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Ohio State’s defensive line came into the first game of the 2018 season considered one of the best units in the nation. Rotating in players like junior Nick Bosa, sophomore Chase Young, junior Jonathon Cooper and redshirt junior Dre’Mont Jones, the defensive line is known ...

Ohio State acting head coach Ryan Day knows he has an abundance of talent in the running back room. When asked in Tuesday’s Big Ten coaches teleconference whether Ohio State would have two-1,000-yard running backs in sophomore J.K. Dobbins and redshirt junior Mike Weber, Day ...

  After opening the season with a 77-31 win over Oregon State, Ohio State was ranked as the No. 4 team in the country in Week 2 of the AP Poll. The Buckeyes failed to earn a first place vote. Ohio State started the season ...

Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano knows his team’s defense can play better than how it played against Oregon State on Saturday. The Buckeyes allowed 31 points and 392 yards to a Pac-12 team that lost all nine conference games in 2017 and recorded its ...

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer returned to his team in a coaching role for the first time since he was placed on paid administrative leave on Aug. 1. According to the ruling made by the Ohio State Board of Trustees, Meyer, despite his three-game ...

After leading No. 5 Ohio State to a 77-31 victory over Oregon State on Saturday in the season opener, redshirt sophomore quarterback Dwayne Haskins was named as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. In his first collegiate start, Haskins threw for 313 yards, ...

For Ryan Day, Saturday’s season debut was different. The offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Ohio State served as a head coach for the first time in his coaching career, continuing his role as the acting head coach for the Buckeyes while Urban Meyer serves ...

From the minute the Ohio State defense took the field, the defensive line did not allow Oregon State to utilize its passing game very much. In Saturday’s 77-31 win, Ohio State recorded six tackles-for-loss including five sacks. Junior defensive end Nick Bosa recorded two sacks, ...

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer released a statement Friday clarifying statements he believes the media has made regarding the outcome of the investigation on Aug. 22. Meyer said in the statement he was not suspended because he knew about alleged domestic violence made by ...

For the Ohio State secondary, the 2018 season seems to be beginning in a similar way to last year. With three players rotating for playing time at cornerback, the Buckeyes had three safeties battling for two starting spots heading into the first game against Indiana ...