Tide, Buckeyes get most AP accolades - Altoona Mirror
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Tide, Buckeyes get most AP accolades
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No. 1 Alabama placed four players on The Associated Press All-America team, most of any school, and Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson and fellow Heisman Trophy finalists Jabrill Peppers of Michigan and Dede Westbrook of Oklahoma were also ...


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Ohio State Buckeyes vs Michigan Wolverines 2016 Highlights
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Buckeyes change 2017 season opener - CBS sports.com (blog)
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Buckeyes change 2017 season opener
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Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) December 13, 2016. This will be the seventh time in Ohio State football history the Buckeyes will open the season on a day other than Saturday with the most recent coming in 2015 against Virginia Tech on Labor Day.


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Ohio State football | Clemson loss brought change to Buckeyes
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When Ohio State and Clemson last played, pride was the main thing at stake for the Buckeyes. Ohio State was trying to end its 2013 season on a high note after its devastating loss to Michigan State in the Big Ten championship game. The Buckeyes fell ...
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Country's No. 2 2018 prospect down to two, Buckeyes miss out - CBS sports.com (blog)
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Country's No. 2 2018 prospect down to two, Buckeyes miss out
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He then told Bucknuts.com the Buckeyes were one of his top choices and he would be back at some point for another visit. Thomas hasn't been back yet, and won't unless something drastic changes. Thomas, who previously played at Florence (S.C.) Wilson, ...

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Marc Loving leads Ohio State Buckeyes to Las Vegas
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Along the way, as the Buckeyes strive for those wins, Loving's season also has included some guidance for his young teammates, as eight of the 13 players on the Buckeyes are underclassmen. Loving, the only senior on the team, was the Buckeyes' leading ...


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Dotting the 'Eyes: Latest news on 5-star prospects Donovan Peoples-Jones, Darnay Holmes and more
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We're in a recruiting dead period, so if the Buckeyes are leading, the opportunities for UCLA, Nebraska and others to pass Ohio State are limited to telephonic conversation only. That helps the Buckeyes. It also helps that Holmes is very close to Tate ...
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Ohio State and Clemson earn honor as top must-watch game of postseason
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In a ranking of the most entertaining postseason matchups, Ohio State and Clemson top the list.

“1. College Football Playoff semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Clemson”

- Mark Schlabach, ESPN


With the bevy of college bowl games and postsesason matchups starting on Dec. 17, there are sure to be entertaining games that are filled with exciting plays and the like. But if you were to rank all of the games in terms of the most entertaining? Ohio State and Clemson meeting in the College Football Playoff has to top the list. The Buckeyes and Tigers clash for a spot in the national championship game. The winner will play either Alabama or Washington (listed as the second most entertaining game on this list).

Both Ohio State and Clemson enter the game with two great quarterbacks in J.T. Barrett and Deshaun Watson. Both were Heisman Trophy candidates at the start of the season and though Watson was the only one of the two invited to New York, Barrett has proven to be one of the best statistical quarterbacks in Ohio State history. There’s also the matter of two heavyweight head coaches facing off with Urban Meyer and Dabo Swinney. The two previously met in the Orange Bowl following the 2013 season, where Tajh Boyd and Sammy Watkins help upend an Ohio State team that nearly made the national championship game.

“Both Elflein and Hooker were named first-team All-Americans by the Associated Press on Monday, meaning both are considered consensus All-Americans by the NCAA.”

- Bill Landis, Cleveland.com


Ohio State center Pat Elflein and safety Malik Hooker were named first-team All-Americans on Monday after both having great years individually. Elflein made the move from guard to center and flourished as he looked to improve his draft stock over the course of the season and help get Ohio State back into the College Football Playoff. Hooker, meanwhile, took only one playing season to make it to All-American status. Hooker started at safety for the Buckeyes and was a ball hawk all season long.

