barrett is back in the driver’s seat. Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer announced that backup QB J.T. Barrett is no longer the backup and has supplanted starter Cardale Jones for this weekend’s night game at Rutgers. “J.T. has earned the right to start Saturday at...
Ohio State remained the No. 1 ranked team in the country for the eighth consecutive week in both the AP and Amway Coaches polls after posting a 38-10 win over Penn State (5-2) on Saturday night. The Buckeyes (7-0) boast a current NCAA streak of 20 straight wins, which...
Linebacker Chris Worley gave them a thumbs up. So did running back Ezekiel Elliott. Quarterback J.T. Barrett said “they were really nice” and thought head coach Urban Meyer liked them too. Defensive tackle Adolphus Washington said Ohio State’s all-black uniforms were something the team had been pushing “for a...
Another sluggish performance initially by the Ohio State offense was sparked to life by backup quarterback J.T. Barrett and was bolstered by a stifling defense as the Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0) posted a night game victory over Penn State (5-2, 2-1) for the third year in a row, 38-10. Before...
The first time Ohio State ever played a night game against Penn State they lost. It was a 7:45 p.m. kick in State College, Penn. in 2005 and the Buckeyes went down to the Nittany Lions 17-10. Since then OSU has played five night games against PSU and has...
Ohio State made it to their seventh straight week in the No. 1 spot of both the AP and Amway Coaches polls after a 49-28 win over Maryland (2-4) on Saturday but not without a slight bit of consternation. The Buckeyes dropped in both polls the number of first-place...
Ohio State’s 49-28 win over Maryland on Saturday almost looked like another barnburner where the Buckeyes would just manage to stave off another nail-biting comeback and scrape by a team they were supposed to blow out. Then the second half happened. After the Terrapins made the start of the...
Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott was named as the Big Ten’s offensive player of the week on Monday after posting the best game of his career in Saturday’s win over Indiana. The junior from St. Louis, Mo. rambled for 274 yards and three touchdowns, tying him for the...
After week 5 of the college football season, the Ohio State Buckeyes remained ranked as the Associated Press and Amway Coaches Polls No. 1 team in the country. Ohio State stayed at the top spot after winning a close one on the road against Indiana, 34-27. The Buckeyes may...
Ohio State rode on running back Ezekiel Elliott’s monster day on the ground and survived a last minute scare from Indiana on their way to staying undefeated and posted a 34-27 win to open Big Ten play on Saturday in Bloomington, Ind. Elliott piled up 274 yards on 23...
The Ohio State Buckeyes are 4-0 to start off the 2015 season in defense of their national championship and a large part of their success has been the defense. A lot of people are likening them to the Silver Bullet-style defenses of the mid 1990’s and 2002 season. And...
For all of the “embarrassment of riches” that the Ohio State offense is said to have this season, many have wondered why they haven’t kicked it into high gear yet. After coming out of the gates fast in the opener against Virginia Tech, amassing 572 yards and six touchdowns,...
It was a tale of two halves for Ohio State’s 38-12 win against 1-2 Western Michigan on Saturday afternoon. The first half looked as if the Buckeyes could do no wrong and it appeared as if the 1-2 Broncos were just what the doctor ordered for them to cure...
Like a snarling, rabid dog foaming at the mouth, some members of the Ohio State football team are angry and pissed off. But that is not an observation, that is straight from the proverbial horses’ mouths. “We’re not happy with the way we’ve been playing,” said senior center and...
Head coach Urban Meyer announced in Wednesday’s interview session at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center that Cardale Jones is still main guy at quarterback. “He was the quarterback of the team when we finished the season last year (and) he was the quarterback of spring practice,” he explained when...
It was another messy performance on Saturday by the Ohio State offense. So messy that the defense was leaned upon heavily to help bail them out and they did, shutting down Northern Illinois’ potent passing attack forcing two interceptions, one of which was returned by linebacker Darron Lee for...
After pitching a shutout last Saturday against Hawaii, the Ohio State defense might have its hands full come today against Northern Illinois. And assistant head coach Larry Johnson knows it. “Drew is really special… he can run the ball but he’s pretty accurate,” he said during Monday’s interview session...
Usually when an offense scores 31 points they are pretty happy. Especially when the other team scores zero. But not when you are head coach Urban Meyer and Ohio State. “I’m sure there are great things when you win 38 to zip,” he said during Monday’s interview session at...
The accolades for Ohio State linebacker Joshua Perry just keep piling up. The senior from Lewis Center, Ohio has been nominated for another award as it was announced by OSU’s athletics department on Tuesday that he was named to the 2015 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. Only 11 student-athletes...
As the old saying goes, defense wins championships. In Ohio State’s case it may not have won them a championship just yet but their defense put up a championship-type performance on Saturday afternoon before the fourth-largest crowd in Ohio Stadium history (107,145) as they rode a wave of firsts...
It was announced by the Ohio State athletics department on Thursday that senior linebacker Joshua Perry has been named as one of 30 candidates for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in college football. To be eligible, seniors must have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character...
For a game that was so hyped coming in as to who would be the guy taking the first snap under center, in the end it was a former quarterback who came out and proved he was still capable of juking guys out of their shoes and making defenders...
The Ohio State football team’s official 2015 depth chart was released on Tuesday, yet some things remained unofficial, like who is going to start in place of suspended defensive end Joey Bosa and the other receiver spot that features three different guys in an “or” status. And there is...
On Friday it was announced that six different Ohio State players were named as captain for the upcoming 2015 season: senior offensive linemen Taylor Decker and Jacoby Boren, senior linebacker Joshua Perry, fourth-year junior safety Tyvis Powell, fifth-year senior H-back Braxton Miller and redshirt sophomore quarterback J.T. Barrett. The...