Less than two weeks after essentially guaranteeing that he would be Ohio State’s starting quarterback in 2019, Tate Martell has put his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal. The system allows players to be contacted by other schools who could then become potential suitors. The news first appeared on Twitter via @SloppyBaseballs…
Ryan Day just added one of the most explosive quarterback recruits in recent memory to his roster. Now the big question is whether Justin Fields will be able to play for the Buckeyes in 2019.
They say the backup quarterback is the most popular player in sports, but that may not be quite true. The most popular player in sports is actually the possible 5-star quarterback who is thinking of transferring to your school. For Tate Martell, who is currently Ohio State’s backup quarterback, he has yet to live the life…
This was quite a recruiting cycle for Ohio State and quarterbacks. The Buckeyes missed out on a number of their early targets, including Grant Gunnell (who went to Arizona), Graham Mertz (Wisconsin), Ryan Hilinski (South Carolina), and others…
News broke Monday night that Georgia freshman quarterback Justin Fields was planning to transfer from the Bulldogs football program. This, of course, sent the internet abuzz, as the internet is wont to do. It was also quickly followed with the names Ohio State and Oklahoma as being the front runners to land his services.
It’s the regular season finale of the Grumpy Old Buckeye, the column that aims to be the voice of negativity, even when things are going great (and let’s face it, most everything was pretty great yesterday). It’s where I point out the things from each game that make me want to walk out onto my lawn in my bathrobe and yell at people about it.
Before I get into the recap and statistical projections, go ahead and allow yourself a nice, calm exhale. Ohio State did what we’ve been waiting on them to do for several weeks. They played, perhaps, their most complete game of the season and beat a ranked opponent on the road. Sure, they toppled Penn State, in…
There’s an old saying in business that a good compromise leaves everyone angry. So perhaps it’s also true in football that a good quarterback rotation leaves everyone frustrated. If so, the Buckeyes are definitely on to something. In the last week, head coach Urban Meyer has used the word “frustrated” to describe backup Tate Martell’s mood, and Dwayne Haskins said “it’s a little frustrating” to have to come off the field in certain situations and have Martell replace him…
Welcome to the Michigan State edition of the Grumpy Old Buckeye, the voice of negativity, whether I have cause or not. This is the place where I write about the things from each game that make me want to walk out onto my lawn in my bathrobe and yell at people about it. This week we’re talking Ohio State vs. Sparty.
Scoring touchdowns in the red zone is usually the pay off for a long, sustained drive. When teams don’t capitalize in the red zone, however, it makes all of the work they did to get there essentially worthless. Last Saturday night at Purdue, despite outgaining the Boilermakers 546 yards to 539 yards, the difference was in…
