December 20, 201113 yr ^agree with that also. I can't believe Gene Smith has kept his job this far. I assumed he'd be canned after they got a new coach hired on.
January 19, 201213 yr Urban Meyer has assembled his coaching staff. An article and a chart of the coaches w/ salaries from the Dispatch: ARTICLE: Ohio State football: Meyer’s staff hits pay dirt - New football coach might have 'the best group of coaches in America,' but it’s costing the university a pretty penny CHART: Ohio State football coaching staff salaries
January 20, 201213 yr Urban Meyer has assembled his coaching staff. An article and a chart of the coaches w/ salaries from the Dispatch: ARTICLE: Ohio State football: Meyer’s staff hits pay dirt - New football coach might have 'the best group of coaches in America,' but it’s costing the university a pretty penny CHART: Ohio State football coaching staff salaries I need to becoming a defensive coordinator coach!
January 21, 201213 yr This recruting class is shaping up rather nicely if I must say so myself :-D, Urban Meyer is a beast on the recruiting scene 8-)
January 31, 201213 yr Tomorrow is national signing day. And from the reviews going into it, OSU and Michigan are the class of the Big Ten. Below is a link to a Columbus Dispatch article that looks at the recruiting rankings for the Big Ten programs. DISPATCH: Football recruiting: Ohio State, Michigan dominate Big Ten, causing some to wonder if the ‘Big Two’ days are back Ohio State is ranked third nationally by both Rivals.com and Scout.com. Michigan is ranked fifth by Rivals.com and fourth by Scout.com. No other Big Ten program has a top 25 ranking from either organization.
January 31, 201213 yr That Urban Meyer was able to put together a recruiting class of that caliber even though they know that there will be no postseason for them their freshman year is nothing short of spectacular. (I hope he didn't commit any recruiting violations in landing them ...) I have to admit I was very skeptical of the Meyer hire, but he's living up to his reputation in "football's third season" so far.
February 1, 201213 yr That Urban Meyer was able to put together a recruiting class of that caliber even though they know that there will be no postseason for them their freshman year is nothing short of spectacular. (I hope he didn't commit any recruiting violations in landing them ...) I have to admit I was very skeptical of the Meyer hire, but he's living up to his reputation in "football's third season" so far. I'm sure violations were committed (in fact I hope so--this is the way the game is played and I want our guy to do everything besides rape/murder to keep up with the SEC powers), but I'm also sure that Meyer, unlike his predecessor, will do a better job of covering his tracks. Oh yeah... ;)
February 1, 201213 yr DODSON! Best announcement ever! It'll be on youtube soon enough. Tiger PRIDE! It's on the Plain Dealer now: http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2012/02/kyle_dodson_announces_he_will.html
February 1, 201213 yr Here it is. IMO, much better than that typical tacky wave your hand over the hats thing..... There's two kids up there with him - Sheldon Gibson (2013) and Marcus Bagley (2014) - who will be big time recruits over the next few years. Getting Dodson was huge because it could provide that pipeline effect for those other two.
February 1, 201213 yr Word is that Gibson is favoring Auburn at this early stage. Dodson said he's going to try to sway him. Bagley was a key part of CH's incredible run last season, but I'm not hearing much about his recruitment or how his skills translate to the next level--yet. I think he's also a very good basketball player.
February 2, 201213 yr ^ESPN's recruiting coverage is subpar. The two tops services have us higher - Rivals (#4) and Scout (#3). Word is that Gibson is favoring Auburn at this early stage. Dodson said he's going to try to sway him. Bagley was a key part of CH's incredible run last season, but I'm not hearing much about his recruitment or how his skills translate to the next level--yet. I think he's also a very good basketball player. I've heard about his desire to go somewhere south. I think it will depend on whether he plans to run track also. I'm no scout, but I like to think I'm fairly good at talent evaluation. This kid is a player. He isn't getting the attention now because he is only a sophomore. But, if you ask me, he was the team's best player last season and that includes Dodson and Gibson. Bagley was a big time player in big time games. With all that D1 talent on the field in the playoff game vs. St. Eds, Bagley (as a sophomore) was the best player on that field. Yes, he is a good basketball player also but his future is on the gridiron. He has the same effect on a football field that Andy V has had on the court the last two games against the Celtics. He's just all over the place.
