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LGHL Ohio State softball hosted Ohio Charity Classic to support cancer research; won all three games
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Ohio State softball hosted Ohio Charity Classic to support cancer research; won all three games
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A great weekend of victory for a great cause!
This past weekend was a sneak peek at the new-look Buckeye softball team in the 22nd annual Ohio Collegiate Charity Classic. The Ohio Collegiate Charity Classic has raised over $250,000, making it one of the largest fundraisers for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Central Ohio. There were 10 games played between 10 different schools, and Ohio State won all three games it played in.
The Buckeyes return five starters and all five pitchers from last year’s squad, including two All-Big Ten performers in Sam Hackenbracht and Kami Kortokrax.
Their first game of the weekend came against Division II Tiffin; sophomore pitcher Lexi Paulsen got the start and ended up throwing a complete game, two-hit shutout. Hackenbracht hit a two-run home run and freshman infielder Lottie Landmesser and sophomore Skylar Limon each had an RBI hit in the 5-0 Buckeye victory.
Sunday, the Buckeyes played two with their first being against Akron. Once again, Landmesser and Limon got the bats going as they each had an RBI double to take a 2-0 lead in the second.
Another freshman who contributed to the offense was Jasmyn Burns, as she hit a solo home run to tack on another run in the fourth. That was all the runs that Ohio State needed, as senior pitcher Allison Smith pitched a complete game and struck out eight while allowing just three hits and one walk.
Ohio State’s final game of the weekend came against Bowling Green and it was a mercy-rule victory. In the first inning alone, the Bucks scored eight runs on four hits and two home runs, courtesy of Melina Wilkison and McKenzie Bump.
Senior Emily Ruck went four innings in the circle versus BGSU and sophomore Kennedy Kay worked the final inning of a 14-1 victory.
Overall, it was a great performance this weekend from the Buckeyes. As a team, Ohio State hit .347 with 11 extra-base hits; seven different players recorded two or more hits on the weekend.
As for the pitching, only one run was surrendered all weekend. Both of the senior pitchers notched wins, along with Paulsen, who is looking to be the third starter in the rotation.
The Buckeyes will play one more game this fall on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET at Buckeye Field against Ohio Dominican.
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Megan.Husslein via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
@OhioStateSB Twitter
A great weekend of victory for a great cause!
This past weekend was a sneak peek at the new-look Buckeye softball team in the 22nd annual Ohio Collegiate Charity Classic. The Ohio Collegiate Charity Classic has raised over $250,000, making it one of the largest fundraisers for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Central Ohio. There were 10 games played between 10 different schools, and Ohio State won all three games it played in.
The Buckeyes return five starters and all five pitchers from last year’s squad, including two All-Big Ten performers in Sam Hackenbracht and Kami Kortokrax.
Their first game of the weekend came against Division II Tiffin; sophomore pitcher Lexi Paulsen got the start and ended up throwing a complete game, two-hit shutout. Hackenbracht hit a two-run home run and freshman infielder Lottie Landmesser and sophomore Skylar Limon each had an RBI hit in the 5-0 Buckeye victory.
Sunday, the Buckeyes played two with their first being against Akron. Once again, Landmesser and Limon got the bats going as they each had an RBI double to take a 2-0 lead in the second.
Another freshman who contributed to the offense was Jasmyn Burns, as she hit a solo home run to tack on another run in the fourth. That was all the runs that Ohio State needed, as senior pitcher Allison Smith pitched a complete game and struck out eight while allowing just three hits and one walk.
Ohio State’s final game of the weekend came against Bowling Green and it was a mercy-rule victory. In the first inning alone, the Bucks scored eight runs on four hits and two home runs, courtesy of Melina Wilkison and McKenzie Bump.
Senior Emily Ruck went four innings in the circle versus BGSU and sophomore Kennedy Kay worked the final inning of a 14-1 victory.
Overall, it was a great performance this weekend from the Buckeyes. As a team, Ohio State hit .347 with 11 extra-base hits; seven different players recorded two or more hits on the weekend.
As for the pitching, only one run was surrendered all weekend. Both of the senior pitchers notched wins, along with Paulsen, who is looking to be the third starter in the rotation.
The Buckeyes will play one more game this fall on Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET at Buckeye Field against Ohio Dominican.
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LGHL “Best decision I’ve ever made.” Entering fourth season, Zed Key loves Ohio State, Columbus more than ever
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“Best decision I’ve ever made.” Entering fourth season, Zed Key loves Ohio State, Columbus more than ever
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When Zed Key committed to Ohio State, the Long Island-native had no clue the type of “home away from home” that he would eventually find in central Ohio.
Now entering his fourth year as a Buckeye, Zed Key has been around long enough to witness a few historical moments in the history of the Ohio State men’s basketball program. He was a freshman on the 2020-2021 team that lost to Oral Roberts in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, becoming the ninth 2-seed to ever lose to a 15-seed in the opening round. He was a junior last season — the leading rebounder on a team that finished with the program’s worst record since 1998.
He also dealt with a nasty shoulder injury this past season that coincided with the Buckeyes’ lowest stretch of the season, when they lost 14 out of 15 games and plummetted to the bottom of the Big Ten. Key was resigned to the fact that he’d just have to watch from the sideline while his understudy — freshman center Felix Okpara — was eaten alive most nights against bigger, more experienced centers in the Big Ten.
It wasn’t easy. That stretch was a dark time for Key, and it made him appreciate the game — and his own health — so much more as his senior season draws near.
“That time, it was tough because obviously I wanted to play, I wanted to help my team get out of the slump that we were having,” Key said last week at Ohio State’s media day. “But my shoulder just wasn’t in a position to go out there and play at the highest level. So just making the decision (to have surgery) — it was tough. That decision wasn’t the easiest.
