Eric Mensah is finally home. If you’re a Virginia Tech fan, you remember Mensah’s name. A defensive tackle from Mountain View High School in Stafford, Virginia, initially committed to the Hokies in the 2024 recruiting class. Mensah committed to Virginia Tech on July 17, 2023, and visited Ohio State on September 9, was offered, and […]
After a 72-69 loss to the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler knew something had to change in regard to the bench production. In the three-point loss, the bench combined for 22 minutes, zero points, zero assists and three rebounds on 0-for-2 shooting, two missed layups by Brandon Noel. “Passing up […]
Racing Louisville have called in more reinforcements to their roster after making their first postseason appearance in 2025. Their offseason continues with the signing of Ohio State Buckeyes star defender, Mirann Gacioch. The contract is for two years with 2027 being a mutual option. “I am deeply honored to be joining Racing Louisville FC! Playing […]
The Wisconsin Badgers have added quite a bit in their cornerback room, but they got an interesting name on campus on Thursday night: former five-star defensive back Aaron Scott, according to 247Sports’s Allen Trieu. Scott, a sophomore at Ohio State in 2025, was one of two key defensive backs who transferred out of the program […]
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The beat rolls on as the past few days continues to be some of the busiest times for Ohio State’s program. Changes aplenty to their current roster in the works, the coaching staff found Thursday to be much of the same, but good news led the way seeing the Buckeyes land another player via the […]
As Ohio State begins reshaping its roster through the transfer portal, one under‑the‑radar but increasingly important area of need has emerged: linebacker. The Buckeyes face significant turnover at a position that has been a defensive anchor the past few seasons, with stars Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese expected to depart for the NFL. With both […]
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 52 of Hangout in the Holy Land, Justin and Alex are back after […]
Penn State continued its roster rebuild on Tuesday evening, landing former Ohio State running back James Peoples. Peoples is a 5-foot-10, 206-pound running back that was a consensus Top 150 prospect in the 2024 recruiting class. He enrolled early at Ohio State and skipped a redshirt season, seeing time in eight games in mostly mop […]
Ohio State’s football season was eventually going to end. Unfortunately, the 2025 season ended about three weeks earlier than Buckeye Nation would have preferred it to. Last season, Ohio State won the national championship in the middle of January, and with the title celebration coming about a week later, Buckeye fans didn’t have to find […]
It took me longer than a lot of Buckeye fans to get on the “Ohio State is going to repeat because almost everyone else is mediocre” train this season, not because I disagreed that most teams in the pool were mediocre this year (aside from Indiana, I still feel that to be true), but because […]
The transfer portal has become less about patching holes and more about taking calculated swings that can alter a program’s trajectory. Ohio State has never been shy about recruiting at an elite level, but in the modern era, championship margins are often decided by a handful of portal additions who fit both scheme and culture. […]
Tonight is the 23rd anniversary of the most controversial call in college football history, and three nights ago Miami finally got its revenge. No. 10 Miami shocked No. 2 Ohio State 24-14 in the Cotton Bowl, ending the Buckeyes’ quest to become the first repeat national champion in the 12-team playoff era, and the first […]
Happy New Year, Canes fans! While your Miami Hurricanes beat Ohio State 24-14 yesterday to advance to Fiesta Bowl in the CFP Semifinals, they don’t have an opponent yet. They will after this last game of the night. This is a rematch from the epic 43-35 game between these teams played in October. Georgia won that game, […]
If you had Ohio State tabbed as your College Football Playoff winner please accept my sympathies. One thing we’re learning here in the new, expanded playoff era is that when you have to run a gauntlet of some of the best teams in America you can take nothing for granted. Today brings three more contests […]
The first of the quarterfinal games finished up with Miami landing a resounding win over the heavily favored Ohio State last night. Who could have ever seen that one coming?? (Hint… that’s me!) But the real festivities begin today, with Oregon and Texas Tech squaring off in the Orange Bowl at 11:00 CT. Or, if […]
Friday’s Game Goodyear Cotton Bowl: #10 Miami vs. #2 Ohio State, 6:30 P.M., ESPN Saturday’s Games Capital One Orange Bowl: #5 Oregon vs. #4 Texas Tech, 11:00 A.M., ESPN The Rose Bowl Presented by Prudential: #9 Alabama vs. #1 Indiana: 3:00 P.M., ESPN The Allstate Sugar Bowl: #6 Ole Miss vs. #3 Georgia, 7:00 P.M., […]
Ohio State didn’t take the field this past weekend, but the playoff picture sharpened anyway. Bowl season churned on, narratives shifted, and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals came into full focus. For the Buckeyes, the pause served less as a break and more as a final recalibration point before New Year’s Eve, when Ohio State […]
Game Details Recent History Miami Hurricanes Outlook After having their first-ever win in the College Football Playoff, Miami is heading into the Cotton Bowl Classic with a lot of momentum. The Hurricanes enter this game with a big win over Texas A&M at Kyle Field, thanks to one of the best defensive performances in college […]
WEDNESDAY (#10)Miami vs. (#2)Ohio StateCotton Bowl 7:30 p.m., ESPN A year ago, Ohio State cruised to a national championship after coming off a 13-10 loss to Michigan where missed field goals cost them a chance at victory. Now they enter the playoffs on the heels of a 13-10 loss to Indiana where a late missed […]
For the third straight season, Ohio State will be playing in the Cotton Bowl. On Wednesday night, the Buckeyes will match up with the Miami Hurricanes, with the winner moving on to the Fiesta Bowl next week to take on the winner of the Sugar Bowl, which will feature Ole Miss and Georgia on New […]
Preseason Expectations Grade: C Back during Big Ten Media Days in July, Cleveland.com published their predicted finish for the Big Ten, based on a survey of 24 voters, including one beat writer for each team: 1. Penn State (11 first-place votes)2. Ohio State (11)3. Oregon (2)4. Illinois5. Michigan (1)6. Indiana7. Iowa8. Nebraska9. USC10. Washington11. Minnesota12. […]
Ohio State is just hours away from its first College Football Playoff game of the 2025-26 post season. The Buckeyes will be taking on Miami in the Cotton Bowl New Years Eve after the Hurricanes beat Texas A&M. The last time we saw Ohio State’s football team take the field, the Buckeyes lost to Indiana […]
Over three weeks ago, Bryant Haines and the Indiana defense met the moment in Indianapolis against the highly talented Ohio State offense. The 10 allowed points put the Hoosiers on the map as one of the top defensive teams in ...
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before… Two blue-blood college football programs with a rich history of national championships are set to square off, but the past few years have been much kinder to one team than the other. One team is the defending national champion, the previous year having ended its relatively brief national […]