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15-OH? Finishing a season undefeated ain't easy, but if anybody's going to do it this year, ESPN is giving the Buckeyes the best chance.
Also, it would be cool to have undefeated seasons more often than once a decade, but now I'm just being picky.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...ld-run-the-table-and-tyvis-powells-golf-swing
- Ohio State — 32.5 percent
- Georgia — 20.0 percent
- Alabama — 16.4 percent
- Clemson — 15.0 percent
Also, it would be cool to have undefeated seasons more often than once a decade, but now I'm just being picky.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...ld-run-the-table-and-tyvis-powells-golf-swing
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JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA BREAKS NCAA RECORD FOR MOST 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES IN A SINGLE SEASON
Calling for Smith-Njigba to break either the single season records for receptions or yards seems a bit far-fetched, but he feels like a player that is ready to stamp his mark on the game’s history. The 100-yard receiving games in a single season record is more attainable. It currently sits at 12, set by Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon in 2010. Smith-Njigba will have plenty of opportunity to do so since the Buckeyes are largely expected to make the College Football Playoff, and he will have a potential No. 1 NFL Draft pick in C.J. Stroud throwing him the ball. Look for him to do it sometime around the CFP semifinals, or near Ohio State’s bowl game.
OHIO STATE WINS THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
Ohio State mended its biggest problem holding it back from the playoff in 2021 by hiring Jim Knowles, one of the best defensive minds in the sport. If he can increase Ohio State’s defensive floor to “above average,” then it is hard to question the Buckeyes as the best team in college football. In addition to Stroud and Smith-Njigba, Ohio State has a top-five running back in TreVeyon Henderson and Ohio State is loaded beyond Smith-Njigba at wide out. Defensively, it has plenty of playmakers thanks to Ryan Day’s great recruiting and Knowles is the right guy to refine them and translate that talent into production.
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Ohio State football schedule 2022: Game-by-game predictions for Buckeyes' season
The Ohio State Buckeyes are back and ready to go in 2022. Based on the team’s schedule, it’s favorable and challenging all at once. But Ryan Day and company bring back one of the best rosters in college football, giving Ohio State a leg up on the competition in pretty much every game on the upcoming schedule. As far as predictions are concerned, it’s looking good for Ohio State in the fall.
C.J. Stroud, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and TreVeyon Henderson highlight the offensive stars for Ohio State in 2022. In fact, all three could be in the Heisman Trophy conversation as well, particularly Stroud, who might end up as this season’s best quarterback.
Each prediction for Ohio State’s games features a final score and analysis.
Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...me-predictions-for-Buckeyes-season-189362392/
The Ohio State Buckeyes are back and ready to go in 2022. Based on the team’s schedule, it’s favorable and challenging all at once. But Ryan Day and company bring back one of the best rosters in college football, giving Ohio State a leg up on the competition in pretty much every game on the upcoming schedule. As far as predictions are concerned, it’s looking good for Ohio State in the fall.
C.J. Stroud, Jaxon Smith-Njigba and TreVeyon Henderson highlight the offensive stars for Ohio State in 2022. In fact, all three could be in the Heisman Trophy conversation as well, particularly Stroud, who might end up as this season’s best quarterback.
Each prediction for Ohio State’s games features a final score and analysis.
Entire article: https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...me-predictions-for-Buckeyes-season-189362392/
Overall record: 12-0 (9-0)
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Cluster No. 1: the long home stand, Sept. 10 - Oct. 1
Cluster No. 2: things get trickier, Oct. 8 - Oct. 29
Cluster No. 3: easing into Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 5 - Nov. 19
Michigan: revenge on Nov. 26
The great opener: Fighting Irish on Sept. 3
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TOMMY EICHENBERG LEADS THE TEAM IN TACKLES AND BECOMES FIRST LB SINCE 2016 TO POST 100 IN A SINGLE SEASON
JAXON SMITH-NJIGBA BECOMES FIRST BUCKEYE WITH BACK-TO-BACK 1,000-YARD RECEIVING SEASONS AND BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD FOR CAREER RECEIVING YARDS
OHIO STATE ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A TOP-10 SCORING DEFENSE
TREVEYON HENDERSON BECOMES FOURTH BUCKEYE SINCE 1970 TO AVERAGE AT LEAST 7.0 YARDS PER CARRY IN A SINGLE-SEASON WITH AT LEAST 100 CARRIES
OHIO STATE GOES 15-0 TO WIN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONSHIP
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Agree with all except Eichenberg's. I see Chambers as that LB who will never leave the field. I can see Eichenberg being swapped out against pass heavy teams or in some obvious passing situations in favor of guys like Simon or Trayanum.