In total, Hooker accounted for six interceptions this season with three of those being returned for touchdowns. Hooker has quickly become one of the most feared safeties in college football as just a sophomore. His athleticism stands out as one of his best attributes and it helped solidify an already strong secondary for the Buckeyes. Elflein was also named the 2016 Rimington Trophy award winner, given annually to the nation’s top center.

“[True Freshman All-Americans] DL: Nick Bosa, Ohio State”

- Tom Luginbill, ESPN


Another honor worth mentioning is Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa making ESPN’s True Freshman All-America team after a strong first-year performance. Like his older brother before him, Bosa exploded onto the scene in Columbus, finishing with five sacks and being selected to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team. He was a terror for much of the season for opposing quarterbacks and offensive coordinators, in a similar fashion to what Joey Bosa was for the Buckeyes. Now the younger Bosa will get to showcase his talent against Clemson with the country watching on the College Football Playoff stage.

Bosa will look to continue to rise in his young career at Ohio State. Two more years will for sure follow this season and if you’re Urban Meyer, you’re thankful there was another Bosa coming through Columbus. Nick will have his work cut out for him next season as well, as he continues to impress across the board.

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Ex-Buckeye Gibson signs juco letter of intent - ESPN
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Ex-Buckeye Gibson signs juco letter of intent
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After being suspended for the fall semester, the former five-star recruit signed a junior college letter of intent with Mississippi Gulf Coast on Tuesday, signaling that he won't be returning to the Buckeyes. Torrance Gibson signed a letter of intent ...
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Ohio State football: Buckeyes 2017 season opener at Indiana changed to Thursday
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The kickoff time and television network are still to be determined. Ohio State opened its 2015 season at Virginia Tech on a Monday night. The two previous times the Buckeyes opened their season on a Thursday were both in Ohio Stadium. In 2010 Ohio ...
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Ohio State’s 2017 season opener vs. Indiana rescheduled for Thursday, August 31
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The Bucks will kickoff on a Thursday.

The Ohio State Buckeyes 2017 schedule was slated to kickoff on Saturday, September 2 against the Indiana Hoosiers, but today, the school announced that the season-opener would be moved to Thursday, August 31.

A time and TV network was not announced, but the game will be on 97.1 The Fan, per usual. The 2017 opener will be the third season-opener on a Thursday, with the first being in 1997 against Wyoming, and again in 2010 against Marshall. The last time the Buckeyes had a non-Saturday opener was just last season, when the Bucks played Virginia Tech on Labor Day.

The Buckeyes and Hoosiers have played a pair of interesting games the past two seasons, and we may have a third to open next season. It should be noted that Ohio State is 12-0 when opening against Big Ten teams.

The game will be played at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, and will serve as a Buckeyes warmup for when they welcome the Oklahoma Sooners to Columbus on September 9.

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Indiana, Ohio State to open 2017 season on Thursday night
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Indiana and Ohio State will kick off the 2017 college football season on Thursday, Aug. 31, it was announced today by Indiana, Ohio State and the Big Ten. The two schools and the conference were in agreement to move the game from Saturday, Sept. 2.

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The best gifts Ohio State gave us in 2016
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For Buckeye fans, it was a year chock full of presents.

Perhaps the least controversial thing you could say about 2016 is that it was, in fact, a year. And with the year’s end—and possibly the world’s end—quickly approaching, it’s officially the 2016 holiday season.

Ohio State fans got a lot of great gifts in the last 12 months, and there’s no better time of year to review all those presents. Let’s dive in.

Feed Zeke forever and ever, amen


On the very first day of the year, Ezekiel Elliott treated Buckeye fans to an absolute spectacle in what would be his last game in the Scarlet and Gray. Zeke ran roughshod over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl (lol) to the tune of four touchdowns and 179 yards from scrimmage.

It was a fitting end to the college career of one of Ohio State’s best ever. It was also incredibly bittersweet: if Zeke had got half as many touches against Michigan State a few weeks earlier, the Buckeyes probably would’ve earned a playoff berth.

