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Ohio State is about to put four players in the NFL Draft’s top 10
Ohio State has long been a pipeline to the first round of the NFL Draft. This year, it has a chance to do something rarer and far more difficult: Put four Buckeyes inside the top 10. It is an outcome that would normally sound hyperbolic. Top-10 selections are shaped by positional value, team need, and […]
New-look Wisconsin and its ability to upset Ohio State Thursday night
After the worst Big Ten loss of the season for No. 11 Ohio State women’s basketball, the Buckeyes finish January with the Wisconsin Badgers. The Scarlet and Gray’s 91-70 defeat to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Sunday showed a team struggling to adjust to the absence of redshirt freshman forward Kylee Kitts. While the Badgers have […]
Bucketheads Podcast: John Mobley Jr. is on fire as the Buckeyes prepare for a huge opportunity in Madison
“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 188 of the Bucketheads Podcast, Connor and Justin are back to recap the Buckeyes loss in Ann Arbor […]
BOOM! OT transfer Vasean Washington commits to Ohio State
A position that can never have enough depth, Ohio State is constantly looking to add talent in the trenches. What should be a rather veteran group up front for the Buckeyes in 2026, Tyler Bowen and the rest of the offensive staff had ideas to further improve their unit, and did just that on Wednesday […]
Off-Script Ohio: Schedule clarity, NFL influence, and hoops survival mode
College football’s offseason rarely delivers clarity. This week, Ohio State got exactly that. The Buckeyes’ 2026 schedule release laid out a season that feels both familiar and unforgiving. A marquee early trip to Texas anchors September, while October brings road tests at Iowa and Indiana before a bye. November offers no relief, USC on the […]
How important is Kennedy Cambridge’s offensive impact for the Ohio State women?
This week, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame unveiled its 25-player watchlist for Defensive Player of the Year. The list included Ohio State women’s basketball guard Kennedy Cambridge’s name, which is no surprise. When Cambridge is on the court, the Buckeyes’ defense is better, and the statistics back it up. Cambridge is first in the […]
One spot left: Why Ohio State’s coaching staff isn’t quite finished
Ohio State’s coaching staff appeared complete when the program announced the hiring of Arthur Smith as offensive coordinator. A former NFL head coach with extensive play-calling experience, Smith’s arrival checked a major box for Ryan Day as he continues to shape a structure that allows him to operate more as a CEO than a hands-on […]
A number of past and present Buckeyes are on heaters right now
With the weather in Columbus, as well as across most of the country, being downright frigid, today is a good day to think of some warm thoughts. What better way to do that than by looking at a number of current and former Buckeyes who are hot right now. With the NFL season wrapping up, […]
Share your thoughts on the Arthur Smith hire and OSU’s offseason
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. It has been […]
Ohio State draws a daunting 2026 football schedule
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. Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup of showsMatt Tamanini, […]
Hangout in the Holy Land: The Buckeyes have an offensive coordinator
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 For episode 55 of Hangout in the Holy Land, Justin and Alex are back, and […]
Visiting Locker Room: Badgers Ball Knower talks Wisconsin’s surprise season
In the offseason, the Wisconsin Badgers went through a bit of turmoil. The team’s star forward Serah Williams transferred after three seasons and now wears UConn blue and head coach Marisa Moseley left her post under allegations and criticism. The program that did not win more than six games in a conference season for 15 […]
The quiet addition with loud upside: Why Dominick Kelly may be Ohio State’s most underrated transfer
When Ohio State’s transfer class was taking shape this offseason, most of the attention gravitated toward proven production, veteran experience, and immediate fixes. Bigger names, clearer roles, instant impact. Lost in that noise was a move that may not pay off loudly in 2026, but could end up reshaping the Buckeyes’ secondary in the long […]
The transfer portal has reshaped college football; can Ohio State keep up?
On the heels of their 2024-25 CFP National Championship, the Buckeyes’ continued dominance in 2025 was impressive. Despite losing a large portion of their roster to the NFL Draft after the title game, Ohio State held onto the No. 1 spot for most of the college football season, finished the regular season undefeated, and lost […]
Buckeyes hold off Penn State in bounce-back win: Highlights, MVP, big picture takeaway
Survive and advance. It’s never too early to start adopting the mantra. That’s what the Buckeyes did Monday night at home against Penn State, seeig an 18-point halftime lead become just a single point-lead midway through the second half. Led by John Mobley Jr.‘s 25 points and five threes, though, the Buckeyes regrouped and held […]
Ohio State men get an ugly, lightly attended win over Penn State
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. On the gridiron The internet had mixed reactions to Ohio State […]
Ohio State draws a daunting 2026 football schedule
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. Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup of showsMatt Tamanini, […]
Ohio State makes the cut for a pair of elite 2027 recruits
With the 2025-26 college football season now closed, Ryan Day and the Ohio State coaching staff will focus on doing everything possible to ensure next year’s group of Buckeyes achieve more success than this previous season. While there were certainly some meaningful victories this season for the Buckeyes (mainly finally beating Michigan) there was also […]
6 degrees: 6 big plays that defined Ohio State’s 84-78 win over Penn State
Despite Winter Storm Fern dumping over a foot of snow on Columbus and the temperatures dipping down into the single-digits on Monday night, several thousand fans came out to watch the Ohio State men’s basketball team (14-6, 6-4) take on a struggling Penn State (9-11, 0-9) team at the halfway mark of the Big Ten […]
‘My motivation was to shut him up’: Michigan’s Lendeborg says Colin White’s comments fueled UM
If there was any question of whether Colin White’s postgame comments after the Minnesota game made their way up to Ann Arbor, Michigan, star forward Yaxel Lendeborg made it clear after Michigan’s 74-62 win over Ohio State that they heard him loud and clear. After Ohio State’s 82-74 overtime win over Minnesota last week, the […]
How Ohio State’s Bo Jackson can improve in 2026
Ohio State’s Lamar “Bo” Jackson had one of the best freshman seasons for a running back in the history of Ohio State football. One of just six freshmen to surpass the 1,000-yard rushing mark in a single season, the former four-star recruit out of Villa Angela-St. Joseph ran for 1,090 yards as a true freshman, […]
Three lessons from No. 12 Ohio State women’s lopsided loss to Iowa
Over the last four games between Ohio State women’s basketball and the Iowa Hawkeyes, the two sides played close matchups, two overtime games and neither side won by more than 10 points. All of that changed Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa when Ohio State struggled for 35 minutes against head coach Jan Jensen’s Hawkeyes. Jay-Z […]
Ohio State hires a surprise OC, welcomes back legendary strength and conditioning coach
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. On the gridiron Arthur Smith expected to become next offensive coordinator […]
Good Hoops Morning: Despite Winter Storm Fern, Ohio State and Penn State still set to play Monday
Before every Ohio State men’s basketball game, Connor Lemons gets you ready for that day’s action with key stats, players to know, and prevalent storylines for that day’s game on the “Good Hoops Morning” podcast. Listen to the episode and subscribe: Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Ohio State Buckeyes (-12.5) vs. […]
Three lessons Ohio State can learn from Curt Cignetti’s Indiana
If you would have told me two years ago that Ohio State could learn a thing or two from Indiana, I would’ve absolutely assumed you were talking about the basketball team. Instead, Curt Cignetti has brought the Hoosiers to the top of the college football world, winning a national title in a perfect 16-0 campaign […]