In this episode of The Buckeye SloopCast, Kyle and Jared weigh in on the Joe Burrow situation. They break down his options school by school. Burrow’s departure means that Dwayne Haskins is the starter now, right? The show also hits the Buckeye recruiting trail, specifically the quarterback position. Has Ohio State…
Ohio State signed three highly-coveted defensive tackles in the 2018 recruiting class. Junior college transfer Antwuan Jackson may have been the most well known, but freshmen Tommy Togiai (No. 3) and Taron Vincent (No. 1) were two of the top three defensive tackles in the class. They will find himself in a defensive line…
Redshirt sophomore Luke Farrell emerged this spring as the Buckeyes’ No. 1 tight end. As a blocker and a receiver, Farrell provided the best combination of everything Ohio State needs from its tight ends. Last season was the first action that Farrell saw for the Buckeyes, but this spring he proved himself to his coaches…
Washington (6-2 193) is ranked the No. 11 receiver in the 2019 class per the 247Sports Composite, and the No. 59 player overall. He is the No. 2 player in the state. ESPN’s recruiting service has Washington as their No. 3 receiver and No. 15 player in the nation. Washington is scheduled to commit on August 7, and the…
Can you believe it? Sixteen Sundays from right now, you’ll be able to wake up and react to an Ohio State football game. You’ll get to second guess Urban Meyer for choosing to punt once against Oregon State. You’ll also get to praise Kevin Wilson and Ryan Day’s usage of tight end Luke Farrell, who caught 14 passes for 237 yards.
A lefty distributor with range, Jackson (Maumee Valley HS) finished up his sophomore season this spring. His Maumee Valley Country Day team fell in the round of 16 in the playoffs. Jackson is the second in-state 2020 point guard that Ohio State has offered. He joins Dublin Coffman’s Dominiq Penn, who is the son of OSU…
Four-star wideout Zion Puckett (Spalding HS/Griffin, GA) released his Top 10 on Saturday and included the Buckeyes in the mix. Joining Ohio State were Alabama, South Carolina, Auburn, Notre Dame, Duke, Miami, Stanford, Tennessee, and Texas A&M. He also holds offers from Florida State, Florida, Georgia, and Michigan.
One summer ago, his fourth year in the Scarlet and Gray, Demetrius Knox lost the battle for right guard with Branden Bowen. Bowen started the first six games for the Buckeyes before a leg injury ended his season. Knox stepped in for his teammate down the stretch run and finally began living up to the expectations…
This is the 27th in a series of 100 daily posts, a Countdown to College Football. (Sort of.) Happy Saturday to you. My neighbor was doing yard work at 7:30 this morning, which should be an arrestable offense. I’m pretty sure the laws of human decency begrudgingly agreed that 8:00 a.m. was the earliest loud work should…
Tyquan Lewis in the second round to Indianapolis. Sam Hubbard in the third round to Cincinnati. Jalyn Holmes in the fourth round to Minnesota. Three members of Ohio State’s defensive end rotation the last three seasons have gone off to the NFL, and now defensive line coach Larry Johnson has to find a way to not…