“And once I made it, you know, just sitting there, like I wanted to go out there still. Even when I had the surgery in the Big Ten Tournament, I was still sitting on the side like “I really want to go out here and play,” like the urge was still there. But just learning from last year, and not taking anything for granted..... since you never know. That’s what I learned, you don’t know what’s going to happen to you, so just don’t take nothing for granted, and play hard.”
But don’t get it twisted, a now slimmed-down Key has had some great moments and memories as a Buckeye, too. A three-star recruit out of Long Island Lutheran High School who didn’t crack the top 100 in the class, Key has increased his points per game output every season thus far — from 5.2 as a freshman, to 7.8 as a sophomore, to 10.8 last season. He’s recorded eight double-doubles, dropped 20 points on the Duke Blue Devils twice, and led Ohio State to a win over the top-ranked Blue Devils in 2021 in front of a packed crowd at the Schottenstein Center.
But has the reality of being a Buckeye lived up to his expectations? Since committing to Ohio State in September of 2019, Key would tweet out highlight and training videos and tag as many Ohio State-related Twitter accounts as possible — including the Buckeye Nuthouse account. But why?
“I was ready to be here.” Key joked. “I was ready to go. Trust me.”
Even now, Zed still tweets out videos of himself from time to time, and he still will tag the Buckeye Nuthouse, or the Ohio State Hoops account, or a local news station. His affection for the Ohio State men’s basketball program, the university, and the city of Columbus — a town nearly 600 miles away from where he grew up on Long Island — has never been stronger.
“This is the best decision I’ve ever made,” Zed told me. “I’m glad I made this decision, not just from a basketball standpoint — even outside of basketball. You know, the relationships I’ve built, the people that I’ve met. The bonds that I’ve made. Columbus is a great city, and I love it here. I’m glad I’m here.”
Key has been interested in classic cars for some time, and his interest evolved into a hobby and ultimately a second love since moving to Columbus. It’s not uncommon to find Zed at car shows around central Ohio during the summer, and he says that some of the most meaningful relationships he’s made since coming to Ohio State have nothing to do with basketball, and everything to do with cars.
“I’m a big car guy,” he said, “And I have a whole bunch of car friends, relationships, businessmen that I’ve met, totally unrelated to the university. Just you know, around Columbus.”
In an age of college sports where name, image, and likeness compensation is often the most prominent factor in where a student-athlete winds up, and the one-time transfer rule makes it so easy for a player to jump ship at the first sign of conflict, there’s something endearing about Key and his relationship with the city of Columbus. There’s been ample opportunities for a player like Zed — who was under-recruited out of high school — to go elsewhere.
He could’ve sought additional NIL opportunities, or transferred to a program where he wouldn’t need to compete with a sophomore for his starting spot as a senior. He could’ve allowed the sour taste of a dark, disappointing, and injury-marred junior season to carry him elsewhere and finish his college career with a blank slate at a new school.
But Key’s experience at Ohio State has exceeded the expectations that were set for him as a 17-year-old high school senior when he first committed. He’s found community both on and off the court, and wouldn’t change his story even a little bit, even if he had the chance.
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Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Clare Grant/The Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
When Zed Key committed to Ohio State, the Long Island-native had no clue the type of “home away from home” that he would eventually find in central Ohio.
Now entering his fourth year as a Buckeye, Zed Key has been around long enough to witness a few historical moments in the history of the Ohio State men’s basketball program. He was a freshman on the 2020-2021 team that lost to Oral Roberts in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, becoming the ninth 2-seed to ever lose to a 15-seed in the opening round. He was a junior last season — the leading rebounder on a team that finished with the program’s worst record since 1998.
He also dealt with a nasty shoulder injury this past season that coincided with the Buckeyes’ lowest stretch of the season, when they lost 14 out of 15 games and plummetted to the bottom of the Big Ten. Key was resigned to the fact that he’d just have to watch from the sideline while his understudy — freshman center Felix Okpara — was eaten alive most nights against bigger, more experienced centers in the Big Ten.
It wasn’t easy. That stretch was a dark time for Key, and it made him appreciate the game — and his own health — so much more as his senior season draws near.
“That time, it was tough because obviously I wanted to play, I wanted to help my team get out of the slump that we were having,” Key said last week at Ohio State’s media day. “But my shoulder just wasn’t in a position to go out there and play at the highest level. So just making the decision (to have surgery) — it was tough. That decision wasn’t the easiest.
“And once I made it, you know, just sitting there, like I wanted to go out there still. Even when I had the surgery in the Big Ten Tournament, I was still sitting on the side like “I really want to go out here and play,” like the urge was still there. But just learning from last year, and not taking anything for granted..... since you never know. That’s what I learned, you don’t know what’s going to happen to you, so just don’t take nothing for granted, and play hard.”
But don’t get it twisted, a now slimmed-down Key has had some great moments and memories as a Buckeye, too. A three-star recruit out of Long Island Lutheran High School who didn’t crack the top 100 in the class, Key has increased his points per game output every season thus far — from 5.2 as a freshman, to 7.8 as a sophomore, to 10.8 last season. He’s recorded eight double-doubles, dropped 20 points on the Duke Blue Devils twice, and led Ohio State to a win over the top-ranked Blue Devils in 2021 in front of a packed crowd at the Schottenstein Center.
But has the reality of being a Buckeye lived up to his expectations? Since committing to Ohio State in September of 2019, Key would tweet out highlight and training videos and tag as many Ohio State-related Twitter accounts as possible — including the Buckeye Nuthouse account. But why?
“I was ready to be here.” Key joked. “I was ready to go. Trust me.”
Even now, Zed still tweets out videos of himself from time to time, and he still will tag the Buckeye Nuthouse, or the Ohio State Hoops account, or a local news station. His affection for the Ohio State men’s basketball program, the university, and the city of Columbus — a town nearly 600 miles away from where he grew up on Long Island — has never been stronger.
