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Ohio State’s defensive identity this season starts at the edges of the defense. The Buckeyes’ corner room has quietly become one of the deepest, most reliable units in the country. A blend of veteran leadership, tested transfers and high-upside youth that has allowed Matt Patricia’s front seven to operate with fearless aggression. Jermaine Mathews Jr. […]
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We know that your life is busy, but that doesn’t mean you want to miss any news about your favorite team. So, we are rounding up all of the most important news, analysis, and commentary from LGHL and the rest of the Buckeye beat. For your Earholes… Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup […]
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“Bucketheads” is LGHL’s men’s basketball podcast, hosted by Connor Lemons and Justin Golba. In every episode, they give you the latest scoop on the Ohio State Buckeyes and everything else happening in college hoops. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio On episode 175 of the Bucketheads Podcast, we have an official basketball game to recap! It was only a scrimmage, but […]
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The rhythm of Ohio State’s offense this fall has felt less like chaos and more like composition — a carefully layered, perfectly timed symphony with Julian Sayin as its conductor. At just 20 years old, Sayin has turned what could have been a volatile quarterback transition into the most seamless offensive identity the Buckeyes have […]
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Even though it is football season, college basketball season is just around the corner with the Buckeyes tipping off on Nov. 3. There were a lot of roster changes for the Buckeyes heading into the 2025-26 season, and over the next couple of months we will be dropping one player preview a week to get […]
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The buildup this week to No. 1 Ohio State playing Penn State is not what it has been in previous seasons, for obvious reasons. Penn State is 3-4 and 0-4 in Big Ten play, and they have already fired head coach James Franklin after three straight losses to Oregon, UCLA, and Northwestern. In their first […]
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In an age of coaching turnover, booster collectives and headline-grabbing NIL deals, Ohio State is quietly winning a different sort of recruiting battle: the argument for steadiness. The Buckeyes’ selling point in recruiting rooms this fall has been less about an individual payday or a single flashy promise and more about a predictable process, consistent […]
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Throughout the year, we will be asking and answering questions about various Ohio State teams, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE. I know that […]
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The latest episode of Land-Grant Holy Land’s flagship podcast is here! Join hosts Justin Golba and Alex Frank as they discuss Ohio State football, basketball, recruiting, and much more! Come for the hot takes. Stay for the warm ones. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio On episode 34 of Hangout in the Holy Land, Ohio State is back on the […]
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We know that your life is busy, but that doesn’t mean you want to miss any news about your favorite team. So, we are rounding up all of the most important news, analysis, and commentary from LGHL and the rest of the Buckeye beat. For your Earholes… Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup […]
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Throughout the year, the Land-Grant Podcast Network will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio On today’s episode of “Land-Grant Uncut,” we are bringing you unedited audio from Ryan Day’s Tuesday, Oct. 28 press conference from the Woody […]
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I have been a long-time James Franklin skeptic in that, while he was Penn State’s head coach, no matter how good the Nittany Lions were in any given year, I could go into Ohio State’s matchup with them with a certain level of confidence. I guess by that metric, a more accurate label for myself […]
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Ohio State and Penn State have played football every year since 1993, when the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten. Saturday will be the last time the programs will meet until 2028 due to the expansion of the Big Ten Conference. The annual meeting could have continued if Penn State had identified Ohio State as […]
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On this week’s Off-Script Ohio, brought to you by Land-Grant Holy Land, Cole VanWiechen and Joey Gertz used Ohio State’s bye week to take a breather, and take inventory. With the Buckeyes sitting undefeated and playing their most balanced football in years, the duo broke down their midseason awards, the national picture, and next week’s […]
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Last season was the final campaign before revenue sharing started to make its mark in college basketball. For Ohio State women’s basketball, that meant possibly a final season with nearly 15 players on its roster. On the 14-player roster, four players did not play a minute and earned redshirt status. Forward Seini Henry is one […]
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We know that your life is busy, but that doesn’t mean you want to miss any news about your favorite team. So, we are rounding up all of the most important news, analysis, and commentary from LGHL and the rest of the Buckeye beat. For your Earholes… Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup […]
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Ohio State enjoyed its second bye week — or “improvement week,” if you like — over the weekend, while most of the rest of the conference kept playing. We took the opportunity to get a look at some of the remaining competition, but what seemed like a strong slate of games was a bit disappointing […]
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Ohio State is still 7-0 following the bye week and is now preparing to host Penn State this weekend. A game that looked to be one of the most challenging on Ohio State’s schedule at the start of the year has certainly lost some of its flair with Penn State’s disappointing season. However, do not […]
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Marcus Johnson, a four-star guard from Cleveland who committed to Ohio State In April of 2024, announced on Monday evening that he intends to re-open his recruitment. His de-commitment comes just two weeks before the fall signing period, when Johnson assumedly would have signed his national letter of intent to play for Jake Diebler and […]
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Throughout the year, we will be asking and answering questions about various Ohio State teams, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE. Last week, during […]
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With the second bye week having come and gone, the Buckeyes enter the final stretch of the season with two stiff tests and five total games remaining. Ohio State enters that stretch undefeated at 7-0 and ranked first in the nation. Despite heavy losses to the NFL and a having a new defensive coordinator, the […]
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Bill Rabinowitz, who covered Ohio State for the Columbus Dispatch for the past 14 seasons, wrote a book about the 2024 Buckeyes. “Buckeye Brotherhood: How Ohio State Navigated a New World to Win a National Championship” chronicles Ohio State’s historic run through the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, overcoming a devastating loss to Michigan in […]
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The latest episode of Land Grant Holy Land’s Horseshoe Hangover is here! Join Alex Frank and Ryan Weckstein as they help you get through any lingering feelings you may have from the weekend while recapping Ohio State’s latest game and looking ahead to the next game. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Ohio State was on its second bye […]
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It was a late October day in Columbus, Ohio. Clouds sprinkled across the sky and the sun made the 50 degrees Fahrenheit day a prototypical autumn afternoon in the midwest. It was the kind of day where a hoodie and jeans felt perfect. Locals knew it was a “false fall” kind of day that should […]
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Former Ohio State assistant Jeff Boals and the Ohio Bobcats took the 80-mile trip up state route 33 this morning to square off with Ohio State in a preseason exhibition, as both teams prepare for the beginning of the regular season on November 3. It was a ticketed, public game, with several thousand in attendance […]
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