Andy Anders, BSB: On a night when Ohio State was forced to start its fourth and fifth cornerbacks on the depth chart, safety play became essential. And none had a larger impact from that position than graduate Tanner McCalister.
The Buckeyes’ nickelback collected four tackles, but added two key plays Read More
Ohio State will be without 10 players against Wisconsin, with cornerback Cameron Brown and wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba among the most notable unavailable Buckeyes.
Smith-Njigba returned last week against Toledo but played only in the first half, and so far has just four receptions on the year for 36 yards. Read More
Conference play begins for the majority of the country this week, and several high-profile matches grace the college football schedule.
Three games will take place between ranked teams, one each in each of the major broadcast windows, meaning good football will be on your television (or phone/tablet) screen throughout the Read More
Ohio State will begin conference play this week by welcoming Wisconsin to Ohio Stadium on Saturday. The Badgers enter the game at 2-1 after a Week Two loss to Washington State, while the Buckeyes are looking to move to 4-0 on the year and win the ninth straight game against Read More
Andy Anders: Feeling Bold Against The Badgers
This seems like a game where Ohio State can make a statement. Frankly, I don’t see a path for Wisconsin’s offense to move the ball. Its offensive line isn’t up to the quality of years past, and while sophomore running back Braelon Allen Read More
The stage is set for the start of conference play.
Wisconsin, a foe which met Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game in 2019, comes into Ohio Stadium for a night game against a crowd and team that will be dressed all in black.
With expectations of a conference Read More
Ohio State first-year defensive end Hero Kanu shed his black stripe on Thursday, becoming the fourteenth freshman to complete the tradition since the spring.
Kanu did not appear in Ohio State’s season opener against Notre Dame but played a combined 14 defensive snaps against Arkansas State and Toledo. Kanu Read More
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is well aware of Wisconsin’s program staple of dominating the trenches and overwhelming opponents with physicality.
Entering Saturday’s contest against the Badgers, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day made it clear that his squad will have to match Wisconsin’s physicality if they are to Read More
Another member of Ohio State’s freshman class became an official member of the team on Thursday. Freshman cornerback Ryan Turner, a four-star prospect out of Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Fla., became the 13th freshman to shed his black stripe.
Turner did not play in the first two games of Read More
There’s a number of statistical and semantic arguments as to why Ohio State third-year quarterback C.J. Stroud is one of the best signal callers in the country.
He posted just the second 4,000-yard passing season in Ohio State history in 2021, completing 71.9 percent of his throws on his way Read More
