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You’re Nuts: What is most worrisome about Ohio State the rest of the season?
For the second year in a row, Ohio State enters the College Football Playoff on the heels of a 13-10 loss. Unlike last year, when the sky was falling after losing to Michigan in Columbus, the setback on Saturday to Indiana is a little easier to process since the loss didn’t cost the Buckeyes a […]
Ohio State women will look to find their missing intensity against Toledo
Saturday, a winter storm covered most of Ohio with snow. Sunday, Ohio State women’s basketball continues a tightly packed nonconference schedule before the Christmas holiday arrives in 11 days. This time, against the Toledo Rockets, who traveled through the snow from three hours north to try and test the Buckeyes. After a 94-62 blowout victory […]
Fans are hoping to see better offensive line play when OSU faces Miami in the Cotton Bowl
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. How are we […]
Ohio State’s 89-88 double OT win over WVU and John Cena’s last match were oddly similar
Saturday night presented multiple viewing options for a certain subset of Ohio State fans that felt oddly similar. Not only did the Buckeyes’ men’s basketball team take on West Virginia in the Cleveland Hoops Showdown at the Gund Arena Quicken Loans Arena Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, but at the same time, over on NBCUniversal’s streaming service […]
Players to watch: One player to watch on every College Football Playoff team
This is only the second season of the 12-team College Football Playoff, but this bracket is among the weirder in the playoff era. Two Group of Five teams? One Group of Five team seemed unfathomable just a few years ago. Now, two are in the playoffs. The top four teams are seemingly on another tier […]
Ohio State women’s 94-62 win over Northern Kentucky highlights ‘all or nothing’ nature of this year’s team
A quick look at the 94-62 scoreline for No. 21 Ohio State women’s basketball team’s win over Northern Kentucky, and it looks about right. A 32-point victory for a power conference over a midmajor. Watch the game itself, and it was anything but comfortable. The Buckeyes had to claw themselves out of a hole of […]
Phillip Daniels season in review: From transfer depth piece to steady starting right tackle
Phillip Daniels arrived in Columbus after transferring from Minnesota in January 2024 with the modest expectation of providing depth and competition at tackle. Instead, he emerged after a productive summer and fall camp to win the right tackle job and start the season with the starting group. His path wasn’t perfectly smooth, there were games […]
Ohio State women get scare against Northern Kentucky, but win 94-62
On Sunday, No. 21 Ohio State women’s basketball started slow against the Northwestern Wildcats, and then on Thursday, the team had the chance to bounce back against the Northern Kentucky Norse of the Horizon League. The Buckeyes needed a record-breaking performance on defense to earn the 94-62 victory. First Quarter On paper, Thursday looked like […]
MC&J: College football over the next week features Army/Navy and five bowls
Last week ATS: 7-2 (7-1 National, 0-1 B1G) Season ATS: 132-113 (65-56 National, 67-57 B1G) Aside from Ohio State and Virginia losing on Saturday night, my picks for the rest of the conference title games were flawless. Now we head into bowl season nearly 20 games up on .500. Over the next month I’ll have […]
Revenue sharing and a near death for Ohio State women’s international tournaments
Each November, college basketball teams take part in Feast Week. Programs travel to exotic locales, or Las Vegas ballrooms, to play in-season “tournaments.” The games feature nonconference matchups against sides, and players get the chance to check out the beach between school work, practice, games, and team events. For Ohio State women’s basketball, they may […]
CJ Donaldson season in review: Steady work, key moments, and a clear playoff role
CJ Donaldson Jr. arrived in Columbus with a resume built on power, contact balance, and the production of a lead back. At West Virginia in 2024 he carried that workload, finishing the season as the Mountaineers’ primary rusher with 163 carries for 734 yards and 11 rushing touchdowns. In 2025, after moving to Ohio State, […]
Ohio State back home for Northern Kentucky as Kennedy Cambridge hits milestone
As quickly as No. 21 Ohio State women’s basketball’s Big Ten season arrived, it was gone. The randomly placed first weekend of the conference season is behind the Buckeyes. So, it is back to nonconference warmup matchups, at least on paper. It begins Thursday against the Northern Kentucky Norse of the Horizon League. What the […]