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C.J. STROUD
The straw that stirs the drink. It's weird to think that there was ever a quarterback controversy in Columbus (although, frankly, I thought it was weird at the time as well), but Stroud is very likely the best quarterback in the country going into the 2022 season. How weird was his 2021?
- Stroud was a remarkably accurate quarterback in 2021, completing almost 72% of his passes. He was even better on 3rd down with 4-6 yards to go, completing 20 of 22 attempts for an average of 15 yards per completion.
- However, on 3rd downs with 7-9 yards to go, Stroud completed only 59.1% of his passes. But that percentage goes back up to 81% with 10 or more yards to get the 1st down.
- Stroud's highest rated game as a quarterback was actually against Rutgers, not Michigan State, mostly because Stroud averaged 19.4 yards per completion against the Scarlet Knights. Hyper accuracy (Stroud completed over 90% of his passes against Sparty) isn't quite as important as what you get out of the passes you do complete.
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With three Heisman Trophy contenders, Ohio State has no plans to stop and smell the roses again in 2022
The Buckeyes offense may be as electric as any we've seen recently
It's the smell that got to C.J. Stroud. Well, that among other things in the multi-sensory assault that was his first Rose Bowl.
Talk all you want about the Rose and its many distinctions -- sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains, a parade that almost supersedes the game itself, Keith Jackson's voice floating in some ethereal cloud above it all -- there is always that moment for newcomers.
For Ohio State's junior quarterback, it was, well, everything.
"I would say roses, that's what it's about," Stroud said. "It's unique. It's smells good. It looks good. It feels good. Best grass I ever played on in my life. It's just everything about it is what I expected it to be. This is why the Rose Bowl is special."
That from a kid who grew up within an hour of Pasadena, California. It's one thing to watch the Grandaddy of 'Em All on TV; it's another to experience the game's uniqueness.
In addition to the sights, colors and smells, for the No. 2 Buckeyes, it is where the 2021 season ended and the 2022 season began.
Anyone who witnessed that game on Jan. 1 might still have their head spinning from Ohio State's 48-45 win over Utah. Stroud threw for a school-record 573 yards and school record-tying six touchdowns. Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba announced himself with 15 catches for an FBS bowl-record 347 yards receiving and three touchdowns.
"It was a combination of great minds and great players," Stroud said. "… That was the most fun I [had playing] in my life."
"Maybe some places, 11-2 and a Rose Bowl victory is a good year. It isn't at Ohio State," coach Ryan Day said.
Now, the two biggest Buckeye weapons are the Rat Pack of 2022, inseparable buddies who play off one another. Stroud is the Heisman Trophy favorite with 2-1 odds entering the season, according to Caesars Sportsbook. Just outside the top 10 on that list is Smith-Njigba; arguably the game's best receiver sits at 40-1. Between them is another burgeoning superstar as OSU running back TreVeyon Henderson enters the year at 20-1.
"I don't want to think about it, but I do," said Stroud, who finished fourth in Heisman voting as a 2021 finalist. "I would be lying if I said I didn't."
Stroud threw for the second-most yards (4,435) and touchdowns (44) in school history. Henderson averaged 6.8 yards per carry, amassing nearly 1,600 combined yards and 19 touchdowns with some exceptional single-game performances.
