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RB Isaiah West (Official Thread)
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Class: 2025
School: Philadelphia(PA) St. Joseph's Prep
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Height: 6-foot
Weight: 210lbs
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2026 MS RB Damarius Yates (Mississippi St. Decommit)
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2028 FL (NV) WR Eric McFarland (Verbal Offer)
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2026 TX LB Jamarion Phillips (Verbal Offer)
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2025 MS OL Mario Nash (Florida St. Signee)
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2025 MS DL Andrew Maddox (Ole Miss Signee)
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LGHL Ohio State adds a pair from the portal; men’s tennis continues dominance into NCAA quarters
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Ohio State adds a pair from the portal; men’s tennis continues dominance into NCAA quarters
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
All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.
Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.
Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.
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Ohio State football adds former Buffalo punter Anthony Venneri
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State adds Presbyterian transfer wide receiver Shawn Lodge as preferred walk-on
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
TreVeyon Henderson Impressing Ryan Day With ‘Tremendous’ Leadership This Offseason: ‘I’ve Got a Feeling He’s Gonna Have an Unbelievable Season’
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
Which Ohio State player has best odds for NFL Rookie of the Year?
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
Michigan football victories over Ohio State should have sign-stealing asterisk, Buckeyes AD Gene Smith says
Carter Bahns, 247Sports
Gene Smith Expects Revenue Sharing With College Athletes as House v. NCAA Case Nears Settlement ‘In the Near Future’
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
Report: Ohio State target Bronny James remaining in 2024 NBA draft
Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
Jake Diebler’s pre-existing recruiting relationships already paying dividends (paywall)
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
You’re Nuts: What is your biggest concern about the Ohio State men’s basketball roster?
Connor Lemons and Justin Golba, Land-Grant Holy Land
Men’s Tennis: Buckeyes Beat #15 Mississippi St. 4-1, Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals
Ohio State Athletics
Plaque honoring former Ohio State track star to be unveiled at Michigan
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
Track & Field: Tobias Wins Big Ten Championship in Shot Put on Final Throw
Ohio State Athletics
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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
All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.
Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.
Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.
You’re welcome!
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On the Gridiron
Ohio State football adds former Buffalo punter Anthony Venneri
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
Ohio State adds Presbyterian transfer wide receiver Shawn Lodge as preferred walk-on
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
TreVeyon Henderson Impressing Ryan Day With ‘Tremendous’ Leadership This Offseason: ‘I’ve Got a Feeling He’s Gonna Have an Unbelievable Season’
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
Which Ohio State player has best odds for NFL Rookie of the Year?
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
Michigan football victories over Ohio State should have sign-stealing asterisk, Buckeyes AD Gene Smith says
Carter Bahns, 247Sports
Gene Smith Expects Revenue Sharing With College Athletes as House v. NCAA Case Nears Settlement ‘In the Near Future’
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
On the Hardwood
Report: Ohio State target Bronny James remaining in 2024 NBA draft
Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
Jake Diebler’s pre-existing recruiting relationships already paying dividends (paywall)
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
You’re Nuts: What is your biggest concern about the Ohio State men’s basketball roster?
Connor Lemons and Justin Golba, Land-Grant Holy Land
Outside the Shoe and Schott
Men’s Tennis: Buckeyes Beat #15 Mississippi St. 4-1, Advance to NCAA Quarterfinals
Ohio State Athletics
Plaque honoring former Ohio State track star to be unveiled at Michigan
Colin Gay, The Columbus Dispatch
Track & Field: Tobias Wins Big Ten Championship in Shot Put on Final Throw
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LGHL Unreasonable Expectations: An undefeated 2024 Ohio State football season
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Unreasonable Expectations: An undefeated 2024 Ohio State football season
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
It’s not just an Ohio State thing, it’s simply unreasonable to expect any team to go unbeaten.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about our Unreasonable Expectations. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our Unreasonable Expectations here.
Around this time last year, I wrote about my unreasonable expectations that there would be no drop-off in quarterback performance after C.J. Stroud. It turned out that those expectations were indeed unreasonable, although the numbers indicate the drop-off wasn’t as precipitous as some fans (loudly) proclaimed it to be.
That was mainly down to big game performances, third downs, and the loss of Emeka Egbuka for part of the year. In the end, no first-year starter should be expected to reach veteran Stroud numbers, which is what made the expectation unreasonable in the first place.
My unreasonable expectation this season is for Ohio State to go undefeated in 2024. This kind of expectation is unreasonable for fans of any team, regardless of schedule.
There are just far too many variables over the course of a college football season to expect a team — especially in a conference like the Big Ten — to make it through 12 games without a defeat. Add in a conference championship game and postseason and you get a statistical improbability of a perfect campaign.
Even the best teams with the weakest schedule are subject to key injuries. The loss of a starting quarterback may not have prevented an Ohio State national championship a few years back, but it easily could have.
It’s pretty easy now to look back upon what Cardale Jones was able to do and apply that universally, but it isn’t that simple. What Jones and those Buckeyes did was incredible — hanging 59-0 on Wisconsin before beating Alabama and Oregon, while having to go through the three Heisman Trophy finalists in a row, all while your quarterback starts his first three college games, is remarkable even for those with the highest standards.
Here’s the schedule that awaits Ohio State this fall:
Without taking into account a conference championship game or expanded playoff matchups, the Buckeyes have a good shot at an undefeated campaign, but there are some obvious hurdles. The biggest is the early road game at Oregon. That’s going to be an insane atmosphere for Ohio State to manage with a new quarterback at the helm (or a fairly inexperienced one if Devin Brown wins the job).
