The Buckeyes are on pace to set a school record for total offense per game this season. The current record is 511.9 yards per game by the 2013 team, but the 2017 team is currently averaging 523.6 yards per game. Their 42.5 points per game is tied for third-highest in school history as well. Despite those lofty numbers, things haven’t…
If you’re in Ohio right now and you look out your window, it won’t look much like spring. If you were inside the Ohio State football facilities, however, you’d notice plenty of similarities with March and April. Spring football is a time of fundamentals and technique. It is also a time when young players get to show what they can do.
Jamarco Jones is about to play his very last game as an Ohio State Buckeye, and the meaning of it has not been lost on the senior. He has been OSU’s starting left tackle the last two years, but he had to wait his turn. Jones needed to put in the work to show that he was ready, but he also had help every step of the way.
Urban Meyer’s ideal offensive game is 250 yards rushing and 250 yards passing for the Buckeyes. He wants balance because balance makes an offense more difficult to anticipate and more difficult to defend. Ohio State managed to hit that mark in five of their first seven games, but haven’t reached it in any of their last six games.
Following practice on Tuesday, Ohio State assistant coaches Kevin Wilson and Kerry Coombs spoke with the media, as did players J.K. Dobbins, Mike Weber, Jamarco Jones, Tyquan Lewis, Jerome Baker, Denzel Ward, and Sam Hubbard. You can see most of what each of these players and coaches had to say in the videos below.
Nineteen seniors will be walking out of the tunnel at Ohio Stadium for the final time on Saturday. And they’re all trying not to think about it. In a physical game like college football, emotions are meant to drive the players, not leave them vulnerable. When it’s your last game at home and your family is there to greet you, however, all bets are off.
