UPDATED: This story was updated at 3:12 p.m. with comments from Tressel and more detail on his background. COLUMBUS — Ohio governor Mike DeWine has announced former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel as his choice to be the state’s next lieutenant governor. The surprising selection was announced at a press conference Monday. Tressel’s name […]
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ANALYSIS: Buckeyes top Notre Dame to finish unique national-title run
Ohio State can now hang its ninth national championship banner, but none as unique as the one the Buckeyes eaerned Monday night with a tough, 34-23 win over Notre Dame at Merdedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The 1954, 1968, and 2002 teams all rolled through perfect seasons. The 1961 club got nicked by a tie in […]
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ANALYSIS: Sawyer’s strip, sack & score to echo forever in Ohio State lore
Just as Ohio State defensive end Jack Sawyer sealed Friday night’s 28-14 Cotton Bowl win over Texas — with an 83-yard strip-sack and score on a 4th-and-goal play — an argument erupted. Where does this play rank in Buckeye history? Defensively, there’s no question, it immediately rocketed to No. 1 — muscling past Ray Griffin’s […]
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Ohio State’s Rose Bowl romp has the earmarks of a national champion
Only three letters are needed to describe Ohio State’s performance in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday night. Wow. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes hammered previously unbeaten and No. 1-ranked Oregon 41-21 in a national quarterfinal game that featured a highlight-reel of breathtaking big plays. (These photos are courtesy of The Ohio State University Athletics Department.) This was […]
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COLUMN: Is it Day time for Ohio State?
Ryan Day has fashioned a fairly complicated legacy in just six years at Ohio State. On the surface his overall record is strong, 67-10, but not spectacular. Urban Meyer, the predecessor who left Day an overflowing cupboard of talent and infrastructure, went 83-9 in seven years, was 7-0 against Michigan, registered just the sixth unblemished […]
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From Ethiopia to Ohio State, Ontario’s Miller has embarked on fantastic voyage
ONTARIO — The sun has just dipped below the horizon as Ontario quarterback Bodpegn Miller and a handful of his receivers squeeze the last drops of daylight out of this unusually warm and breezy early-November afternoon. The dying light has painted the feathery clouds loitering overhead impossibly vibrant shades of purple, pink and orange, a […]
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Future Buckeye Miller’s exploits top Ohio football notebook
EDITOR’S NOTE: Ohio Prep Sports Media Association compiles this notebook weekly. Coaches are asked to send their stats to Jake Furr by Monday at noon to be included in this notebook. Jake can be reached at jfurr@gannett.com. COLUMBUS – The 2024 high school football season is 60% in the books. Before we turn the page to Week 7, […]
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Future Buckeye RB Lamar (Bo) Jackson Jr. runs wild on Tygers
MANSFIELD — Lamar (Bo) Jackson Jr. has a bright, scarlet-colored future in Columbus. The Cleveland Villa-Angela St. Joseph’s running back looks awful good in the present, too. On Friday night, Jackson showed a soaking Arlin Field crowd exactly why Ohio State has accepted his verbal commitment as one of the top running backs in the […]
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COMMENTARY: Buckeyes ranked No. 2, but can Day beat the elite?
Ohio State was ranked No. 2 in Monday’s preseason college football coaches poll. Expectations of a national championship are brimming in central Ohio, but aren’t they almost every year? Coach Ryan Day deserves credit for keeping Urban Meyer’s recruiting infrastructure in place that is the foundation for a tremendous record. Make no mistake, Day is […]
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Buckeyes offer football scholarship to Ontario’s Miller
COLUMBUS — Aaron Eckert knew Bodpegn Miller was a special athlete, but Ontario’s football coach wasn’t sure just how special. His answer came Tuesday morning when the ultra-athletic Miller picked up a scholarship offer from Ohio State. “In January he had no offers. I’m looking at a kid who is pushing 6-4, is athletic as […]