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2023 tOSU Offense
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What will the Ohio State WR depth chart look like for 2023?
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OHIO STATE’S SECOND-YEAR WIDE RECEIVERS HAD QUIET FRESHMAN SEASON BUT SHOWED PROGRESS NEAR END OF FIRST YEAR
Kaleb Brown caught just one pass for five yards, while Kyion Grayes caught only one pass for two yards. Kojo Antwi did not catch any passes in his five appearances, while Caleb Burton did not play at all.
Our Lads already has Brandon Innis (true Freshman) in the 2 deep:
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OHIO STATE’S SECOND-YEAR WIDE RECEIVERS HAD QUIET FRESHMAN SEASON BUT SHOWED PROGRESS NEAR END OF FIRST YEAR
Kaleb Brown caught just one pass for five yards, while Kyion Grayes caught only one pass for two yards. Kojo Antwi did not catch any passes in his five appearances, while Caleb Burton did not play at all.
Our Lads already has Brandon Innis (true Freshman) in the 2 deep:
2025 Ohio State Buckeyes Football Depth Chart | Ourlads.com
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| WR-X | 18 | Harrison Jr., Marvin RS SO | 9 | Ballard, Jayden RS SO | ||
| WR-Z | 4 | Fleming, Julian SR | 00 | Innis, Brandon FR | ||
| WR-SL | 2 | Egbuka, Emeka RS SO | 10 | Johnson, Xavier GR | 13 | Brown, Kaleb RS FR |
LGHL We’ll talk about this later: 23 years later and we’re still talking about Tom Brady’s combine
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We’ll talk about this later: 23 years later and we’re still talking about Tom Brady’s combine
Meredith Hein via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
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Your dose of lighthearted takes from this week’s happenings.
Each week, we’ll break down something that happened during the Ohio State game (and occasionally other games and events) that we’ll be talking about for a while—you know, the silly sideline interactions, the awful announcing and the weird storylines that stick with us for years to come. We’ll also compare each of these happenings to memorable moments in pop culture, because who doesn’t love a good Office reference?
The NFL Combine is keeping football fans clinging to something entertaining until the NFL Draft and the long drought that will follow until the preseason begins. For Ohio State fans, there’s intrigue in watching much of their offense in the week’s events, including quarterback C.J. Stroud, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and offensive tackles Paris Johnson Jr. and Dawand Jones.
In reality, there is little excitement in watching the top athletes in the draft class competing on objective measures of athleticism. It is exciting to see the occasional defensive lineman run a bananas 40-yard dash time or see amazing feats of strength from prospective quarterbacks. Then there was the time John Ross III, the undersized receiver from the University of Washington, ran a 4.22-second 40-yard dash time.
What’s far more entertaining about the combine, though, is what we gain from hindsight. To paraphrase Michael Scott, “He [the NFL Combine] is like the ugly girl in the movie who takes off her glasses and she’s hot! And you realize she was always hot, she was just wearing glasses. And you were the blind one.” Misogyny aside, it’s exactly what we see from the combine. The image of Tom Brady at the 2000 combine lives rent free in my head.
His performance in the events themselves didn’t inspire much confidence (a 5.28-second 40-yard dash, for instance). But that’s the fun of it, right? Because it is so absurd that the GOAT was so, so bad at all the measurables which are predictors of NFL success.
Given his success throughout his career, as Ohio State fans,we have to hang on to the memory we can count on of Brady being at his worst.
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Meredith Hein via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports
Your dose of lighthearted takes from this week’s happenings.
Each week, we’ll break down something that happened during the Ohio State game (and occasionally other games and events) that we’ll be talking about for a while—you know, the silly sideline interactions, the awful announcing and the weird storylines that stick with us for years to come. We’ll also compare each of these happenings to memorable moments in pop culture, because who doesn’t love a good Office reference?
The NFL Combine is keeping football fans clinging to something entertaining until the NFL Draft and the long drought that will follow until the preseason begins. For Ohio State fans, there’s intrigue in watching much of their offense in the week’s events, including quarterback C.J. Stroud, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba and offensive tackles Paris Johnson Jr. and Dawand Jones.
