Ohio State’s Dec. 19 battle with Northwestern for the Big Ten title game is officially set, as are six other matchups in the Big Ten for the upcoming weekend, dubbed “Championship Week” by the conference.
The Buckeyes and Wildcats will kick off the action on Saturday at noon on FOX, Read More
After five losing seasons, Lovie Smith is out as Illinois’ head football coach.
The Fighting Illini lost 28-10 to No. 14 Northwestern on Dec. 12, finishing their regular season at 2-5. Smith went 17-39 overall and 10-33 in the Big Ten across his five seasons in Champaign, Ill.
He came Read More
Ohio State saw no movement in either of the two major polls for yet another week after its Dec. 12 game against Michigan was canceled.
In the coaches poll, the Buckeyes remain behind Alabama, Notre Dame and Clemson, but ahead of Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Indiana, Iowa State, Georgia and Oklahoma Read More
Former Ohio State cornerback Jeff Okudah will undergo surgery on his injured groin on Tuesday, prematurely ending his rookie season with the Detroit Lions. The news was first reported by Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press.
The No. 3 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft, Okudah has started Read More
Former Ohio State kicker Mike Nugent appears set to make an appearance in the NFL for the 15th straight season, this time with the Arizona Cardinals after their normal starting kicker, Zane Gonzalez, was ruled out with a back injury for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants.
Nugent is Read More
Ohio State secured a commitment from Steilacoom, Wa., five-star wide receiver Emeka Egbuka late Friday night, all but securing what will be at least four consecutive classes with the No. 1 or No. 2 wide receiver in the nation heading to Ohio State (Garrett Wilson was No. 2 in 2019, Read More
Ohio State’s nearly two-year-long recruitment of Steilacoom, Wash., five-star wide receiver Emeka Egbuka finally paid off when he announced his commitment to the Buckeyes on Friday night.
The 6-1, 190-pound Egbuka is considered the top-rated wide receiver and No. 9 prospect overall in the class of 2021, as he’s Read More
E.J. Liddell, an Ohio State sophomore forward, is out indefinitely with a non-COVID-19 related illness, per head coach Chris Holtmann.
“I’m really disappointed for E.J. but we anticipate him returning here hopefully soon,” Holtmann said in a release. “He is doing well and is going to be routinely evaluated by Read More
In a Thursday appearance on The Rich Eisen Show , Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney discussed where he stands as far as who should make the College Football Playoff, including if a 6-0 Ohio State team with a Big Ten title would have done enough to earn a spot in Read More
Tony Curcillo, who was Woody Hayes’ first starting quarterback at Ohio State, died Dec. 8 at the age of 89 due to complications from the coronavirus, per his family.
In Hayes’ first season in 1951, Curcillo served as the starting quarterback for the Buckeyes.
Playing from 1950-52, Curcillo’s standout performance Read More