“This is the best decision I’ve ever made,” Zed told me. “I’m glad I made this decision, not just from a basketball standpoint — even outside of basketball. You know, the relationships I’ve built, the people that I’ve met. The bonds that I’ve made. Columbus is a great city, and I love it here. I’m glad I’m here.”
Key has been interested in classic cars for some time, and his interest evolved into a hobby and ultimately a second love since moving to Columbus. It’s not uncommon to find Zed at car shows around central Ohio during the summer, and he says that some of the most meaningful relationships he’s made since coming to Ohio State have nothing to do with basketball, and everything to do with cars.
“I’m a big car guy,” he said, “And I have a whole bunch of car friends, relationships, businessmen that I’ve met, totally unrelated to the university. Just you know, around Columbus.”
In an age of college sports where name, image, and likeness compensation is often the most prominent factor in where a student-athlete winds up, and the one-time transfer rule makes it so easy for a player to jump ship at the first sign of conflict, there’s something endearing about Key and his relationship with the city of Columbus. There’s been ample opportunities for a player like Zed — who was under-recruited out of high school — to go elsewhere.
He could’ve sought additional NIL opportunities, or transferred to a program where he wouldn’t need to compete with a sophomore for his starting spot as a senior. He could’ve allowed the sour taste of a dark, disappointing, and injury-marred junior season to carry him elsewhere and finish his college career with a blank slate at a new school.
But Key’s experience at Ohio State has exceeded the expectations that were set for him as a 17-year-old high school senior when he first committed. He’s found community both on and off the court, and wouldn’t change his story even a little bit, even if he had the chance.
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LGHL Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team Previews: Michigan State Spartans
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Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team Previews: Michigan State Spartans
justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK
Can the Spartans unseat Purdue at the top of the conference?
As we enter the fall season and college football gets underway, college basketball is right around the corner. As always, to prepare you for the season, Land-Grant Holy Land will be publishing Big Ten Team Previews and Ohio State Basketball Player Previews, starting now with the Team Previews.
Team: Michigan State Spartans
Head coach: Tom Izzo | 29th Season | 686-278 (330-160)
2022-23 record: 21-13 (11-8)
All-time record against Ohio State: 78-54
Returners: Jaden Akins, A.J. Hoggard, Tyson Walker, Malik Hall, Mady Sissoko, Jaxon Kohler, Tre Holloman, Carson Cooper
Departures: Joey Hauser, Pierre Brooks
Newcomers: Xavier Booker, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr, Gehrig Normand
The Spartans are returning most of their production from the Sweet Sixteen run last season and will look to be a national title contender this year, along with Purdue in the Big Ten.
Losing Joey Hauser will affect the Spartans, as they are without his 14.4 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, and Pierre Brooks had high potential for the Spartans, but he was not able to contribute much in East Lansing before transferring to Butler.
A big question mark this season will be the center position for the Spartans. It was their weakness last year, but all three of the centers are back, and all will look to step into the main role. Jaxon Kohler showed the most promise in 2022-23, and should be able to handle a larger role this season.
The X factor on this year’s team is Jaden Akins. Akins is incredibly talented and has All-Big Ten potential, and if he can take that next step and complement AJ Hoggard and Tyson Walker, that trio will be as dynamic as they come.
Michigan State also has a pretty special freshman class coming in. Xavier Booker, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr and Gehrig Normand will all have valuable roles in the rotation for the Spartans. Carr may be the most exciting, as his athletic ability will turn heads and can help him adjust to the speed of the collegiate game. Jeremy Fears also will see the floor often behind Hoggard and Walker, and will be one of the best back up point guards in the conference.
I believe Michigan State is the best team in the conference. It is a slim margin, but guard play can win championships, and Hoggard, Walker and Akins can lead this team to the promised land. Throw in Malik Hall, an improved Mady Sissoko, and this freshman class, and that can be the recipe for success.
Purdue is still incredibly talented, and Michigan State does not have Zach Edey. There is a scenario this season that Edey averages 20 points and 15 rebounds per game and wins the conference on his own. A determining factor in the Boilermaker’s success will be the progress that Braden Smith and Foster Loyer made over the offseason, which could leave them trailing behind the Spartans if not big enough a step forward.
The freshman class is really what will determine whether this team is a fun Elite Eight team or a real national title contender. Booker is an NBA-level prospect, but there have been questions on whether or not he will be ready on day one or may need a month or two to adjust to the college game.
But with all four freshmen playing valuable minutes for the Spartans, Tom Izzo and the rest of his coaching staff will have the depth in their rotation they have not had in a couple of seasons.
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justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Kirthmon F. Dozier / USA TODAY NETWORK
Can the Spartans unseat Purdue at the top of the conference?
As we enter the fall season and college football gets underway, college basketball is right around the corner. As always, to prepare you for the season, Land-Grant Holy Land will be publishing Big Ten Team Previews and Ohio State Basketball Player Previews, starting now with the Team Previews.
Team: Michigan State Spartans
Head coach: Tom Izzo | 29th Season | 686-278 (330-160)
2022-23 record: 21-13 (11-8)
All-time record against Ohio State: 78-54
Returners: Jaden Akins, A.J. Hoggard, Tyson Walker, Malik Hall, Mady Sissoko, Jaxon Kohler, Tre Holloman, Carson Cooper
Departures: Joey Hauser, Pierre Brooks
Newcomers: Xavier Booker, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr, Gehrig Normand
Outlook
The Spartans are returning most of their production from the Sweet Sixteen run last season and will look to be a national title contender this year, along with Purdue in the Big Ten.
Losing Joey Hauser will affect the Spartans, as they are without his 14.4 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, and Pierre Brooks had high potential for the Spartans, but he was not able to contribute much in East Lansing before transferring to Butler.