In reality, there is little excitement in watching the top athletes in the draft class competing on objective measures of athleticism. It is exciting to see the occasional defensive lineman run a bananas 40-yard dash time or see amazing feats of strength from prospective quarterbacks. Then there was the time John Ross III, the undersized receiver from the University of Washington, ran a 4.22-second 40-yard dash time.
What’s far more entertaining about the combine, though, is what we gain from hindsight. To paraphrase Michael Scott, “He [the NFL Combine] is like the ugly girl in the movie who takes off her glasses and she’s hot! And you realize she was always hot, she was just wearing glasses. And you were the blind one.” Misogyny aside, it’s exactly what we see from the combine. The image of Tom Brady at the 2000 combine lives rent free in my head.
His performance in the events themselves didn’t inspire much confidence (a 5.28-second 40-yard dash, for instance). But that’s the fun of it, right? Because it is so absurd that the GOAT was so, so bad at all the measurables which are predictors of NFL success.
Given his success throughout his career, as Ohio State fans,we have to hang on to the memory we can count on of Brady being at his worst.
Continue reading...
LGHL LGHL Uncut Podcast: Thornton reaffirms Ohio State is where he wants to be following Illinois win
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LGHL Uncut Podcast: Thornton reaffirms Ohio State is where he wants to be following Illinois win
Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
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A victory press conference? Boy, that’s different.
Throughout the season, Land-Grant Holy Land will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
After Ohio State’s 72-60 victory over Illinois on Sunday (open the fridges!), we spoke with Chris Holtmann, Brad Underwood, Justice Sueing, and Bruce Thornton about the win, which snapped a nine-game losing streak.
Thornton reaffirmed that this is where he wants to be — which should settle down any talk or cynical rumblings of Ohio State’s freshman point guard transferring. He also said that when you “stack good days” wins are eventually going to come, even if they have not been lately.
Underwood was as surly as you’d expect after losing to the 13th-place team in the Big Ten. He said that the loss had nothing to do with Ohio State’s defense and everything with his team’s shot selection. Underwood also said that he’s getting close to just telling some of his guys to stop shooting three-pointers, at all costs.
Holtmann gave a lot of credit to Sueing, Thornton, and Gene Brown during his time. He said players win games, not coaches, and those three especially carried the team. He also mentioned that he wants Thornton to slim down a few pounds this offseason, but that having a big body at guard is helpful.
Connect with Connor:
Twitter: @lemons_connor
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Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
A victory press conference? Boy, that’s different.
Throughout the season, Land-Grant Holy Land 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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After Ohio State’s 72-60 victory over Illinois on Sunday (open the fridges!), we spoke with Chris Holtmann, Brad Underwood, Justice Sueing, and Bruce Thornton about the win, which snapped a nine-game losing streak.
Thornton reaffirmed that this is where he wants to be — which should settle down any talk or cynical rumblings of Ohio State’s freshman point guard transferring. He also said that when you “stack good days” wins are eventually going to come, even if they have not been lately.
Underwood was as surly as you’d expect after losing to the 13th-place team in the Big Ten. He said that the loss had nothing to do with Ohio State’s defense and everything with his team’s shot selection. Underwood also said that he’s getting close to just telling some of his guys to stop shooting three-pointers, at all costs.
Holtmann gave a lot of credit to Sueing, Thornton, and Gene Brown during his time. He said players win games, not coaches, and those three especially carried the team. He also mentioned that he wants Thornton to slim down a few pounds this offseason, but that having a big body at guard is helpful.
Connect with Connor:
Twitter: @lemons_connor
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LGHL How difficult is it to overcome an ACL tear? A sit down with Ohio State softball’s Kennedy Kay
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How difficult is it to overcome an ACL tear? A sit down with Ohio State softball’s Kennedy Kay
meganhusslein via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
To make matters even worse, she tore it entering her freshman season.
As an athlete, one of the things you fear most is an injury. Especially an injury that can keep you out for the entirety of the season, like a torn ACL. Then, there’s the matter of whether you can play at the same ability as you did pre-injury.
