This fall was supposed to be for all of the marbles. Two great quarterbacks facing off in one of the most highly-anticipated quarterback battles in Ohio State history. In one corner, you had the Ohio-born Joe Burrow who was coming off of an injury plagued 2017 season and a great 2018 spring game. In the other corner, you had the slayer…
Quarterback J.T. Barrett is gone and he is taking his 164 rushes per season with him. Before you start singing “Ding, dong the witch is dead…” however, you might want to slow things down a bit. The quarterback run, no pun intended, isn’t going anywhere. Ohio State’s quarterback options this season are expected to be…
Welcome to the second half of the first part of my annual Big Ten ratings. We went over the quarterbacks in the B1G West yesterday, which means today we look at the East Division signal callers. Every single program in the Big Ten East should feel very good about their respective quarterback situations this season.
We are now embarking on a new era in Ohio State football. One where a Buckeye quarterback isn’t necessarily the first option inside the 10-yard line. Maybe. With J.T. Barrett’s departure, I got to thinking about what this was going to mean for touchdown production in 2018. We all know that Dwayne Haskins won’t…
Over the past four football seasons, we have witnessed many Ohio State football records fall. Joe Thomas Barrett IV entered the scene in 2014, saw the field for four consecutive seasons, and demolished the stat column. That’s what happens when you’re an intelligent, talented quarterback and lead an Urban Meyer offense for multiple years.
I am now in possession of two preseason college football magazines. My annual process is to buy Athlon’s B1G issue, because that’s usually the first one on the shelves. Then a week or two later, Lindy’s national magazine will appear, and I’ll purchase that one as well. Those two will then tide me over until Phil Steele’s tome…
This season, the Ohio State football team will start a quarterback other than J.T. Barrett for the first time since October 17, 2015. With Joe Burrow’s departure, Dwayne Haskins now holds command of the position and will receive the first opportunity to be the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback in 2018. Haskins is…
“This is awesome, I’m going to college here.” Those were Dwayne Haskins’ words as a fifth grader on May 17, 2008. He was talking about Ohio State. Taking a tour of the Buckeye football locker room prior to a youth camp, everywhere he turned he was seeing something that he liked. On a wall with photos of former players, he…