Regardless, it nicely foreshadowed an NFL debut that set the league on fire. Through 14 weeks, Elliott leads all players in rushing yards by a comfortable margin, and he’s found the end zone 12 times on the ground. He’s the putative favorite for Rookie of the Year, and even MVP doesn’t sound laughable at this point.

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Joey Bosa also played his final game as a Buckeye on January 1, though his time on the field was considerably shorter than Zeke’s. Midway through the first quarter, Bosa was ejected for targeting, thanks to a hit on Irish QB Deshone Kizer in which Bosa led with the crown of his helmet.


Artist’s rendering of the Bosa hit.

Three months later, Bosa found himself the third-overall selection in the NFL Draft despite a final college season that didn’t quite match the dizzying heights he reached as a sophomore. When he held out from San Diego Chargers training camp this summer over a contract dispute, the internet got ready to ordain him as the league’s next high-profile bust.

That, uhhh, hasn’t happened. Bosa has adjusted to the speed and sophistication of the NFL with seeming ease, terrorizing opposing offensive lines all season despite all those missed practices and all the knocks on his technique. He has 5.5 sacks and a forced fumble on the year so far.

This take + this photo


Because Clay Travis schadenfreude is the gift that keeps on giving.

Curtis Samuel, if you need him


At the beginning of the 2014 season, Curtis Samuel was challenging Ezekiel Elliott for carries in the Buckeye backfield. Zeke ran away with the competition after a few games and never looked back, but all that potential inside Samuel had to go somewhere.

No. 4 eventually converted to H-back in the Ohio State offense, and you’d be hard-pressed to find many more versatile playmakers in college football than the gritty 2016 Curtis Samuel reboot. The Buckeye offense’s ups and downs this season seemed to directly correlate to the number of touches Samuel got in a given week; when he was getting fed regularly, they lit up the scoreboard, but when he wasn’t involved, the wheels pretty much fell off.

(Given this season’s trajectory, could it have been anyone else that delivered the final backbreaking blow against Michigan?)

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The Game


Speaking of Michigan...this year’s iteration of The Game was better than just about any of us deserved (except maybe America’s Sweetheart, Orlando Pace, who happened to be in attendance.) There was so much on the line, and despite each team’s hiccups, it had felt like a playoff berth collision course pretty much all season.

For Buckeye fans, the game went from feeling like an unpleasant dentist appointment to feeling like being locked in a room with a literal wolverine who’s high on angel dust in a relatively short span of time. This one had everything: two missed field goals! Jabrill Peppers’ first career interception! Jim Harbaugh throwing equipment! J.T. Barrett first-half yips and late-game heroics! A spot that was most definitely good! And when Curtis Samuel bounced into the end zone, triumphant, his jubilation seemed like nothing compared to ours.


12 Gauge Twitter


Cardale Jones hasn’t gotten to show his stuff on the field for the Buffalo Bills this season, but that just means he’s had extra time for tweeting. As with all great art, words just get in the way, so I’ll leave these two extraordinary pieces without further comment:


Thank you for continuing to produce the best account on Twitter dot com.

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Breaking down the best of the upcoming Big Ten bowl games
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Best bowl? Best QB matchup? Best chance for an upset? Best chance for a shootout? It’s all here and more in Tom Dienhart's Best of the Bowls!

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Ohio State football | Torrance Gibson signs letter with Mississippi junior college, might not attend - Columbus Dispatch
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Ohio State football | Torrance Gibson signs letter with Mississippi junior college, might not attend
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Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer said at the time of the suspension that he disagreed with it. Gibson remained in Columbus for at least a while and the Buckeyes expected to have him back for the 2017 season. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Gibson arrived as a highly ...
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Urban Meyer's best recruiting job at Ohio State: Keeping Greg Schiano for 2 years
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was one year ago this week that Urban Meyer hired Greg Schiano as Ohio State's co-defensive coordinator. At the time, the addition of Schiano to the Buckeyes' staff was stunning. This was a man qualified to run a program of his own ...

