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Ohio State is hoping to get back to the top of the Big Ten and regain another position in the College Football Playoff. To get back to the top of the conference, the defense will have to take a step up and the Buckeyes will have to find a way to beat Michigan after 2 […]

The second half of August is now upon us, which means the college football season isn’t far behind. The preseason rankings are all out, and so-called “Week 0” games are just over a week away. After months of conference realignment talks dominating headlines, we’re finally at a point where we can start talking about the […]

Michigan football’s most recent ESPN power ranking will fire up their fans and annoy Ohio State football die-hards. ESPN ranked Michigan football second in its college football preseason power rankings on August 16. The network predicted its best-case scenario is winning the College Football Playoff championship. The return of JJ McCarthy, Blake Corum, and Donovan […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is set for another huge year despite the Big Ten Conference being a difficult one. CJ Stroud going to the NFL also leaves the Buckeyes in need of a quarterback, although Ryan Day has yet to decide between Devin Brown and Kyle McCord. Of course, Marvin Harrison Jr. has […]

Ohio State football wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. has a lot of hype coming into this college football season, and is expected by many to be the best wide receiver in next year’s NFL Draft. Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson is on the Marvin Harrison Jr. hype train, and guaranteed that he would win […]

Ohio State’s 2022 football campaign saw its fair share of highs and lows. The Buckeyes began the 2022 season with 11 straight wins over non-conference and Big Ten opponents. They scored an average of 46.5 points per game in their first 11 outings, taking victories over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State […]

Ohio State football wide receiver Marvin Harrison, Jr. has spoken: he will turn on the afterburners in the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine. Harrison predicted he will run 4.3 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the combine early next year, per The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman. The highly-touted wideout gave credit to his strict nutrition habits for […]

The College Football season is right around the corner, and a multitude of pass-catchers will be looking to come home with honors this year. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a special 2023 Fred Biletnikoff Award Winner prediction and pick. Since 1994, each year the Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented […]

A crucial season is about to get underway in Columbus for Ohio State football. A lot of pressure is on Ryan Day and the entire program after back-to-back losses to rival Michigan football. The Buckeyes have a lot of talent and should be very good again this year, but some unfortunate injury news hit the […]

Michigan football had two of the best running backs in the country last year with Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards. Corum was in the Heisman race until he went down with a season-ending injury against Illinois football. That’s when Edwards burst onto the scene and had a historic performance against Ohio State football. The Wolverines […]

Ezekiel Elliott has found a new home in the New England Patriots, and as he gets a fresh start, he has also decided to change his jersey number. It’s not totally “new” though, as the veteran running back hinted on social media that he’s going back to number 15 which he wore when he was […]

Ohio State football head coach Ryan Day announced that sophomore tight end Bennett Christian will not play for the Buckeyes this season after testing positive for a banned substance, according to Bill Rabinowitz. The test took place in January and Christian is ineligible to play for one year from the time of the test, per […]

The Ohio State football team is undergoing a quarterback competition in camp following CJ Stroud’s departure to the NFL. Both Devin Brown and Kyle McCord are battling it out in hopes of landing the job, and with the season a couple of weeks away, there has yet to be a decision. On Monday, Buckeyes head […]

Wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan committed to the Ohio State football program on Sunday, according to a tweet from Eleven Warriors Deputy Editor Dan Hope. “Brian Hartline lands another top target as four-star St. Louis wide receiver Jeremiah McClellan commits to Ohio State,” Hope wrote. McClellan held offers from LSU, Oregon, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, […]

It seems only a matter of time until Marvin Harrison Jr. follows in his father’s footsteps as one of the NFL’s elite wide receivers. Hall-of-Fame genetics won’t be the only factor pushing the Ohio State football star toward greatness at the next level, though. Asked which current NFL wide receivers he models his game after, […]

Marvin Harrison Jr. did pretty much all he could to help lift Ohio State football to the national championship game last season. The Buckeyes star wide receiver and future first-round pick in the NFL Draft finished with five catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns in his team’s heart-stopping 42-41 loss to Georgia in the […]

Ryan Day took over as head coach for Ohio State football in 2019 after Urban Meyer left. Meyer left Day with all he could ask for. The team had been extremely dominant during Meyer’s tenure and hadn’t lost to Michigan football since 2011. Ryan Day walked into a gold mine. His first two seasons were […]

If confidence is key, then cornerback Davison Igbinosun has what it takes to unlock the potential of the Ohio State Buckeyes secondary after their pass defense underwhelmed for the third consecutive season in 2020. Of course, some combination of cornerbacks Denzel Burke, Jyaire Brown, Ryan Turner and Lorenzo Styles Jr. will join him in the […]

The Michigan football team fell just short of a national championship appearance in the 2o22 college football season. The Wolverines were 13-0 heading into the Fiesta Bowl against TCU football, and they were pretty big favorites, too. However, a big reason why Michigan was 13-0 was because they rarely turned the football over. In the […]

The last few weeks of the 2022 season were quite the roller coaster for Ohio State football fans. First, the Buckeyes’ undefeated season came to end after a blowout home loss to rival Michigan football. Then, Ohio State still managed to squeeze into the College Football Playoff, but they were big underdogs against top-seeded Georgia […]

