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The guys are playing hard

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Do not tell Holtman this because he was very unhappy with the effort that they put forth against Fredo yesterday.

OSU went through some two-a-day practices following the North Carolina loss a week ago. Saturday, Holtmann said after the Buckeyes defeated Miami that he was not thrilled with some of the practices.

The warning signs he saw came true in the second half as Ohio State's 17-point lead was cut down to just three.

"I thought at times, more than at times, they were more physical than we were," Holtmann said. "We've got to answer the bell better than we did today in terms of just playing with more physicality.

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Fungo Squiggly said:

Sloppier than my wife after her 4th gun and tonic.

Not nearly as much fun, though....

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Buckeyes take Cotton Bowl, but don't put any fear in the Frogs
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Kosta Karageorge's death left lasting impact on Buckeyes
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2014 Ohio State Football Notebook: Buckeyes had Stark County flavor in 2014
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No. 9 Ohio State completes sweep of Niagara with 4-1 victory
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Tommy Nappier got the start in net as OSU won their 4th in a row

Ohio State really is starting to look like the top-10 team the USCHO.com poll declared they were. They defeated a Niagara team they are supposed to defeat and did it with their backup goalie in.

The No. 9 Ohio State hockey team took down Niagara for the second straight night, winning 4-1 in front of backup goalie Tommy Nappier. Niagara kept it close for at least one period, but OSU went up two in the second and iced it with another in the third.

Matt Miller got it started just one minute into the first, with assists from Mason Jobst and Michael Rounds, and Matthew Weis doubled the lead almost exactly six minutes later at the 7:02 mark. Ronnie Hein and Tanner Laczynski had the assists on Weis’ goal. Rounds and Hein combined to play nine games before this weekend but were putting up points on Niagara. Depth, baby.

Nick Farmer got Niagara on the board with 34 seconds left in the first but that’d be all they’d get. OSU outshot Niagara 16-12 in the first despite being up for 19 minutes of the period anyway and poured it on some more in the second.

They outshot the visitors 16-4 in the second and added another goal from Weis at 14:01 of the second. Hein and Jobst added the assists, each gaining their second helpers of the night.

The third would be more Niagara heavy, as they made their final push down two goals, and outshot the Buckeyes 12-7, but they wouldn’t be able to add another and halve the OSU lead. John Wiitala scored the only goal of the period, for OSU, at 2:15, with Hein registering his third assist of the game. He had one assist this season coming into this series.

That’d be it for the scoring in this relatively uneventful, domination by the Buckeyes. Nappier stopped all twelve shots in the third and ended up stopping 27/28 shots for a sterling .964 save percentage.

But you still have to play the games; it doesn’t show up as a dominant win just because it should. Ohio State did play the games and looked just as good as they should’ve this weekend. They swept a team they should sweep and improved their record to 12-4-4.

That’s all you can ask for, and to do it in front of your backup freshman goalie in the second and more dominant win? Hardly anything more you could ask for.

There’s not much else to say in this one. Ohio State outplayed a team they were supposed to outplay and put this one away relatively early. They didn’t sit back quite like the football team did against USC after going up 17-0, but it was nearly as uneventful after OSU scored the third goal.

The Buckeyes move back to the conference schedule next year (i.e. next week) as they travel to East Lansing for their first games of the 2018 calendar year.

MSU sits at just 2-7-1-1 in conference heading into next weekend while the Bucks sit second in the conference (and five back in the win column of first place Notre Dame). OSU will look to win the series next weekend and keep their current number two seed in conference.

There’s nothing but conference games from hereon out. Go Bucks.

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No. 9 Buckeyes Close Out Weekend Sweep With 4-1 Win Over Niagara
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Recruit and return: Ohio State Buckeyes
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The senior Buckeyes quarterback goes out a winner, improving to 38-6 as a starter. He plunged in from 1 yard out for the first touchdown of the game and scored on a 28-yard burst midway through the second quarter to put Ohio State ahead 24-0. He also ...


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TampaBuckeyes said:

I imagine there were 2 reasons Urban let Ward come to Dallas for the game. He loves his players and respects their decision that 1 game isn't worth risking millions (very small chance of injury, but it's still there). Also, it's a recruiting move. As was said in the OP, this is a football factory and we get those elite out of state players by sending guys to the league. Knowing that it would look pretty [Mark May]ty if he left Ward home. This way Urban stands strongly behind his players going to the league.

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Definitely think it was a recruiting Move...Urban wants pros .,

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Hoping for seed.

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Ohio State’s QB room could stay stacked with Joe Burrow ‘leaning toward staying’
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Plus, Urban Meyer and Kerry Coombs react to Denzel Ward’s decision to sit and declare early.

