Junior linebacker Jerome Baker has spoken openly about the issues he had last season as a brand new starter on the Ohio State defense. He did the best he could, but he could have done so much better. Fortunately for both him and the Buckeye defense, Baker is an elite athlete, so he could make up for his mistakes with…
Once Tim Beck decided entirely on his own to leave Ohio State for Texas, Urban Meyer had to find the next-best quarterbacks coach in the country to replace him. His search ultimately brought him to Ryan Day, who he once employed as a graduate assistant back in his Florida Gator days. When Day got to Ohio State, he…
On the field following Ohio State’s 2010 Rose Bowl win over the up-tempo Oregon Ducks, Jim Tressel was asked how his defense was able to keep up with the blistering pace set by the Duck offense. “Well, we have an up-tempo defense. And they run, and they hit, and they prepare,” he said at the time. The preparation…
Ohio State football practice is now underway. Before you know it, you’ll be putting off Saturday mowing and doing it on Sunday during the Browns games instead. We have already gone through 80 things to look forward to this Buckeye football season, which is a lot. You might think that there is nothing else to look forward…
Urban Meyer’s offenses have set school records wherever he has been. As a head coach since 2001, yards and points have rarely been an issue for his teams. Fast-forward 16 years and much is again being expected of Meyer’s offense, despite some struggles a season ago. When you look at the makeup of the Ohio State…
The Ohio State Buckeyes have to replace their top three receivers from last season, which will always cause growing pains. The fortunate thing for OSU is that the players who stepped up this spring all saw the field in 2016. The unfortunate thing is that their production last season totaled just 54 receptions between…
There isn’t much that Urban Meyer has yet to accomplish as the head coach of the Ohio State football program. The trophy case contains a Big Ten Championship and a National Championship. It technically even contains five Division Championship trophies. Meyer is 61-6 as the head coach at Ohio State.
There isn’t a positional group on the Ohio State roster where there is so much controversy without being any…y’know controversy over the starter. It really isn’t uncommon for the starting quarterback to take a lot of heat, whether you are at Ohio State or Idaho State. In this case, the heat gets scorching when the last time…
Urban Meyer is one of the premier figures in college football. As such, assistant coaches around the country would do just about anything to be part of his program. When there is an opening on his staff, the résumés come rushing in like bingo balls. To expedite matters, Meyer keeps a running list of potential assistant coaches going…
There were several reasons why Urban Meyer chose to move the Ohio State offense in a new direction with two new offensive coordinator hires. One of those reasons was because Ed Warinner and Tim Beck decided to leave “of their own volition”, but another reason was the lack of development at the quarterback position.
Pass defense is a many-pronged attack, but the cohesion between pass rush and pass coverage will always be the key. You can dial up as many different looks and formations and defenses as you like, and they will all work as long you can rush the passer…