A big question mark this season will be the center position for the Spartans. It was their weakness last year, but all three of the centers are back, and all will look to step into the main role. Jaxon Kohler showed the most promise in 2022-23, and should be able to handle a larger role this season.
The X factor on this year’s team is Jaden Akins. Akins is incredibly talented and has All-Big Ten potential, and if he can take that next step and complement AJ Hoggard and Tyson Walker, that trio will be as dynamic as they come.
Michigan State also has a pretty special freshman class coming in. Xavier Booker, Jeremy Fears, Coen Carr and Gehrig Normand will all have valuable roles in the rotation for the Spartans. Carr may be the most exciting, as his athletic ability will turn heads and can help him adjust to the speed of the collegiate game. Jeremy Fears also will see the floor often behind Hoggard and Walker, and will be one of the best back up point guards in the conference.
Prediction
I believe Michigan State is the best team in the conference. It is a slim margin, but guard play can win championships, and Hoggard, Walker and Akins can lead this team to the promised land. Throw in Malik Hall, an improved Mady Sissoko, and this freshman class, and that can be the recipe for success.
Purdue is still incredibly talented, and Michigan State does not have Zach Edey. There is a scenario this season that Edey averages 20 points and 15 rebounds per game and wins the conference on his own. A determining factor in the Boilermaker’s success will be the progress that Braden Smith and Foster Loyer made over the offseason, which could leave them trailing behind the Spartans if not big enough a step forward.
The freshman class is really what will determine whether this team is a fun Elite Eight team or a real national title contender. Booker is an NBA-level prospect, but there have been questions on whether or not he will be ready on day one or may need a month or two to adjust to the college game.
But with all four freshmen playing valuable minutes for the Spartans, Tom Izzo and the rest of his coaching staff will have the depth in their rotation they have not had in a couple of seasons.
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LGHL Who was Ohio State’s MVP during the first month of the season?
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Who was Ohio State’s MVP during the first month of the season?
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
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Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
After a week off, the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes return to the gridiron this weekend to take on the No. 26 Maryland Terrapins at 12 noon ET at Ohio Stadium in a game that will be broadcast on Fox. So, in this week’s Ohio State fan survey, we are keeping one eye on what has passed and one eye on what’s to come.
At the bottom of this article, we have two questions, one about what we saw during the first month of the college football season and one about what you think we will see during Saturday’s game at The Horseshoe. Make sure to share your thoughts in the survey, but if there's anything else on your mind, or we didn’t pick the answer that you would like to go with, feel free to hit the comments at the very bottom.
The default answer for this type of question is always going to be the quarterback, and I do think that Kyle McCord has proven himself to have what it takes to be an incredible leader, but, for me, I don’t think that he’s at MVP status just yet. He might be by the end of the season, but he’s not there yet, in my opinion.
So, where do you go from here? Personally, I would go to the other side of the ball. And while Tyleik Williams, Tommy Eichenberg, and Lathan Ransom are all having really good seasons leading their respective units, to me the answer is clearly Denzel Burke.
After everything he went through last year — between injuries, poor play, critical backlash — to do the work to get healthy, to continue to work on his craft, and to focus on the future is really impressive. All of that effort has proven to be invaluable for the Buckeyes and helped to turn their defense into one of the stoutest units in all of college football. Obviously, they will be tested far more as the season progresses — including this weekend against Maryland — but for now, I don’t know how you can’t just be ecstatic about the progress of the defense, and especially the cornerbacks.
DraftKings SportsBook has Ohio State as a 19.5-point favorite.
SP+ has Ohio State favored by 16.1 points.
The last time these two teams played, Ohio State won by 13.
The last time these two teams played in Columbus, Ohio State won by 49.
I will make my official prediction on our Saturday “Tailgate” podcast, but there’s a pretty good chance that I’m going to pick the Buckeyes to win.
Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
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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
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, college football, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
After a week off, the No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes return to the gridiron this weekend to take on the No. 26 Maryland Terrapins at 12 noon ET at Ohio Stadium in a game that will be broadcast on Fox. So, in this week’s Ohio State fan survey, we are keeping one eye on what has passed and one eye on what’s to come.
At the bottom of this article, we have two questions, one about what we saw during the first month of the college football season and one about what you think we will see during Saturday’s game at The Horseshoe. Make sure to share your thoughts in the survey, but if there's anything else on your mind, or we didn’t pick the answer that you would like to go with, feel free to hit the comments at the very bottom.
Question 1: Who was Ohio State’s MVP from the first month of the season?
The default answer for this type of question is always going to be the quarterback, and I do think that Kyle McCord has proven himself to have what it takes to be an incredible leader, but, for me, I don’t think that he’s at MVP status just yet. He might be by the end of the season, but he’s not there yet, in my opinion.
So, where do you go from here? Personally, I would go to the other side of the ball. And while Tyleik Williams, Tommy Eichenberg, and Lathan Ransom are all having really good seasons leading their respective units, to me the answer is clearly Denzel Burke.
After everything he went through last year — between injuries, poor play, critical backlash — to do the work to get healthy, to continue to work on his craft, and to focus on the future is really impressive. All of that effort has proven to be invaluable for the Buckeyes and helped to turn their defense into one of the stoutest units in all of college football. Obviously, they will be tested far more as the season progresses — including this weekend against Maryland — but for now, I don’t know how you can’t just be ecstatic about the progress of the defense, and especially the cornerbacks.
Question 2: What will the score be for Saturday’s game against Maryland?
DraftKings SportsBook has Ohio State as a 19.5-point favorite.
SP+ has Ohio State favored by 16.1 points.
The last time these two teams played, Ohio State won by 13.
The last time these two teams played in Columbus, Ohio State won by 49.
