Big Ten primer: It’s a big week ahead for Indiana
Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer via Big Ten Network

Some interesting games dot the Big Ten schedule this week, as January melts into February. Can Purdue improve to 12-0 in league play as it plays host to Maryland and goes to Rutgers? The last Big Ten team to open with that many conference wins was the 2004-05 Illinois squad.

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Are you a huge Ohio State Buckeyes fan? Then you need the Scarlet and Game Flash Briefing Skill for Amazon Alexa by FanSided to get the latest news, opinions and rumors on your Buckeyes. Available now, the Scarlet and Game Flash Briefing for Alexa ...

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Ohio State safety Jordan Fuller: Buckeyes to watch in 2018
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jordan Fuller has had the benefit of having experience to lean on with the safeties. He played behind Malik Hooker and Damon Webb as a freshman, and joined Webb as a sophomore. He also had to battle redshirt senior Erick Smith for the ...


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Ohio State has busy weekend on the recruiting trail
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You might’ve taken it easy over the last few days, but the Buckeye coaching staff sure didn’t.

Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes coaching staff moved one step closer to finishing off their outstanding 2018 recruiting class on Sunday.

Locking in a pledge from Chris Olave, the four-star wide receiver gives the Buckeyes 24 total signed or verbally committed for the 2018 cycle.

Want to know what the California speedster will add to the already stacked Ohio State offense when he arrives in Columbus next season? The Land-Grant Holy Land recruiting team has you covered.

While landing a prospect with the talents of Olave would be the highlight of most team’s weekend, Ohio State’s recruiting efforts weren’t done there.

Buckeyes dish out scholarships


Just like last weekend, the Buckeyes didn’t shy away from handing out chances to suit up in the Scarlet and Gray.

Handing out five new offers over the weekend, Urban Meyer and crew are definitely looking towards the future.

Always hitting the recruiting trail to spot talent, the Buckeyes offered the following prospects the opportunity to continue their education and playing days in Columbus.

4-star S Jalani Williams


Class: 2019

Town: Saint Louis,MO/Parkway North

Size: 6’2/160

Offers: Ohio State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Arkansas, Louisville, Etc

3-star ATH Marquis Wilson


Class: 2019

Town: Avon,CT/Avon Old Farms

Size: 6’0/165

Offers: Ohio State, Michigan, Maryland, Iowa, Virginia Tech, Etc

4-star OLB Kalen DeLoach


Class: 2019

Town: Savannah,GA/Islands

Size: 6’1/205

Offers: Ohio State, Clemson, South Carolina, Auburn, LSU, Etc

4-star RB Kendall Milton


Class: 2020

Town: Clovis,CA/Buchanan

Size: 6’2/210

Offers: Ohio State, USC, Oregon, Washington, Florida State, Etc

OT Micah Morris


Class: 2021

Town: Kingsland,GA/Camden County

Size: 6’5/270

Offers: Ohio State, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

2020 OL to visit OSU


After making the trek from Oak Park, Mich., to check out the Buckeyes-Penn State game in October, class of 2020 offensive guard Justin Rogers will make it back to the Ohio State campus on Tuesday.


Nearly two years away from signing with a college, this trip will once again give Rogers a chance to see what it would be like to be a student athlete for the Buckeyes.

Ohio State isn’t the only school with their eyes on Justin. A four-star prospect, Rogers holds around 20 scholarship offers at the moment. Among the programs the Buckeyes find themselves up against for his commitment are Florida State, Kentucky, and many others.

Currently considered the top overall offensive guard and 25th prospect in the entire class of 2020, per 247Sports, Rogers helped his Oak Park Knights squad finish last season with a final record of 9-3 and a state playoff berth.

Quick Hits

• Following in the footsteps of Bedford (OH) standout Davion Johnson and others, Massillon Washington (OH) wide receiver Austin Kutscher has committed to the Buckeyes as a preferred walk-on. As a senior, the 6-foot-1, 180-pound Kutscher finished off his high school career on a high note by hauling in 93 receptions for 1,349 receiving yards and 15 touchdowns for the Tigers.
• Kutscher wasn’t the only wide receiver to decide to accept a walk-on spot with Ohio State over the weekend. Not even 24 hours after Austin made his college choice known, Xavier Johnson of Summit Country Day School in Cincinnati also tweeted that he plans on playing in Columbus. A three-star prospect, Johnson reportedly held offers from the likes of Iowa State, Cincinnati, Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, and Western Kentucky throughout the process before jumping on his chance to attend the Ohio State University on Saturday afternoon.
• Four-star class of 2019 wide receiver Ramel Keyton has 10 programs sticking out above the rest. Trimming his list down from over 20 offers, the Marietta, Ga., native is now down to Ohio State, Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina State, Alabama, Oregon, Clemson, and Florida.

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Quiet display from four Buckeyes in Pro Bowl
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What does Chris Olave bring to Ohio State?
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The Buckeyes have their true slot receiver.

