Ohio State wide receiver Johnnie Dixon caught 67 passes in his Buckeye career, but those catches don’t tell much of his story. His 16 career touchdown catches are as many as OSU all-time receiving yardage leader Michael Jenkins finished with, one more than Ted Ginn, and four more than his receivers coach, Brian Hartline.
It wasn’t that long ago that trying to convince a running back to split carries was a fool’s errand. For a long time, running backs wanted to be workhorses. They wanted as many carries as they could physically handle. Time and change have surely shown, however, that there is a reason Woody Hayes always wanted a pair and a spare.
In the immediate on-field aftermath of Ohio State’s 62-39 win over Michigan, emotions ran high for the Buckeyes and their coaches. Urban Meyer could be seen embracing his wife Shelley as the two shared a moment which seemed to foreshadow his eventual retirement. Meyer also found receivers Johnnie Dixon, Terry McLaurin, and…
Some Buckeyes had an inkling that change was coming, but most had no idea that Urban Meyer was going to be announcing his retirement. They had seen the stress that this past year had put on their head coach, as well as the headaches that he was suffering, but when Meyer called an early-morning team meeting last…
This season was not a mirage. Like the Michigan game, it was real and it was awesome. The Ohio State offense was the most impressive thing we have seen in school history. We knew it would be like this coming into the year. The Buckeyes had a very experienced wide receiver room, a dynamic 1-2 punch at running back, and…
