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OHSportsFan said:

Close the books and throw it away. Officially on to next year…

Let’s start on the roster turnover now.

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DaveyBoy said:

If all 3 or even 2 of our best 3 players are hitting the portal, then I’d say we need to move on from Jake. He can’t reasonably turn it around next year if our talent isn’t better than it was this Year. And by turning the Crown Tourney down I’d say Jake knows that a critical mass of our current starters aren’t going to be here in 2 weeks.

Hopefully they stay and we can give Jake another year to figure it out and win next year.

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buckeyemania11 said:

From the players perspective I can see why they wouldn't want to stay. The lack of care for the program from the Athletic Department surely trickles down to them.

I'd say Thornton and Mobley are walking for sure. I could see Royal sticking around but would not be shocked if he left as well.

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Just sayin': Well, for starters Micah Parrish (Senior), Ques Glover (Senior), and Meechie Johnson (quit team) definitely won't be back. I'll also say Kalen Etzler (who has been here 4 years; but redshirted one) won't be back either.

Can Ohio State return the "core players", i.e. Bruce Thornton, Devin Royal, Evan Mahaffey, and John Mobley? I'll say that they also want to keep Ivan Njegovan, Colin White, Taison Chatman, and Austin Parks all who have potential to develop and be significant contributors.

Just the fact that they finished 2024/2025 2-5 and declined the Las Vegas tournament leads me to believe that there was some unhappiness/disenstion on the team. Does Bruce thornton go pro? Do any of the above transfer out?

The other big questions are:

1) What about Aaron Bradshaw and Sean Stewart. They were major disappointments considering the amount of NIL money they probably received, etc. I'm guessing that they just hit the transfer portial again this year.

2) Can Diebler get some impact players for 2025/2026 out of the portial?

Ohio State Buckeyes Roster 2024-25​

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Update: Austin Parks transferring.
Update: Evan Mahaffey transferring.

RugbyBuck said:

All well and good, but what he did in the CFP is the minimum that he's supposed to do. The only reason it's being recognized is because of how he crapped the bed in The Game. Surely, we're planning to bring in some competition when the portal is open.

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Currently the back up to Jayden Fielding is Casey Magyar. He attended high school in Dublin OH and came to Ohio State as a preferred walk on transfer from Kent State. In 2021 he made 1 of 2 extra point kicks for Kent State. His Ohio State bio is as follows:

Ohio State Overview
• Casey was a preferred walk-on to the team in the spring of 2023 and is in his second season with the program after transferring from Kent State
• He is an OSU Scholar-Athlete who is majoring in mathematics

Honors & Awards
2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Casey
• Casey spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons playing for Kent State
• Made his collegiate debut in the 2021 home opener against VMI, making one PAT
• Also saw time against Western Michigan attempting one PAT
• Was a second-team All-Ohio and first-team All-District kicker for Coffman

Just sayin': Yeah, we definitely need another placekicker.

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The Game 1 will start at 3:30 ET and Ohio state /Iowa (i.e. Game 2) will start 25 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1.

MBB Preview \\ vs. Ohio State \\ Big Ten Tournament​

The 15th-seeded Iowa men’s basketball team will face 10th-seeded Ohio State in the opening round of the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday at approximately 5 p.m. (CT) from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The game will be streamed on Peacock.

The 15th-seeded University of Iowa men’s basketball team will face 10th-seeded Ohio State in the opening round of the 2025 TIAA Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday at approximately 5 p.m. (CT) from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The game will be streamed on Peacock.

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TV: Wednesday’s game will be streamed on Peacock with Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Robbie Hummel (color) and Nicole Auerbach (sideline) on the call.

