5 Things To Watch For On The Ohio State Defense
Ohio State football is now three practices into fall camp, and a little under four weeks away from its first game of the season. The…
Ranking Ohio State’s Top 10 Playmakers on Defense: The Outsiders 20-11
Every defense has playmakers, but the great ones have more than anybody else. The Buckeyes had one of those defenses in 2016, with five defenders scoring a total of seven touchdowns. That defense also had 21 interceptions — compared to just 13 last year — which was the most since the 25 they had when they…
Coachable Shaun Wade Playing With Confidence Again
When Taver Johnson took over for Kerry Coombs as Ohio State’s cornerbacks coach, he immediately went to work on getting to know the players he was inheriting. He watched every practice rep and game rep on film for each of his returning players. Even though this past winter and spring was his first time seeing his…
Silver Bullets Podcast: Spring Recap
Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich get together to recap the Ohio State Football Spring Game. They discuss what caught their eye, thoughts on a four-man rotation at cornerback, the offensive line, and some quarterback talk since it’s a pretty popular topic these days. Also, how does the announcement of Mathew Burrell…
Ohio State Spring Football Concern Review – “It Might Get Loud”
It may be a completely different topic, but the title of the documentary could be applied to the pending decision by Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer and his coaching staff on who will be the starting quarterback for the 2018 season. More on that momentarily. Throughout the spring practices, I ranked position…
Ohio State Football Notebook: ‘We’re not quite sure who that is’
Every year people get excited for Ohio State’s spring game. It’s the first opportunity to see the latest edition of the Buckeyes, after all. The anticipation builds and builds, until finally the game begins. And that’s when people remember that there is no tackling for most of the game. Then comes the grumbling…
Ohio State Spring Recap: The Corner Market
Ohio State returns two starting cornerbacks from last season in Kendall Sheffield and Damon Arnette, which is (technically) as many or more than anybody else in the nation. The Buckeyes were without one of their top three cornerbacks this spring in sophomore Jeff Okudah, which allowed fellow second-year players…
Five for Friday: What to Watch for in Saturday’s Ohio State Spring Game
Now that we know the Ohio State spring game is officially going to happen on Saturday, it’s time to talk about what we’re looking forward to seeing. We talked about it for a good hour on Accost the Field this week, but since not everybody is the listenin’ type, I thought I’d break a few of the areas down that I’ll be watching.
Forgotten 5-Star Shaun Wade Ready To Play
Ohio State’s 2017 recruiting class has already made a strong impact on the field. J.K. Dobbins won the starting running back job in the season…
Ohio State Spring Football Overview – Defensive Backs
Robert Lawrence Stine, better known in literary circles as R.L. Stine, is a native Ohioan from Columbus, and a proud graduate of The Ohio State University. While Stine is a novelist with a focus on children’s literature, one might apply the quote above as we move onto the next position group to review, the 2018 Ohio State defensive backs.
Will the Cornerback Rotation Continue for Ohio State?
The Ohio State cornerback rotation and its development over the years has been written about countless times here, so there should be no need to delve into the history of it. What began as a pipe dream by Kerry Coombs has turned into a new standard for the Buckeyes. A year ago, Urban Meyer said that things went…
