LGHL Uncut Podcast: Walker, Bristow, McGuff on lopsided win over McNeese State
1ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here


Ohio State University athletic department

The Buckeyes took it to the McNeese State Cowgirls, here’s what they said after the game.

Throughout the year, Land-Grant Holy Land will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.


It’s difficult to predict the winner of some basketball games. Ohio State women’s basketball’s Sunday game was not one of those tough predictions. The McNeese State Cowgirls, who lost their last five Power Five games, each giving up 100 points and losing by an average of 63 points, came to Columbus and from the jump were outmatched.

After the game, two players who played big minutes in the second half, and helped turn around Ohio State’s rebounding deficit, spoke with the media. As did head coach Kevin McGuff.

Transfer forward, Eboni Walker, talked about how she feels getting more minutes with the Buckeyes. Also, after playing at two different schools, each going through its own situations, Walker talks about her transfer to the Scarlet and Gray and how fortunate she is playing in Columbus.

Guard Hevynne Bristow discussed her team-leading eight rebounds, her highlight reel passes, and the team’s chemistry. On top of that, the emotion she felt winning the dub chain after Sunday’s game and what it means to her after a tough season in 2021/22 where she fought injuries all year.

Also, both Walker and Bristow go into more detail about the growth of forward Taylor Thierry, who once again increased her NCAA career high in scoring and showed more confidence.

Up last is coach McGuff. He discusses Emma Shumate’s third-quarter injury, taking away positives from a game that wasn’t a tough challenge, grading the half-court defense of the Buckeyes and more.

That and more on the latest edition of “Land-Grant Holy Land Uncut.”


Connect with Thomas:

Twitter: @1ThomasCostello

Theme music provided by www.bensound.com

Continue reading...

Women’s Basketball Game Notes: No. 8 Ohio State vs. McNeese State
1ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here


Ohio State University athletic department

Looking back at some things that stood out in Sunday’s Buckeyes victory

The Ohio State Buckeyes women’s basketball team won Sunday’s game against McNeese State in a staggering 99-43 score line. It was one of those non-conference games where one team benefits from extra practice and another team gets to play against a Power Five school, and give their team an experience and likely get the school compensation.

Even though the game wasn’t putting anyone on the edge of their seat, competitively, and it won’t be remembered much as the conference season approaches, there are items to take away.

Included are key performances by two forwards, ample substitute minutes and feeling sympathy for the McNeese State Cowgirls.

Taylor Thierry’s Continues Trending Upwards


Every game this year brings a new career high for sophomore forward Taylor Thierry. Sunday was no different, with Thierry scoring 15 points, five more than her previous high of 10. Thierry scored those points inside and from deep, hitting the lone three she attempted on the day.

The forward also grabbed five rebounds (three on offense) and two steals and assists. Even if performances, statistically, carry a little less weight against McNeese than against a ranked team, or Big Ten side, it still shows the increasing confidence that Land-Grant Holy Land wrote about leading into the game.

Cotie McMahon Energy


Freshman forward Cotie McMahon had an impressive game that didn’t show up on the stat sheet. McMahon was 1-for-4 from the field but where she came up big was in the backcourt.

Although McMahon was picked up three steals, if pressuring players into turnovers was a statistic she’d lead the Buckeyes by a mile. McMahon was in the face of McNeese State players and causing issues in passing, as evidenced by the highlight below where guard Jacy Sheldon technically gets the steal but it was McMahon who made the poor pass possible.

Three-Pointers Help and Hurt


The Buckeyes were diverse in their three-point shooting, Sunday. Six players hit at least one with guard trio Taylor Mikesell, Madison Greene, and Rikki Harris each hitting multiple from deep. Ohio State won all offensive stat battles except one: three-point percentage.