OPENING TIP

• The 15th-seeded Hawkeyes open Big Ten Tournament play against 10th-seeded Ohio State on Wednesday in Indianapolis. It is the third straight year the two teams have squared off in the tournament.
• Iowa earned the final spot in the tournament field with an 83-68 road win at Nebraska on March 9. The Hawkeyes swept the season series over the Huskers for the first time since 2014-15.
• Senior Payton Sandfort surpassed 1,500 career points against Washington on Feb. 22 and is currently 13th in career scoring (1,572) and third in career 3-pointers (261). He is one 3-pointer behind Jeff Horner for second place on Iowa’s all-time list.
• Sandfort is the second Hawkeye all-time with 1,500+ points, 500+ rebounds and 250+ 3-pointers.
• In the 10 games without injured forward Owen Freeman, Payton Sandfort (16.7) and Dix (15.9) are combining to average 32.6 points and 11.1 rebounds per game.
• Sophomore Pryce Sandfort is Iowa’s third-leading scorer during the stretch, averaging 10 points per contest. Sandfort posted his first career double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds) in the road win at Nebraska on March 9.
• Payton Sandfort and Dix combined for 50 points against No. 7 Purdue on Feb. 4, 46 points in the Feb. 12 road win at Rutgers, 44 points in the two-point loss to Oregon on Feb. 19 and 42 points in the win over Washington.
• Iowa is second in the Big Ten and 16th nationally, averaging 82.3 points per game. The Hawkeyes have the second-best field goal (.486) and effective field goal percentage (.563) in the league. The team has averaged 80+ points in five consecutive seasons -- the longest stretch in program history.
• Sandfort has scored 20+ nine times in the last 17 games, giving him a team-best 13 20+ point games this season. The Hawkeyes are 9-4 this season when Sandfort goes for 20+ points.
• The Hawkeyes have made at least eight 3-point field goals in 26 games, including 10+ in 14 contests -- the most in a season since 2021-22. Iowa is second in the Big Ten (33rd nationally), averaging 9.7 per game. Iowa is 11-3 when making 10+ 3s.
• Iowa is leading the Big Ten in assists (18.3, 4th in NCAA) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.85, 2nd in NCAA). The team has had 20+ assists in nine games. The Hawkeyes have had fewer than 10 turnovers in six of their last nine games.

SCOUTING OHIO STATE
• The Buckeyes finished the regular season with a 17-14 overall record and finished 10th in league play with a 9-11 mark. Ohio State lost four of its final six games and went 4-6 in its final 10 games.
• Ohio State has four players averaging in double figures with Bruce Thornton leading the team in scoring (17.5), assists (4.5) and steals (1.1). The guard has splits of .497/.426/.846 on the year and has the best assist-to-turnover ratio (3.23) in the Big Ten (seventh nationally).
• Devin Royal (13.6), Micah Parrish (13.2) and John Mobley, Jr. (13.2) also average in double digits. Royal also leads the team in rebounding (6.9), while Mobley has a team-high 75 3s.
• The Buckeyes have the second-best 3-point field goal defense (.301), which ranks 14th nationally. Opponents make an average of 6.5 3s per game.
• Ohio State averages 79.1 points per game, while surrendering 73.4. The Buckeyes average 8.3 3-point field goals and shoot 46.7 percent as a team.

SERIES HISTORY
• Wednesday’s game is the 172nd meeting in the all-time series between Iowa and Ohio State, dating back to 1915. The Buckeyes lead 86-85.
• The Buckeyes have won two straight over Iowa, including an 82-65 win in Columbus on Jan. 27. It is the first time Ohio State has won consecutive games over the Hawkeyes since the 2017-18 season. The two teams have split the last 20 meetings.
• Ohio State downed Iowa,90-78, in the 2024 Big Ten Tournament in Minneapolis and 83-75 at the 2023 Big Ten Tournament in Chicago.
• Iowa is 2-5 all-time against the Buckeyes in the Big Ten Tournament, including a 67-60 win in the championship game in 2006.
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Ohio State Buckeyes to receive visit from NFL legend’s son that will make everyone feel a bit old​

If the Ohio State Buckeyes recruit a player hard they are normally in the mix in the end. Ryan Day and his staff have continued the top level of recruiting since taking over for Urban Meyer over a half-decade ago.

In each and every class, the Buckeyes take big swings at landing the best players. Chris Henry Jr. is the big fish for the Buckeyes in the class of 2026 where their focus is primarily.

Ohio State has put some resources toward the class of 2027 as well. The Buckeyes are set to receive a spring visit from the son of an NFL legend.

2027 LB Cooper Witten will be in Columbus on March 21 visiting the Buckeyes, a day after he visits Michigan. Other spring visits for the son of former Dallas Cowboys tight end and 11-time Pro Bowler Jason Witten will be Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Clemson, SMU, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M.

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1) Getting him on campus for an "unofficial visit" is a good start......