I sat down with Ohio State redshirt-freshman pitcher Kennedy Kay to discuss her knee injury that made her miss her entire freshman season.
“I’ve loved playing softball my whole life, but once you don’t have it for a whole year, you’re like wow, I shouldn’t have taken that one tournament I didn’t want to go to for granted,” Kay said.
She remembers the injury like it was yesterday. It happened during the first game and the first tournament of the summer entering her freshman year at Ohio State.
She was pitching on wet turf and her cleat got stuck, causing her to fall down. She got back up, tried to pitch again and fell over once again. That’s when she realized that something was definitely wrong with her knee.
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Initially, her team doctor just thought it was going to be a meniscus tear, which would only result in her missing six weeks. That would’ve been best case scenario, as Kay said she would’ve obviously been able to pitch for Ohio State, as it was just the beginning of summer. However, her MRI results hadn’t come in yet.
Until they did.
“One day I was just driving around and I saw I got a notification on my phone. It was my MRI results and it said ‘fully torn ACL and meniscus.” I pulled over and thought ‘this can’t be right.’ There was a lot of big words and I’m like ‘I don’t know what any of this means,’ so I’m freaking myself out. My trainer confirmed the results, and I didn’t even know what to think.”
I called coach [Kelly Kovach Schoenly] and told her and obviously I’m a mess, like a head case in my car. Then I was like, you know what, I’m going to go to Bath & Body Works. That was the biggest check I ever dropped at Bath & Body Works in my life. I went there and then Chick-Fil-A just sobbing the entire time,” Kay said.
The pitcher credits Schoenly and her teammates, specifically her two roommates at the time — Kami Kortokrax and Reagan Milliken — for getting her through the injury, especially after her surgery. She said they would put her socks on for her, get her ice in the middle of the night and overall did their best to ensure Kay’s spirits stayed high.
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“That in itself was super important because you think it’s a very personal injury, but the people you surround yourself is how you get through it. If I hadn’t had anyone it would’ve been a completely different drive and determination to get back to where I am now,” Kay said.
Getting through that first month post-surgery was rough, but she said once she made it through that period, she adopted a more positive mindset. Seeing her teammates work hard at practice every day inspired her to put that same effort into her rehab, so she could get back on the field as soon as possible.
This did not go without setbacks, however. Four months after her surgery in July, she started to pitch again as part of the rehab process. She threw a pitch and her knee popped, and she said she knew exactly what it was. Kay walked straight out of the bullpen and into the Schumaker Complex to get her knee checked out without saying a word to anyone.
One MRI later revealed that she re-tore her meniscus.
“That was a very hard obstacle because the first surgery, yeah it was hard, but there was still slight hope that I would’ve been able to play that season. But after my second surgery, it was hard because it was like ‘what am I working for?’ Like it was hard to flip that switch and realize I am working for something, it’s just not going to be an immediate result,” Kay said.
Once she started reminding herself of the bigger picture and realizing how badly she wanted to play with her teammates, she started to kick the rehab process into high gear. She credits the injury for helping her mature a lot and making her a better person and teammate, even stating that she wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Kay also remembered how blessed she was to be in the position that she was in at Ohio State, and refused to let the injury to keep her down.
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15 months after her second surgery, she was named the opening day starter for the 2023 season.
“Honestly, I did not expect my name to be called. I was like, coach, you got a lot of trust in me! The way everyone reacted, they were just so excited and I was too, but I was like ‘I gotta act like I’ve been here before,’ Showing that the coaches and my team had trust in me to start the first game of the season against a ranked opponent (Georgia), a very good team, it just showed they had confidence in me and I need to have confidence in me to be successful,” Kay said.
Kay pitched 1.1 innings in her season debut. She has steadily been building up her innings since that first game on Feb. 10, and is looking better and better each time she steps in the circle. Who doesn’t love a good comeback story?
We are all rooting for you, Kennedy!
Continue reading...
meganhusslein via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
To make matters even worse, she tore it entering her freshman season.
