The latest edition in the Ohio State-Penn State saga will continue on Saturday when the two best offenses in the country battle in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions come in as the top-ranked scoring offense in the country with 55.5 points per game. Ohio State ...
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Football and basketball punishments differ drastically in Ohio State self-reported NCAA violations
One football recruit and a group of three men’s basketball recruits went on their official visits to Ohio State and took trips to the set of College GameDay before the football team’s game against Oklahoma on Sept. 9. Both parties walked onto the stage of ...
Read More »Best of 2017 coverage of Ohio State athletics
Ohio State is one of the most polarizing athletics programs in the country, which makes for some great coverage throughout a year. With 2017 closing, The Lantern compiled nine of the most significant stories or some of the best writing during the year. 1) Self-reported NCAA ...
Read More »Football: Early Signing Day boosts Ohio State defensive tackle depth, highlights concern for defensive end
Depth was not an issue for the Ohio State defensive line in 2017. At the very least, it was not an issue at defensive end. That narrative could flip in 2018. Ohio State is guaranteed to lose two players at both defensive end and defensive ...
Read More »Football: Ohio State’s No. 1 recruiting class not indicative of crucial misses late
Five-star offensive tackle Jackson Carman had been Ohio State’s No. 1 target for months. He was the top-ranked player at a position of need and the top player in Ohio. In the end, Urban Meyer and his staff couldn’t seal the deal, and Carman ditched ...
Read More »Buckeye Brief: Urban Meyer’s thoughts on Ohio State’s Early Signing Day
A year ago at this time, no players had signed letters of intent to play football for Ohio State. But this year, the first in which the Early Signing Period was introduced, the Buckeyes inked the signatures of 21 players in its 2018 recruiting class, ...
Read More »Micah Parsons’ father believes his son’s tweet, not NCAA violations, reason Ohio State ended recruitment
Ohio State self-reported NCAA violations that occurred during five-star class of 2018 prospect Micah Parsons‘ official visit to campus Sept. 9. Those violations resulted in the football program self-imposing a stoppage to the recruitment of Parsons and ruled him ineligible. Terrence Parsons, Micah’s father, says ...
Read More »Self-reported NCAA violations prevent Ohio State from recruiting 5-star prospect Micah Parsons
Five-star defensive end Micah Parsons was once a favorite to land at Ohio State — that was until Ohio State agreed to stop recruiting the class of 2018 prospect because of self-reported NCAA violations that occurred during his official visit on Sept. 9. Ohio State ...
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