Ohio State Football: Reasonable Goals for Buckeyes' 2013 Season Setting reasonable goals can be difficult for an Ohio State team that went undefeated last season. Expectations have reached new levels, and the media is hyping things up like nobody's business. Ohio State is going to play the SEC Champion in the BCS National Championship Game! Let's pump the breaks and let the games play out before that talk begins surfacing. The Buckeyes still have to iron out ...
Ohio State Basketball: 5 Lessons Learned About Buckeyes This Offseason The issues that will determine whether Ohio State has a successful 2013-14 season are fairly well-established at this point. The Buckeyes will have to replace the scoring of Deshaun Thomas, continue to play excellent half-court defense and hope Amir Williams develops into the player he is supposed to be. However, we have learned some things about Thad Matta’s program during this offseason ...
Ohio State Football: Underclassmen Who Can Save the Buckeyes' Offensive Line The Ohio State Buckeyes will likely be a preseason top-five team heading into the 2013 season. They return their top playmakers on both sides of the ball. Braxton Miller, Carlos Hyde, Ryan Shazier and Bradley Roby are all back to lead the Buckeyes. But the success of Urban Meyer 's second Ohio State team will be up to the offensive line—a line that returns four starters, three of which earned ...
What 5-Star LB Raekwon McMillan's Visit to Florida Means for Ohio State Raekwon McMillan has appeared to be quite the Ohio State lean heading into the summer of the 2014 recruiting cycle, but one major SEC program could give the Buckeyes some issues moving forward. McMillan, a 5-star linebacker, has visited Ohio State multiple times , and the Buckeyes are the top team on his 247Sports interest list . A recent visit to Florida seems to have really caught his ...
Ohio State Basketball: 5 Biggest Red Flags on Buckeyes' Roster The college basketball offseason is a time of optimism, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t red flags on just about every roster. Ohio State certainly has some issues of concern as it enters its first season without either Deshaun Thomas or Jared Sullinger on the roster in three years. The Buckeyes have the talent to make a run at their second Final Four in three tries, but there are some ...
Ohio State Football: 4-Star Wide Receiver Derek Kief Chooses Alabama over OSU Urban Meyer and Ohio State's 2014 recruiting class suffered a blow Sunday night when Derek Kief , a 4-star wide receiver and one of the Buckeyes' top targets, verbally committed to Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide. Kief tweeted a link to his website , which had this video of his commitment: Kief , a tall, speedy receiver out of Cincinnati, has piled up over 20 scholarship offers from ...
Ohio State Lands Kicker/Punter Sean Nuernberger for 2014 Recruiting Class Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes have found a kicker for their 2014 recruiting class. Sean Nuernberger , a kicker/punter out of Buckner, Ky. who was born in Germany, announced on Twitter Tuesday afternoon that he has committed to Ohio State: It's done! Officially committed to play football for THE Ohio State University! # BUCKEYENATION — Sean Nuernberger (@SeanSeanThinks) June 11, 2013 ...
Ohio State Football: Athlon, Phil Steele Give Buckeyes Preseason Love College football guru Phil Steele and the good folks at Athlon Sports have come out with predictions for the 2013 college football season, and unsurprisingly , they feel good about the Ohio State Buckeyes. Ohio State is riding nation's longest winning streak (12), and Urban Meyer is set to infuse the No. 2 ranked recruiting class with a talented team which returns 13 starters, according to ...
Ryan Shazier preseason NFL Draft scouting report Ryan Shazier | 6'2, 222 pounds | Outside linebacker | Ohio State | Junior 2012 stats: 115 tackles, 5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss, 11 passes defended, 3 forced fumbles The pressure is on outside linebacker Ryan Shazier heading into his junior season at Ohio State. On the Buckeyes' front seven, he's only starter back on a team poised for a run at a national title. Shazier is coming off a stellar ...
Ohio State Football: Over/Under 2013 Win Total Predictions for the Buckeyes Ohio State is expected to be one of the powerhouses of college football once again in 2013, with bowl sanctions lifted and an explosive offense powered by Heisman Trophy contender Braxton Miller. But how is a team that went undefeated a year ago supposed to be better? Now that the Buckeyes are bowl eligible, we will find out how well they respond to tangible pressure with something more than ...
