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LGHL Ohio State Football Countdown: 14
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Ohio State Football Countdown: 14
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One play or big moment per day as we count down to the start of Ohio State’s 2023 football season.
As we count down to the start of the 2023 season, we will be looking back at one play or big moment in Ohio State history over the past decade or so that corresponds to the remaining days left until Buckeyes take the field against Indiana on Sept. 2. There are 14 days remaining.
It’s crazy to read that scoreboard say 21-3 Penn State before this 14-yard touchdown by Terry McLaurin, and even crazier that Ohio State was able to dig themselves out of such an early hole. The score by McLaurin was the Buckeyes’ first TD of the day, but certainly not the last as they would go on to defeat the Nittany Lions 39-38 in one of the wildest matchups between two teams who seemingly love taking games against each other down to the wire. For McLaurin, it was one of only two catches on the day for 34 yards, but despite only racking up over 1,200 yards over four seasons at Ohio State, the man now dubbed ‘Scary Terry’ has become an absolute force in the NFL.
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Gene Ross via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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One play or big moment per day as we count down to the start of Ohio State’s 2023 football season.
As we count down to the start of the 2023 season, we will be looking back at one play or big moment in Ohio State history over the past decade or so that corresponds to the remaining days left until Buckeyes take the field against Indiana on Sept. 2. There are 14 days remaining.
Play of the Day: Terry McLaurin’s 14-yard TD vs. Penn State (2017)
It’s crazy to read that scoreboard say 21-3 Penn State before this 14-yard touchdown by Terry McLaurin, and even crazier that Ohio State was able to dig themselves out of such an early hole. The score by McLaurin was the Buckeyes’ first TD of the day, but certainly not the last as they would go on to defeat the Nittany Lions 39-38 in one of the wildest matchups between two teams who seemingly love taking games against each other down to the wire. For McLaurin, it was one of only two catches on the day for 34 yards, but despite only racking up over 1,200 yards over four seasons at Ohio State, the man now dubbed ‘Scary Terry’ has become an absolute force in the NFL.
Players to Wear the #14 (since 2010):
- Joe Bauserman (2007-11)
- Verlon Reed (2010)
- Curtis Grant (2011-14)
- Jake Russell (2013-14)
- K.J. Hill (2015-19)
- Joshua Norwood (2015)
- Keandre Jones (2016)
- Ronnie Hickman (2019-22)
- Kojo Antwi (2022-present)
- Ja’Had Carter (present)
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LGHL In Conversation Podcast: College Football Nerds preview Ohio State’s 2023 season
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In Conversation Podcast: College Football Nerds preview Ohio State’s 2023 season
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Josh expects good things from the Buckeyes, despite major question marks.
On Land-Grant Holy Land In Conversation, we talk to people in and around Ohio State athletics, and the sporting world at large, to bring you a different insight and perspective to the teams, athletes, and university that you love.
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On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with one of our regular and smartest guests, Josh from the College Football Nerds. In this episode, Josh helps to put Ohio State’s changes at quarterback and offensive line into perspective while also discussing what the Buckeye defensive is capable of in the second year under defensive coordinator Jim Knowles.
Matt and Josh also talk about how the Buckeyes stack up against Michigan and Penn State in the Big Ten East and amongst the other elites across college football.
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Josh expects good things from the Buckeyes, despite major question marks.
On Land-Grant Holy Land In Conversation, we talk to people in and around Ohio State athletics, and the sporting world at large, to bring you a different insight and perspective to the teams, athletes, and university that you love.
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On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with one of our regular and smartest guests, Josh from the College Football Nerds. In this episode, Josh helps to put Ohio State’s changes at quarterback and offensive line into perspective while also discussing what the Buckeye defensive is capable of in the second year under defensive coordinator Jim Knowles.
Matt and Josh also talk about how the Buckeyes stack up against Michigan and Penn State in the Big Ten East and amongst the other elites across college football.
