In addition to being named a finalist for the 2019 Heisman Trophy on Monday night, Ohio State defensive end Chase Young won the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which is given annually to the nation’s top defensive player as voted on by the Football Writers Association of America.
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— Football Writers Association of America (@TheFWAA) December 10, 2019
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Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields and defensive end Chase Young on Monday evening were named finalists for the Heisman Trophy alongside LSU quarterback Joe Burrow and Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts.
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— The Heisman Trophy (@HeismanTrophy) December 9, 2019
Fields, the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, completed 208 of 308 passes for 2,953 yards and 40 Read More
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day was one of six coaches named by the Maxwell Football Club on Monday afternoon as a finalist for the George Munger Collegiate Coach of the Year Award, joining Baylor’s Matt Rhule, Clemson’s Dabo Swinney, LSU’s Ed Orgeron, Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck and Oklahoma’s Lincoln Riley. Read More
Ohio State faced its toughest trial of the season, trailing Wisconsin 21-7 at halftime of the Big Ten Championship Game.
The unbeaten Buckeyes responded with 27 unanswered points to win the conference title, and redshirt sophomore center Josh Myers said the team’s confidence didn’t waver.
“We hadn’t really faced a Read More
There had yet to be a moment this season where Ohio State looked overpowered, or even equally matched with any team it was playing. The Buckeyes had started slow in the past and struggled at times with mistakes, as it did against Wisconsin on Oct. 26 and then again in Read More
Ohio State’s 34-21 victory over Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game may have been enough to secure a playoff spot for the Buckeyes, but it wasn’t enough to launch them to No. 1 in either of the major polls. For the fifth straight week Ohio State sits at No. Read More
Just 12 hours after Ohio State put the finishing touches on its third consecutive Big Ten championship with a 34-21 win over Wisconsin, the Buckeyes learned their College Football Playoff fate.
Ranked No. 2, they’ll head to Glendale, Ariz., to take on third-ranked Clemson in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl — Read More
Following Ohio State’s 34-21 win against Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game, the Buckeyes dropped to the No. 2 seed in the College Football Playoff.
LSU dominated Georgia 37-10 in the SEC Championship Game, convincing the CFP Committee to push the Tigers past the Buckeyes for the No. 1 Read More
What Worked Well
Coming out of halftime, Ohio State trailed 21-7 against Wisconsin, the largest deficit the team had faced all season.
From there, the Buckeyes scored 27 unanswered points against the Badgers in the second half, leaving Wisconsin scoreless while sophomore quarterback Justin Fields threw a trio of touchdown Read More
Ohio State sophomore quarterback Justin Fields on if Ohio State deserves to be No. 1 in the College Football Playoff rankings: “Really just looking at it, knowing the guys on our team, I feel like a lot of guys just have heart. Of course, outsiders can’t really see that. Read More
