Podcast: Breaking down the impact of Ohio State departures, returns
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Chris Olave and Haskell Garrett coming back are huge, but how will the rest of the roster shake out for 2021?

On Land-Grant Holy Land In Conversation, we talk to people in and around Ohio State athletics, and the sporting world at large, to bring you a different insight and perspective to the teams, athletes, and university that you love.

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On today’s episode, I chat with Land-Grant Holy Land co-managing editor Gene Ross about the biggest news of the week: which Buckeyes are heading to the NFL and which Buckeyes are coming back for another year in Columbus.

We look at how Chris Olave’s return impacts the wide receiver room and what him being back can tell us about C.J. Stroud and Jack Miller’s — and Kyle McCord’s for that matter — potential to lead the 2021 Buckeyes back to the College Football Playoff.

We also discuss the potential for true-freshman Jack Sawyer to make an impact on the defensive line this fall, while also breaking down what we think the linebacker and defensive back rotations will look like.

Finally, we do a quick run around the draft potential for the Buckeyes now headed to the NFL. Where will players like Justin Fields, Shaun Wade, Tommy Togiai, and Trey Sermon end up at the next level?


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Since Penn State cancelled this game earlier, and this week they were scheduled to play TTUN, who has now paused their entire athletic department, this matchup will now happen on Wednesday evening. It falls just right for the Buckeyes, whose next game after this will be next Sunday, 1/31 hosting Sparty.

I’m guessing this will be on BTN - confirmed.

So was every generation before you, and after you, you are not special.

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Position: Linebacker
College: Tennessee
High School: Concord (CA) De La Salle

Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 225 lbs
2020 Stats: 76 tackles, 10 TFLs, sack, interception, TD

Tennessee Volunteers Official Site said:

The leader of Tennessee's defense and a talented playmaker who has the potential to be one of the top linebackers in the country ... Has played in 23 games and made 22 starts during his career ... Led the Vols with 76 tackles and 10 tackles for loss as a sophomore in 2020 ... Had one of the finest freshman seasons of any defensive player in the country in 2019, earning Freshman All-America honors from several organizations ... His 72 tackles in 2019 ranked second among SEC freshman and fourth among FBS freshman.

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Henry is currently in the transfer portal, and there's already a lot of smoke concerning Ohio State.

Buckeyes face a tough road test after the tough loss to Purdue.

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Just sayin': Consistently voted in at #5 with ESPN, Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, S/I, and USA Today. Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, and Oklahoma (not necessarily in the same order) are above us.

I haven't seen Dabo's way too early 2021 poll, but he probably still has us at #11:

Tulsa spent several weeks in the polls in 2020, dropping out after losing their bowl game to Miss St.

The visiting team’s nickname may be their most likely point total.

Buckeyes travel to Lincoln to take on the Cornhuskers.

Boilermakers visit Columbus in November.

A week off in the middle of October.

Buckeyes head to Piscataway.

Spartans visit the ‘Shoe during Senior Week.

Buckeyes head to Bloomington for one of the most eagerly anticipated matchups ever in Memorial Stadium.

Terps visit Columbus.

The Nits visit just before Halloween.

Edit - this had been the Senior Week game before the schedule was revised.

I’m assuming two things.

1 - The Game will have its traditional noon kickoff.

2 - The home team won’t be able to skunk-Weasel their way out of facing the Buckeyes.

The Ducks come to Columbus after the Buckeyes’ visit to Autzen was cancelled last year.

The season opener at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

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MIRCO HAS CHANCE TO BE STARTING PUNTER AS FRESHMAN
It didn’t come as a surprise, but the minute Drue Chrisman announced last week that he would not be returning to Ohio State for the 2021 season, it thrust Jesse Mirco into the conversation as the Buckeyes’ starting punter next fall.

That was already a likely scenario, but Chrisman’s decision made it official.

And now, with Mirco having signed with the program all the way back in September as the first official Buckeye in the 2021 class, the punter from Australia will be coming stateside with even more excitement. Which is saying something, because he was already itching to get to America when Eleven Warriors spoke with him in December about soon joining the program.

“I’ve been over there a couple times, once when I was 13 or 14, and I was over last year. But I haven’t actually been to Ohio yet so I’m looking forward to that,” Mirco said. “I’m excited for school and getting into the swing of things. It’s a bit hard when you’re stuck on the other side of the country so it’ll be nice to get around the boys and get to meet everyone.”

Though it’s been a long time since Mirco has gotten the opportunity to come to the United States, he says there isn’t any real anxiety about leaving his Australian home. When asked on a scale of 1-10 how nervous he was, he categorized it as just a “3.”

“I’m pretty excited to get over. There’s only so much training you can do before you get stuck into things and be around the guys and the facilities and get started,” said Mirco, admitting that it’s probably his parents who have the more bittersweet feelings. “They’re pretty excited as well. They’re happy for me to get over. Hopefully things get better with coronavirus for the season next year. They’re a little upset that I am leaving, I guess, but it’s a little sacrifice for a big reward.”
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“I guess they wanted someone that can do a little bit of everything,” Mirco said. “With the Aussie background and the Aussie punts you see a lot of in college these days and pooch punts is something we pride ourselves on. We’re pretty accurate there. And my spirals are still a work in progress, but it’s not too bad. Just gonna keep working on that and work on everything else, and hopefully I’ll give Coach Barnes plenty of opportunities to use me.”

Oh, and it doesn’t hurt that Mirco packs in another punch as a tackler with his background in Australian football.

“I’m sure it’ll be a different technique over there, but in Australian football I’ve grown up playing since I was four or five years old, we have full-contact tackling. No pads, no helmets,” Mirco said. “It’s pretty full-on, and tackling is a pretty big part of our game. It’s a pretty contested game and contact sport so it’s not anything new, but I’m sure we’ll work on it.”

Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...ith-opportunity-as-starting-punter-increasing

Just sayin': Remember what Jim Tressel says ........'The punt is the most important play in football'

This really does deserve a thread of its own.

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