Connect with College Football Nerds
Twitter: @CFBNerds
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LGHL I-80 Football Show: 2023 Season Preview, New Year’s Six Tier, Part Two
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I-80 Football Show: 2023 Season Preview, New Year’s Six Tier, Part Two
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Dante and Jordan talk Big Ten West with Illinois and Wisconsin to wrap up the New Year’s Six Tier
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we talk about all things Big Ten football and basketball from New Jersey to California. With four new teams joining the conference in 2024, we’ll integrate them in the show, getting a head start on the 18-team conference.
After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
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Football season is right around the corner, it’s time to do some TLC with your significant other before you spend every weekend glued to the couch watching football! Don’t forget to take your significant other on dates — you have Wednesday and Friday nights. Plus, the guys talk fall events and why you should have your wedding in April.
Wisconsin fired Paul Chryst and enters 2023 with Luke Fickell at the helm. Fickell, one of the most successful coaches at the Group of Five level, brings with him Mike Tressel as defensive coordinator and hired Phil Longo from North Carolina to be his offensive coordinator.
Despite the changes, Dante and Jordan expect Wisconsin to be good instantly. They have one of the more talented rosters in the West and an easy schedule. Bolstered by Braelon Allen and SMU transfer Tanner Mordecai, the Badgers could finally have an explosive offense to go with their stout defense. Fickell could take this team to the Big Ten championship in his first year.
Speaking of Wisconsin, former Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema is entering his third season at Illinois and has a deep team despite losing some of their star players. Illinois must replace running back Chase Brown and first-round pick Devon Witherspoon, but they should still have one of the best defenses in the nation with Jer’Zhan Newton and Keith Randolph Jr. on the defensive line.
Despite losing their two best players, they still have good running backs, wide receiver Isaiah Williams and brought in Luke Altmyer to lead the offense. They’ll need Luke to be a better quarterback than what they’ve had previously, but with their defense, they should once again compete for the West division title.
In their pitstops, Jordan hates what going on with the Yankees and believes it’s time to fire Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone. Dante attended his first Major League Baseball game and watched the Guardians get thumped by the Cincinnati Reds.
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Dante and Jordan talk Big Ten West with Illinois and Wisconsin to wrap up the New Year’s Six Tier
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we talk about all things Big Ten football and basketball from New Jersey to California. With four new teams joining the conference in 2024, we’ll integrate them in the show, getting a head start on the 18-team conference.
After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
Listen to the episode and subscribe:
Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio
Football season is right around the corner, it’s time to do some TLC with your significant other before you spend every weekend glued to the couch watching football! Don’t forget to take your significant other on dates — you have Wednesday and Friday nights. Plus, the guys talk fall events and why you should have your wedding in April.
Wisconsin fired Paul Chryst and enters 2023 with Luke Fickell at the helm. Fickell, one of the most successful coaches at the Group of Five level, brings with him Mike Tressel as defensive coordinator and hired Phil Longo from North Carolina to be his offensive coordinator.
Despite the changes, Dante and Jordan expect Wisconsin to be good instantly. They have one of the more talented rosters in the West and an easy schedule. Bolstered by Braelon Allen and SMU transfer Tanner Mordecai, the Badgers could finally have an explosive offense to go with their stout defense. Fickell could take this team to the Big Ten championship in his first year.
Speaking of Wisconsin, former Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema is entering his third season at Illinois and has a deep team despite losing some of their star players. Illinois must replace running back Chase Brown and first-round pick Devon Witherspoon, but they should still have one of the best defenses in the nation with Jer’Zhan Newton and Keith Randolph Jr. on the defensive line.
Despite losing their two best players, they still have good running backs, wide receiver Isaiah Williams and brought in Luke Altmyer to lead the offense. They’ll need Luke to be a better quarterback than what they’ve had previously, but with their defense, they should once again compete for the West division title.
In their pitstops, Jordan hates what going on with the Yankees and believes it’s time to fire Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone. Dante attended his first Major League Baseball game and watched the Guardians get thumped by the Cincinnati Reds.
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LGHL Looking back at the 2020 Ohio State recruiting class: The Starters
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Looking back at the 2020 Ohio State recruiting class: The Starters
Chip.Minnich via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
Some players have already departed for the NFL, but many quality players are on the roster for the 2023 season.
Every day from now until the start of the season, Land-Grant Holy Land is highlighting Ohio State football players that you should be watching this season. Check out all of our ”Player to Watch” articles to get ready for the season opener against Indiana.