2) It appears that he is a safety not a LB (as shown in On3 picture).



3) In case you wondered, C. J. Witten is a 3 star LB who signed a LOI with Rice per 24/7 and Rivals.

From the Hoosier perspective:

What to Expect: Indiana vs. Ohio State​

Indiana concludes the regular season Saturday afternoon against Ohio State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Buckeyes are 17-13 and 9-10 in the Big Ten.

Indiana won the first meeting 77-76 in overtime on Jan. 17 in Columbus.

Saturday’s game will tip at 3:45 p.m. ET on CBS:

Two teams desperately needing a win will meet on Saturday in Bloomington. The Hoosiers and Buckeyes are squarely on the bubble with the Big Ten tournament and Selection Sunday looming.

Indiana is coming off a hard-fought 73-64 loss at Oregon, which snapped its three-game winning streak. Ohio State survived a double overtime thriller on Tuesday in Columbus against Nebraska, another bubble team.

The winner will feel good about its NCAA tournament chances, while the loser will leave with work to do in Indianapolis next week to secure a bid.

THE FIRST MATCHUP
Indiana’s narrow win against the Buckeyes in Columbus was one of its better performances of the season. The Hoosiers responded to back-to-back 25-point losses against Iowa and Illinois with better energy from the opening tip.

Indiana nearly collapsed after it built a 68-58 lead with 5:12 to play. The Hoosiers were outscored 13-3 to finish regulation and fell behind in overtime before outlasting the Buckeyes.

Senior wing Luke Goode had a career night at Value City Arena. The Illinois transfer poured in a career-high 23 points and shot 7-for-14 from the field, including a 4-for-7 mark on 3s. His fourth 3-pointer of the game, with just over a minute left in overtime, proved to be the game-winner.

With Malik Reneau sidelined with a knee injury, Indiana emphasized Oumar Ballo in the post early and often. The 7-footer scored 21 points on 8-for-14 shooting from the field and a 5-for-7 mark from the foul line. Ballo also pulled down 15 rebounds and eight of them were on the offensive end. Ballo played 40 minutes and also had three assists, two blocked shots and a steal.

The Hoosiers also got a key performance from Kanaan Carlyle off the bench. Carlyle, who played well in Tuesday’s loss at Oregon, logged 36 minutes against the Buckeyes. He had 13 points on 5-for-12 shooting and didn’t commit a turnover. Carlyle scored 10 of his 13 points after halftime.

For Ohio State, all three of its backcourt players had big games. Freshman John Mobley scored a team-high 22 points and hit several big shots from the perimeter. Mobley was 5-for-11 on 3s and is shooting 40.2 percent on triples.

Indiana also had trouble defending San Diego State transfer Micah Parrish. The 6-foot-6 wing had 19 points and was disruptive defensively (three steals). Junior point guard Bruce Thornton also played well despite a rough shooting night from distance. Thornton was 6-for-9 on 2s and finished with 18 points, six rebounds and three assists in 43 minutes.

Both teams were missing key pieces in the first meeting. Reneau was unavailable for Indiana and the Buckeyes were without forward Devin Royal, who averages 13.6 points, seven rebounds and 1.1 assists in 28.3 minutes per game. The 6-foot-6 Royal shoots 52.5 from the field and is a versatile scoring threat.

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(All stats are for conference games only and conference rankings in parenthesis are updated through Wednesday’s games.)



Ohio State is an above-average 3-point shooting team that also gets to the line and converts its opportunities. The Buckeyes shoot 35.2 percent from deep in Big Ten games and score 30.5 percent of its points from 3, which is middle of the pack in the conference and nationally.

The Buckeyes have the fifth-best free throw rate (FTA/FGA) in the league and are shooting 78.4 percent from the stripe, which ranks third in the conference. Thornton shoots 84.1 percent, Mobley 88 percent, Royal 78.2 percent and Parrish 79.1 percent from the stripe.

Defensively, the Buckeyes have two key issues. Ohio State is 14th in the Big Ten in defensive rebounding percentage and last in opponent free throw rate. Indiana had 14 offensive rebounds and went 17-for-23 from the line in Columbus.

WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO​

The KenPom projection is Indiana by one with a 54 percent chance of a Hoosier victory. Bart Torvik’s ratings favor Indiana by two with a 57 percent chance for the Hoosiers to prevail.

