College football: Ohio State opens against Nebraska
Ohio State’s football season is scheduled to start Oct. 24 with a game against Nebraska at Ohio Stadium and the Michigan game has returned to its traditional position as the final regular-season game on the latest revised Big Ten schedule, which was announced...
Big Ten football returning Oct. 24
They’re back. Ohio State and the rest of the teams in the Big Ten will be playing football after all. Reversing an Aug. 11 decision to postpone the season indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference announced Wednesday that its football teams...
College football: Two Ohio State players named first team All-Americans
COLUMBUS — Ohio State football players may not have the opportunity to play head-to-head with the best in the country this fall, but voting panels continue to insist they belong. Buckeyes cornerback Shaun Wade and offensive lineman Wyatt Davis both made first...
College football: Ohio State’s Day wants to start games in January
COLUMBUS — Ohio State football coach Ryan Day doesn’t think the Big Ten should wait until spring to play again. If Day had his way, the spring football season that has been suggested as a possible replacement for the fall football season, which was shut...
Big Ten football left to hope for spring schedule
It’s over. Just like that, by a vote of the Big Ten’s 14 schools on Tuesday, there will be no football games this fall for Ohio State and the rest of the Big Ten because of the coronavirus pandemic. There will be no early season games on a sunny afternoon...
Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football amid COVID-19 concerns
The Big Ten and Pac-12 called off their fall football seasons Tuesday because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season. Five months after the first spikes in coronavirus cases in the U.S. led...
College football: Ohio State training camp familiar, but different
COLUMBUS — Putting up tents outside the Woody Hayes practice facility is just another indication that college football is very different this year. They’re not some northern version of Duke’s Krzyzewkiville, where students are camping out for the...
Optimism or pessimism right call for Ohio State having football season?
For more than 20 years the Big Ten football media days in late July have been a reminder to me that two great seasons are approaching. One is fall, possibly the best season the Midwest has to offer. The other is the college football season. In a normal year, I would...
Ranking the top stadiums where Ohio State has played
Two weeks ago, I wrote a column ranking the best players Ohio State has faced in the 29 years I’ve covered OSU football for The Lima News. This week, I pick the top 10 road stadiums out of the 39 where I’ve seen Ohio State play. Here are my top 10: 1. Rose...
College football: Ohio State, Alabama canceling series has $3 million penalty
COLUMBUS — When Ohio State football welcomes Alabama to Ohio Stadium in 2027, it will end a 29-year drought between regular season games against Southeastern Conference opponents. Twice before, it appeared that regular-season separation would end. Ohio State...