I will make my official prediction on our Saturday “Tailgate” podcast, but there’s a pretty good chance that I’m going to pick the Buckeyes to win.
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LGHL Yes, Scotty Middleton still thinks he could beat former teammate Gradey Dick in a game of one-on-one
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Yes, Scotty Middleton still thinks he could beat former teammate Gradey Dick in a game of one-on-one
Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Photo courtesy of OhioStateBuckeyes.com
If Middleton can lock up a first-round NBA draftee, then Chris Holtmann could really have something special on his hands this year.
Scotty Middleton has not played a single minute at the collegiate level yet, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to enter the arena as a timid freshman. On the contrary, he comes off as the type of person who jumps at every opportunity to be challenged and has the confidence to succeed in doing so.
Just ask his former teammate at Sunrise Christian Academy and the 13th-overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Gradey Dick.
Dick was the No. 22 player in the 2022 recruiting class, one year ahead of Middleton, who graduated this past spring. After averaging 14.1 points per game at Kansas and shooting 40.3% from three-point range, the 6-foot-7 forward was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 13th overall pick in this past year’s NBA Draft. At that height and roughly 195 pounds, he is the same size as Middleton.
Scotty spoke with myself and Land-Grant Holy Land’s Justin Golba last summer, right after his commitment to Ohio State in August 2022. During our roughly 20-minute conversation, we had to ask him if he thought he could beat his former teammate in a game of one-on-one. Side note: if you want to hear the entire conversation, you can find it below.
“Who’s winning, me or Grady?” Once Middleton stopped laughing at the thought, he responded, “Grady I love you, but I won’t lie, I’m winning one-on-one. I’m winning.”
Since that proclamation from Middleton last summer, Gradey Dick went on to be named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year — the best freshman in the best conference in America. He was also named second-team All-Big 12, drafted in the back end of the lottery, and signed a four-year deal with the Toronto Raptors where he will make roughly $5.3 million dollars per year.
So, since all of this has happened, has Scotty’s opinion changed at all on the whole, you know, beating him mano a mano thing? Well, I caught up with him last week at Ohio State’s media day and asked him. Now that we’ve seen an entire year of Gradey at Kansas and Scotty has had a year to stew on the idea, does he still think he’d win?
“I still think I can beat him, yeah.”
Middleton expanded, explaining that he simply thinks his on-ball defense would be too tough for Dick to score on him. On the other side, he thinks that his height (he’s listed at 6-foot-7 on Ohio State’s website, which is actually one inch shorter than what Dick is listed at on the Raptors’ site) would help him in making some tough shots against his former teammate.
“My intensity on defense (would help). I feel like I would make it really hard for him to score on me,” he told me last week. “Offensively, I would probably just try to use my height and make some difficult shots.”
Ohio State has sat outside of the top 80 in adjusted defensive efficiency for three consecutive seasons. Middleton will bring in versatility on the defensive end that Ohio State has lacked in recent years, and pairing him with the likes of Roddy Gayle and Felix Okpara should help the Buckeyes evolve from a poor defensive team to an acceptable one, or perhaps even a great one.
Scotty has not had the opportunity to prove his defensive chops on the floor yet for Ohio State, but clearly, he’s not lacking in confidence. He was recently projected to be a late first-round draft pick in the 2024 NBA Draft according to The Athletic’s mock draft, so perhaps we’ll see the Middleton-Dick matchup someday down the road.
But for now, he’s focused on getting better each and every day and helping Ohio State return to the level of play that fans have come to expect from one of the most successful men’s basketball programs in the Big Ten conference.
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If Middleton can lock up a first-round NBA draftee, then Chris Holtmann could really have something special on his hands this year.
Scotty Middleton has not played a single minute at the collegiate level yet, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to enter the arena as a timid freshman. On the contrary, he comes off as the type of person who jumps at every opportunity to be challenged and has the confidence to succeed in doing so.
Just ask his former teammate at Sunrise Christian Academy and the 13th-overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Gradey Dick.
Dick was the No. 22 player in the 2022 recruiting class, one year ahead of Middleton, who graduated this past spring. After averaging 14.1 points per game at Kansas and shooting 40.3% from three-point range, the 6-foot-7 forward was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the 13th overall pick in this past year’s NBA Draft. At that height and roughly 195 pounds, he is the same size as Middleton.
Scotty spoke with myself and Land-Grant Holy Land’s Justin Golba last summer, right after his commitment to Ohio State in August 2022. During our roughly 20-minute conversation, we had to ask him if he thought he could beat his former teammate in a game of one-on-one. Side note: if you want to hear the entire conversation, you can find it below.
“Who’s winning, me or Grady?” Once Middleton stopped laughing at the thought, he responded, “Grady I love you, but I won’t lie, I’m winning one-on-one. I’m winning.”
Since that proclamation from Middleton last summer, Gradey Dick went on to be named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year — the best freshman in the best conference in America. He was also named second-team All-Big 12, drafted in the back end of the lottery, and signed a four-year deal with the Toronto Raptors where he will make roughly $5.3 million dollars per year.
So, since all of this has happened, has Scotty’s opinion changed at all on the whole, you know, beating him mano a mano thing? Well, I caught up with him last week at Ohio State’s media day and asked him. Now that we’ve seen an entire year of Gradey at Kansas and Scotty has had a year to stew on the idea, does he still think he’d win?
“I still think I can beat him, yeah.”
Middleton expanded, explaining that he simply thinks his on-ball defense would be too tough for Dick to score on him. On the other side, he thinks that his height (he’s listed at 6-foot-7 on Ohio State’s website, which is actually one inch shorter than what Dick is listed at on the Raptors’ site) would help him in making some tough shots against his former teammate.
“My intensity on defense (would help). I feel like I would make it really hard for him to score on me,” he told me last week. “Offensively, I would probably just try to use my height and make some difficult shots.”