The Michigan football season gets going on September 2nd at home against East Carolina football, and Wolverines can’t wait to see the team in action. Michigan has gotten over the hump the last two seasons and has beaten Ohio State football and won the Big Ten. The hype around the program is at an all-time […]

Longtime Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith announced on Wednesday that he will be retiring at the end of June in 2024, and former assistant to Smith, current Washington State athletic director Pat Chun is reportedly the frontrunner to succeed Smith at Ohio State, according to Dan Hope of Eleven Warriors. Pat Chun previously worked […]

The Ohio State football team has a quarterback battle that is still taking place between Kyle McCord and Devin Brown, and head coach Ryan Day gave an update on a potential timeline for a decision on who will start for the Buckeyes at the beginning of the season. “By this time next week, we’ll have […]

Top college football programs like LSU football and Texas A&M football among others are where elite prospects land. Their prestige and history have proven that they are a surefire way to get into the NFL. This is exactly what Coach Ryan Day of the Ohio State football program capitalizes on. The tactic has landed him […]

The Ohio State football program is in an interesting spot ahead of the 2023 season, as for the first time in years it has a legitimate quarterback battle with Kyle McCord and Devin Brown competing for the starting job, and Ryan Day’s latest comments indicate that the competition could go either way. “It’s a good […]

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith announced that he will be retiring from his position with the university effective June 30, 2024. “I’ve had a great opportunity to work with a lot of people here,” Gene Smith said, via Bill Landis of Rivals. “I just want to thank the leadership of Ohio State. Throughout my […]

If Ohio State football hasn’t become quarterback university (QBU) yet, they’re getting close. They’ve had three quarterbacks selected in the first round of the NFL Draft since 2019, thanks to Dwayne Haskins, Justin Fields, and CJ Stroud. For all the talk Ohio State’s wide receivers get, they’ve had some really talented players to get them […]

The College football season kicks off in just under three weeks, and Monday was a big day as the first preseason poll of the season came out. The Coaches Poll was released on Monday morning, giving fans that much more excitement for the start of the season. After winning the last two national championships, it’s […]

The 2024 college realignment debacle has been all the buzz recently. This has taken away from the fact that college football returns in the gridiron and on-screens this month. With that, power rankings are back in order to rile fans up and benchmark the possible success of their alma maters and teams that they are […]

The Ohio State Buckeyes have just missed out on a big recruitment target, with five-star safety KJ Bolden announcing his decision to commit to the Florida State Seminoles. Ohio State football was among the schools on the list of Bolden, including SEC programs Georgia Bulldogs and Auburn Tigers, but it’s the ACC member who is […]

The Pac-12 exodus grew tenfold on Friday. USC and UCLA led the charge when they made an agreement to join the Big Ten in the summer of 2022. A couple of weeks ago, Colorado was the next domino to fall after they agreed to join the Big 12. Soon thereafter, Arizona followed suit. But the […]

Some scars still run deep. In college football, where every loss almost always matters, these scars can linger for years. Take, for example, Ohio State’s loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff last season.  Despite holding two-touchdown leads for a good chunk of the game, the Buckeyes failed to stop the Bulldogs from storming […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James may have a reason to cheer for all of USC basketball next season after his son Bronny James elected to play for the Trojans. When it comes to football, however, his heart remains with Marvin Harrison Jr. and Ohio State football. That much is clear after James showed on […]

Georgia football star Javon Bullard is focused on the 2023 season. The cornerback doesn’t want to talk about nearly getting tossed from the Bulldogs College Football Playoff Semifinal game. Javon Bullard knocked Marvin Harrison Jr. out of the Peach Bowl after hitting the wide receiver in Georgia’s 42-41 victory over Ohio State. Bullard was initially […]

Good news for fans of Ohio State football: star LB Tommy Eichenberg is healthy after playing through multiple hand injuries last season, according to an article from The Columbus Dispatch. It’s great for Buckeye fans that he has returned to full health, although the injuries didn’t slow him down much last season, except maybe in […]

Kyle McCord is, once again, competing to be the starting quarterback of the Ohio State football team. Instead of transferring elsewhere when CJ Stroud won the job two years ago, Kyle McCord opted to remain part of the Ohio State football program. The 20-year-old named Ryan Day as the reason for his loyalty to the […]

Ohio State football quarterback Devin Brown missed the team’s 2023 spring game after fracturing his pinky, an injury that required surgery back in April. Brown’s injury put a hold on the Buckeyes’ QB competition, which has been a tight battle between Brown, a sophomore, and junior Kyle McCord. But Brown was unbothered by the injury, […]

Ohio State football wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is widely regarded as the best player at his position in college football. Harrison Jr. was a unanimous All-American in 2022 and could be a top-2 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Harrison Jr.’s coach, Ryan Day, spoke with “The Number One College Football Show” about what […]

The Ohio State football team is entering a pivotal time for the program. Is Ryan Day’s current group good enough to win an NCAA title and a Big Ten title, or are the Buckeyes fooling themselves? With USC and other potential powers about to enter or rumored to enter the conference soon, the margin for […]