February 13, 201213 yr Congrats to Mith Trubinsky (QB - Mentor HS) on receiving an offer from OSU. A telling sign of the type of offense Meyer wants to run if you ask me....
February 13, 201213 yr OSU has also offered James Byrne (OT - St. Ignatius). Byrne's only a sophomore, so it sounds like there is some upper echelon sophomore talent in the Cleveland area.
May 5, 201213 yr *headline groan* "Ohio State loses top recruit due to sex offender" http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7892108/ohio-state-recruit-decommits-convicted-sex-offender-posted-photo-internet-junior-linebacker?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Basically he (recruit) took a photo with a fan on campus who happened to be a sex offender and it got blown up on twitter. Add in a ridiculous quote from the father that his son apparently needs to be suprervised 24/7 then bury the information saying that this dude isn't actually affiliated with the university nor was he granted any kind of access by the university. Sensationalism at it's best.
May 5, 201213 yr *headline groan* "Ohio State loses top recruit due to sex offender" http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7892108/ohio-state-recruit-decommits-convicted-sex-offender-posted-photo-internet-junior-linebacker?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Basically he (recruit) took a photo with a fan on campus who happened to be a sex offender and it got blown up on twitter. Add in a ridiculous quote from the father that his son apparently needs to be suprervised 24/7 then bury the information saying that this dude isn't actually affiliated with the university nor was he granted any kind of access by the university. Sensationalism at it's best. What is this kid, 12? Come on OSU cannot screen every damn person. I think a big kid like that can take care of himself! The father needs to cut the apron strings!
May 6, 201213 yr *headline groan* "Ohio State loses top recruit due to sex offender" http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7892108/ohio-state-recruit-decommits-convicted-sex-offender-posted-photo-internet-junior-linebacker?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter Basically he (recruit) took a photo with a fan on campus who happened to be a sex offender and it got blown up on twitter. Add in a ridiculous quote from the father that his son apparently needs to be suprervised 24/7 then bury the information saying that this dude isn't actually affiliated with the university nor was he granted any kind of access by the university. Sensationalism at it's best. Right, it's annoying because it had nothing to do with anything Ohio State did or did not do while the young man was visiting. It's something that could have happened anywhere...any probably does. But since this happened at Ohio State, ESPN will try to blow it up into a national scandal.
September 1, 201212 yr The 2012 season begins today! And it's probably fair to say that the Buckeye Nation has never looked upon an upcoming season with such a combination of anticipation and trepidation. Nevertheless, the Buckeyes start the season ranked #18 in the preseason AP poll. Let's look at some possible positives: - New head coach Urban Meyer - Virtually all new coaching staff with a top notch pedigree - Relatively weak pre-Big Ten schedule (UCF next week looks like the toughest test) - 8 of the 12 games are at home - Lots of returning starters from last year's defense - New look spread offense led by sophomore Braxton Miller Let's look at some possible negatives: - No postseason bowl due to NCAA suspension this year - Relatively strong Big Ten schedule (at Mich St - Nebraska - at Wisconsin - Michigan). All those teams are ranked above OSU in the AP preseason poll. - Implementing a new coaching style with returning players. - Returning players at new positions. Stoneburner moves from TE to WR. Boren moves from FB to RB. (Although if these moves work, you can move this into the positive list.) In any event, it's time to stop speculating and begin the 2012 season for the Buckeyes. And the season's journey begins today at noon when they play Miami (Ohio) in the Shoe. If nothing else, it looks like it'll be fun. GO BUCKS!!!