Ice in his veins
Scotty Middleton knocked down this clutch go-ahead three that proved to be the game winner today over #1 seed Montverde Academy in the Geico High School Nationals! @ScottyMiddleto9 | #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/ugY7zE2xWJ
— Ohio State Hoops (@OhioStateHoops) March 30, 2023
Ohio State has sat outside of the top 80 in adjusted defensive efficiency for three consecutive seasons. Middleton will bring in versatility on the defensive end that Ohio State has lacked in recent years, and pairing him with the likes of Roddy Gayle and Felix Okpara should help the Buckeyes evolve from a poor defensive team to an acceptable one, or perhaps even a great one.
Scotty has not had the opportunity to prove his defensive chops on the floor yet for Ohio State, but clearly, he’s not lacking in confidence. He was recently projected to be a late first-round draft pick in the 2024 NBA Draft according to The Athletic’s mock draft, so perhaps we’ll see the Middleton-Dick matchup someday down the road.
But for now, he’s focused on getting better each and every day and helping Ohio State return to the level of play that fans have come to expect from one of the most successful men’s basketball programs in the Big Ten conference.
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LGHL Stock Market Report: Texas looks solid, USC needs a defense, Oklahoma might be... back?
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Stock Market Report: Texas looks solid, USC needs a defense, Oklahoma might be... back?
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And is Ohio State the best team in the country?
With Ohio State taking a break and on a bye this week, the Stock Market report will focus on other teams in college football and how we feel about them with September ending.
This is not necessarily all about making the playoffs, but just these teams that might be having a better or worse year than expected.
Let’s get into it.
Ohio State: I think the best teams in the country are Georgia and Ohio State. I think Texas, Michigan, and Florida State are right behind them. The Buckeyes did not seem to have their best game in South Bend and still were able to pull out a win against a legitimate Notre Dame team. Marvin Harrison Jr. does not seem to have a long-term injury which is important.
October is not easy for the Buckeyes, as they take on Maryland and Penn State and travel to Wisconsin. The college football community as a whole will learn a lot about the Buckeyes during this stretch, and if they get to November still undefeated, you have to believe any doubt would be erased about this team. I would at least hope so.
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Texas: Stop me if you have heard this. Texas is back. However, if they aren’t back this season, it would actually be more surprising than if they are not.
Quinn Ewers looks great, and Xavier Worthy and AD Mitchell are on the Harrison/Egbuka and Coleman/Wilson level. The defense has played up to this point, and the only actual concern is, will Texas revert back to the Texas we have come to know at some point this season? This week is an interesting challenge as they will be taking on Oklahoma. That game will tell us a lot about this Texas team, as Oklahoma is easily the best offense they will have faced to this point.
Florida State: I like Florida State a lot. However, I really like its schedule more. They had a difficult start to the season, taking on LSU and Clemson in two of its first three games, and since they got through that schedule unscathed, they are rewarded with a pretty easy schedule the rest of the way. They do still have to play Duke and Miami, but both are at home and the status of Duke quarterback Riley Leonard as this is being written.
With games against LSU, Clemson, Duke, and Miami, plus a trip to the ACC Championship game presumably, the Seminoles can likely afford to lose a game and still might be in the Playoff. Plus, Jordan Travis is fantastic, and Johnny Wilson and Keon Coleman might be the best receiving duo in the country not residing in Columbus.
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Big Ten West: Can we pass a bill today eliminating Big Ten Divisions so that the Big Ten Championship game can include two of Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State? For what it is worth, I believe Maryland would be the best team in the West if they were in it.
Wisconsin has looked as average as possible, Iowa still can’t score, and now its starting quarterback is hurt (In all seriousness, prayers up to Cade McNamara and hoping for a speedy recovery), and all the other teams are seriously flawed. I have no idea who will come out of this division, and maybe over the next two months, one of these teams will separate themselves, but winning this division is just an invite to get smoked by whoever will represent the Big Ten East.
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Buy: Oklahoma. I am saying to buy Oklahoma and Texas in this article, so something will have to give this weekend when they play each other. Oklahoma had a down season last year, but with Dillon Gabriel coming back and Brett Venables getting another season under his belt as the head coach, it was inevitable they would bounce back well.
I am not sure this is a playoff team, but I think they will see Texas again in the Big 12 Championship in December.
Buy: Notre Dame. Duke is legit. I have to say that before people start saying, “Well, they barely beat Duke”. Notre Dame went into Duke in one of the biggest games of the decade for the Blue Devils and survived its best effort. They are one play away from being a top-three team in the country. Notre Dame still has to play USC and Clemson, and they are not out of the Playoff picture in the slightest.
Sell: USC. I have been back and forth on this one all season. On one hand, we all know that you need a defense to win a championship. However, USC has an offense that operates on a level that feels like it can score 60 on any given Saturday.
But I still believe you have to be able to stop teams to win, and USC has not proven they can do that consistently. Caleb Williams is a crazy talent, and there really isn’t a defense that can slow him down. But they are putting a lot of pressure on him to go out and score 50 points a game because the defense has yet to prove they can stop anyone, much less Washington and Oregon.
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Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK
And is Ohio State the best team in the country?
With Ohio State taking a break and on a bye this week, the Stock Market report will focus on other teams in college football and how we feel about them with September ending.
This is not necessarily all about making the playoffs, but just these teams that might be having a better or worse year than expected.
Let’s get into it.
Blue Chips
Ohio State: I think the best teams in the country are Georgia and Ohio State. I think Texas, Michigan, and Florida State are right behind them. The Buckeyes did not seem to have their best game in South Bend and still were able to pull out a win against a legitimate Notre Dame team. Marvin Harrison Jr. does not seem to have a long-term injury which is important.