Bucketheads Podcast: Buckeyes show promise in early conference games
“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 181 of the Bucketheads Podcast, Justin is running a solo episode with Connor on vacation. There are two […]
Ohio State 2026 signee earns Ohio HS award, Khary Wilder shares senior highlight film
There’s truly never a down time in college football. With the news coming yesterday of Michigan’s program now needing a new leader, the coaching carousel is more wild than ever before. Without throwing shade and going into the details in Ann Arbor, it does make you thankful for the current leadership at Ohio State. Nobody […]
What the Ohio State women need to focus on in final nonconference games
In 18 days, No. 21 Ohio State women’s basketball welcomes the No. 4 UCLA Bruins to the Schottenstein Center. That game ushers in the full Big Ten schedule and features the unanimous Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, center Lauren Betts. Last season, at the semifinal of the Big Ten Tournament, the Bruins ran […]
By the Numbers: One key number for each of the 12 College Football Playoff teams
Ohio State fans know football. They don’t just know about the Buckeyes, but they also know about a lot of other teams in college football. When you are a fan of an elite program, you have a lot of resources to acquire knowledge. You also have a thorough understanding of what makes an elite program, […]
What does OSU need to fix for the CFP, and who do you want them to play on NYE?
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. How are we […]
Max Klare’s season in review: Steady, understated impact after transfer from Purdue
Max Klare arrived in Columbus with clear credentials and immediate expectations. The 6-foot-5, 243 pound tight end transferred to Ohio State in December 2024 after a breakout season at Purdue, where he led the Boilermakers with 51 catches for 685 yards and four touchdowns. Klare’s move to the Buckeyes was one of the larger portal […]
Hangout in the Holy Land: Final Indiana thoughts, predicting the College Football Playoff
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 46 of Hangout in the Holy Land, Justin and Alex are back for […]
12 key moments from Ohio State’s 88-80 loss to No. 13 Illinois
The Ohio State Buckeyes (7-2, 1-1) welcomed the No. 13 Illinois Fighting Illini (7-2, 1-0) to Columbus for an important early conference matchup. In a game that relied on offense from the jump, Illinois came away with an 88-80 win. The Buckeyes were coming off an 86-82 win at Northwestern to open conference play, while […]
Where do conference championship games fit into the world of 12-team playoffs?
Accolades matter in the world of college football. There’s no way around this. For fans, they’re how we dole out bragging rights. Beating our rivals, winning the conference, and winning bowl games or national championships all factor into how much trash you get to talk about a season. Even in Ohio State’s 2024 national championship […]
What the All-22 film shows about Ohio State’s offensive struggles vs. Indiana
Ohio State’s lack of execution and creativity led to the downfall of the offense against Indiana in Saturday’s Big Ten Championship. Winning the conference title for the first time since 2020 was the last monkey that Ryan Day was hoping to get off of his back to cap a remarkable one-year run. However, the Buckeyes […]
Jeremiah Smith and the chase for Ohio State’s career receiving records
The numbers: Smith’s historic start As of Dec. 8, 2025, Jeremiah Smith’s career totals of 156 receptions, 2,401 receiving yards and 26 touchdowns at Ohio State have him positioned to rewrite the Buckeye record book faster than anyone expected. Those numbers already place him on an all-time trajectory, and they put him remarkably close to […]
Silver Bullets Podcast: Indiana rewind, Hartline leaving, and more
A week after we praised Ohio State for being Ohio State in The Game, the Buckeyes decided to play very unlike themselves in a 13-10 Big Ten championship game loss to Indiana. The defense did well to hold the Hoosiers’ high-powered offense to 13 points despite Kenyatta Jackson being tackled seemingly on every play, but […]
Ohio State 2027 four-star CB target to announce today
Ohio State is now 12-1 following a defeat in the Big Ten Championship to the nation’s top team, Indiana. The 13-10 defeat feels eerily similar to last year’s loss to Michigan late in the season with the same final score. The hope, as said by Ryan Day following the game, is that this loss can […]
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