Part one of this series focused on players who were a part of the 2020 Ohio State recruiting class who have since departed the program. Part two focused upon players who signed with Ohio State in 2020, and have been able to contribute over the past few seasons. This final edition is going to identify those players who signed with Ohio State in 2020, and have since emerged as starters.
As I did in parts one and two of the series, I will address each player in order of when that particular player verbally committed to the Buckeyes.
Talk about a recruitment that had Ohio State fans on pins and needles. Johnson verbally committed to Ohio State when Urban Meyer was the head coach, then understandably wanted to reassess his options after Ryan Day was named Ohio State’s head coach.
Fortunately for Ohio State, Ryan Day was able to convince Paris Johnson to stick with his original verbal commitment, and Johnson signed on the dotted line at Cincinnati Princeton High School to become a Buckeye. Named a consensus All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation, Football Writers Association of America, and American Football Coaches Association, Johnson graduated in three years with his degree in Journalism.
Johnson declared for the 2023 NFL Draft, and was selected in the first round by the Arizona Cardinals as the 6th player overall.
2. Luke Wypler - Center
It is difficult not to pine for Luke Wypler to be on this year’s team, as Wypler declared for the 2023 NFL Draft with two years of eligibility remaining. Signed out of St. Joseph Regional in New Jersey, Wypler emerged as the starting center in 2021 after redshirting in 2020, and helped to anchor an offensive line that was arguably the nation’s most dynamic offenses for the past two years.
In the 2023 NFL Draft, Wypler was picked in the sixth round by the Cleveland Browns as the 190th overall selection.
3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba - Wide Receiver
If Ohio State fans are going to be wondering about what kind of impact Wypler might have had on this year’s team, Ohio State fans only need to look back to the 2022 season to know what the absence of Jaxon Smith-Njigba had on that year’s team.
Coming off the 2021 season that saw Smith-Njigba catch 95 passes for 1,606 yards, including a spectacular 15 receptions for 347 yards and three touchdowns in the 2022 Rose Bowl, Ohio State fans were naturally excited about what kind of performance Smith-Njigba might have for the 2022 season.
Sadly, Ohio State fans were left to ponder what might have been, as “JSN” sustained a nagging hamstring injury in the 2022 season opener versus Notre Dame that essentially ended his career as a Buckeye. Fortunately, Smith-Njigba was able to rehab his injury throughout the offseason, and impressed the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks to pick him in the first round as the 20th selection overall.
4. Julian Fleming - Wide Receiver
Considered by recruiting analysts to be the best high school wide receiver in the nation when Ohio State signed him in 2020 out of Southern Columbia in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, Fleming has had an up and down career for the Buckeyes. Fleming played sparingly during the shortened 2020 season, and battled injuries that saw him catch 12 passes for 86 yards and 1 touchdown in 2021. In 2022, Fleming had a solid year that saw him catch 34 passes for 533 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Fleming has two years of eligibility remaining, and it will bear watching to see what decision he makes after the 2023 season.
5. Ty Hamilton - Defensive Line
Signed out of Pickerington Central High School, Hamilton is the younger brother of former Ohio State defensive lineman DaVon Hamilton. Hamilton emerged as a starter along the interior of Ohio State’s defensive line the last five games of the 2022 season, and will be projected to start for the Buckeyes in the 2023 season.
Hamilton will have two years of eligibility remaining after the 2023 season.
6. Cody Simon - Linebacker
Signed out of St. Peter’s Prep in New Jersey, Simon played in six games on special teams during the 2020 season, then started 10 games during the 2021 season. Injuries impacted the latter portion of Simon’s 2021 season, which opened the door for Tommy Eichenberg to emerge and claim the starting middle linebacker position.
While not expected to start in 2023, Simon will have opportunities to contribute this upcoming season in the linebacker rotation, and will have eligibility remaining for the 2024 season.
