COLUMBUS — Justin Fields knows all about heat. He grew up in Georgia. But the pressure cooker in which the celebrated high school quarterback now finds himself is about to get turned up. The pressure is always crushing on anyone who starts →
COLUMBUS— Sporting several weeks of beard growth, Ryan Day looked calm for a new guy leading a storied college football program where the unrelenting pressure helped push his legendary predecessor into early retirement. The 40-year-old Day, →
CHICAGO — The two most important spots on a football team are the coach and the quarterback. Ohio State has questions at both. The Buckeyes aren’t the only powerhouse program with uncertainty in the Big Ten’s East Division. →
The week started with nine of the 14 Big Ten teams coming out of spring practices planning to continue quarterback auditions in August. The number was down to seven Friday. First-year coach Ryan Day of defending conference champion Ohio State →
COLUMBUS — Matthew Baldwin, the Ohio State quarterback who was expected to back up the highly touted Justin Fields this fall, said he intends to transfer. The redshirt freshman released a statement on Twitter on Thursday saying he feels it →
Dre’Mont Jones isn’t the typical college student. Not only is he a 6-foot-3, 281-pound defensive tackle with elite explosion and boxer’s hands, he lights up when the Drug Enforcement Administration is mentioned. Jones, a graduate →
COLUMBUS — New coach Ryan Day is doing his best to convince everyone there’s a quarterback competition at Ohio State. He contends redshirt freshman Matthew Baldwin, who spent last season rehabbing a knee injury, has a chance to beat out →
Les Miles went more than two years without a coaching job. That’s an eternity for a man who’s spent his adult life molding young men, building teams and winning games. The agony ended Nov. 18 when Kansas University made his hire →
From Panther to Bobcat. Griffin Davies, who led Elyria Catholic to the playoffs for the first time in a decade this season, has decided to play college football at Ohio University. In earning Division V All-Ohio first-team honors as a defensive →
Quarterback Tate Martell says he is transferring from Ohio State to Miami. Martell announced on Twitter early Wednesday: "I'm a Hurricane." Martell had entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal last week and was free to be approached by →