The early December signing period was not without its drama for Ohio State. With secondary coach Jeff Hafley leaving, that left the Buckeyes without a guy in charge of the defensive backs. More timely, however, it left OSU’s defensive back recruits with plenty of questions. For Lejond Cavazos, Lathan Ransom, and Ryan Watts, they were given answers that proved…
The Big Ten proposed legislation last fall that would allow players in every sport, including football, to transfer once without having to sit out a year.
Roughly 200 quarterbacks have transferred from FBS programs over the last two seasons, and the gamut runs from former 5-star recruits to walk-ons. It is the rare program that has yet to be impacted by it. Ohio State, of course, is not one of those rare programs. Joe Burrow, Tate Martell, Matthew Baldwin, and Kory Curtis have all transferred out, while Justin Fields…
For better or worse, college football now exists in the Age of the Transfer Portal. Ohio State has experienced both the better and the worse over the last 10 months, gaining a starting quarterback in Justin Fields and losing quarterbacks Tate Martell and Matthew Baldwin. The Buckeyes were also able…
The transfer portal has altered the college football landscape immeasurably this year. For fans, that alteration is mostly a positive. For the coaches, however, it has created another spinning plate for them to worry about. Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has decided to attack it head on, beginning with the recruitment of a player. That’s the job…
Coaches are control freaks. A few years ago, Urban Meyer was once asked if he was concerned about a particular position. He responded that of course he was because his job was to be concerned with everything. In the era of the transfer portal, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day and every other college coach in the business is having to deal with…
A few weeks ago, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day announced the creation of The Ryan and Christina Day Fund for Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Wellness at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. It was done in an effort to provide funding for — and bring attention to — childhood and adolescent mental health. And not only improving the care…
You better start swimming or you’ll sink like a stone, for the times they are a-changin’. Little did Bob Dylan know way back then that he would be singing about college football and the transfer portal and how coaches better adapt or die. Recruiting is the lifeblood of programs like Ohio State, but that recruiting has now been put to the test…
The grass isn’t always greener in the NCAA’s transfer portal. In fact, sometimes there isn’t any grass at all. Currently, there are hundreds of players in the transfer portal who have nowhere to go. Some could return to their old schools, provided those schools haven’t moved on and would actually welcome them back. That’s not typical…
