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John B. Eckstorm (Former HC Football 1899 - 1901)
- By ScriptOhio
- Buckeye Alumni
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24 Club: John Eckstorm, OSU’s First Great Coach
John Eckstorm might be the best Ohio State coach you’ve never heard of.
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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at one of the best coaches in the early days of the program — John Eckstorm.
Name: John Eckstorm
Seasons Coached: Three (1899-1901)
Overall Record: 22-4-3
Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?
Overall Wins: Tied No. 10 out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: Tied No. 4 out of 24 OSU Coaches
How would you describe the OSU football program entering its tenth season? Well, it wasn’t very good. Heading into 1899, Buckeyes teams had posted only two winning seasons. Poor play and cratering attendance led the athletic department to briefly suspended operations in 1897.
Athletics got up and running again, but things were still on the wrong track. OSU wobbled to a 3-5 season in 1898, which included a 29-0 loss to Kenyon. The Lantern summed up the game, which could have been a summary for many of the team’s games, “the visitors outplayed the varsity at every point.” It was clear that OSU needed a spark. Who better to lead the program than the coach that had dealt OSU one of its worst recent losses? A coach who ran circles around the Buckeyes in game-planning and execution. Ohio State hired Kenyon head coach John Eckstorm.
(Eckstorm) took a program that was accustomed to losing and set the bar at winning championships.
Eckstorm immediately breathed life into the program. OSU breezed through their 1899 schedule — allowing points in only a single game — and finished with a 9-0-1 record. It was Ohio State’s first undefeated season in program history. The Buckeyes also claimed the only championship of the day that mattered — the championship of the Ohio schools. The Lantern summed up Eckstorm’s single-season resurrection of the program:
“The OSU football team has risen from a second rate, second class team, to a first grade first-class team in Western football...As far as Mr. Eckstorm is concerned, he is second to no coach in the United States, and it is to him more than anyone else that the success of the team is due.”
Eckstorm’s teams continued to excel but tragedy struck. Ohio State center John Sigrist died as a result of a freak injury he suffered in a game against Western in 1901. The pain of losing a player was too much — Eckstorm quit after the season ended. Eckstorm told a friend that the season contained more hard luck than all the hard luck he had faced in all his years. Eckstorm was not done coaching though — he would go on to coach at Ohio Medical and Kenyon. He would eventually serve as Chief Medical Officer at the Ohio Penitentiary.
Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...storm-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-head-coach
More stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Eckstorm
John Eckstorm might be the best Ohio State coach you’ve never heard of.
There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at one of the best coaches in the early days of the program — John Eckstorm.
Name: John Eckstorm
Seasons Coached: Three (1899-1901)
Overall Record: 22-4-3
Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?
Overall Wins: Tied No. 10 out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: Tied No. 4 out of 24 OSU Coaches
How would you describe the OSU football program entering its tenth season? Well, it wasn’t very good. Heading into 1899, Buckeyes teams had posted only two winning seasons. Poor play and cratering attendance led the athletic department to briefly suspended operations in 1897.
Athletics got up and running again, but things were still on the wrong track. OSU wobbled to a 3-5 season in 1898, which included a 29-0 loss to Kenyon. The Lantern summed up the game, which could have been a summary for many of the team’s games, “the visitors outplayed the varsity at every point.” It was clear that OSU needed a spark. Who better to lead the program than the coach that had dealt OSU one of its worst recent losses? A coach who ran circles around the Buckeyes in game-planning and execution. Ohio State hired Kenyon head coach John Eckstorm.
(Eckstorm) took a program that was accustomed to losing and set the bar at winning championships.
Eckstorm immediately breathed life into the program. OSU breezed through their 1899 schedule — allowing points in only a single game — and finished with a 9-0-1 record. It was Ohio State’s first undefeated season in program history. The Buckeyes also claimed the only championship of the day that mattered — the championship of the Ohio schools. The Lantern summed up Eckstorm’s single-season resurrection of the program:
“The OSU football team has risen from a second rate, second class team, to a first grade first-class team in Western football...As far as Mr. Eckstorm is concerned, he is second to no coach in the United States, and it is to him more than anyone else that the success of the team is due.”
Eckstorm’s teams continued to excel but tragedy struck. Ohio State center John Sigrist died as a result of a freak injury he suffered in a game against Western in 1901. The pain of losing a player was too much — Eckstorm quit after the season ended. Eckstorm told a friend that the season contained more hard luck than all the hard luck he had faced in all his years. Eckstorm was not done coaching though — he would go on to coach at Ohio Medical and Kenyon. He would eventually serve as Chief Medical Officer at the Ohio Penitentiary.
Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...storm-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-head-coach
More stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Eckstorm
2018 Winter Olympics (yawn)
- By scarletmike
- Other OSU and Professional Sports
- 109 Replies
Damn....I didn't realize I spelled her name wrong. That's probably why she never called.