October is not easy for the Buckeyes, as they take on Maryland and Penn State and travel to Wisconsin. The college football community as a whole will learn a lot about the Buckeyes during this stretch, and if they get to November still undefeated, you have to believe any doubt would be erased about this team. I would at least hope so.
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Texas: Stop me if you have heard this. Texas is back. However, if they aren’t back this season, it would actually be more surprising than if they are not.
Quinn Ewers looks great, and Xavier Worthy and AD Mitchell are on the Harrison/Egbuka and Coleman/Wilson level. The defense has played up to this point, and the only actual concern is, will Texas revert back to the Texas we have come to know at some point this season? This week is an interesting challenge as they will be taking on Oklahoma. That game will tell us a lot about this Texas team, as Oklahoma is easily the best offense they will have faced to this point.
Florida State: I like Florida State a lot. However, I really like its schedule more. They had a difficult start to the season, taking on LSU and Clemson in two of its first three games, and since they got through that schedule unscathed, they are rewarded with a pretty easy schedule the rest of the way. They do still have to play Duke and Miami, but both are at home and the status of Duke quarterback Riley Leonard as this is being written.
With games against LSU, Clemson, Duke, and Miami, plus a trip to the ACC Championship game presumably, the Seminoles can likely afford to lose a game and still might be in the Playoff. Plus, Jordan Travis is fantastic, and Johnny Wilson and Keon Coleman might be the best receiving duo in the country not residing in Columbus.
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Big Ten West: Can we pass a bill today eliminating Big Ten Divisions so that the Big Ten Championship game can include two of Ohio State, Michigan, or Penn State? For what it is worth, I believe Maryland would be the best team in the West if they were in it.
Wisconsin has looked as average as possible, Iowa still can’t score, and now its starting quarterback is hurt (In all seriousness, prayers up to Cade McNamara and hoping for a speedy recovery), and all the other teams are seriously flawed. I have no idea who will come out of this division, and maybe over the next two months, one of these teams will separate themselves, but winning this division is just an invite to get smoked by whoever will represent the Big Ten East.
Buy/Sell
Buy: Oklahoma. I am saying to buy Oklahoma and Texas in this article, so something will have to give this weekend when they play each other. Oklahoma had a down season last year, but with Dillon Gabriel coming back and Brett Venables getting another season under his belt as the head coach, it was inevitable they would bounce back well.
I am not sure this is a playoff team, but I think they will see Texas again in the Big 12 Championship in December.
Buy: Notre Dame. Duke is legit. I have to say that before people start saying, “Well, they barely beat Duke”. Notre Dame went into Duke in one of the biggest games of the decade for the Blue Devils and survived its best effort. They are one play away from being a top-three team in the country. Notre Dame still has to play USC and Clemson, and they are not out of the Playoff picture in the slightest.
Sell: USC. I have been back and forth on this one all season. On one hand, we all know that you need a defense to win a championship. However, USC has an offense that operates on a level that feels like it can score 60 on any given Saturday.
But I still believe you have to be able to stop teams to win, and USC has not proven they can do that consistently. Caleb Williams is a crazy talent, and there really isn’t a defense that can slow him down. But they are putting a lot of pressure on him to go out and score 50 points a game because the defense has yet to prove they can stop anyone, much less Washington and Oregon.
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LGHL Ohio State women’s basketball release full schedule, TV games and UCLA incoming
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The Buckeyes have released their full non-conference schedule, including a potential top-10 game on Dec. 18.
Over the past two months, the non-conference schedule for the Ohio State women’s basketball team has trickled in here and there. On one day it's the team announcing a big game, an opponent releasing a non-conference schedule, or ESPN posting a new game seemingly out of nowhere.
Tuesday, the Buckeyes stopped the waiting and schedule investigating, releasing a full 23-24 schedule, including national television games and a diverse lineup of streaming platforms. What sticks out the most is a potential season-making home game in December against a future Big Ten team.
The biggest news of the release is the Buckeyes welcoming the UCLA Bruins to the Schottenstein Center on Monday, Dec. 18. Ohio State and UCLA tip at 6:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Last season, the Associated Press had the UCLA Bruins ranked No. 14 at season’s end, two spots below the Buckeyes, after making it to the Sweet Sixteen. The Bruins fell to the No. 1 overall ranked South Carolina Gamecocks but come into the 23-24 season stronger than ever.
That’s because of the team’s growth that includes four top-100 2022 freshman returning, led by guard Kiki Rice. The Pac-12 All-Freshman and All-Tournament team selection averaged 11.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in her first season alone.
Joining Rice are fellow sophomores in forward Gabriela Jaquez, guard Londynn Jones, and forward Christeen Iwuala, with Ohio State forward Cotie McMahon knowing two of them well.
McMahon played alongside Rice and Jones with Team USA over the past two summers. This year, the U19 side won gold at the U19 World Cup. In 2022, the U18 Red, White & Blue won the FIBA Americas Championship. Now for the first time in their young NCAA careers, they go from teammates to opponents.
UCLA is big, but the overall schedule has other highlights that put the Buckeyes back in the national spotlight. The Buckeyes have six games across major outlets. On Dec. 3, when Ohio State travels to the University of Tennessee, the two teams tip at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Then, to end the month, the Buckeyes get their first network game of the season, facing the Michigan Wolverines on Dec. 30 at noon on FOX. It's one of three games across the big networks, with the other two games coming against the Iowa Hawkeyes. On Jan. 21, Ohio State and Iowa feature on NBC, and the final game of the regular season, in Iowa, on FOX.
In total, the scarlet and gray play 11 times across legacy cable and network channels. However, to get the full season of games there are streamed games aplenty. There are 17 games split across three streaming services. Peacock airs six, with Jan. 17’s Maryland matchup and Feb. 28’s home game against Michigan as highlights.
