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LGHL Uncut: Ryan Day makes plea to ‘Best Damn Fans in the Land’ for Saturday’s Indiana game
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Uncut: Ryan Day makes plea to ‘Best Damn Fans in the Land’ for Saturday’s Indiana game
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Day, Knowles, and Howard preview the top-five matchup.
Throughout the year, the Land-Grant Podcast Network will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
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On today’s episode of “Land-Grant Uncut,” we are bringing you unedited audio from the Tuesday, Nov. 19 press conference featuring head football coach Ryan Day, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, and starting quarterback Will Howard. This press conference took place before practice on Tuesday afternoon, and therefore before the injury to starting center Seth McLaughlin which appears to have resulted in a torn Achilles tendon, ending his season. So, there will not be any discussion of the impact of that injury in this episode.
However, the trio does discuss what they expect to see from the No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday. Day opens his comments by asking Buckeye fans to turn up and be loud at The Horseshoe for the game.
Watch the full press conferences on Ohio State’s official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/buckeyes/live_videos
Contact Matt Tamanini
Online Profile: https://authory.com/MattTamanini
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Day, Knowles, and Howard preview the top-five matchup.
Throughout the year, the Land-Grant Podcast Network will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
Listen to the episode and subscribe:
Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio
On today’s episode of “Land-Grant Uncut,” we are bringing you unedited audio from the Tuesday, Nov. 19 press conference featuring head football coach Ryan Day, defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, and starting quarterback Will Howard. This press conference took place before practice on Tuesday afternoon, and therefore before the injury to starting center Seth McLaughlin which appears to have resulted in a torn Achilles tendon, ending his season. So, there will not be any discussion of the impact of that injury in this episode.
However, the trio does discuss what they expect to see from the No. 5 Indiana Hoosiers on Saturday. Day opens his comments by asking Buckeye fans to turn up and be loud at The Horseshoe for the game.
Watch the full press conferences on Ohio State’s official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/buckeyes/live_videos
Contact Matt Tamanini
Online Profile: https://authory.com/MattTamanini
Music by: www.bensound.com
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2024 B1G Conference Champ Game, Dec 7, 2024 @ 8 PM ET, CBS
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2024 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game
Everything you need to know about the 2024 Discover Big Ten Football Championship Game that will be played on December 7th at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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2024 Big Ten Championship Game: Oregon clinches berth in first season of league membership
The Ducks are the first Power Four team to lock in a league title game spot in the 2024 season
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2024 Big Ten Championship Game: Oregon clinches berth in first season of league membership
The Ducks are the first Power Four team to lock in a league title game spot in the 2024 season
Oregon has clinched a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game (Sat, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS), the conference announced on Tuesday. The Big Ten has certified that the Ducks' 11-0 record and 8-0 mark in conference play leaves no possible tiebreaker scenario where the program is left out of the league title game.
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Oregon Officially Clinches Big Ten Championship Game Berth, Making Ohio State vs. Indiana A Battle For Second Spot
One half of this year’s Big Ten Championship Game is set.
The Big Ten announced Tuesday that Oregon had officially clinched one spot in the Big Ten Championship Game following “a comprehensive evaluation of all possible scenarios over the final two weeks of regular-season play” that determined Oregon would earn a championship game berth in any possible tiebreaking scenario even if it loses its regular-season finale against Washington.
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That leaves one spot up for grabs in what will effectively serve as a Big Ten championship play-in game this weekend when Ohio State hosts Indiana at Ohio Stadium.
If the winner of Saturday’s game between the Buckeyes and Hoosiers also wins its regular-season finale next week, there won‘t be any need for complicated math.
Ohio State will make the Big Ten Championship Game with an 11-1 record if it beats Indiana and Michigan as it would hold a head-to-head tiebreaker over Indiana and Penn State, the other two teams in the conference that could finish with one loss.
Indiana will make the Big Ten Championship Game if it beats Ohio State and Purdue as it would be one of a maximum of two Big Ten teams (along with Oregon, who is 11-0 with just one more regular-season game to play) who could finish the season undefeated.
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LGHL Away Day: A playlist for Ohio State women’s basketball fans heading to Athens
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Away Day: A playlist for Ohio State women’s basketball fans heading to Athens
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Ohio University on Twitter | @OhioU
Something to listen to if you’re planning on traveling to Wednesday’s game against Ohio University
Here at Land-Grant Holy Land, we’re here because of a passion for Ohio State, or sports in general. That means anytime you see a LGHL writer on location away from Ohio State’s campus, we’re doing it based on passion, and getting there on our own dime.