Indiana should have one of its liveliest crowds of the season. It’s senior day in Bloomington and the Hoosiers can take another step towards an NCAA tournament berth with a win. While not an elimination game for either team with the Big Ten tournament looming, the winner will have far less pressure going to Indianapolis and will also avoid a Wednesday game.

The Hoosiers are playing arguably their best basketball of the season at the right time. Indiana won three straight games before Tuesday’s loss at Oregon. The final score of that contest was not indicative of how close the game was as IU led in the final two minutes before it had to foul, which allowed Oregon to stretch the lead.

The keys for Indiana are dominating the paint, converting opportunities at the line and not allowing the trio of Thornton, Mobley and Parrish to get in rhythm offensively.

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Ohio State Hires Former UCLA Defensive Line Coach Tony Washington Jr. As Assistant Defensive Line Coach​

Ohio State strengthened its defensive coaching staff on Saturday with the hire of Tony Washington Jr. as its new assistant defensive line coach.

Washington, who spent last season as the defensive line and outside linebackers coach for UCLA, fills the void left by graduate assistant LaAllan Clark, who departed Ohio State to serve as the defensive ends coach for Texas.

In addition to his one-year stint at UCLA, Washington previously coached at Nebraska and Oregon — his alma mater. He worked at Nebraska as a graduate assistant from 2019-20 before returning to Oregon to serve in a variety of roles, including director of player development, assistant defensive line coach and outside linebackers coach.

Prior to his coaching career, Washington played four seasons for the Ducks from 2011-14 and appeared in 58 games while tallying 158 tackles, 25.5 tackles for a loss and 14.5 sacks across his career. He was a member of the Oregon team that lost to Ohio State in the 2015 College Football Playoff national championship game. He went on to play for the NFL’s Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans before starting his coaching career.
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The Ohio State football program may have found their Larry Johnson replacement

The Ohio State football team is still waiting to see if Larry Johnson is going to coach this year. They may have hired his replacement anyway.



The Ohio State football program has been waiting on Larry Johnson to decide if he is going to continue coaching. He has been the defensive line coach for the Buckeyes for over a decade. He has been a legendary coach for a long time and has been one of the best defense line coaches in the country.

Now, he is still trying to decide if he wants to coach next season after winning a national championship. Johnson is 73 years old and has been approaching his job on a year-by-year basis. It seems like if he does decide to come back, this will be his last year, regardless.

The Ohio State Buckeyes need to find a succession plan for him. It looks like they may have done that over the weekend. They brought in Tony Washington Jr. as their assistant defensive line coach. Now, the Buckeyes might have a plan that they can execute.

The Ohio State football program may have found their new defensive line coach

Washington Jr. was the defensive line coach for the Bruins before joining the Buckeyes. Now, it doesn't matter if Johnson wants to return this season or not. They have someone who can step in if Johnson decides that he wants to retire, although it seems likely he will stay one more year.

Washington Jr. was also the outside linebackers coach at UCLA, so he has multiple areas of experience. He was also the assistant defensive line coach for Oregon prior to being hired by UCLA. He is someone who is young and hungry, which Ryan Day likes.

It seems like the Buckeyes have finally found their successor to Johnson. It seems very likely that will happen next season once Johnson retires. Everything points to him being back, including the fact that Washington Jr. is only being hired as the assistant defensive line coach.
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Buckeyes Host Nebraska in Final Home Game Tuesday​

Ohio State vs. Nebraska
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 9 p.m.
Venue: Value City Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: Peacock

Ohio State enters the final week of the regular season looking to avenge of a pair of losses from earlier in the season. The first opportunity will be on Tuesday night when the Buckeyes host Nebraska on Senior Night. Tip-off is set for 9 p.m. and the game will be exclusively streamed on Peacock. Paul Burmeister and Stephen Bardo will call the action.

The game can also be heard on the Ohio State Radio Network from Learfield. Paul Keels and former Buckeye captain Ron Stokes are on the call.