The result revealed both to be true. Combined, the lingering Rose Bowl scent, feeling and look was an explanation point for what was ultimately a sub-standard season at Ohio State. However, it also served as a jumping off point for Stroud and Smith-Njigba.
"That was the goal going into it," Day said of that springboard for his star offensive players. "We talked about it going in."
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...s-projected-order-of-finish-bold-predictions/
The Buckeyes offense may be as electric as any we've seen recently
It's the smell that got to C.J. Stroud. Well, that among other things in the multi-sensory assault that was his first Rose Bowl.
Talk all you want about the Rose and its many distinctions -- sunset over the San Gabriel Mountains, a parade that almost supersedes the game itself, Keith Jackson's voice floating in some ethereal cloud above it all -- there is always that moment for newcomers.
For Ohio State's junior quarterback, it was, well, everything.
"I would say roses, that's what it's about," Stroud said. "It's unique. It's smells good. It looks good. It feels good. Best grass I ever played on in my life. It's just everything about it is what I expected it to be. This is why the Rose Bowl is special."
That from a kid who grew up within an hour of Pasadena, California. It's one thing to watch the Grandaddy of 'Em All on TV; it's another to experience the game's uniqueness.
In addition to the sights, colors and smells, for the No. 2 Buckeyes, it is where the 2021 season ended and the 2022 season began.
Anyone who witnessed that game on Jan. 1 might still have their head spinning from Ohio State's 48-45 win over Utah. Stroud threw for a school-record 573 yards and school record-tying six touchdowns. Wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba announced himself with 15 catches for an FBS bowl-record 347 yards receiving and three touchdowns.
"It was a combination of great minds and great players," Stroud said. "… That was the most fun I [had playing] in my life."
"Maybe some places, 11-2 and a Rose Bowl victory is a good year. It isn't at Ohio State," coach Ryan Day said.
Now, the two biggest Buckeye weapons are the Rat Pack of 2022, inseparable buddies who play off one another. Stroud is the Heisman Trophy favorite with 2-1 odds entering the season, according to Caesars Sportsbook. Just outside the top 10 on that list is Smith-Njigba; arguably the game's best receiver sits at 40-1. Between them is another burgeoning superstar as OSU running back TreVeyon Henderson enters the year at 20-1.
"I don't want to think about it, but I do," said Stroud, who finished fourth in Heisman voting as a 2021 finalist. "I would be lying if I said I didn't."
Stroud threw for the second-most yards (4,435) and touchdowns (44) in school history. Henderson averaged 6.8 yards per carry, amassing nearly 1,600 combined yards and 19 touchdowns with some exceptional single-game performances.
The result revealed both to be true. Combined, the lingering Rose Bowl scent, feeling and look was an explanation point for what was ultimately a sub-standard season at Ohio State. However, it also served as a jumping off point for Stroud and Smith-Njigba.
"That was the goal going into it," Day said of that springboard for his star offensive players. "We talked about it going in."
Entire article: https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...s-projected-order-of-finish-bold-predictions/
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CAN OHIO STATE GET SWEET REVENGE AGAINST MICHIGAN?
It’s hard to believe, but Nov. 26 will mark the first time in four years Ohio State has hosted Michigan at Ohio Stadium. As electric as the atmosphere will be for the season opener against Notre Dame on Saturday, nothing will top the electricity fans will bring to the building in the regular season finale. Especially after an entire offseason of reflecting on their first loss to their hated rivals in a decade.
Whether Michigan is 11-0 or 0-11 entering the game, Ohio State will be out for blood. Winning will be paramount for the Buckeyes to achieve their very lofty dreams and for the sanity of their fans.
IS THIS THE YEAR THE BUCKEYES HOIST THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY SINCE 2014?
It seems like No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Ohio State are on a collision course for the national championship on Jan. 9 at SoFi Stadium.
Both teams are favored by double digits in all of their regular season games. With eight home games, Ohio State’s schedule sets up for a national championship run. Considering the offensive weapons the Buckeyes have and the amount of investment they’ve put into straightening up the defense, anything less would be a disappointment.
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