Not quite the offseason, but the Buckeyes hiring Okie State DC Jim Knowles.good hire. I think. Okie State had a really good defense this year in a pass heavy conference that plays no defense.
I visited this university for the first time when I was about 16 or 17 years old and was recruited to play here. I had a choice to make, and in the end what it came down to was Ohio State or Notre Dame. And I chose Ohio State. I loved Tyrone Willingham. I thought he was a great coach, and to be honest, he reminded me a bit of my father.
Fast-forward to last year, and you might have heard that I was being considered for a couple of coaching jobs. During that time, me and my wife, Joanna, took a trip down to Louisiana and then up here to South Bend — and when we got back home, it was another tough decision. I can’t tell you exactly what it was that told us to come to Notre Dame, but there was something. We all know there’s something different about Notre Dame. We all know it’s something special. And I just thank God that I didn’t make the wrong decision twice.
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/2021/12/127734/ohio-state-reportedly-no-longer-considering-five-star-transfer-cornerback-eli-rickssounds like Bama isn't either. Leaves just Georgia and USC on his stated "top 4".OHIO STATE REPORTEDLY NO LONGER CONSIDERING FIVE-STAR TRANSFER CORNERBACK ELI RICKS
Dang, Marcus Freeman is just dunking on Ohio State.Damn. He's got to recruit against Ohio State for top tier midwest players and a few national ones as well. Maybe this was his way of negatively recruiting OSU publicly. If he had the stones to say that publicly- just imagine what he'll say in private to those kids. "I wish I would've went to Notre Dame instead of Ohio State, trust me I played there, they don't blah blah blah xyz".
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/forum/ohio-state-football/2021/12/127746/marcus-freeman-regrets-choosing-to-play-at-ohio-state-over-notre-dame
CB Cam Brown coming backAfter some bad news with DBs (Ricks, Watts, Brooks), this is great news. Really need him back to solidify the secondary.
Bucks not bringing OL coach Studrawa back. OL have hardly been a huge problem under him, but the recruiting has been criticized and he was a Urban holdover.Too bad Dantonio retired, or he probably would have hired him
Bucks not bringing OL coach Studrawa back. OL have hardly been a huge problem under him, but the recruiting has been criticized and he was a Urban holdover.He just pulled a 4* out of Wisconsin. That is not easy to do.
The smoke is OSU is looking at UCLA OC Justin Frye to replace himWow... Is the allure of a helmet school and getting out of the PAC-12 that big, that someone would voluntarily choose a demotion from OC at a solid P5 program to be the OL coach at a helmet?
Wow... Is the allure of a helmet school and getting out of the PAC-12 that big, that someone would voluntarily choose a demotion from OC at a solid P5 program to be the OL coach at a helmet?I think if your goal is to be a head coach, then no. If it's not, I think you just take the higher paycheck
Or has he Peter Principle'd himself at UCLA and is potentially in a "I'm going to jump to this other OL coach job before someone decides to fire me as OC" territory?
Wow... Is the allure of a helmet school and getting out of the PAC-12 that big, that someone would voluntarily choose a demotion from OC at a solid P5 program to be the OL coach at a helmet?I think he's really just the OC in title there - Chip Kelly runs the offense.
Or has he Peter Principle'd himself at UCLA and is potentially in a "I'm going to jump to this other OL coach job before someone decides to fire me as OC" territory?
He just pulled a 4* out of Wisconsin. That is not easy to do.https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football-recruiting/2022/01/128518/despite-the-firing-of-greg-studrawa-both-carson-hinzman-and-george-fitzpatrick-remain-committed-to-ohio
Said 4* has not signed yet. It will be interesting moving forward on whether UW can get him to come to Madison.
We shall see.Your right. It’s never over…..
Day not playing around take a hatchet to his staff and getting rid of dead weight and bringing in new coaches everywhere.It his second time doing it with that defense.
I've got OSU in the playoff because of it. Worked wonders for Harbaugh.
can't be right, no NebraskaBad batch of Runza's - not coming back
Wow, crazy stuff here. Wish the kid the best, and I think with his 4.0 GPA in engineering, he'll be ok without footballYeah I feel kind of bad for calling him a bum on here
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/33470723/ohio-state-lineman-harry-miller-medically-retire-football-reveals-mental-health-battle
I'm more hopeful than optimistic for the Buckeye defense in 2022. Knowles runs a very complex scheme and in previous stops, you didn't see the improvement until about year 3. The defense doesn't have to improve to a top 10 defense or anything, but just needs to be better at forcing turnovers and getting off the field on 3rd downs. Give up some plays, but make some plays too. The bar is low for the defense, and I'm hopeful that it can be better than average. Average doesn't sound too bad though compared to last year.I get what you are saying and I'm not expecting miracles in year-1 but, as you noted, average would be an improvement over last year. Moreover, average last year probably puts the team at 13-0 in the CFP. It probably wouldn't have been enough to win the NC and possibly not even a semi-final but I think it would have been enough to at least get there.