Football

After a meeting on Saturday, the presidents in the Big Ten are “ready to pull the plug on its fall sports season” which led to a meeting between all Power Five commissioners on Sunday “to gauge if commissioners and university presidents and chancellors from the other Power 5 conferences … Read More

With the return of football up in the air, now serves as a perfect time for reflection on the history of football, and the strategic evolution of the game. To do that, the film study will be spending the offseason looking back at classic Ohio State games. Today’s film study Read More

The Big Ten announced its 10-game, conference-only schedule on Wednesday, and with it Ohio State officially lost games against Bowling Green, Oregon and Buffalo while gaining a matchup against Purdue.

The football schedule starts as early as the weekend of Sept. 5 with final games slated for Nov. 21 to align with academic calendars. The Big Ten Football Championship Game remains scheduled for Dec. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium, though it could be moved as late as Dec. 19. pic.twitter.com/vWp3OSifBc

— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) August 5, 2020

With the changes, Ohio State’s schedule got easier, or did it? And if so, just how much easier? Here Read More

Clarkston, Mich., four-star offensive guard Rocco Spindler committed to Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon over finalists LSU, Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State.

On to the next chapter of my life!☘️
Edit: @Hayesfawcett3 pic.twitter.com/LKGXb9BVH4

— Rocco Spindler (@RoccoSpindler92) August 8, 2020

The Buckeyes had their fair share of interest in the 6-5, 315-pound Spindler — who is considered the third-best offensive guard and No. 48 prospect overall Read More

We will be breaking down some of the underrated running backs in Ohio State history. For this installment of Assessing Underrated Ohio State Running Backs, we spoke with former Ohio State assistant coach/recruiting coordinator Bill Conley and former Buckeye fullback Vaughn Broadnax for their insight on the featured back. First Read More

The Big Ten Conference announced in a statement Saturday that, “based on the advice and counsel of the Big Ten Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Big Ten Sports Medicine Committee,” football teams will have to remain in the helmet-only phase of practices until further notice.

All other Read More

Ohio State faced a running back crisis in the spring following the departure of J.K. Dobbins for the NFL and a serious injury to presumed starter Master Teague.

The only Buckeye backs remaining were redshirt freshman Steele Chambers and sophomore Marcus Crowley, who had suffered a season-ending injury Read More

Two days after a group of what was said to be “over 1,000 Big Ten football players” issued a letter in The Players Tribune titled #BigTenUnited, which addressed concerns for athletes surrounding the safety protocols put in place to prevent COVID-19, multiple members of the Ohio State football team, as Read More

When the 2020 football schedules turned to conference-only schedules due to the ongoing concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was one major football program that appeared to have some problems ahead.

That program would be Notre Dame, the highest-ranked football program to not be in a conference the majority of Read More