7. Josh Fryar - Offensive Tackle
Fryar has emerged as a probable starter for one of the vacant offensive tackle positions. Signed out of Beech Grove, Indiana, Fryar has been a valuable utility player along the offensive line over the past two seasons. Many had believed Fryar would be the starter at left tackle, but recent news coming out of fall camp has Fryar as the starter at the right tackle position. No matter which side of the line, Fryar started last year for Ohio State versus Indiana, and will be a starter for the Buckeyes in 2023.
After the 2023 season, Fryar will have two years of eligibility remaining.
8. Lathan Ransom - Safety
Ransom has emerged as one of the leaders of the Ohio State secondary over the past two seasons. Signed out of Salpointe Catholic in Tucson, Arizona, Ransom emerged as a starter during the latter portion of the 2021 season. Coming off a gruesome injury in the 2022 Rose Bowl, Ransom wound up starting nine games in the 2022 season, ranked third on the team with 74 tackles, and was a semi-finalist for the Thorpe Award. Ransom was also an effective punt blocker, blocking two punts in 2022 (Indiana, at Maryland).
Ransom will have a year of eligibility remaining after the 2023 season.
9. Miyan Williams - Running Back
Williams was originally verbally committed to Iowa State, but Ohio State was able to get in on him late in the recruiting process, and Williams became a Buckeye instead of a Cyclone. Signed out of Cincinnati Winton Woods, Williams is a tough back between the tackles for the Buckeyes, yet capable of breaking long runs, as he demonstrated versus Rutgers in 2022. It is because of these considerable talents that I labeled Miyan Williams as a “Player To Watch”.
While Williams will have eligibility remaining after the 2023 season, it is considered likely that Williams will declare for the 2024 NFL Draft.
10. C.J. Stroud - Quarterback
The last player to sign during the early recruiting signing period out of Rancho Cucamonga in California, Stroud became one of the best quarterbacks in Ohio State football history in only two years of starting. Stroud was second in the nation in passing efficiency (186.6) in 2021, and first (177.7) in the 2022 season. It would take up nearly a page to see all of the records set by C.J. Stroud during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
Stroud was a Heisman Trophy finalist both in 2021 and 2022, and declared for the 2023 NFL Draft, where he was picked in the first round by the Houston Texans as the second selection overall.
11. Cameron Martinez - Safety
Technically the last player to sign with Ohio State in February of 2020, Martinez had actually been a verbal commitment to the Buckeyes since the summer of 2019. Martinez reopened his recruitment after Jeff Hafley left Ohio State to become the new head coach at Boston College, and Martinez decided to stick with his Ohio State commitment after meeting with the then-newly hired replacement, Kerry Coombs.
Martinez was a do-it-all offensive player for his high school team in Muskegon, Michigan, and transitioned to defense full time after signing with the Buckeyes. Martinez has started three games for Ohio State, and will be in the rotation for the secondary this upcoming season. Martinez will have two years of eligibility remaining after the 2023 season.
11 players emerged as starters out of 25 players signed, or 44%, so better than the “Rule Of Thirds” when contemplating starters for a given recruiting class. Factor in the number of players on this list who still have eligibility remaining, plus the number of players who are contributors who have eligibility remaining, and it would be fair to say that Ohio State did very well with their 2020 recruiting class.
The upcoming 2023 season will provide these players an opportunity to add to an already impressive legacy.
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Chip.Minnich 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
Some players have already departed for the NFL, but many quality players are on the roster for the 2023 season.
Every day from now until the start of the season, Land-Grant Holy Land is highlighting Ohio State football players that you should be watching this season. Check out all of our ”Player to Watch” articles to get ready for the season opener against Indiana.
Part one of this series focused on players who were a part of the 2020 Ohio State recruiting class who have since departed the program. Part two focused upon players who signed with Ohio State in 2020, and have been able to contribute over the past few seasons. This final edition is going to identify those players who signed with Ohio State in 2020, and have since emerged as starters.
As I did in parts one and two of the series, I will address each player in order of when that particular player verbally committed to the Buckeyes.
- Paris Johnson - Offensive Tackle
Talk about a recruitment that had Ohio State fans on pins and needles. Johnson verbally committed to Ohio State when Urban Meyer was the head coach, then understandably wanted to reassess his options after Ryan Day was named Ohio State’s head coach.
