COLUMBUS — Prior to Tuesday practice, Ohio State assistant coaches Al Washington and Mike Yurcich will speak with reporters. Also joining the festivities will be quarterback Justin Fields, right guard Wyatt Davis, cornerback Damon Arnette, and nose tackle Robert Landers. We will have live updates from the coaches and players as they happen, so refresh…
Following Ohio State’s fifth touchdown of the game late in the third quarter of Saturday’s game against Cincinnati, Buckeyes’ co-defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley told starting cornerback Damon Arnette that his day was done. Leading 35-0, it was finally okay to sit the starters down and bring in the backups. Arnette unbuckled his…
Al Washington came to Ohio State from Michigan knowing that he had to improve the play of the OSU linebacker unit. After just one game, the early results are in. The linebacker play noticeably improved in the season opener. The performance shouldn’t have come as a surprise considering how much his players have raved about the impact…
Staying in the playbook is going to get Baron Browning on the field this season for the Buckeyes. Browning played in 12 games last season, starting three times at middle linebacker as a true sophomore while Tuf Borland returned from an Achilles injury. Browning finished with 23 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and one sack in a mostly reserve and package role.
One year ago at this time, Ohio State middle linebacker Tuf Borland was furiously working his way back from an Achilles injury that he suffered in the spring. When it happened, then-head coach Urban Meyer remarked that Borland was a fast healer and would be back sooner than people expected. He was correct. An injury that…
Fall camp gets underway for the Buckeyes on Friday and every single Ohio State position coach will have a mental list of things that they need to get done. In fact, they may actually have a physical list as well. Speculating as to what might be on each assistant coach’s list is always a fun exercise, and there are no shortages of items that will need to be addressed.
Last year was not a great one for the Ohio State defense. The 25.5 points per game allowed was the most of the Urban Meyer era. In fact, it was the most in school history, besting the old worst of 24.7 points per game set by the 1989 team. Yes, offenses have changed, and OSU’s own up-tempo attack invites more scoring from the opposition…
The number one goal of every defense is to stop the run. If you can stop the run, the opposing offense becomes one-dimensional, and when an offense is one-dimensional, it is usually easier to stop. While Ohio State has undergone a philosophical change at linebacker this offseason, nothing has changed in terms of the goals of those…
Ohio State’s new defense isn’t all that new, even to Buckeye fans. Part of the newness stems from the new Bullet position brought in by co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison and linebackers coach Al Washington, but a decade ago at Ohio State the position was called the Star and it was talked about almost daily. The Bullet isn’t…
It is no longer new news that the Ohio State defense will employ a hybrid linebacker/safety this season, but there are still things that will be learned well into the Buckeyes’ schedule this year. Termed “the Bullet,” the position this spring was manned by juniors Brendon White and Jahsen Wint. Their role is to essentially provide the Buckeye defense…
The stellar Ohio State social media crew has put together their latest edition of “The Room,” which features assistant coach Al Washington and his linebackers. In the video, Washington talks about how he plans to hold the Buckeye linebackers accountable, but also how the pride the players should have playing the position will…
