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LGHL Most Telling Stat: Two unbelievably long and infamous streaks

Most Telling Stat: Two unbelievably long and infamous streaks
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2025 CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T- Ohio State v Notre Dame

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 20: TreVeyon Henderson #32 of the Ohio State Buckeyes is tackled by Drayk Bowen #34 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the second quarter in the 2025 CFP National Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on January 20, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. | Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images

It’s amazing how long these streaks lasted — or are still going.

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 the numbers that will be most important for the Buckeyes this college football season. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all our “Most Telling Stat” articles here.



When you think of the Buckeyes’ incredible run to the national championship last season, there’s one stat that makes what they did even more impressive.

With 13:57 remaining in the second quarter of the College Football Playoff National Championship, Notre Dame’s Charles Jagusah was called for a holding. We see holdings get called seemingly every game... or do we?

That’s because that holding call was the first one drawn by the Ohio State defense, against an opposing offense, since the middle of the first quarter against Marshall on Sept. 21. Meaning, Ohio State went over three quarters against Marshall, the next 12 games and over one quarter of the CFP National Championship without drawing a holding penalty from the opposing offense.

In other words, the Buckeyes went 728 consecutive snaps without an opposing offense getting flagged for holding.

Holding penalties are huge momentum swings. An opposing offense being backed up 10 yards is advantageous for any defense, especially one as good as Ohio State. The fact that the Buckeyes didn’t draw a holding for nearly four months worth of games, including the first three Playoff games, makes what they did defensively last season even more impressive.

Ohio State led all of college football in scoring defense at 12.9 points per game this past season and fewest yards allowed at 254.6 per game. Eight players from the Buckeyes defense, including Tyleik Williams in the first round, were selected in the NFL Draft this past April.

Being able to draw penalties by the opposing offense is something that is taught by defensive coaching staffs. That makes it even more unfathomable Ohio State’s defense went 12 straight games and 728 straight snaps without drawinng one holding penalty.

Williams, JT Tuimoloau, Jack Sawyer and Ty Hamilton were all ferocious players this past season. How does one of them, let alone how do all of them, not draw one holding penalty in nearly four months?

Even longer of a streak is the Buckeyes going the last 14 seasons with returning a kickoff for a touchdown. The last time Ohio State returned a kickoff for a touchdown was on Nov. 27, 2010 against The Team Up North in a 37-7 win. Jordan Hall returned a kickoff 87 yards as the Buckeyes won their seventh-straight game, at the time, over the Wolverines.

They don’t happen often, but kickoff returns for touchdowns are plays that can completely galvanize an entire team. The explosive, exciting nature of these plays can bring a crowd to life, and you can feel the momentum shift when they happen. It’s amazing how the Buckeyes have been able to flip momentum in big games over the last 14 seasons without a kickoff return for a touchdown.

It will be very interesting to see if the Buckeyes can snap that streak of not having a kickoff returned for a touchdown this season. In addition, there should be an emphasis from the defensive coaching staff, now led by three-time Super Bowl winning head coach Matt Patricia, on how to draw holding penalties from opposing offenses.

These are two streaks, and stats, that are worth watching in the 2025 season.

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QB Kirk ‘Nightmare On’ Herbstreit (Frosted Quips, False Narratives Clown, Afraid of THE Lunatic Fringe)

So Mr. Herbstreit, why are you the way that you are? I hate so much about the things that you choose to be.
maybe because he got destroyed by a HS freshman-> sophomore in an alumni game?:
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So now we have the predictable “Pulisic is a pussy” blowback from the Donovans of the world for him skipping the Gold Cup…I don’t know. It sucks he won’t be playing, especially how the team looked the last couple of matches…but it is what it is. He’s the kind of player that is always dinged up, and I’d rather have him preventing total embarrassment in the World Cup next year.
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The majority of it comes from people complaining that there were no public campaigns for awards. Like Heisman or even freshman of the year for Jeremiah.

Ohio State fans can be the worst at times.
The worst ?

That was his job. And he didn't do it very well. The only attribute Jerry is famous for is making sure he's in the background of every OSU coach or player being interviewed on TV. OSU will be better off with someone else ....
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I'm not aware of this fella being mentioned on this site
but over the last month since this hit the social media sites sure seems a lot of folks are happy and did not like this fella

Anyone explain what's this about?

The majority of it comes from people complaining that there were no public campaigns for awards. Like Heisman or even freshman of the year for Jeremiah.

Ohio State fans can be the worst at times.
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QB Kirk ‘Nightmare On’ Herbstreit (Frosted Quips, False Narratives Clown, Afraid of THE Lunatic Fringe)

I got a hankerin for some 2024 Ohio State CFP watchin.....so I popped on the Rose Bowl and was greeted with Mr. Herbstreit telling me the attendance was 60/40 Oregon. Then I looked at the crowd shots after each of our explosive plays (I miss you already, Playoff Chip), only to see what can best be described as seas of scarlet. Sure there were closeups of Oregon fans wondering what buzzsaw they just ran in to.....but for the most part it looked like more of a home game than the Tennessee ass whoopin.

So Mr. Herbstreit, why are you the way that you are? I hate so much about the things that you choose to be.
Because he’s also a Reds fan.

Duh
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