This is my fourth season writing about Ohio State women’s basketball on Land-Grant and I’ve taken road trips to Minneapolis, Chicago, Louisville, Ann Arbor, and more to bring coverage of the Buckeyes to your phone or laptop.
Well, I love music as much, if not more, than covering women’s college basketball so I thought I’d share.
When I’m not at the Schott or practice, I’m at a concert or listening to music. Whether it’s driving to a game or while making dinner, there’s always a song going.
Outside of basketball writing, I also freelance over at Columbus Calling where I write concert reviews from some of the shows I go to around the city.
So, for each away game, I travel to this season, I’m sharing a playlist. Sometimes they’ll have a theme, sometimes they won’t. This first time around it’s a batch of songs that I’ve loved over the past couple years.
They stretch alternative to alt-country, some singer-songwriter. and even a sprinkling of punk. When I put it together, I looked for songs I liked but they were also good songs for a drive through the sometimes hilly trek from Central Ohio down to Athens.
It’s long enough to get you to the Convocation Center from around Columbus, minus any of that beautiful traffic you might run into on your travels. You’re on your own for the ride home.
None of the songs are pointed to any person or team, and I’m not responsible for you liking any of the songs. After all, musical tastes are more diverse than even the number of teams in the Big Ten, which says a lot.
Here are links to Apple and Spotify. If you have a different service, an app like SongShift is a great tool to transfer playlists from one service to another.
Away Day Playlist on Apple Music
Away Day Playlist on Spotify
Check back later in the season for trips to Ann Arbor, State College, College Park, and Bloomington. Plus trips to the Big Ten Tournament, and maybe March Madness?
If listening to music isn’t your thing, and you still need some noise for your ride to Athens, listen to the latest episode of the “LGHL WBB Podcast.” I talk about the Buckeyes' close win over Belmont and preview games against two MAC schools this week.
Should you watch from home when the two Ohio sides battle on ESPN+, this music works anywhere.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Ohio University on Twitter | @OhioU
Something to listen to if you’re planning on traveling to Wednesday’s game against Ohio University
Here at Land-Grant Holy Land, we’re here because of a passion for Ohio State, or sports in general. That means anytime you see a LGHL writer on location away from Ohio State’s campus, we’re doing it based on passion, and getting there on our own dime.
This is my fourth season writing about Ohio State women’s basketball on Land-Grant and I’ve taken road trips to Minneapolis, Chicago, Louisville, Ann Arbor, and more to bring coverage of the Buckeyes to your phone or laptop.
Well, I love music as much, if not more, than covering women’s college basketball so I thought I’d share.
When I’m not at the Schott or practice, I’m at a concert or listening to music. Whether it’s driving to a game or while making dinner, there’s always a song going.
Outside of basketball writing, I also freelance over at Columbus Calling where I write concert reviews from some of the shows I go to around the city.
So, for each away game, I travel to this season, I’m sharing a playlist. Sometimes they’ll have a theme, sometimes they won’t. This first time around it’s a batch of songs that I’ve loved over the past couple years.
They stretch alternative to alt-country, some singer-songwriter. and even a sprinkling of punk. When I put it together, I looked for songs I liked but they were also good songs for a drive through the sometimes hilly trek from Central Ohio down to Athens.
It’s long enough to get you to the Convocation Center from around Columbus, minus any of that beautiful traffic you might run into on your travels. You’re on your own for the ride home.
None of the songs are pointed to any person or team, and I’m not responsible for you liking any of the songs. After all, musical tastes are more diverse than even the number of teams in the Big Ten, which says a lot.
Here are links to Apple and Spotify. If you have a different service, an app like SongShift is a great tool to transfer playlists from one service to another.
Away Day Playlist on Apple Music
Away Day Playlist on Spotify
Check back later in the season for trips to Ann Arbor, State College, College Park, and Bloomington. Plus trips to the Big Ten Tournament, and maybe March Madness?
If listening to music isn’t your thing, and you still need some noise for your ride to Athens, listen to the latest episode of the “LGHL WBB Podcast.” I talk about the Buckeyes' close win over Belmont and preview games against two MAC schools this week.
Should you watch from home when the two Ohio sides battle on ESPN+, this music works anywhere.
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LGHL Ohio State men’s basketball vs. Evansville: Game preview and prediction
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Ohio State men’s basketball vs. Evansville: Game preview and prediction
Jami Jurich via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
The Buckeyes head home to Columbus looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season.