As an athlete, one of the things you fear most is an injury. Especially an injury that can keep you out for the entirety of the season, like a torn ACL. Then, there’s the matter of whether you can play at the same ability as you did pre-injury.
I sat down with Ohio State redshirt-freshman pitcher Kennedy Kay to discuss her knee injury that made her miss her entire freshman season.
“I’ve loved playing softball my whole life, but once you don’t have it for a whole year, you’re like wow, I shouldn’t have taken that one tournament I didn’t want to go to for granted,” Kay said.
She remembers the injury like it was yesterday. It happened during the first game and the first tournament of the summer entering her freshman year at Ohio State.
She was pitching on wet turf and her cleat got stuck, causing her to fall down. She got back up, tried to pitch again and fell over once again. That’s when she realized that something was definitely wrong with her knee.
Initially, her team doctor just thought it was going to be a meniscus tear, which would only result in her missing six weeks. That would’ve been best case scenario, as Kay said she would’ve obviously been able to pitch for Ohio State, as it was just the beginning of summer. However, her MRI results hadn’t come in yet.
Until they did.
“One day I was just driving around and I saw I got a notification on my phone. It was my MRI results and it said ‘fully torn ACL and meniscus.” I pulled over and thought ‘this can’t be right.’ There was a lot of big words and I’m like ‘I don’t know what any of this means,’ so I’m freaking myself out. My trainer confirmed the results, and I didn’t even know what to think.”
I called coach [Kelly Kovach Schoenly] and told her and obviously I’m a mess, like a head case in my car. Then I was like, you know what, I’m going to go to Bath & Body Works. That was the biggest check I ever dropped at Bath & Body Works in my life. I went there and then Chick-Fil-A just sobbing the entire time,” Kay said.
The pitcher credits Schoenly and her teammates, specifically her two roommates at the time — Kami Kortokrax and Reagan Milliken — for getting her through the injury, especially after her surgery. She said they would put her socks on for her, get her ice in the middle of the night and overall did their best to ensure Kay’s spirits stayed high.
“That in itself was super important because you think it’s a very personal injury, but the people you surround yourself is how you get through it. If I hadn’t had anyone it would’ve been a completely different drive and determination to get back to where I am now,” Kay said.
Getting through that first month post-surgery was rough, but she said once she made it through that period, she adopted a more positive mindset. Seeing her teammates work hard at practice every day inspired her to put that same effort into her rehab, so she could get back on the field as soon as possible.
This did not go without setbacks, however. Four months after her surgery in July, she started to pitch again as part of the rehab process. She threw a pitch and her knee popped, and she said she knew exactly what it was. Kay walked straight out of the bullpen and into the Schumaker Complex to get her knee checked out without saying a word to anyone.
One MRI later revealed that she re-tore her meniscus.
“That was a very hard obstacle because the first surgery, yeah it was hard, but there was still slight hope that I would’ve been able to play that season. But after my second surgery, it was hard because it was like ‘what am I working for?’ Like it was hard to flip that switch and realize I am working for something, it’s just not going to be an immediate result,” Kay said.
Once she started reminding herself of the bigger picture and realizing how badly she wanted to play with her teammates, she started to kick the rehab process into high gear. She credits the injury for helping her mature a lot and making her a better person and teammate, even stating that she wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Kay also remembered how blessed she was to be in the position that she was in at Ohio State, and refused to let the injury to keep her down.
15 months after her second surgery, she was named the opening day starter for the 2023 season.
“Honestly, I did not expect my name to be called. I was like, coach, you got a lot of trust in me! The way everyone reacted, they were just so excited and I was too, but I was like ‘I gotta act like I’ve been here before,’ Showing that the coaches and my team had trust in me to start the first game of the season against a ranked opponent (Georgia), a very good team, it just showed they had confidence in me and I need to have confidence in me to be successful,” Kay said.
Kay pitched 1.1 innings in her season debut. She has steadily been building up her innings since that first game on Feb. 10, and is looking better and better each time she steps in the circle. Who doesn’t love a good comeback story?
We are all rooting for you, Kennedy!
Continue reading...