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Suspended Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver may transfer
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Torrance Gibson talks to reporters during Ohio State media day on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center in Columbus. David Jablonski/Staff. COLUMBUS. Suspended Ohio State Buckeyes wide receiver Torrance Gibson may transfer.
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pnuts34 said:

So that's 4 QB commits in 2 classes, I doubt everyone stays. That's a crazy haul for a position thatll be wide open next year.

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Ohio State men's basketball | Buckeyes will reprise role in CBS Sports Classic
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According to a press release distributed this morning, the three-year, round-robin event that concludes Saturday in Las Vegas will be repeated starting in New Orleans in 2017 when the Buckeyes will face the Tar Heels and the Bruins will play the Wildcats.
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Former Ohio State 4-star QB/WR Torrance Gibson appears headed to community college
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So much for the insistence he was coming back.

Despite repeated insistences that talented (but raw) QB-turned-wide receiver Torrance Gibson would be back at Ohio State after a suspension cost him his 2016 season, a Mississippi based community college tweeted Tuesday morning that Gibson had signed a letter of intent with them:


Ohio State — and especially head coach Urban Meyer — had been adamant throughout Gibson’s suspension that the development was against their wishes. Meyer was repeatedly vocal that the suspension came from the university and wasn’t handed down by the football program or the conference.

It’s not known if additional developments led Gibson to a change of heart or what might have transpired that could potentially have caused the change of plans. There’s an off chance — albeit slim -- that Gibson is merely keeping his options open, but if a letter of intent was involved, it seems OSU would have to have given Gibson his release to pursue the move.

We’ll have more details as they’re made available.


UPDATE: Land of 10’s Jeremy Birmingham says Gibson is denying the community college’s tweet claiming he’s headed there:


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Buckeyes in the NFL: Week 14
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A viewer's guide to the most (and least) entertaining bowls - ESPN
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A viewer's guide to the most (and least) entertaining bowls
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12h. Here's to Mike MacIntyre, Lamar Jackson and 2016's best in show · Louisville Cardinals. 7dMark Schlabach. Eight games that most impacted the CFP race · Ohio State Buckeyes. 5dHeather Dinich. Incredible year of Lamar Jackson ends with Heisman.

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Ohio State to face North Carolina in 2017, UCLA in 2018, Kentucky in 2019
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The CBS Sports Classic’s been extended through 2019

With a huge weekend non-conference game against UCLA still to come, Ohio State basketball made official three more monster out of conference games over the next three seasons.

Beginning next season, in New Orleans, OSU will start a trio of winter big time college basketball matchups in a continuation of the past two years’ CBS Sports Classic by taking on Roy Williams and North Carolina. In 2018, the Buckeyes will rematch this weekend’s opponents, the UCLA Bruins. The following Winter, the Bucks will get Kentucky, their opponent in 2015, a second time. The dates and venues for the 2018 and 2019 editions of the classic are yet to be determined.

This makes for a potentially brutal 2017-2018 out-of-conference slate for the Buckeyes, and assuming the best, head coach Thad Matta. Ohio State and 15 other Nike schools will also participate in a Portland, OR based Phil Knight Invitational. College basketball mainstays like Duke, UNC, Florida, Georgetown, Butler, UConn, Gonzaga, Michigan State will join the likes of OSU, Arkansas, Portland, Portland State, Stanford, Oregon, Oklahoma, and Texas. That’s set to take place in late November of 2017.

While the uptick in degree of difficulty will help OSU’s tournament chances, should they weather the storm, coming up short in multiple big non-conference matchups could leave OSU without a signature road/neutral court win on their resume. If Ohio State’s current season goes belly up, it could make for a tough beginning for whomever’s at the helm of the basketball Buckeyes then — or even make what could be one of the final seasons of the Matta era that much more challenging.

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Ohio State Recruiting: More Good News for the Buckeyes
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Five-star defensive back Shaun Wade was an early commit to the Ohio State recruiting class but many recruiting “experts” had him de-committing and going to another school, probably Alabama. According to reports by 247 Sports and 11 Warriors, Wade has ...
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