Ohio State (2-1) kicks off a four-game homestand and looks to bounce back from their first loss of the season when they face Evansville (1-3) in Columbus tonight.
After upsetting No. 19 Texas and defeating Youngstown State, the Buckeyes return home after falling, 78-64, on the road at No. 23 Texas A&M. Evansville bounced back from their season-opening loss to North Texas with a massive win over (NAIA) Brescia, but they’ve dropped their last two (to Middle Tennessee and most recently, Radford). They’re 0-2 on the road this season.
It is the first meeting of the two programs since 1976, and only their fifth all-time matchup. The Buckeyes have won all four of their meetings to-date.
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Through their first two games, the Buckeyes looked pretty consistent in terms of scoring, though they came out of the gate much slower in their loss against the Aggies.
Still, where the offense struggled to get going, the Buckeyes compensated with strong first half defense. Both teams looked shaky to start offensively, and the Buckeyes managed to force seven turnovers, holding the Aggies to under 24 percent shooting before the break. It was this defensive effort that allowed the Buckeyes to stay in the game in spite of themselves.
They fared much differently in the second half— the Aggies banged out six points in the first 90 seconds of the third quarter to extend their lead to 15, and the Buckeyes never managed to quite get themselves back in it, falling, 78-64.
Foul trouble was a problem for both teams, with a collective total of 45 fouls, but the disparity at the line was costly: While the Aggies went 32-for-40 on free throws, the Buckeyes were just 16-of-22 comparatively.
Bruce Thornton led the Buckeyes in scoring with 15 points–all but three of which came in the second half–and four assists. The 6-foot-2 junior guard currently leads the team with an average of 15.7 points and four assists per game.
Freshman John Mobley Jr. has been astonishing and sits just behind Thornton with 14.3 points per game and a team-leading ten three-pointers. His average of 3.3 threes per game is third-best in the country among freshmen. Senior guard Micah Parrish is also averaging double digits, with 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
The Buckeyes have six players averaging 7.3 points per game or more on their roster. Collectively, the team is shooting better than 40 percent from three-point range.
For Evansville, Gabriel Pozzato—a 6-foot-7 freshman forward out of Italy—leads the way through their first four. He’s averaging 19.3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
Junior guard Cam Haffner, who put up a career-high 23 points (and six threes) in the Purple Aces’ loss to Radford, is averaging 14.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game. The Buckeyes last saw Haffner in 2022, when he played for Eastern Illinois. The Buckeyes won, 65-43.
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Pozzato and Haffner each have 11-made three-pointers this year.
Rounding out their double-digit scorers, junior guard Tayshawn Comer is averaging 11.3 points, 3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Senior guard Tanner Cuff leads in rebounds, assists and steals, averaging 7.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
The Purple Aces were favored in their last game against Radford and, at one point, led by 22 points. Unlike the Buckeyes against A&M, they started strong and carried an 18-point lead into halftime. Things didn’t go south until after the break, when Radford came out of the gate hitting seven of their first nine, while the Purple Aces missed each of their first five shots and tacked on three turnovers to their struggles.
Head coach David Ragland has gone with the same starting five in each of the Purple Aces’ first four games, with sophomore forward Joshua Hughes joining Pozzato, Haffner, Comer and Cuff. Hughes, for his part, is averaging 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
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The Buckeyes’ struggles against A&M started early, with both teams combining for just eight points in the first five minutes of the matchup. Thornton kicked things off for Ohio State with a three-pointer, but there was radio silence from the Scarlet and Gray for over six minutes after that.
Ohio State doesn’t want to take that long to get going against any opponent, as it opens the door for trouble. Still, the Buckeyes should have a little more breathing room in this matchup.
After an extremely physical battle against the Aggies, the Purple Aces’ willingness to shoot from long-range might be a welcome break for the Buckeyes, allowing them to execute on defense without the physical toll.
Though Ohio State is expected to win this one easily, they can’t let themselves become complacent. Ragland is looking at this game as a way to prepare his team for Missouri Valley Conference play, but if opportunity knocks, his Aces won’t have any problem answering.
That means the Buckeyes need to stay out of foul trouble, execute better than they did against the Aggies, and establish their offense early.
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Even if the game is close in the first half, the Buckeyes should be able to maintain control and pull away in the second half for a comfortable win.
ESPN BPI: Ohio State 98.5%
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: B1G+ (Big Ten Plus)
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Jami Jurich via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
The Buckeyes head home to Columbus looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season.