Fortunately for Ohio State, Ryan Day was able to convince Paris Johnson to stick with his original verbal commitment, and Johnson signed on the dotted line at Cincinnati Princeton High School to become a Buckeye. Named a consensus All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation, Football Writers Association of America, and American Football Coaches Association, Johnson graduated in three years with his degree in Journalism.
Johnson declared for the 2023 NFL Draft, and was selected in the first round by the Arizona Cardinals as the 6th player overall.
2. Luke Wypler - Center
It is difficult not to pine for Luke Wypler to be on this year’s team, as Wypler declared for the 2023 NFL Draft with two years of eligibility remaining. Signed out of St. Joseph Regional in New Jersey, Wypler emerged as the starting center in 2021 after redshirting in 2020, and helped to anchor an offensive line that was arguably the nation’s most dynamic offenses for the past two years.
In the 2023 NFL Draft, Wypler was picked in the sixth round by the Cleveland Browns as the 190th overall selection.
3. Jaxon Smith-Njigba - Wide Receiver
If Ohio State fans are going to be wondering about what kind of impact Wypler might have had on this year’s team, Ohio State fans only need to look back to the 2022 season to know what the absence of Jaxon Smith-Njigba had on that year’s team.
Coming off the 2021 season that saw Smith-Njigba catch 95 passes for 1,606 yards, including a spectacular 15 receptions for 347 yards and three touchdowns in the 2022 Rose Bowl, Ohio State fans were naturally excited about what kind of performance Smith-Njigba might have for the 2022 season.
Sadly, Ohio State fans were left to ponder what might have been, as “JSN” sustained a nagging hamstring injury in the 2022 season opener versus Notre Dame that essentially ended his career as a Buckeye. Fortunately, Smith-Njigba was able to rehab his injury throughout the offseason, and impressed the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks to pick him in the first round as the 20th selection overall.
4. Julian Fleming - Wide Receiver
Considered by recruiting analysts to be the best high school wide receiver in the nation when Ohio State signed him in 2020 out of Southern Columbia in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, Fleming has had an up and down career for the Buckeyes. Fleming played sparingly during the shortened 2020 season, and battled injuries that saw him catch 12 passes for 86 yards and 1 touchdown in 2021. In 2022, Fleming had a solid year that saw him catch 34 passes for 533 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Fleming has two years of eligibility remaining, and it will bear watching to see what decision he makes after the 2023 season.
5. Ty Hamilton - Defensive Line
Signed out of Pickerington Central High School, Hamilton is the younger brother of former Ohio State defensive lineman DaVon Hamilton. Hamilton emerged as a starter along the interior of Ohio State’s defensive line the last five games of the 2022 season, and will be projected to start for the Buckeyes in the 2023 season.
Hamilton will have two years of eligibility remaining after the 2023 season.
6. Cody Simon - Linebacker
Signed out of St. Peter’s Prep in New Jersey, Simon played in six games on special teams during the 2020 season, then started 10 games during the 2021 season. Injuries impacted the latter portion of Simon’s 2021 season, which opened the door for Tommy Eichenberg to emerge and claim the starting middle linebacker position.
While not expected to start in 2023, Simon will have opportunities to contribute this upcoming season in the linebacker rotation, and will have eligibility remaining for the 2024 season.
7. Josh Fryar - Offensive Tackle
Fryar has emerged as a probable starter for one of the vacant offensive tackle positions. Signed out of Beech Grove, Indiana, Fryar has been a valuable utility player along the offensive line over the past two seasons. Many had believed Fryar would be the starter at left tackle, but recent news coming out of fall camp has Fryar as the starter at the right tackle position. No matter which side of the line, Fryar started last year for Ohio State versus Indiana, and will be a starter for the Buckeyes in 2023.
After the 2023 season, Fryar will have two years of eligibility remaining.
8. Lathan Ransom - Safety
Ransom has emerged as one of the leaders of the Ohio State secondary over the past two seasons. Signed out of Salpointe Catholic in Tucson, Arizona, Ransom emerged as a starter during the latter portion of the 2021 season. Coming off a gruesome injury in the 2022 Rose Bowl, Ransom wound up starting nine games in the 2022 season, ranked third on the team with 74 tackles, and was a semi-finalist for the Thorpe Award. Ransom was also an effective punt blocker, blocking two punts in 2022 (Indiana, at Maryland).