McNeese State, led by the game’s top scorer Kaili Chamberlin’s 4-for-6 from deep, hit 8-for-18 from beyond the arc. Maybe it’s a lack of motivation being up so big or maybe it's an area to watch as the season progresses, but the Buckeyes didn’t do well closing down shooters deep, with many shots going in without a hand in the shooter’s face.

The Cowgirls' 44.4% was better than their overall 36.2% from the floor.

Monitoring Minutes


No Ohio State starters played 20 minutes, allowing minute mules like Sheldon and Mikesell time off the court. Instead, head coach Kevin McGuff increased minutes for two players who missed most or all of last season in forward Eboni Walker and guard Madison Greene.

Greene led the Buckeyes playing 26 minutes, and Walker was not too far behind playing just under 22. Both made an impact, with Greene scoring eight points on top of six assists and four steals, including one that made Mikesell turn back and laugh before going on one of many fast breaks on the day.

Walker, whose integration into the Buckeyes roster is key for the team who needs depth in the paint, had seven points, six rebounds, and three steals. Points-wise, Walker had ample chances but her shot was a bit off, likely from lack of time on the court with competitive minutes. Walker did play strong in the paint and showed an ability to battle for rebounds and find teammates under the basket.

Hevynnely Performance


Another player getting deserved minutes on Sunday was guard Hevynne Bristow. The junior, who spent most of last year on the bench due to injury, had eight rebounds and seven points. Also, her two assists were better suited for a highlight reel than in writing.

Bristow won the team’s “dub chain” after the game. After winning the honor, Bristow spoke with the media and shared how it felt.

“I admit it, I cried a little,” said Bristow. “Last year, I was hurt all season, so it just meant a lot that my work paid off and my teammates trusted me and my coach trusted me.”

Thursday Repeats Itself


Against the Ohio Bobcats, Thursday, freshman guard Kaia Henderson grabbed a steal and ran the court for a layup, getting fouled in the process. Sunday, the same thing happened to fellow freshman guard Mya Perry.

The 2022 Ohio girls high school champion out of Reynoldsburg, Ohio basically recreated Henderson’s first NCAA points for her first. After receiving the Buckeyes' defensive pressure and forcing a bad pass, Perry fought for possession and ran down the court for a layup. Although Perry missed the free throw, it was a momentous occasion for the promising freshman guard.

Feeling for McNeese State


Sympathy for the Cowgirls isn’t because of the final score. Both teams likely knew the outcome of this game when it was scheduled, and Ohio State played the team in front of them. No harm, no foul.

Feelings of sadness towards McNeese State is how they traveled to the game. After losing to the Buckeyes on Sunday, Bradley University on Saturday, in Peoria, Illinois, and a 100-38 defeat at the hands of the Fighting Illini on Wednesday, Nov. 16, the Cowgirls didn’t load into their bus to go home.

Instead, the team loaded into three mini-vans and an SUV for the 1088-mile trip back to Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Could they be driving to an airport? Maybe the rental car company gave four vehicles with Louisiana license plates? That’s a heck of a coincidence.

McNeese State doesn’t have the budget of an Ohio State, not many schools do, but cramming a basketball team into minivans isn’t a way to treat a student-athlete. If playing games against Power Five schools every year is the means to more money for the program, then at least give the athletes a better arrangement where they could possibly stretch their legs and do school work comfortably.

Continue reading...

Column: Emeka Egbuka, nice to see you again; other positives from Maryland
meganhusslein via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here


Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

It was nice to see Egbuka finally get a decent amount of targets. Although it was an ugly game, I still have a few positive takeaways.

Wow, that was an ugly game. But a win is a win, right? That means the Buckeyes must have done at least one thing better than Maryland! In my eyes, they did a few things more successfully. I believe there are a good amount of positive takeaways from the game, which makes me feel more confident for The Game.

First and foremost, Emeka Egbuka looked like his normal self for the first time in about a month. He had the most yards — with 80 — since he had against Michigan State on Oct. 18, when he had 143. He had six receptions, which was his most since Penn State. In the prior two games, he only had two receptions in each.