Ohio State (2-1) kicks off a four-game homestand and looks to bounce back from their first loss of the season when they face Evansville (1-3) in Columbus tonight.
After upsetting No. 19 Texas and defeating Youngstown State, the Buckeyes return home after falling, 78-64, on the road at No. 23 Texas A&M. Evansville bounced back from their season-opening loss to North Texas with a massive win over (NAIA) Brescia, but they’ve dropped their last two (to Middle Tennessee and most recently, Radford). They’re 0-2 on the road this season.
It is the first meeting of the two programs since 1976, and only their fifth all-time matchup. The Buckeyes have won all four of their meetings to-date.
Preview
Through their first two games, the Buckeyes looked pretty consistent in terms of scoring, though they came out of the gate much slower in their loss against the Aggies.
Still, where the offense struggled to get going, the Buckeyes compensated with strong first half defense. Both teams looked shaky to start offensively, and the Buckeyes managed to force seven turnovers, holding the Aggies to under 24 percent shooting before the break. It was this defensive effort that allowed the Buckeyes to stay in the game in spite of themselves.
They fared much differently in the second half— the Aggies banged out six points in the first 90 seconds of the third quarter to extend their lead to 15, and the Buckeyes never managed to quite get themselves back in it, falling, 78-64.
Foul trouble was a problem for both teams, with a collective total of 45 fouls, but the disparity at the line was costly: While the Aggies went 32-for-40 on free throws, the Buckeyes were just 16-of-22 comparatively.
Bruce Thornton led the Buckeyes in scoring with 15 points–all but three of which came in the second half–and four assists. The 6-foot-2 junior guard currently leads the team with an average of 15.7 points and four assists per game.
Freshman John Mobley Jr. has been astonishing and sits just behind Thornton with 14.3 points per game and a team-leading ten three-pointers. His average of 3.3 threes per game is third-best in the country among freshmen. Senior guard Micah Parrish is also averaging double digits, with 10.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
The Buckeyes have six players averaging 7.3 points per game or more on their roster. Collectively, the team is shooting better than 40 percent from three-point range.
For Evansville, Gabriel Pozzato—a 6-foot-7 freshman forward out of Italy—leads the way through their first four. He’s averaging 19.3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.
Junior guard Cam Haffner, who put up a career-high 23 points (and six threes) in the Purple Aces’ loss to Radford, is averaging 14.8 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game. The Buckeyes last saw Haffner in 2022, when he played for Eastern Illinois. The Buckeyes won, 65-43.
Pozzato and Haffner each have 11-made three-pointers this year.
Rounding out their double-digit scorers, junior guard Tayshawn Comer is averaging 11.3 points, 3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Senior guard Tanner Cuff leads in rebounds, assists and steals, averaging 7.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game.
The Purple Aces were favored in their last game against Radford and, at one point, led by 22 points. Unlike the Buckeyes against A&M, they started strong and carried an 18-point lead into halftime. Things didn’t go south until after the break, when Radford came out of the gate hitting seven of their first nine, while the Purple Aces missed each of their first five shots and tacked on three turnovers to their struggles.
Head coach David Ragland has gone with the same starting five in each of the Purple Aces’ first four games, with sophomore forward Joshua Hughes joining Pozzato, Haffner, Comer and Cuff. Hughes, for his part, is averaging 8.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.
Prediction
The Buckeyes’ struggles against A&M started early, with both teams combining for just eight points in the first five minutes of the matchup. Thornton kicked things off for Ohio State with a three-pointer, but there was radio silence from the Scarlet and Gray for over six minutes after that.
Ohio State doesn’t want to take that long to get going against any opponent, as it opens the door for trouble. Still, the Buckeyes should have a little more breathing room in this matchup.
After an extremely physical battle against the Aggies, the Purple Aces’ willingness to shoot from long-range might be a welcome break for the Buckeyes, allowing them to execute on defense without the physical toll.
Though Ohio State is expected to win this one easily, they can’t let themselves become complacent. Ragland is looking at this game as a way to prepare his team for Missouri Valley Conference play, but if opportunity knocks, his Aces won’t have any problem answering.
That means the Buckeyes need to stay out of foul trouble, execute better than they did against the Aggies, and establish their offense early.
Even if the game is close in the first half, the Buckeyes should be able to maintain control and pull away in the second half for a comfortable win.
ESPN BPI: Ohio State 98.5%
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: B1G+ (Big Ten Plus)
LGHL score prediction: Ohio State 81, Evansville 65
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