“I came to terms with it the last couple weeks. Either way, no matter what I do, I’m going to have to come out and compete somewhere. I felt like I got a lot better in the last couple weeks of bowl practice and that was good.”

-Joe Burrow, via William Kosileski of Land of 10


The quarterback room at Ohio State has always been filled with more talent than roster spots, and more potential No. 1 than starting opportunities. The latest round of QB controversy focuses on the future of the Buckeye offense now that the J.T. Barrett era is officially behind us.

Heading into the 2017 season, the battle for the No. 2 QB spot was neck-and-neck between Joe Burrow and Dwayne Haskins, but with a hand injury and related surgery for Burrow, Haskins took the garbage time snaps and became the clear backup for Barrett throughout the season. As Ohio State also boasts Tate Martell, who just finished his redshirt season, and added yet another potential-filled QB with the 2018 recruiting class.

As the quarterback room gets more crowded, Joe Burrow has a decision to make — and soon — about where he plans to play ball in 2018. Transfer rumors started mid-season, but have certainly seen an upswing in recent weeks. As noted in the Land of 10 article above, Burrow was blunt, “I don’t know. I’m leaning towards staying.”

He won’t have too long to hedge on his decision, and will have to let Buckeye coaches know soon.

“But this game proved one thing to me: the committee got it right. Neither No. 5 Ohio State nor No. 8 USC deserved to be included in the playoff.”

-Edward Sutelan, The Lantern


With the way Ohio State played last night, especially the defense, questions quickly arose following the Cotton Bowl win about the team’s potential in the College Football Playoff. And while parts of the team could certainly compete against some of the top-4 teams playing on New Years Day, the offense still struggled enough to pump the brakes on the “Buckeyes were robbed” takes.

Both the Big Ten champions and Pac-12 champions being left out of the CFP was a hotly debated topic for weeks, but those talks should have been put to bed with the way the game played out. Certainly competing as top-10 teams, neither sides offense was enough to say they’d have succeeded against a defense like Alabama. That’s just silly.

It was still a good step for the Buckeyes, who were still fighting off flashbacks of a scoreless bowl game last season against Clemson. Beating a familiar foe in the postseason will give Urban Meyer and team some motivation and momentum heading into 2018, and will hopefully give next year’s squad a better chance of making a run in the CFP. It’s hard to imagine they would have finished on the same positive note had they snagged that final spot in the top-4 this season.

“We’ve had ongoing conversations. He practiced every day. We prepared for him not to play. I mean that would be foolish not to. So we practiced a lot of guys in those roles, which is why I think they played so well.”

-Kerry Coombs, via Tony Gerdeman of TheOzone


Denzel Ward’s seemingly last minute decision to skip the Cotton Bowl and forego his final year of eligibility for the NFL draft was a bit of a shocker. Except to those around him for the past few weeks.

Following the win over USC, both Urban Meyer and Kerry Coombs spoke about Ward’s decision to sit out of the bowl game, and how they went about preparing for his potential absence. Ward’s decision to still participate in bowl game practices and his honesty about being on the fence, allowed some of the younger guys to prepare for a role they don’t normally take -- and the results were successful on Friday.

Meyer spoke about how the discussions among Ward and his family were ongoing following the Big Ten Championship game, and that the talks weren’t taken lightly. The group discussed options for Ward to only play on third-downs or on special teams, but ultimately he decided to sit out altogether. The coaches may not have been made aware of Ward’s final decision until the day before the game, but they had been preparing for that outcome for weeks.

“Ward staying with the Buckeyes to be a part of the team and continuing to mentor his younger fellow DBs helps them out, and they get to shine on the bowl stage while he looks on as a supportive teammate.”

-Richard Johnson, SB Nation


Will Denzel Ward skipping the bowl game look bad to NFL scouts? Probably not.

It’s become somewhat of the norm over the past few years, with two of the top running backs (Christian McCaffrey, Leonard Fournette) setting a real precedent and skipping their bowl games. Still, it’s not something Ohio State players and fans really expected from one of their own. Sam Hubbard was emphatic following the Big Ten Championship that he wouldn’t even consider skipping a bowl game, that he’s playing with and for his brothers.

Now we know, even Buckeye players could make the decision to sit out of a big-time bowl game to protect their bodies and draft stock. It’s a selfish decision, but not in a bad way. The game of football is a tough one and any given play could lead to a career-ending injury, sometimes when you weigh the risks, they just aren’t worth it.

Ward is still expected to be a first or second-round pick, and will now get ready to show off during the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine -- to which, I’m sure he’ll get and accept an invite.

“College football fans are never quite going to agree on J.T. Barrett. He might simultaneously be the most underrated and overrated quarterback in Ohio State history.”


