COLUMBUS — This is what a top-ranked team is supposed to look like. Ohio State quarterback Kyle McCord played the best game of his career. Star receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. racked up three more touchdowns in his Heisman Trophy charge. And the Buckeyes flexed their No. 1-ranking in a 38-3 pounding of Michigan State at […]
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Ohio State finds another new way to win at Rutgers’ expense
The 2023 Ohio State Buckeyes are the most interesting football team to roll through Columbus in a number of years. Ryan Day’s outfit doesn’t put up dynamite passing numbers, like its immediate predecessors. It doesn’t routinely blow out vastly inferior foes, like its immediate predecessors. But finding a unique way to win each week is […]
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Ohio State shows moxie in solid win at Wisconsin
Ohio State’s last two football seasons have included perhaps the sexiest offense in college football. But both campaigns ended with embarrassing blowout losses to Michigan that left the Buckeyes short of the Big Ten Championship Game. There was lots of glitter, but not enough grit. This year coach Ryan Day’s bunch isn’t nearly as exotic. […]
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Buckeyes blitz Penn St. for 2nd Top-10 win of the year
COLUMBUS — At the halfway point of the college football season, Ohio State has the best resume in the country. Maybe the third-ranked Buckeyes aren’t the best team in the nation — that’s debatable. But coach Ryan Day’s squad is the most accomplished to date — that’s not. On Saturday, Ohio State claimed its second […]
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McCord, Buckeyes shake off slow start to pull away from Maryland
COLUMBUS — This is fast becoming a fascinating Ohio State football season. The Buckeyes are breaking in a new quarterback, seasoning new faces on a shaky offensive line, and navigating it all with a veteran defense that’s keeping everything within reach. Saturday was the latest example. For the second game in a row, coach Ryan […]
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Buckeyes’ sloppy opener at IU offers reality check
The overreactions are as hot as the Labor Day weekend grills across central Ohio today. Ohio State’s lackluster showing in a 23-3 win at Indiana Saturday has set off a firestorm of panic among a fanbase spoiled with wild success. Coach Ryan Day’s team was a 30-point favorite against a school it hasn’t lost to […]