This is exactly what I wanted to see from the receivers leading up to The Game. Marvin Harrison Jr. only had 68 receiving yards against the Terps, so it was nice to see Egbuka step up. I feel like he just hasn’t really been targeted that often the past few games, as the Buckeyes have either been relying on the run game or Marv. With Marv being heavily covered against Maryland, Egbuka became the leading receiver.

Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports

That’s the thing about this team: it’s always the next man up. There will always be another receiver that shines if needed. The same thing goes for the running backs. Now, in a perfect world, I obviously want all of them to be 100% healthy for Saturday. However, that is highly unlikely, and I’m honestly okay with it.

Dallan Hayden once again proved what a beast he is with his 146 yard performance. Miyan Williams should be good to go after having this past week off. TreVeyon Henderson has been struggling to find success and he is clearly not fully healthy, so if he can’t go on Saturday, I’m not too worried. The Buckeyes also have Xavier Johnson, who is has been a proven back, if they needed to go to a third string.

I have one more point about the offense that I’m happy with. C.J. Stroud didn’t have a great game, going 18-for-30 and 241 passing yards (obviously this is still a solid game, but Ohio State fans are spoiled and expect a 400 yard game each week from the Heisman frontrunner). However, the Bucks still found a way to put up 43 points.

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

Obviously, three touchdowns on the ground from Hayden helped things tremendously. It has seemed like the run game has bailed Stroud out each time (there has been very few) he struggled to get the passing game going. For example, Northwestern was obviously the worst game all year offensively for the Buckeyes. Yet, Miyan Williams ran for 100+ yards and two touchdowns. Once again, against Rutgers when Stroud threw for only 154 yards, Williams ran for 189 yards and five TDs. This is a balanced team.

Lastly, the defense definitely looked rough in some areas. The corners were playing too far back, giving up seven or eight yards every other play it seemed like. There were a lot of missed tackles. 30 points were given up. However, the D came through when needed. This came in the form of two CRUCIAL turnovers. Good things happen when Ohio State forces turnovers.

The Lathan Ransom blocked punt and Johnson recovery combo has quickly become one of my favorite duos. I’m hoping we see it again this weekend. Big plays like that totally change the momentum, as this happened in third quarter, allowing the Buckeyes to score and put them ahead, 17-13.

Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK

Arguably the biggest play of the game came when Steele Chambers recovered a fumble caused by Zach Harrison and scored the TD that sealed the deal at the end of the game. The linebacker play has just been outstanding this entire year, as Tommy Eichenberg is Mr. Steady Eddie and Chambers always makes pivotal plays.

In summary, I am choosing to be optimistic about what I watched against Maryland and heading into rivalry week. Receivers and running backs looked good, the team picked up Stroud’s slack and the defense came up big when needed. Buckeye Nation, let’s ride!

Continue reading...

McNeil 22 pts
Sensabaugh 17 pts
Thornton 13 pts
Zed 7 pts
Sueing 6 pts

Mike80 said:

Thank you Maryland for changing your pass pro scheme or something with your edge tackle on both of those plays. Dude drop-stepped 3 times on each play and that allowed Harrison to get a head start on both plays.

They hadn't been doing that all game long. They were engaging early on and staying engaged.

Click to expand...

Login to view embedded media
You can't give any defensive end but especially a guy like Harrison, a full head start on you as an offensive tackle.

The first play had the offensive tackle fully 5 yards into the backfield before he made contact. The 2nd play was desperation mode sure, but there were 4 drop steps on that one....

Week 13 game discussion here: LINK

Older people have a hard time focusing on the job right in front of you so young people involved in extreme pressure and hype before serious rivalry weeks, are often mental midgets. Luckily the athleticism and preparation has been enough to get through until now.

Good stuff @LordJeffBuck

chillinvillian said:

Just seen that to 5 yard penalty

Click to expand...