Ransom will have a year of eligibility remaining after the 2023 season.
9. Miyan Williams - Running Back
Williams was originally verbally committed to Iowa State, but Ohio State was able to get in on him late in the recruiting process, and Williams became a Buckeye instead of a Cyclone. Signed out of Cincinnati Winton Woods, Williams is a tough back between the tackles for the Buckeyes, yet capable of breaking long runs, as he demonstrated versus Rutgers in 2022. It is because of these considerable talents that I labeled Miyan Williams as a “Player To Watch”.
While Williams will have eligibility remaining after the 2023 season, it is considered likely that Williams will declare for the 2024 NFL Draft.
10. C.J. Stroud - Quarterback
The last player to sign during the early recruiting signing period out of Rancho Cucamonga in California, Stroud became one of the best quarterbacks in Ohio State football history in only two years of starting. Stroud was second in the nation in passing efficiency (186.6) in 2021, and first (177.7) in the 2022 season. It would take up nearly a page to see all of the records set by C.J. Stroud during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
Stroud was a Heisman Trophy finalist both in 2021 and 2022, and declared for the 2023 NFL Draft, where he was picked in the first round by the Houston Texans as the second selection overall.
11. Cameron Martinez - Safety
Technically the last player to sign with Ohio State in February of 2020, Martinez had actually been a verbal commitment to the Buckeyes since the summer of 2019. Martinez reopened his recruitment after Jeff Hafley left Ohio State to become the new head coach at Boston College, and Martinez decided to stick with his Ohio State commitment after meeting with the then-newly hired replacement, Kerry Coombs.
Martinez was a do-it-all offensive player for his high school team in Muskegon, Michigan, and transitioned to defense full time after signing with the Buckeyes. Martinez has started three games for Ohio State, and will be in the rotation for the secondary this upcoming season. Martinez will have two years of eligibility remaining after the 2023 season.
11 players emerged as starters out of 25 players signed, or 44%, so better than the “Rule Of Thirds” when contemplating starters for a given recruiting class. Factor in the number of players on this list who still have eligibility remaining, plus the number of players who are contributors who have eligibility remaining, and it would be fair to say that Ohio State did very well with their 2020 recruiting class.
The upcoming 2023 season will provide these players an opportunity to add to an already impressive legacy.
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LGHL Ohio State women’s basketball face tough test in SEC country, taking on Tennessee in December
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Ohio State women’s basketball face tough test in SEC country, taking on Tennessee in December
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The Buckeyes took the first matchup of a home/away series against the Volunteers, but can they repeat?
While the college basketball world sits in wait for a full 23-24 season schedule, a key game for the Ohio State women’s basketball team was announced. On Friday, the Tennessee Volunteers of the SEC revealed its 23-24 non-conference schedule, including a Buckeyes away trip to Knoxville, Tennessee on Dec. 3.
The scarlet and gray and orange of Rocky Top set up a home/away series last season, with Ohio State hosting the first of two games. It was a momentous one for head coach Kevin McGuff and the Buckeyes.
In the first game, last season in Columbus, Ohio, the Schottenstein Center was loud with over 6,400 fans in attendance, stretched across both teams. Ohio State entered as the No. 14 seed, facing the No. 4 seeded Tennessee Volunteers.
On paper, Tennessee was practically an All-Star team featuring starsl ike guard Jordan Horston, center Tamari Key and forward Rickea Jackson. For the first half, Tennessee showed that star power, outscoring Ohio State 41-33.
Then came the third quarter.
Ohio State outscored Tennessee 30-13 in the third quarter, with former Buckeyes guard Taylor Mikesell outscoring the Vols with 15 points alone. McGuff’s side picked up the first of many emphatic wins of the season, defeating the SEC side 87-75.
Following the win, the two sides went in vastly different directions. For Tennessee, a medical scare left Key out for the remainder of the season, the Vols struggled to gel the new team quickly and dropped out of the top 25 polls by the end of November and never returning until the postseason No. 23 ranking.