-Bill Connelly, SB Nation

Anyone who has followed Ohio State football since 2014 has noticed the ebb and flow with quarterback J.T. Barrett’s performances. He was never able to recapture the consistent precision and explosion from his first year as the starting QB for the Buckeyes — filling in for Braxton Miller just weeks before the start of the year.

The QB competition with Cardale Jones in 2015 seemed to crush his spirit, and set him up for a lot more inconsistencies throughout the duration of his Ohio State career. With top receivers turning the NFL, Barrett was the leader among a very young #Zone6 for much of 2016. He took the Buckeyes on yet another CFP run this season, that somehow saw losses to both Oklahoma and Iowa before finishing the season in the Cotton Bowl.

With a taste of how good he was early on in his career, the ups and downs weren’t taken very lightly among fans, who were (as always) highly critical of the lackluster passing game and Barrett run-heavy offensive game plan. But having claimed 22-plus school records, and a host of Big Ten conference records -- including most total offense, usurping Drew Brees during the Cotton Bowl.— it’s hard to imagine all of those frustrating things he did in-game wont eventually be forgotten, and legends of his stat lines will live on.

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Ohio State pulls away to beat in-state rival Miami 72-59
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Keita Bates-Diop scored 19 points as Ohio State pulled away in the second half to beat in-state rival Miami 72-59 on Saturday afternoon.

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Ohio State men’s basketball hangs on against Miami (OH), 72-59
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It wasn’t easy, but C.J. Jackson and Keita Bates-Diop held off a furious RedHawk comeback attempt.

In their final non-conference game of the season, the Ohio State Buckeyes (11-4, 2-0) held on against the Miami (OH) RedHawks (7-6), 72-59, after an evenly played first half at the Value City Arena. The Buckeyes took a commanding 17-point lead midway through the second half only to see Miami eventually cut the advantage to three points before OSU ran away with the victory.

OSU senior Jae’Sean Tate started the game, but reportedly has been dealing with a left shoulder sprain. Apparently head coach Chris Holtmann thought about sitting the senior forward for the game, with the Buckeyes returning to the Big Ten portion of their schedule next week. However, Tate, who is left handed, did play, and turned in one of his traditionally well-rounded performances.

The game opened with both teams fairly cold from the floor. The Buckeyes hadn’t played since last Saturday’s loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels, and the RedHawks hadn’t been on the hardwood since Dec. 21 against DePaul. At the first media timeout at 15:25 in the first half, the teams were a combined 2-13 from the floor. The Buckeyes were 1-8 (12.5%) and Miami was 1-5 (20%).

From there, OSU began to build a modest lead thanks to their stifling defense. Miami was forced to settle for shots from distance as eight of their first 11 attempts came from behind the arc. The Buckeyes also were able to turnover the RedHawks five times in the first nine minutes of the game. Those turnovers led directly to five points, which was the margin of Ohio State’s early advantage at the second media timeout, 12-7.

After the under-12 media timeout, the Buckeyes began to find their stroke as they went on a six-point run in 30 seconds, thanks to an old-fashioned three-point play from Kaleb Wesson and a more traditional triple from C.J. Jackson to go up 18-9.


Sandwiched around a great give-and-go from Kaleb Wesson and Tate, Miami forward Bam Bowman hit back-to-back three pointers to cut into the OSU lead. After RedHawk Dalonte Brown missed a three that would have given his team a one-point lead, guard Darrian Ringo picked up his third first-half foul. As one of Miami’s best offensive weapons, head coach Jack Owens allowed his junior leader to stay on the floor for a few extra minutes. The risk paid off as he hit a layup in the lane to cut the OSU lead to 23-21.

However, from there, Ringo headed to the bench, and the Buckeyes opened up their lead as Keita Bates-Diop hit a jumper, and Kam Williams followed up with a three-pointer to go up seven, 28-21.

Holding onto a 30-26 lead, Jackson poked the ball free from Isaiah Coleman-Lands, and Bates-Diop found the guard streaking towards the basket. Jackson laid it up, and Logan McLane blocked it off of the backboard, resulting in a goaltend and a bucket. OSU freshman Musa Jallow hit a three-pointer with 00:43 left in the period to bring the halftime score to 35-28 in favor of the home team.

At the intermission, the Buckeyes were getting incredibly balanced scoring; Jackson and KBD led with eight apiece, Kaleb Wesson had seven, and Tate had six.

Similarly, 26 of Miami’s 28 points came from four players; Ringo and Nike Sibande each had seven, and Bowman and Jake Wright had six apiece.

As was the individual scoring, most of the first half stats were fairly close. Miami had a one board lead on the glass (17-16), while the Buckeyes led just 12-10 in terms of points in the paint. Both teams shot 10-for-26 (38.5%) in the first 20 minutes.