I have seen a lot of football in my day, but that might be a first!

Login to view embedded media
Login to view embedded media

Have 2 Tix - 50 Yard line in Uppers

Section 22C, Row 28 seats 33 & 34 - two seats from aisle.

Cheaper than secondary market - No Fees

$1600. For both

Transfer via email. Payment terms Venmo, Zelle or PayPal.
Go Buckeyes

DubCoffman62 said:

And what is it you say about people using their houses as piggie banks?

Click to expand...

Bad for them. Good for everyone else.

2023 thread created. Whatever.

Kind of gruesome box score, but it's become apparent only three games into this young season that Brice Sensabaugh is going to be a big problem for opposing teams.

LordJeffBuck said:

Some more context....

With sacks removed (as they should be, but are not in CFB), Indiana actually rushed 36 times for 179 yards, which makes the Buckeyes' numbers even worse.

But some more context....

Here is the length of every rush by Indiana: -2; -2; -1; -1; -1; 0; 0; 1; 1; 1; 2; 2; 2; 2; 3; 3; 3; 3; 3; 4; 4; 4; 4; 4; 4; 5; 6; 6; 7; 7; 8; 10; 11; 16; 16; 44

Factor out the clear anomaly (the 44-yard run on a trick play to begin the 3rd quarter), and the Buckeye defense gave up 135 yards on 35 carries, which isn't so bad.

Now factor out the QB runs from Dexter Williams II, the Hoosiers' reserve QB for whom the defense did not game plan: -1; 2; 3; 4; 4; 4; 5; 7; 7; 8; 16; 16

So the Buckeye defense allowed 23 carries for 60 yards on "traditional" runs, with 16 of those 23 runs resulting in a "win" for the defense (3 yards or less allowed): -2; -2; -1; -1; 0; 0; 1; 1; 1; 2; 2; 2; 3; 3; 3; 3; 4; 4; 4; 6; 6; 10; 11

The Buckeyes clearly have problems containing QBs who can run, and they are still susceptible to the occasional trick play, but it's not like the defense is getting consistently gashed up the middle like last year.

Click to expand...

I miss GPAs

Shit. He was my age man. I was growing up the save time he was and watching him with JJ, Treg Lee, Lawrence Funderburk and those guy's. Brutal

i reseed it with a few others

chornii said:

here's the command center feed

Click to expand...

thanks

andy123 said:

Can anyone reseed any or all of these buckdubbs versions of the game? Thanks in advance!

Click to expand...

done

charlohiottean said:

3 of Bo Nix’s stats are exactly the same as CJs? Seems odd.

Click to expand...

Hey, what's that over there??

*type* *type* *type*

What do you mean? No they're not!

The Week 12 Discussion Thread is here: LINK

Login to view embedded media

• Four-star 2024 tight end target Jaden Reddell: “I had an amazing time at Ohio State, the environment was amazing. Loved talking to all the coaches they were all caring and easy to talk to. I loved the place can’t wait to go back.”

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...owing-the-buckeyes-56-14-victory-over-indiana

It’s a novel approach to telling the story. They take the angle of examining the science behind rivalry and judge it by a number of metrics. It’s got a lot of the same characters as the HBO Sports doc The Rialry, shot in 2006 and released in 2007. So this has an updated history with Urban at OSU and RichRod, Hoke, and Harbaugh at Michigan. There’s no Spielman, but they examine the Boren family and how Michigan legacy Justin transferred from UM to OSU. Justin, Zach, and their parents are in it. No mention of Jacoby. I don’t know why that is.

I thought it was pretty good. If you didn’t like it, I don’t know what you were looking for. It’s fun and more lighthearted than The Rivalry which I still watch every year the week before The Game. I’ll watch this again.

Login to view embedded media

chornii said:

lest we forget.....

Click to expand...

the all froZe at 60 %

Fuck em is the best I've got!: They will be reminded that Defense wins championships.