For the Buckeyes it was a different story. Ohio State went on a historic run to start the season, achieving a No. 2 ranking.
However, both sides ended the season going down similar roads. Ohio State struggled against Big Ten powers in the Iowa Hawkeyes and Indiana Hoosiers, while Tennessee began finding its form.
In each team’s respective conference tournaments, the sides had impressive performances getting to conference title games. Both sides lost but made deep runs in the NCAA tournament. Ohio State and Tennessee were one game away from a 22-23 rematch.
At the Seattle Regional, the Volunteers faced the Virginia Tech Hokies on the same court where the Buckeyes defeated the UConn Huskies. A win against the Hokies would pit the Big Ten and SEC sides against each other but the Hokies defeated the Vols 73-64. Ohio State suffered the same result in the Elite Eight, losing to Virginia Tech 84-74.
Friday’s announcement is the third non-conference formally announced for the Buckeyes. The season begins in Las Vegas on Nov. 6 when Ohio State takes on the soon-to-be Big Ten side: The USC Trojans.
Later in November, the Buckeyes travel to the Bahamas for a pair of games in the Pink Flamingo tournament. On Nov. 20, it’s the East Carolina Pirates. Nov. 22 it’s an OSU against OSU matchup when the Buckeyes face the Oklahoma State Cowgirls.
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The Buckeyes took the first matchup of a home/away series against the Volunteers, but can they repeat?
While the college basketball world sits in wait for a full 23-24 season schedule, a key game for the Ohio State women’s basketball team was announced. On Friday, the Tennessee Volunteers of the SEC revealed its 23-24 non-conference schedule, including a Buckeyes away trip to Knoxville, Tennessee on Dec. 3.
The scarlet and gray and orange of Rocky Top set up a home/away series last season, with Ohio State hosting the first of two games. It was a momentous one for head coach Kevin McGuff and the Buckeyes.
In the first game, last season in Columbus, Ohio, the Schottenstein Center was loud with over 6,400 fans in attendance, stretched across both teams. Ohio State entered as the No. 14 seed, facing the No. 4 seeded Tennessee Volunteers.
On paper, Tennessee was practically an All-Star team featuring starsl ike guard Jordan Horston, center Tamari Key and forward Rickea Jackson. For the first half, Tennessee showed that star power, outscoring Ohio State 41-33.
Then came the third quarter.
Ohio State outscored Tennessee 30-13 in the third quarter, with former Buckeyes guard Taylor Mikesell outscoring the Vols with 15 points alone. McGuff’s side picked up the first of many emphatic wins of the season, defeating the SEC side 87-75.
Following the win, the two sides went in vastly different directions. For Tennessee, a medical scare left Key out for the remainder of the season, the Vols struggled to gel the new team quickly and dropped out of the top 25 polls by the end of November and never returning until the postseason No. 23 ranking.
For the Buckeyes it was a different story. Ohio State went on a historic run to start the season, achieving a No. 2 ranking.
However, both sides ended the season going down similar roads. Ohio State struggled against Big Ten powers in the Iowa Hawkeyes and Indiana Hoosiers, while Tennessee began finding its form.
In each team’s respective conference tournaments, the sides had impressive performances getting to conference title games. Both sides lost but made deep runs in the NCAA tournament. Ohio State and Tennessee were one game away from a 22-23 rematch.
At the Seattle Regional, the Volunteers faced the Virginia Tech Hokies on the same court where the Buckeyes defeated the UConn Huskies. A win against the Hokies would pit the Big Ten and SEC sides against each other but the Hokies defeated the Vols 73-64. Ohio State suffered the same result in the Elite Eight, losing to Virginia Tech 84-74.
Friday’s announcement is the third non-conference formally announced for the Buckeyes. The season begins in Las Vegas on Nov. 6 when Ohio State takes on the soon-to-be Big Ten side: The USC Trojans.
Later in November, the Buckeyes travel to the Bahamas for a pair of games in the Pink Flamingo tournament. On Nov. 20, it’s the East Carolina Pirates. Nov. 22 it’s an OSU against OSU matchup when the Buckeyes face the Oklahoma State Cowgirls.
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