Linebackers Dante Booker, Jerome Baker Out for Today’s Game
Ohio State announced that starting junior linebackers Dante Booker and Jerome Baker will not play in today’s game against Michigan State due to injury. Baker…
Buckeye Breakdown: Disrupt and React
Oklahoma entered this season with a revamped offensive attack as they sorted out their running back situation following the loss of Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine to the NFL. Without those two bell cows, the Sooners instead relied heavily on quick throws to predetermined reads on first and second downs versus week 1 opponent UTEP.
Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘He wins the basketball dunk competition on the team’
One of the topics discussed in this week’s Accost the Field concerned J.T. Barrett the ball carrier. Namely, would we see him carrying the ball as much as he has in the past. Barrett carried the ball 205 times last season, which was 23 more times than leading rusher Mike Weber. He had four games of at least 20 carries, compared…
100 Things to Look Forward to This Buckeye Football Season: 30-21
It’s sad to me that there are only 30 things left to look forward to this Buckeye football season. This year of looking forward has just flown by. It wasn’t too long ago that the preseason looking forward magazines were just hitting the shelves. And now here we are with the looking forward season almost over. What a year…
Ranking Ohio State’s Top 10 Playmakers on Defense: The Outsiders
When I did the Top 10 playmakers on the Ohio State offense over the last month, I started everything by listing playmakers 11-20. It was pretty thin at the bottom. In fact, as I recall, there were technically only 22 players even eligible to be listed. To be a playmaker on offense, you have to touch the football. The requirements…
Pre-Fall Positional Projection: Ohio State Linebackers
As Ohio State fans have learned over the last few years, success can bring almost as much coach and player turnover as failure does. The 2017 season brings more of the same for both in the linebackers room. Luke Fickell took his talents south as he became the head coach at the University of Cincinnati and Raekwon…
Ohio State Spring Recap: Buckeye Linebackers Find New Roles
Ohio State went into the spring having to replace just one linebacker from last season, but that one was a big one. Middle linebacker Raekwon McMillan is on his way to the NFL and now Chris Worley has stepped in for him. That was just one story of the spring, which featured new positions, injuries, and a good amount of depth.
Finalizing Ohio State’s Post-Spring Depth Chart on Defense
We have already looked at the best guess at the post-spring offensive depth chart for the Buckeyes, which means that it’s time to give the…
Spring Winners and Losers
The public scrimmage also known as “the Spring Game” is in the books. Those subscribing to the charade will tell you that the score was…
