Football

There’s no shortage of blame to go around for Ohio State’s 14-3 loss to Missouri in the Cotton Bowl – the second bowl loss in as many seasons, and the second consecutive year the Buckeyes have ended on a two-game losing streak – but as things often go in coaching, Read More

Ohio State redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. announced Saturday that he will forgo the remainder of his eligibility and enter his name into the 2024 NFL draft after three seasons with the Buckeyes.

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— 🦍 (@MichaelHallJr_) December 30, 2023

Hall was a four-star prospect in 2021 out of Streetsboro, Ohio, and took a Read More

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day on how Devin Brown’s injury affected the team’s offensive scheme: “I felt like (Brown) was going to have nerves early on. I thought we were going to be able to play through it and figure out what that would look like going into the Read More

Going into this game, the main storyline was Devin Brown as the new starting quarterback. Kyle McCord started all 12 regular-season games this year for the Buckeyes, and while Brown had limited work – mostly running read options in the red zone – there was the question of how he Read More

What Worked Well

Missouri quarterback Brady Cook was named the most valuable player on the offense for the Tigers in their 14-3 win over Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, but his specific outing rarely looked like a dominant one due to the pressure the Buckeyes were throwing at him. Read More

Ohio State, playing most of the game with third-string freshman quarterback Lincoln Kienholz, couldn’t hold a 3-0 halftime lead, and the No. 7 Buckeyes lost 14-3 to No. 9 Missouri in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 29.

Missouri (11-2) took a 7-3 lead on a 7-yard run Read More

Ohio State finished the season with another loss, falling to No. 9 Missouri 14-3 in the Cotton Bowl in a game in which the offense failed to score a touchdown.

Here were selections from the Buckeye Sports Bulletin staff for players worthy of receiving Buckeye Leaves after the loss to Read More

Ohio State will be without two key starters when the Cotton Bowl kicks off on Friday, as wide Marvin Harrison Jr. and linebacker Tommy Eichenberg will be unavailable for the Buckeyes against Missouri.

Harrison was expected to sit out as he prepares for the NFL Draft, and defensive coordinator Jim Read More

The Cotton Bowl kicks off on Friday night after what has been one of the strangest lead ups to an Ohio State bowl game in recent memory, with double digit entries to the portal – including starting quarterback Kyle McCord – and opt outs clouding the build up in Arlington, Read More

Ohio State’s last game against Michigan brought up several questions surrounding the level of respect between the two longtime rivals — and more specifically between the two team’s head coaches — but this time around in the Cotton Bowl, the Buckeyes’ opposing coach made it known that he and his Read More