Other obstacles include the Oct. 5 battle with Iowa, the Nov. 2 meeting with the Nittany Lions in Happy Valley, and The Game at the end of November. It’s not unreasonable to expect Ohio State to win any of those games individually, but few teams go undefeated, so it’s unreasonable to expect the Buckeyes to win them all. Believing they will doesn’t necessarily make you a blind homer, but it perhaps speaks to a lack of consideration of probability and variables.
Ohio State appears poised to go into preseason camp with a roster capable of winning a national championship. The Buckeyes could do that without going undefeated, especially with an expanded playoff. Doing so without losing a game is attainable, but it’s not a slam dunk.
The roster has question marks. Quarterback is an unknown variable at this point, and that’s the most important position on the field. Egbuka returns, but the 2024 Buckeyes will have far less experience at the wide receiver position than they’ve had for quite some time. The offensive line has to prove itself relative to the 2023 group. New players at linebacker have to perform.
Those are the unknowns, and they are numerous for a team with national championship aspirations. That’s before taking into account less forseeable things such as injuries.
I grew up in an era when three losses served as the dividing line between a successful Ohio State season and one that wasn’t good enough — keeping in mind that if none of those three losses came against Michigan, it was still pretty much good enough.
By today’s standards, fans would lose their minds over three losses, demanding literally every university in the football program be fired and most of the players replaced. As that’s what has been “normal” during the bulk of my 57 years on this planet, I’ve never expected an undefeated Ohio State season.
However, for the sake of this article, and just to try something different, I’m going to entertain that unreasonable expectation in 2024 and see how it goes. No one should do this, but if you do, at least I’m with you in 2024.
Continue reading...
Michael Citro via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
It’s not just an Ohio State thing, it’s simply unreasonable to expect any team to go unbeaten.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about our Unreasonable Expectations. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our Unreasonable Expectations here.
Around this time last year, I wrote about my unreasonable expectations that there would be no drop-off in quarterback performance after C.J. Stroud. It turned out that those expectations were indeed unreasonable, although the numbers indicate the drop-off wasn’t as precipitous as some fans (loudly) proclaimed it to be.
That was mainly down to big game performances, third downs, and the loss of Emeka Egbuka for part of the year. In the end, no first-year starter should be expected to reach veteran Stroud numbers, which is what made the expectation unreasonable in the first place.
My unreasonable expectation this season is for Ohio State to go undefeated in 2024. This kind of expectation is unreasonable for fans of any team, regardless of schedule.
There are just far too many variables over the course of a college football season to expect a team — especially in a conference like the Big Ten — to make it through 12 games without a defeat. Add in a conference championship game and postseason and you get a statistical improbability of a perfect campaign.
Even the best teams with the weakest schedule are subject to key injuries. The loss of a starting quarterback may not have prevented an Ohio State national championship a few years back, but it easily could have.
It’s pretty easy now to look back upon what Cardale Jones was able to do and apply that universally, but it isn’t that simple. What Jones and those Buckeyes did was incredible — hanging 59-0 on Wisconsin before beating Alabama and Oregon, while having to go through the three Heisman Trophy finalists in a row, all while your quarterback starts his first three college games, is remarkable even for those with the highest standards.
Here’s the schedule that awaits Ohio State this fall:
- Aug. 31 vs. Akron
- Sept. 7 vs. Western Michigan
- Sept. 21 vs. Marshall
- Sept. 28 at Michigan State
- Oct. 5 vs. Iowa
- Oct. 12 at Oregon
- Oct. 26 vs. Nebraska
- Nov. 2 at Penn State
- Nov. 9 vs. Purdue
- Nov. 16 at Northwestern
- Nov. 23 vs. Indiana
- Nov. 30 vs. Michigan
Without taking into account a conference championship game or expanded playoff matchups, the Buckeyes have a good shot at an undefeated campaign, but there are some obvious hurdles. The biggest is the early road game at Oregon. That’s going to be an insane atmosphere for Ohio State to manage with a new quarterback at the helm (or a fairly inexperienced one if Devin Brown wins the job).
Other obstacles include the Oct. 5 battle with Iowa, the Nov. 2 meeting with the Nittany Lions in Happy Valley, and The Game at the end of November. It’s not unreasonable to expect Ohio State to win any of those games individually, but few teams go undefeated, so it’s unreasonable to expect the Buckeyes to win them all. Believing they will doesn’t necessarily make you a blind homer, but it perhaps speaks to a lack of consideration of probability and variables.
Ohio State appears poised to go into preseason camp with a roster capable of winning a national championship. The Buckeyes could do that without going undefeated, especially with an expanded playoff. Doing so without losing a game is attainable, but it’s not a slam dunk.
The roster has question marks. Quarterback is an unknown variable at this point, and that’s the most important position on the field. Egbuka returns, but the 2024 Buckeyes will have far less experience at the wide receiver position than they’ve had for quite some time. The offensive line has to prove itself relative to the 2023 group. New players at linebacker have to perform.
Those are the unknowns, and they are numerous for a team with national championship aspirations. That’s before taking into account less forseeable things such as injuries.
I grew up in an era when three losses served as the dividing line between a successful Ohio State season and one that wasn’t good enough — keeping in mind that if none of those three losses came against Michigan, it was still pretty much good enough.
By today’s standards, fans would lose their minds over three losses, demanding literally every university in the football program be fired and most of the players replaced. As that’s what has been “normal” during the bulk of my 57 years on this planet, I’ve never expected an undefeated Ohio State season.
However, for the sake of this article, and just to try something different, I’m going to entertain that unreasonable expectation in 2024 and see how it goes. No one should do this, but if you do, at least I’m with you in 2024.
Continue reading...