On Miami’s first offensive possession of the second half, Bates-Diop picked up two blocks on shots down low, but after a Kaleb Wesson fall-away miss, Wright and KBD traded jumpers, before Jackson hit a three-pointer to get the Buckeye lead to double-digits for the first time on the day, 40-30.


After starting the season in a rather rocky manner, Jackson had one of his best games of the year.

Coming off of a timeout four minutes into the half, Jackson drove into the lane, and delivered a slick no-look pass to Bates-Diop underneath to extend the lead to 12. Then on the following Buckeye possession, Williams hit his second three-pointer of the afternoon to get the lead to 47-32, forcing Owens to call a timeout.

After the Buckeyes took a 17-point lead, the RedHawks’ defense tried to get them back in the game. Ringo picked up a pair of steals, leading to his own layup and a monstrous throwdown by Sibande, and in-between, Bowman hit his third triple of the game. The 58 second-run cut the OSU advantage to 49-39, and Holtmann called a timeout in hopes of stemming the RedHawk tide.

Unfortunately for the Buckeyes, their next possession ended in a turnover (their fourth in about two and a half minutes). A few possessions later, Bowman, who does not look like a traditional sharpshooter, hit a corner three to cut the lead to seven. From there, missed layups and unsuccessful rebounds continued to pile up for Ohio State and Sibande hit another three to bring Miami to within two possessions, 50-45.

On the subsequent offensive trip, Bates-Diop took the ball into the lane and hit a jumper, OSU’s first field goal in 4:25. The next time OSU had the ball saw Williams hit another shot to give the Buckeyes a bit of a cushion. However, Brown hit another thunderous dunk for Miami, and KBD responded with a tip-in to extend the lead back to nine, 56-47.

After the sluggish first 15 minutes for both teams, the action in the second half became fast and furious, and Bowman kept it going with his fifth basket from downtown, and Ringo led a fastbreak and found Sibande for the dunk.

Another three-pointer from Jackson got the Buckeyes back to a six-point lead with 5:30 remaining, but the RedHawks were not going away. However, in addition to his strong offensive outing, Jackson drew offensive fouls on consecutive Miami possessions, with the second leading to a Williams three-pointer, which got the OSU lead back to nine points.

Another block for KBD and a second-chance basket from Tate put the Buckeyes back up by double-digits, 65-54, with just 3:31 remaining. A minute and change later, Jackson found Tate in the corner with no one between him and the basket. So, shoulder strain or not, the senior drove and threw down an emphatic two-handed dunk to extend the lead to 69-56.

The Ohio State Buckeyes will return to action as they begin the Big Ten slate in earnest on Thurs. Jan. 4, as they travel to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at 7:00 p.m. ET. The contest will be broadcast on ESPNU.

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What does Ohio State lose with Sam Hubbard declaring for the NFL Draft?
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Hubbard has been a tour de force on the Buckeye defensive line for three seasons.

After winning the Cotton Bowl against USC, Ohio State learned that they wouldn’t have another one of their defensive leaders for next season.

Sam Hubbard announced on Twitter that he is forgoing his senior season in Columbus, and will enter into the 2018 NFL Draft.

What does Ohio State lose by having Hubbard leave early?


Well, they lose one of the most experienced and productive lineman from the past three seasons.

Hubbard entered the Cotton Bowl as the tackle leader on the defensive line. His 38 tackles helped pave the way for the Buckeyes to dominate offenses, and Hubbard even picked up Defensive Player of the Week honors in the Big Ten after getting 2.5 sacks against Michigan.

In the Cotton Bowl, the Cincinnati native duplicated his sacking ability by bringing down Trojans quarterback Sam Darnold 2.5 times. (His career best for sacks is 2.5.) He also had 3.5 tackles for losses—and ended the game with four tackles.

Career wise, Hubbard recorded 116 tackles throughout three years. In the last three years worth of bowl games (Notre Dame, Clemson and USC), Hubbard was able to record at least .5 sacks in each game. Against the Fighting Irish, he had one sack; in the semifinal loss last season to Clemson, he had .5 of a sack; and Friday night’s 2.5 sack effort against the Trojans.

Only one time did Hubbard get an interception (Maryland 2015), and three times he forced a fumble.

Who fills the void?


Jonathon Cooper and Chase Young seem like prime candidates to go into Hubbard’s role for next season. Especially with Tyquan Lewis and Jalyn Holmes being seniors, either Cooper or Young will have to step into the exact same spot that Hubbard had for the last three seasons.

Nick Bosa may very well be the best person on the line next season—following in the footsteps of his brother Joey Bosa. The DE had 1.5 sacks against USC, and has appeared to be unstoppable at times this season.

The 2018 class features one defensive end prospect in three-star Alex Williams, so there may be an issue where someone will have to fill into that position—assuming OSU doesn’t pick up another DE commitment by the time its 2018 recruiting class is finalized.

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