For years, it seemed nearly impossible to even consider Ohio State recruiting California effectively, due to location, and with competition from some of the nation’s top programs, like USC, UCLA, Stanford, Washington, and Oregon nearby. However, after years of nearly no attempts to reach that far west under Jim Tressel, Ohio State has finally made inroads in the Golden State under Urban Meyer, and those efforts have paid dividends.

Since 2012 (Urban’s first year), the Buckeyes have now pulled four prospects from the West Coast, up from just two from 2002-2010. That connection out west was huge for Ohio State just minutes ago, as they picked up the most recent player to join the pipeline in San Marcos receiver Chris Olave.

Olave joins Michael Thomas, Marcus Baugh, and Wyatt Davis as the only Buckeyes to come from California in the Urban Meyer era (safety Jaiden Woodbey would have made it five had he not flipped to Florida State last month).

Ultimately, while the long distance recruiting win is nice, what matters most is what Olave is bringing to Columbus. Let’s take a look at the latest Buckeye verbal commitment.

ON THE FIELD


If you’re still disappointed about Ohio State losing Tyjon Lindsey to Nebraska in the last recruiting cycle, I’ve got good news for you: Chris Olave is a very similar prospect. He’s a prototypical slot receiver in skill, with the size of a primary receiver (6-foot-1, 170 pounds).

He’s a very crisp route runner, and he’s electric with the ball in his hands—because of his quickness, and surprisingly long strides. He’s never really going to be a big play kind of receiver, as he isn’t really a burner, but he’s capable of tracking down deep throws, and could find himself at the “KJ Hill” hybrid slot/H-back position.

With his consistently good hands, and willingness to block, Olave could see the field early in Columbus, as Ohio State will have a mass exodus of receivers next season, with Parris Campbell, Terry McLaurin, Johnnie Dixon, and CJ Saunders all graduating, and Binjimen Victor, Austin Mack, and K.J. Hill could all decide to declare for the NFL as well.

IN THE CLASS


Olave is the 24th member of Ohio State’s top-ranked 2018 class, and the fourth receiver, along with Cameron Brown, Kamryn Babb, and L’Christian Smith. He's only two spots behind Brown in the 247Sports composite rankings, and saw a big boost in the last ratings change, after a huge senior season.

Olave picked Ohio State over USC, Utah, and UCLA, which is part of what makes this commitment so impressive. The Buckeyes identified Olave’s talent before most of the Pac-12, and stuck with him to the end, ultimately beating out every local program for one of the region’s best talents. That’s what good recruiting and coaching can do for you, and Ryan Day deserves a ton of credit for this one.

Olave will almost certainly be shutting his recruitment down after this, and should be signing with Ohio State on the first Wednesday in February, unless anything absurd happens between now and then.

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What Chris Olave's commitment means for the Buckeyes: Ohio State football recruiting
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Ohio State Recruiting: Buckeyes No.1, Smart-ESP hurting coach Saban?
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The Ohio State recruiting class is once again at the top of the 247Sports Composite. After recruiting services updated player ratings the Buckeyes moved slightly ahead of the Georgia Bulldogs 310.40 to 309.02. Although Urban Meyer let everybody know he ...


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4-star WR Chris Olave commits to Ohio State
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Olave becomes the 24th member of the Buckeyes’ 2018 recruiting class

The Ohio State Buckeyes’ recruiting class for 2018 just got a little bit stronger. Four-star wide receiver Chris Olave (San Marcos, CA / Mission Hills) announced that he will be attending Ohio State. Olave made the decision known on Twitter.


Out of San Marcos, Calif., Olave was considered the 42nd best prospect out of the Golden State, and was graded as the 54th best wide receiver in the class, according to 247sports.

Twenty schools made offers to Olave, with a trio of Pac-12 programs (UCLA, USC and Utah) making it down to his final four. However, it was the Buckeyes that were ultimately chosen.

If you want to see what Olave brings to the table, watch his highlight clip below. The video was uploaded to Hudl in September 2017.


As things stand right now, the Buckeyes have 24 members in their 2018 recruiting class. Eight of those members have enrolled early, 14 have signed their Letter of Intent, and one (Tyler Friday) has verbally committed—in addition to Olave.

Olave joins fellow four-star receivers Kamryn Babb and Cameron Brown in the Buckeyes class. Both Babb and Brown signed during the December early signing window.

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Chris Olave commits to Ohio State: Buckeyes add California receiver
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Best of the week that was: How about that Penn State-Ohio State finish?
Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer via Big Ten Network

The Big Ten season has reached its halfway point. And Purdue has emerged as the team to beat, starting conference season 10-0 for the first time ever. Ohio State is now looking up at the Boilermakers, having suffered its first loss of the season.

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Watch: Early analysis on Haskins-Burrow quarterback battle
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College hockey: UMD women sweep No. 5 Buckeyes
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Four Former Buckeyes Set To Participate In The 2018 NFL Pro Bowl
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Ohio State football 2018 wide receivers and tight ends: Depth chart projection
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Four of the Buckeyes' receivers were eligible to enter the 2018 NFL Draft. All four chose to stay, including leading receiver Parris Campbell. The Buckeyes did not have a standout receiver in 2017. But four had more than 400 yards receiving and of ...