The Big Ten’s own streaming platform B1G+ carries eight. Those are mostly non-conference home games against teams like IUPUI, Ohio, and Belmont. Only two conference games fall to the streaming service, against the Northwestern Wildcats on Jan. 5 and the Purdue Boilermakers on Jan. 28. Both of those game times are also pending because the home schools haven’t determined when they want to host.
The last two streaming-only games are for the Buckeyes trip to the Bahamas for the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo tournament, in November. Those games against East Carolina (Nov. 20) and Oklahoma State University (Nov. 22) are exclusively on FloHoops, the same service the Buckeyes were on at last season’s San Diego Invitational against USF and Oregon.
Tuesday’s announcement doesn’t give the 100% complete schedule, with the tip-off against USC still not releasing any network to watch the game, but the release puts the season that much closer on the horizon.
Here’s the full schedule, including tip-off times and where you can watch:
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The Buckeyes have released their full non-conference schedule, including a potential top-10 game on Dec. 18.
Over the past two months, the non-conference schedule for the Ohio State women’s basketball team has trickled in here and there. On one day it's the team announcing a big game, an opponent releasing a non-conference schedule, or ESPN posting a new game seemingly out of nowhere.
Tuesday, the Buckeyes stopped the waiting and schedule investigating, releasing a full 23-24 schedule, including national television games and a diverse lineup of streaming platforms. What sticks out the most is a potential season-making home game in December against a future Big Ten team.
The biggest news of the release is the Buckeyes welcoming the UCLA Bruins to the Schottenstein Center on Monday, Dec. 18. Ohio State and UCLA tip at 6:30 p.m. ET on FS1.
Last season, the Associated Press had the UCLA Bruins ranked No. 14 at season’s end, two spots below the Buckeyes, after making it to the Sweet Sixteen. The Bruins fell to the No. 1 overall ranked South Carolina Gamecocks but come into the 23-24 season stronger than ever.
That’s because of the team’s growth that includes four top-100 2022 freshman returning, led by guard Kiki Rice. The Pac-12 All-Freshman and All-Tournament team selection averaged 11.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in her first season alone.
Joining Rice are fellow sophomores in forward Gabriela Jaquez, guard Londynn Jones, and forward Christeen Iwuala, with Ohio State forward Cotie McMahon knowing two of them well.
McMahon played alongside Rice and Jones with Team USA over the past two summers. This year, the U19 side won gold at the U19 World Cup. In 2022, the U18 Red, White & Blue won the FIBA Americas Championship. Now for the first time in their young NCAA careers, they go from teammates to opponents.
UCLA is big, but the overall schedule has other highlights that put the Buckeyes back in the national spotlight. The Buckeyes have six games across major outlets. On Dec. 3, when Ohio State travels to the University of Tennessee, the two teams tip at 5:00 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Then, to end the month, the Buckeyes get their first network game of the season, facing the Michigan Wolverines on Dec. 30 at noon on FOX. It's one of three games across the big networks, with the other two games coming against the Iowa Hawkeyes. On Jan. 21, Ohio State and Iowa feature on NBC, and the final game of the regular season, in Iowa, on FOX.
In total, the scarlet and gray play 11 times across legacy cable and network channels. However, to get the full season of games there are streamed games aplenty. There are 17 games split across three streaming services. Peacock airs six, with Jan. 17’s Maryland matchup and Feb. 28’s home game against Michigan as highlights.
The Big Ten’s own streaming platform B1G+ carries eight. Those are mostly non-conference home games against teams like IUPUI, Ohio, and Belmont. Only two conference games fall to the streaming service, against the Northwestern Wildcats on Jan. 5 and the Purdue Boilermakers on Jan. 28. Both of those game times are also pending because the home schools haven’t determined when they want to host.
The last two streaming-only games are for the Buckeyes trip to the Bahamas for the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo tournament, in November. Those games against East Carolina (Nov. 20) and Oklahoma State University (Nov. 22) are exclusively on FloHoops, the same service the Buckeyes were on at last season’s San Diego Invitational against USF and Oregon.
Tuesday’s announcement doesn’t give the 100% complete schedule, with the tip-off against USC still not releasing any network to watch the game, but the release puts the season that much closer on the horizon.
Here’s the full schedule, including tip-off times and where you can watch:
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LGHL Uncut Podcast: Day says he’s ‘proud’ to be 2-0 vs. ND; discusses prep for Maryland
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Uncut Podcast: Day says he’s ‘proud’ to be 2-0 vs. ND; discusses prep for Maryland
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The head coach also confirmed that Marvin Harrison Jr. is ready to go following his ankle injury at Notre Dame.
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, Oct. 3 press conferences at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center where Ohio State football coach Ryan Day and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles met with the collected media. The two discussed how their respective sides of the ball used the off week to prepare for the No. 26 Maryland Terrapins.
They also dove deeper into lessons learned at Notre Dame. The head coach confirmed that Marvin Harrison Jr. was completely ready to go following his ankle injury against the Irish, and got in a thinly veiled shot at Lou Holtz to boot.
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The head coach also confirmed that Marvin Harrison Jr. is ready to go following his ankle injury at Notre Dame.
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:
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On today’s episode of “Land-Grant Uncut,” we are bringing you unedited audio from the Tuesday, Oct. 3 press conferences at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center where Ohio State football coach Ryan Day and defensive coordinator Jim Knowles met with the collected media. The two discussed how their respective sides of the ball used the off week to prepare for the No. 26 Maryland Terrapins.
They also dove deeper into lessons learned at Notre Dame. The head coach confirmed that Marvin Harrison Jr. was completely ready to go following his ankle injury against the Irish, and got in a thinly veiled shot at Lou Holtz to boot.
Watch the full press conference on the Ohio State Athletic Department’s Facebook: Login to view embedded media
Contact Matt Tamanini
Twitter: @BWWMatt
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