When Urban Meyer was hired as Ohio State football coach after the troubled 2011 Buckeye football season, Buckeye fans were hopeful for a high-flying offense. But many observers would say that a good old-fashioned Big Ten slugfest was the early turning point in Meyer’s tenure and the springboard to a Read More
Purdue, which comes to Columbus to play Ohio State on Nov. 13, hasn’t won a game in Ohio Stadium since Oct. 15, 1988. But many Buckeye fans probably still remember that loss in John Cooper’s first year as OSU coach.
It was a game that made a household name – Read More
Former Ohio State football MVP Tom Matte passed away on Nov. 3 at the age of 82. Matte, who lettered at Ohio State from 1958-60, switched from running back to quarterback for the Buckeyes. He was team MVP in 1960.
He then went on to a lengthy career in the Read More
Ohio State and Penn State meet regularly in battles for Big Ten East supremacy, as they will once again on Oct. 30. That wasn’t always the case, however.
On Oct. 30, 1993, things were quite different. The Buckeyes and Nittany Lions were meeting for the first time with Penn State Read More
This week we wrap up our look at freshman running backs and their breakout games, following TreVeyon Henderson’s performance against Tulsa that broke Archie Griffin’s long-standing Ohio State freshman rushing record for yards in a game.
In this edition of Reprint Thursday, we look back to Robert Smith and 1990. Read More
While his offerings to BSB were generally upbeat and historical in Read More
In honor of the University of Cincinnati’s historic victory over Notre Dame, we honor the Bearcats and their coach, Luke Fickell, who both played and coached at Ohio State. We Read More
Since TreVeyon Henderson smashed Archie Griffin’s Ohio State freshman record for rushing yardage in a game against Tulsa, as part of Reprint Thursday, we have been looking at the breakout games of other standout freshmen who have come since the two-time Heisman Trophy winner.
In 2002, freshman Maurice Clarett burst Read More
TreVeyon Henderson had shown glimpses in the first two games before bursting on the scene for real with 24 carries for 277 yards and three touchdowns against Tulsa, smashing Archie Griffin’s Ohio State freshman rushing record that had stood for nearly 50 years.
In this edition of reprint Thursday, we Read More
