Post-Spring Thoughts from Ohio State Assistant Coaches
Following an upbeat spring after an undefeated season, Ohio State’s assistant coaches met with the media Wednesday to discuss what went right and what went wrong during the 15 practices.When you’re...
View Article11W Recruiting Mailbag: Spring Finale
It's Wednesday afternoon, it's 4:30 p.m. and moving forward that means that you're stuck with me. I'll be your humble host on a journey that will take us all over the landscape of Buckeye recruiting....
View ArticleEvaluating Spring Game Predictions
I had the opportunity to watch the Scarlet squad thoroughly dismantle the Gray team in person last Saturday. Michael Thomas, Spring Game hero. Sitting halfway up section 108, I had a perfect vantage...
View ArticleThursday Skull Session
In a study that would only be lost on guys like Mike Rice, it has been learned that – NEWSFLASH! – Division I athletes don't respond favorably to verbally abusive coaches. In the Clemson study that...
View ArticleOhio State Hired Kevin McGuff to Win Big and He's Just Fine with That
It took more than a month, but Ohio State finally has a women’s basketball coach. In between firing Jim Foster and hiring Washington head coach Kevin McGuff, the Buckeyes attempted to lure several big...
View ArticleConfidence Man
"I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round."During his boxing career, Muhammad Ali was never shy about his ability to dominate his competition. Among...
View ArticleSpring Practice Offense Observations: The Pistol and Braxton Miller
With the spring game in the books it is time to assess where the Buckeyes stand as a team. Last week I provided my defensive observations. I now turn my attention to the offense.Today I focus on the...
View ArticleThe Stumbler: Volume Seventeen – Beanie The Boss
Hello, faithful Stumbler readers, and welcome to another edition. With the college football dead zone upon us (summer, you temptress) we need the Stumbler now more than ever.It’s hard to say what fans...
View ArticleCatching Up With Mark Andrews: Buckeye Visit
The last seven days have not been particularly kind to the Ohio State recruiting efforts at wide receiver as three Buckeye targets –Thaddeus Snodgrass, Drake Harris and Dallis Todd – all made their...
View ArticleFriday Skull Session
Good morning everyone and welcome to your Friday Skull Session. I'll be your host on Fridays now as we celebrate the end of the work week and, eventually, the coming of football Saturdays. I'd like to...
View ArticleCleared for Takeoff: Ohio State's Tom Herman is No Longer Afraid to Call a Pass
Tom Herman is no longer frightened to throw a pass. That fear went through his mind 308 times as Braxton Miller and the offense approached the line of scrimmage. Considering the final results – 12...
View ArticleThe Dilemma: Too Many Skill Players, Just One Football
Someone had better get Wilson, Nike and Spalding on the phone, because the 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes are going to need a lot more footballs.Bri'onte Dunn will be looking for more carries in 2013.Wealthy...
View ArticleAround the Oval on Friday, April 19
Around the Oval is Eleven Warriors' weekly love letter to Ohio State sports that don't get the coverage they should.Coach Greg Beals and the Buckeye baseball team traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, this...
View ArticleOhio State Football Recruiting Notebook: 4/19
We're back with another edition of the Ohio State football recruiting notebook.Harris committed to Michigan over the weekendToday we're going to take a look back at the happenings in the recruiting...
View ArticleSaturday Skull Session
It's been quite the week. To say America has had better weeks in its illustrious history would be putting it lightly, though the developments late Friday night should hopefully have everyone optimistic...
View ArticleHealing Through Sports
Anna Saelens crossed the finish line at the 2013 Boston Marathon at 2:45 p.m. Four minutes later, her life – and the lives of millions – would change in an instant. Two bombs were detonated near the...
View ArticleBig Fish: Trout Hopes to Hook Top Prospects
Kyle Trout was not always sure that this dream would come true.Trout wearing the colors he has long dreamed of.As a kid growing up in Lancaster, 40 minutes southeast of Columbus, Trout was well aware...
View ArticleMonday Skull Session
Welcome to a huge week as far as offseason college football happenings are concerned.Later this week, the Big Ten Conference is expected to vote to move to a nine-game league schedule and abolish...
View ArticleChris Fields Looks to Step Into a Big Role
There are a thousand different things that go into making a championship football team. One component you'll always find in such teams, however, is an upperclassman emerging as a key contributor.In...
View ArticleA Way-Too-Early Look at the B1G East, West Divisions
So…we all seem to be pretty happy about saying goodbye to the spawn of the product of the worst focus group in the history of mankind.The East/West divisional split makes sense on a lot of levels, not...
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