• The Buckeyes are 21-8 all-time against Nebraska and 17-6 since the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten Conference prior to the 2011-12 season. Nebraska has won three of the last four meetings in the series.
• All-time, the Buckeyes are 11-2 against the Huskers in Columbus, including a win last season.
• In the first meeting, Micah Parrish scored a career-high 30 points and John Mobley Jr. made five three-pointers but Nebraska used a second half run to build a lead and hold on for a 79-71 victory on Super Bowl Sunday in Lincoln.
• Ohio State will honor players Micah Parrish, Ques Glover and Kalen Etzler as well as managers Nick Moore and Eric Oberholtzer, equipment manager Kyle Peters, student trainer Taylor Finnerty and social media manager Enrique Cabotage prior to the game.
• The Buckeyes are currently No. 36 in the NET rankings and No. 32 in Kenpom and squarely on the bubble.
• Ohio State is coming off a 1-1 west coast trip as it fell at UCLA on Bill Walton Day and then bounced back with an 87-82 win at USC last Wednesday night. The Buckeyes shot a Big Ten best 73.1 percent in the first half against the Trojans and notched their 10th game this season with 10 or more three-point makes.
• Thornton averaged 20.5 points on the west coast trip while going 12-of-12 from the free throw line and dishing out eight assists with zero turnovers.
• Thornton will be playing and starting his 100th career game on Tuesday. The only game he missed in his career was last year at home against Nebraska when he suffered a migraine.
• John Mobley Jr. is back to tied for the most three-pointers of any Big Ten player this season with 71 makes from deep.
• Evan Mahaffey has had at least one point, one rebound, one assist, one steal and one block in each of the last two games. He has 14 such games as a Buckeye and joins a list of pretty Buckeyes that have filled a stat sheet in a similar fashion.
• Nebraska is coming off a tough final possession loss to Minnesota at home on Saturday and is in a similar position to the Buckeyes on the bubble in the final week of the regular season.

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March 30, 2023: BGSU Football Head Coach Scot Loeffler inks contract extension through 2025

Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler takes QB job with Eagles​

Bowling Green coach Scot Loeffler is leaving the school after six seasons to become quarterbacks coach of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Loeffler, 50, went 27-41 at Bowling Green but led the Falcons to bowl appearances in each of the past three seasons, posting a 16-10 record in MAC play during the span.
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The coaching change means Bowling Green players now have a 30-day window to enter the NCAA transfer portal. The Falcons had already lost three All-MAC performers to the portal in December in running back Terion Stewart (Virginia Tech), offensive tackle Alex Wollschlaeger (Kentucky) and linebacker Joseph Sipp Jr. (Kansas). Bowling Green also is losing record-setting tight end Harold Fannin Jr. to the NFL draft.

Athletic director Derek van der Merwe will lead the search for Loeffler's replacement. In a statement, Van der Merwe praised Loeffler for building "a very successful program in a challenging climate in collegiate sports.

"I am looking forward to this process of finding the next great leader for our program who embraces what it means to be a Falcon," Van der Merwe added.

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Ryan Day wants College Football Playoff changes after Ohio State's title​

The Buckeyes coach offers solutions to the expanded playoff.​

College Football Playoff changes are coming, but Ohio State coach Ryan Day offered an alteration this week that goes beyond the games and enhances the experience for the players. Day and the Buckeyes waltzed through the first year of the expanded playoff with multiple convincing wins as an at-large selection, yet something felt off leading up to the national championship.

"First off, the experience is something we really got to learn from," Day said on the "Triple Option" podcast this week. "You know, I think that the player experience can be much better. I think that the focus needs to be on the players, and I think we need to look at a lot of it. Because, you know, the national championship is not run by a bowl.

"The other ones are but, even the ones that are run by a bowl, as you guys remember, there used to be events. There was a lot that came with that. Now that's no longer the case."

Day said the CFP has become formulaic and with no special offerings for players prior to kickoff like other bowl events.

"It's just like being on a road game, except you're there a day earlier, but there's no events like nobody going on any events, nobody's leaving the hotel," Day said. "I think that, you know, we need to consider moving the hotels outside of these big cities, because we're not going to these events anymore. So I think being a little bit more secluded and looking at some of those locations is just better for everybody, especially for the players. We need to pour it into the players.

"These are the guys that are doing the work. So I think that we need, you know, the best food there is that could possibly serve these guys. I think it should be the best conditions. I think we should try to find as many mementos for these guys that possibly can be done, just little things that money can't buy, but it stays with them forever."
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