September 1, 201212 yr After a slow start, Urban Meyer's debut at Ohio State ended with a 56-10 win over Miami (Ohio). It took the entire first quarter for the new-look Buckeye offense to get going. But once it did, the Buckeyes steamrolled the visiting RedHawks. ESPN Game Recap: Ohio State 56 - Miami (OH) 10
September 2, 201212 yr A few observations: - We have some freshmeat on the D-Line - Noah Spence #8, Adolphus Washington #92, and Tommy Schutt #90 - who are going to give us that added depth up front that we really lacked last year. Add in the return of Nathan Williams and our D-Line is much improved from what was a very good, but top-heavy group last year. - For the 1st quarter, Braxton looked like the Braxton of last year. But from then on, he looked damn good. Still doesn't have the best accuracy and doesn't throw a tight spiral. - We have a very athletic group of WRs, but I'm not sure that we have that true game-breaker. Philly Brown would probably disagree with me and I like his confidence to fill that role. - The DBs are having trouble adjusting to playing off the line. That's how we used to play when Tress first was hired at OSU, but then every team started running the spread against us and we moved our DBs up to jam at the line and help the LBs on the underneath routes. - The O-Line is green and it shows. Same with the LBs although I'm still #1 in the Ryan Shazier fanclub
September 8, 201212 yr Week 2 was alot like Week 1 for the Buckeyes - except against a stronger opponent in UCF. The game was tied 10-10 halfway though the second quarter. Then OSU scored three unanswered TD's en route to a 31-16 victory. Braxton Miller leads the way with 18-24, 155 yds, 1TD passing and with 27 carries for 141 yds and 3TD's rushing. ESPN Box Score: (#14) Ohio St 31 - UCF 16
September 9, 201212 yr Urban Meyer, however, was visibly unhappy with the fact that Miller had to carry it 27 times, no matter how good the results of those carries were for the short run: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/miller-runs-3-tds-no-192240110--ncaaf.html
September 9, 201212 yr UCF is a decent team, so I'm happy with the result. But I'm also concerned with how much Braxton is carrying the ball (and as a result, taking hits).
September 15, 201212 yr Should be interesting to see how many carries Braxton gets against Cal today. I would guess less than the 27 he had against UCF. Jordan Hall is supposed to return after missing the first two games with a foot injury. Plus backup RB Carlos Hyde got injured early in the UCF game and never returned. This left OSU with third-string freshman Bri'onte Dunn as their primary RB against UCF. Apparently they didn't feel too confident giving the ball to Dunn.
September 15, 201212 yr Urban revitalization gets a big scare from California. ESPN Box Score: (#12) Ohio St 35 - Cal 28
September 16, 201212 yr Miller has not improved his passing game this off season the way I hoped. The last big scoring play when OSU receiver was wide open, Miller totally underthrew him & almost put it out of bounds. Drive before that when hit the WR inside the 5, the receiver had to dive to make the catch. If Miller had hit him in stride (he was open) he could have gone in for the TD. The interception late was terrible. He had all kinds of time on that play but missed the open man down under and the open man above him...
September 16, 201212 yr To be fair, that last TD pass was thrown while Braxton was sprinting toward the sideline. But I do see your point. Miller needs to improve his accuracy if the Buckeyes are to have a balanced offense. Although there's no need to improve his running skills - that 55 yard TD scramble in the first quarter was just amazing. I do wonder about the OSU defense, which was supposed to be the strength of the team. The Cal QB had a great game, with the exception of that last INT. And RB Brendan Bigelow's speed just torched our defense on those 81-yd and 59-yd TD runs. It was good to see Jake Stoneburner get more involved in the offense with 2 TD catches and Devin Smith continues to impress, also with 2 TD catches. We probably won't learn much more about the Buckeyes during next week's UAB game. We likely won't learn how good this team is until the following week playing at Michigan State. Although MSU just took a downgrade losing at home to Notre Dame.
September 22, 201212 yr OSU wins over UAB. But it was U-G-L-Y !!! ESPN Box Score: (#16) OSU 29 - UAB 15
September 22, 201212 yr Nah, but they always seemed to me like they were one. They're Conference USA.
