Coming off a championship in the inaugural College Football Playoff, the Ohio State football team justifiably has large expectations ahead of the 2015 season. After all, the team returns all but five starters from a unit that won 13 straight games to close out the season and beat ...
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Board of Trustees recognizes national championship win, creates new college, passes 18 resolutions
Ohio State’s Board of Trustees kicked off the final meeting of the week with recognition of the national championship win and the work of a former senator and astronaut on Friday. “I can’t imagine a better illustration of what this university is about than to ...
Read More »45K celebrate homecoming of national champions
About 45,000 fans cheered for the Ohio State football team at Ohio Stadium on Saturday in what was the Buckeyes’ second public celebration at OSU after winning the National Championship in Texas. The first welcome event, meant to be just for students, was held at ...
Read More »Students celebrate Ohio State football team’s national championship win
The weekend celebration of the Ohio State football team’s eighth national championship win kicked off Friday night in the Great Hall of the Ohio Union, where students gathered to celebrate the team’s 42-20 national championship victory over Oregon Jan. 12. The event featured several ...
Read More »Opinion: Cardale Jones has the early edge to start for Ohio State in 2015
It turns out that Cardale Jones wants to keep playing school after all, and right now he’s the favorite to keep playing football, too. The redshirt-sophomore Ohio State quarterback announced his decision to return to the Buckeyes — and his coursework — for the 2015 ...
Read More »Tear gas use questioned after National Championship celebrations
Students celebrating Ohio State’s National Championship victory streamed out into the cold night air in a sea of scarlet and gray, only to be obscured minutes later by white clouds of tear gas. “We were all on the sidewalk. No one was really in the ...
Read More »Urban Meyer ‘demands the best’ from his players, and the Buckeyes delivered
The record books say it loud and clear: Among college football coaches, Urban Meyer is in elite company. Meyer — fresh off a win in the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship in his third season at Ohio State — now has three national titles ...
Read More »Opinion: 5 takeaways from Ohio State’s 8th national title win
Before the Ohio State Buckeyes walked off the field at AT&T Stadium on Monday night, some people were already making their predictions for the following season. Caught up in all that was the game itself, as the Buckeyes flew past the Ducks, 42-20, en route ...
Read More »Buckeyes cheer on football team at Ohio Union
More than 1,000 miles north of Dallas, a stadium-like atmosphere reached the Ohio Union, where Ohio State fans on campus attended a watch party Monday night to cheer the Buckeyes on to their eighth national championship. About 1,000 Ohio State fans wearing scarlet and gray ...
Read More »Ezekiel Elliott sets sights on history after record-setting performance
ARLINGTON, Texas — After leading Ohio State to a win against Oregon in the College Football Playoff National Championship, Ezekiel Elliott named off a few Buckeye greats that came before him. The sophomore running back praised the legacy of fellow running backs Archie Griffin, Eddie ...
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