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Biggest Ohio State risers, fallers in final 247Sports Composite
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The industry-generated 247Sports Composite rankings are set now with the rankings from across the country finalized, and several Buckeyes made a move up led by quarterback Matthew Baldwin who made a huge jump. Baldwin moved 77 spots from No. 453 to No ...


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No. 6 Ohio State sweeps No. 17 Michigan with 5-3 victory
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The Buckeyes completed the season sweep of the Wolverines with their fourth straight win over Michigan this year

As usual, Michigan is hailing to the victors from Columbus, Ohio. That’s right: No. 6 Ohio State swept No. 17 Michigan this weekend with the 5-3 victory on Saturday night and completed the series sweep as the Buckeyes previously swept Michigan in November.

Ohio State has now won nine out of their last 10, and seven out of eight since the end of the winter break. Even more importantly, they now sit comfortably in second place in the Big Ten, opening up a six point lead on new third place team Wisconsin in conference play with just eight conference games to go.

Those eight games include showdowns with the No. 1 team in the country Notre Dame, Minnesota and Wisconsin, so it won’t be easy to hold onto that No. 2 spot. But with the way OSU has played since December, it’s hard to doubt them.

The best part was that this game was much more encouraging in terms of process than Friday night’s more impressive-on-paper 4-0 win against the Wolverines. On Friday night, Ohio State was outshot by 12 shots and the shutout from Sean Romeo made the game less interesting than it otherwise should’ve been.

Romeo would be solid in this one, saving 28/31 shots on goal, but it’d be Ohio State’s possession prior to the third period that gave the Buckeyes the real advantage, saving Romeo from having to put the team on his back once again.

OSU outshot Michigan 11-6 in the first and 11-7 in the second. Michigan would pump 18 shots on net to Ohio State’s seven in the third, but the Buckeyes were up by at least two goals for the entire period and score effects had taken over. An 18-7 mark in a scoreless first period would be cause for concern; an 18-7 mark when up multiple goals after dominating for the first two periods is excusable.

It actually looked like this one would be more complicated than the final score let on. Despite the shot totals in the first and second, it wouldn’t be until nearly three quarters of the way through the second that Ohio State would take a permanent lead.

Michigan actually struck first tonight, taking a page out of Ohio State’s Friday playbook and scoring first despite getting outshot. But Ohio State would get some luck Michigan couldn’t find on Friday.

Freddy Gerard shot a puck from about as safe an area as a goalie can ask for. Except Michigan goalie Hayden Lavigne let out a rebound that looked like it was knocked in by a way too casual Michigan defender standing in front of the goalie. Judge for yourself:


No matter the cause, it was Gerard’s eighth of the year and Ohio State had this one tied up going into the first intermission.

The second period would be a back and forth affair for the first half and then Ohio State putting their foot down in the second. And it was once again Freddy Gerard who got it going, this time just 26 seconds into the second.

Michigan took the puck up the ice from deep in their own zone, but turned it over to Matthew Weis in the neutral zone. He stopped with one defender back and fed Tanner Laczynski across the netmouth. His shot was stopped, but Gerard was there to put in the rebound. The play looks crazier than I just made it sound. Gerard scored two weird ones tonight, but hey they still count.


Michigan would answer with a goal at 9:57 of the second to tie it up once again, but it didn’t last long. Just over three minutes later, John Wiitala stole the puck in the offensive zone and fed Ronnie Hein in the slot. That was all she wrote:


Ohio State would lead for the rest of the game. But they weren’t done in the second. Just three and a half minutes after that, at 16:56, they struck again.

Brendon Kearney took a pass from the point, skated in to the top of the circles, and rifled it past Lavigne:


Wyatt Ege set him up with a pass from the wall, allowing Kearney to score what would stand as the game winner.

In the third, Michigan would turn on the jets and pumped 18 shots on Sean Romeo, but it’d be too little, too late.

Mason Jobst effectively ended any minuscule chances of a Wolverine comeback, scoring an insurance goal at 11:48 of the third. Michigan would answer back with a score from the beautifully named Jake Slaker at 17:30, but it was over by that point.

Ohio State held on for the 5-3 victory and season sweep of that team up north. They improve to an astounding 17-5-4 on the season. If you would’ve told me two years ago that this team would be headed for the top-5 and sweeping Michigan, I would’ve thought you were crazy.

Either way, the Buckeyes face Michigan State next weekend and have to avoid looking ahead to the looming showdown with No. 1 Notre Dame the week after that. We’ll really see what this Buckeye team is made of if they can take care of business against the Spartans in Columbus and then earn a split at least with Notre Dame.

Crazier things have happened.

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Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell sets Big Ten record for career points
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Buckeyes offer 2019 athlete from Connecticut
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The offer is the 13th for the 6-foot, 165-pound receiver/defensive back, as the Buckeyes joined Michigan, Penn State, Iowa, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Boston College, Rutgers, and others in offering the star junior. Ohio State is definitely a ...

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Ohio State will miss Kerry Coombs' insistence to fearlessly be yourself: Doug Lesmerises
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