September 29, 201212 yr Tough game. Tough win at East Lansing. ESPN Box Score: (#14) OSU 17 - (#20) MSU 16 QB Braxton Miller goes out with an injury in the first and fourth quarters but returns to lead the Buckeyes to win with 179 passing yards and 136 rushing yards. RB Jordan Hall goes out with a knee injury in the second quarter and does not return after scoring OSU's first TD. The Buckeye defense bottles up Bell for only 45 yards.
October 7, 201212 yr What ever happened to the Black Shirts and the Silver Bullets? That was crazy last night.
October 7, 201212 yr Greg Doyle: "Ohio State is the class of the conference." I'm ready to see tOSU abuse the rest of the conference.....they will wish Gentleman Jim was still the coach.
October 11, 201212 yr Man that was a great game. QB Braxton Miller with 127 passing yards & 1 passing TD plus 186 rushing yards & 1 rushing TD. RB Carlos Hyde with 140 rushing yards and 4 TD's. ESPN Box Score: (#12) OSU 63 - (#21) Nebraska 38 Buckeyes are now #8 in the AP.
October 13, 201212 yr ^I just learned today that the 101 combined points scored in the OSU-Nebraska game was the second highest point total in Ohio Stadium history. What was the highest point total? OSU 83 - Iowa 21 on October 28, 1950.
October 13, 201212 yr It's good to plan for the future. Or in this case, way in the future. ESPN: Ohio State, Texas Set Home-And-Home Series for 2022 & 2023
October 13, 201212 yr Players will be able to ride their sky cycles to the game while the coaches navigate the stadium on hoverboards.
October 14, 201212 yr I love watching the Big Ten Network. It's the only place where you can see television commercial about farming equipment! LOL "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 14, 201212 yr OSU 52, Indiana 49 This is two 101-point games for Ohio State in a row. That 49 points was Indiana's highest point total all season, including their games against those perennial powerhouses Indiana State, UMass, and Ball State. The ghosts of Marc Dantonio's 2002 defense are not amused and demand blood sacrifices. I know we're having injury problems, but even taking those into account, this was ridiculous.
October 14, 201212 yr OSU 52, Indiana 49 This is two 101-point games for Ohio state in a row. That 49 points was Indiana's highest point total all season, including their games against those perennial powerhouses Indiana State, UMass, and Ball State. The ghosts of Marc Dantonio's 2002 defense are not amused and demand blood sacrifices. I know we're having injury problems, but even taking those into account, this was ridiculous. Special teams has been mostly atrocious, too, with them having punts blocked and allowing for long returns. For better or worse, things have completely flip-flopped from the Tressel years.
October 14, 201212 yr I love watching the Big Ten Network. It's the only place where you can see television commercial about farming equipment! LOL When I was a kid, tons of commercials during sports and the news were about farming-related products here in Columbus. And we don't have a daily farm report during the noon news any more.
October 15, 201212 yr OSU 52, Indiana 49 This is two 101-point games for Ohio state in a row. That 49 points was Indiana's highest point total all season, including their games against those perennial powerhouses Indiana State, UMass, and Ball State. The ghosts of Marc Dantonio's 2002 defense are not amused and demand blood sacrifices. I know we're having injury problems, but even taking those into account, this was ridiculous. That game was . . . something. No problem with the offense. But the defense had issues, even before needing Zach Boren to play linebacker in this game! The final score was a bit misleading with Indiana's final 15 points coming with less than 2 minutes left due to their recovered on-side kick. But still. But a win's a win to the AP. OSU moves up to 7th.
October 15, 201212 yr OSU 52, Indiana 49 This is two 101-point games for Ohio state in a row. That 49 points was Indiana's highest point total all season, including their games against those perennial powerhouses Indiana State, UMass, and Ball State. The ghosts of Marc Dantonio's 2002 defense are not amused and demand blood sacrifices. I know we're having injury problems, but even taking those into account, this was ridiculous. Special teams has been mostly atrocious, too, with them having punts blocked and allowing for long returns. For better or worse, things have completely flip-flopped from the Tressel years. Mostly true about special teams, but don't forget that we also blocked a punt and recovered it in the endzone for a TD ... a much-needed score, given our margin of victory.
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