Ohio State special teams coordinator/safeties coach Matt Barnes spoke to members via Zoom call on Wednesday, Oct. 14.
What follows is a bullet-point rundown of Barnes’ comments on the Buckeye secondary and special teams units, and more:
Ohio State had two more players shed their black stripes Tuesday night, both of which were true freshmen in wide receiver Mookie Cooper and linebacker Mitchell Melton.
Cooper is the fourth and final receiver from the 2020 class to lose his black stripe, joining Julian Fleming, Gee Scott and Read More
Even if a pick has been made in the battle for Ohio State’s No. 2 quarterback position behind Justin Fields, quarterbacks coach Corey Dennis wasn’t tipping his hand in a media availability on Oct. 13.
The first-year Buckeye assistant stuck strictly to the company line, complimenting the play off all Read More
The New York Giants signed former Ohio State wide receiver Austin Mack off of their practice squad and onto their active 53-man roster on Tuesday.
Mack was also added to the Giants’ active roster last week, but went back to the practice squad after being listed as inactive for Read More
Ohio State quarterbacks coach Corey Dennis spoke to the media Tuesday on a Zoom call to talk about the development of Justin Fields this season, as well as the situation behind Fields with fifth-year senior Gunnar Hoak and true freshmen Jack Miller and C.J. Stroud.
Former Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett’s professional football career will continue after The Spring League announced on Monday afternoon that he’s one of 12 quarterbacks participating in its upcoming season.
Barrett – who finished his college career (2013-17) with a school-record 38 wins, 9,434 passing yards, 3,263 rushing yards Read More
Surprise, surprise.
It was announced Monday that Ohio State and Michigan’s Dec. 12 matchup will once again be playing the annual matchup of The Game at noon, and it will also once again be covered by FOX.
It was also confirmed again that Ohio State’s opening matchup with Nebraska will Read More
Ohio State will have to sit through one more Saturday without getting the chance to earn its own ranking on the field, but the Buckeyes moved up in both major polls regardless this weekend, from No. 6 to No. 5 in both the Coaches poll, while remaining at No. 6 Read More
Jonathon Cooper, a two-time captain for Ohio State, will debut the new Block “0” jersey as the first Buckeye to wear the No. 0 in honor of former great Bill Willis.
Just want to say how much this means to me and what an honor it truly is. I will wear the Block 0 and represent my team, the coaches, the university and everything that the late great Bill Willis stood for. Thank you buckeye nation. https://t.co/uBjUGVt0h6
— Jonathon Cooper (@JonathonCooper7) October 10, 2020
Bill Willis was a standout defensive lineman at Ohio State from 1942-44, winning a national title and earning Read More
Earlier this week, Oradell (N.J.) Bergen Catholic four-star defensive tackle Tywone Malone narrowed his list of more than two dozen scholarship offers to Florida State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Rutgers and USC.
Asked by Rivals recruiting analyst Adam Friedman why he didn’t include Ohio State, which had long been Read More
