For the first time since Urban Meyer’s first season at Ohio State in 2012, there isn’t a Bosa listed on the Buckeyes’ official football roster. The OSU defense obviously got accustomed to the absence a year early, of course, following Nick Bosa’s season-ending injury last year in the third game of the season. The Buckeyes never really recovered from the loss.
The early days of Ohio State’s Rushmen Package began in 2015. Designed to get the four best pass rushers on the field at the same time on passing downs, the Rushmen satisfied defensive line coach Larry Johnson’s desire to put as much pressure on the quarterback as possible. The Rushmen probably would have begun in 2014…
Ohio State fourth-year junior defensive tackle Dre’Mont Jones could be gearing up for his NFL debut this weekend. Instead, he chose last winter to remain as a Buckeye for an opportunity to participate in OSU’s Rushmen package, which would not only help the Ohio State defense win games, but would also significantly…
If you peruse your college football magazines this month, you’ll see a number of Buckeyes populating All-Big Ten and All-America lists. One of the Ohio State players on those lists, however, has yet to even start a game. Sophomore defensive end Chase Young is listed as a Third-Team All-B1G pick by Athlon and a…
Three weeks ago when we started this countdown counting down to the end of Big Ten Football Media Days and the official unofficial start of Buckeye football, I never thought it would become the cultural phenomenon that it has turned into. Initially, Tom and I just wanted to have something we could give you every day.
The desire to have fresh legs in the fourth quarter — and in November — has been the reason there has been so much rotation in the Ohio State football program the last few years. Cornerbacks have done it, receivers have done it, and the Buckeye defensive ends have certainly done it as well. The last two seasons…
If you ask the average Ohio State football fan what they’re looking forward to seeing this season, they likely won’t get far before mentioning defensive ends Nick Bosa and Chase Young. Those are certainly understandable answers. Bosa is the reigning Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year, and Young came in last…
The Ohio State football roster prior to the spring listed just three returning scholarship defensive ends. With the move of fourth-year junior Jashon Cornell from defensive tackle to defensive end, however, that number grew to four. Now with a full two-deep at the position this spring, the Buckeyes can get an idea of…
If you were to poll random Ohio State football fans about what they are looking forward to seeing most this season from the Buckeyes, the name Chase Young would come up quite a bit. As a freshman last season, the former 5-star prospect played when games were rarely in doubt, but still finished fifth on the team…
In this episode of Accost the Field, the fellas stick to football and talk about all of the latest happenings around the Woody Hayes facility. Interviews with the Ohio State receivers and defensive linemen are the order of the day. Some of the topics include the excitement around the football program for the defensive ends…
How do you replace five former starting defensive linemen in one season? Well, it helps to recruit as well as Ohio State has over the years, and it also helps to have an assistant coach like Larry Johnson trying to make it happen. The Buckeyes lose three-fourths of their defensive end rotation with the departures of Sam…