It definitely wasn't the thing for picnic tables, entirely because you spelled her name wrong.
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Earl Campbell (speaking his mind ... what's left of it)
- By Onebuckfan
- Reference Locker
- 23 Replies
Japanese loathe Chinese. Koreans loathe both of them.You ain't joking. The manner in which different Latin American countries view and voice their thoughts on others within the region is unreal.
It's like the different sections of the United States and how there's belitting, but with real sentiment.
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Hello from Antarctica!!!!
- By ScriptOhio
- Open Discussion (Work-safe)
- 29 Replies
Antarctica: Creature 'never seen before’ spotted during dive below ice exposed
ANTARCTICA divers made an exceptional discovery after heading below the surface of the frozen desert during a documentary.
The series said in 2004: “These cliffs are the next dive site, but it is too far from McMurdo station for the team to use a drilling rig.
“But Christian, Rob and Dale use just about every portable tool known to man to get through the ice.
The team then cut a hole in the ice using a number of instruments, before diving below the surface.
But when they got there, they spotted something incredible.
The series added: “This is a type of sea star that they have never seen before.
“It’s using its long arms to pick plankton out of the water as the current moves past.
“This crinoid, a relative of the sea star, is fly casting for plankton on.
“On the surface, Rob keeps the hole clear and has no idea that below him, Dale is having one of the most memorable dives of his life.”
Entire article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/scie...rinoid-starfish-south-pole-climate-change-spt
ANTARCTICA divers made an exceptional discovery after heading below the surface of the frozen desert during a documentary.
The series said in 2004: “These cliffs are the next dive site, but it is too far from McMurdo station for the team to use a drilling rig.
“But Christian, Rob and Dale use just about every portable tool known to man to get through the ice.
The team then cut a hole in the ice using a number of instruments, before diving below the surface.
But when they got there, they spotted something incredible.
The series added: “This is a type of sea star that they have never seen before.
“It’s using its long arms to pick plankton out of the water as the current moves past.
“This crinoid, a relative of the sea star, is fly casting for plankton on.
“On the surface, Rob keeps the hole clear and has no idea that below him, Dale is having one of the most memorable dives of his life.”
Entire article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/scie...rinoid-starfish-south-pole-climate-change-spt
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Roy Roundtree (WR Coach Grand Valley St.)
- By ScriptOhio
- College Football
- 18 Replies
Ex-Michigan WR, current U-M grad assistant Roy Roundtree named WRs coach at Div. II Grand Valley State
A former Michigan football player is now a former Michigan football staffer as well.
Last week, Grand Valley State announced the hiring of Roy Roundtree as the school’s new wide receivers coach. Roundtree spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant for the Michigan football program.
Roundtree also played for Michigan football, spending 2009-12 as a Wolverine wide receiver.
“We are excited to have Roy join our football program,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell in a statement. “He brings instant credibility to the wide receiver room because he produced on the field at the highest level and he has also coached it on the field at the highest level. Roy has a great personality and I feel he will have an instant connection with that position group.”
Prior to U-M, Roundtree spent the 2017 season as the wide receivers coach at Indiana State, 2016 as the wide receiver coach at Limestone and 2015 at Colorado State-Pueblo.
“I can’t wait to get started and I look forward to the opportunity when I can begin working with our wide receiver unit in person,” said Roundtree. “I have been able to watch them on video, but because of the situation we are currently in due to the Coronavirus, I will have to wait to meet with them as a position group.”
Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...ndtree-named-wrs-coach-at-division-ii-school/
A former Michigan football player is now a former Michigan football staffer as well.
Last week, Grand Valley State announced the hiring of Roy Roundtree as the school’s new wide receivers coach. Roundtree spent the past two seasons as a graduate assistant for the Michigan football program.
Roundtree also played for Michigan football, spending 2009-12 as a Wolverine wide receiver.
“We are excited to have Roy join our football program,” said GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell in a statement. “He brings instant credibility to the wide receiver room because he produced on the field at the highest level and he has also coached it on the field at the highest level. Roy has a great personality and I feel he will have an instant connection with that position group.”
Prior to U-M, Roundtree spent the 2017 season as the wide receivers coach at Indiana State, 2016 as the wide receiver coach at Limestone and 2015 at Colorado State-Pueblo.
“I can’t wait to get started and I look forward to the opportunity when I can begin working with our wide receiver unit in person,” said Roundtree. “I have been able to watch them on video, but because of the situation we are currently in due to the Coronavirus, I will have to wait to meet with them as a position group.”
Entire article: https://collegefootballtalk.nbcspor...ndtree-named-wrs-coach-at-division-ii-school/
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