Football: Gene Smith delivers thoughts on rivalry, Ryan Day
Despite his Cleveland roots, Gene Smith didn’t sprout into familiarity with the traditions of The Game. That’s all changed in his 14 years as at…
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Gene Smith’s departure from playoff committee due in part to Ohio State rankings disagreement
Gene Smith stepped down from the College Football Playoff committee in February to help with Ryan Day’s transition as a first-time head coach. B…
Football: Ohio State moves to No. 1 in College Football Playoff rankings
Ohio State has assumed college football's pole position once again, as it jumped LSU for the No. 1 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings an…
Football: Jeff Hafley named semi-finalist for Broyles Award
While Justin Fields, Chase Young, J.K. Dobbins and Jeff Okudah litter the finalist spots for major national player awards, one of Ohio State’s coac…
Same Game, New Day: Ryan Day makes first foray into Ann Arbor as head coach
Ryan Day wasn’t born in scarlet and gray. The Manchester, New Hampshire-born ball coach had no midwestern roots, no first coaching job in Columb…
Football: What to expect from The Game
The Big Ten East race is over. Ohio State is going to the Big Ten title game, and Michigan is not. Yet only people who make abodes beneath bould…
Caught in the crossfire: Toledo’s relationship with the Ohio State-Michigan rivalry
Before the dawn of two centuries past, Ohioans and Michiganders were settling their differences through violent, combative sport on a pitch of gras…
Football: The Game a wasteland of lost national title hopes
A chapter in the Ohio State-Michigan game logged precisely 50 years ago bears an uncanny resemblance to the circumstances surrounding this year’s r…
Taken from enemy lines: Mattison and Washington switch sides in Ohio State-Michigan rivalry
Just seven coaches in history have forsaken the hallowed dividing lines and traded in their blue for red or vice versa. Two of them hold positio…
Football: 2019 compares favorably to Ohio State’s best seasons
This season marks the 16th time Ohio State either started 11-0 or won a national title. In none of those seasons did it finish in the top 3 for …