Football

The stage is set for the start of conference play.

Wisconsin, a foe which met Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game in 2019, comes into Ohio Stadium for a night game against a crowd and team that will be dressed all in black.

With expectations of a conference Read More

Ohio State first-year defensive end Hero Kanu shed his black stripe on Thursday, becoming the fourteenth freshman to complete the tradition since the spring.

Kanu did not appear in Ohio State’s season opener against Notre Dame but played a combined 14 defensive snaps against Arkansas State and Toledo. Kanu Read More

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day is well aware of Wisconsin’s program staple of dominating the trenches and overwhelming opponents with physicality.

Entering Saturday’s contest against the Badgers, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day made it clear that his squad will have to match Wisconsin’s physicality if they are to Read More

Another member of Ohio State’s freshman class became an official member of the team on Thursday. Freshman cornerback Ryan Turner, a four-star prospect out of Chaminade-Madonna Prep in Hollywood, Fla., became the 13th freshman to shed his black stripe.

Turner did not play in the first two games of Read More

There’s a number of statistical and semantic arguments as to why Ohio State third-year quarterback C.J. Stroud is one of the best signal callers in the country.

He posted just the second 4,000-yard passing season in Ohio State history in 2021, completing 71.9 percent of his throws on his way Read More

Toledo quarterback Dequan Finn introduced himself to a national audience on Saturday evening, showcasing his dual-threat ability against an emerging Ohio State defense.

While the Buckeyes struggled to contain Finn for much of the evening, Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles said his unit did not live up to the Read More

Third-year nickel safety Cameron Martinez went from backup to starter in a matter of days last week.

After it became known to the team that graduate Tanner McCalister, Ohio State’s normal frontman at the position, would be unavailable against Toledo Sept. 17, Martinez received word that he’d be starting against Read More

Since his elevation to Wisconsin’s defensive coordinator role in 2017, Jim Leonhard has developed a reputation as a defensive mastermind for the Badgers.

In just his first season at the helm of the Wisconsin defense, Leonhard led the unit to the second-ranked total defense — holding opponents to 262.1 yards Read More

Ohio State will begin conference play this Saturday, welcoming in Wisconsin as the Buckeyes attempt to move to 4-0 on the season, and head coach Ryan Day said Tuesday that the Badgers will present a “big challenge” for Ohio State.

“Any time you’re in conference play it ramps up a Read More