Ohio State news and notes (Updated Sunday 10:10 AM)

[HudGar1922]

Sayin is the QB1 they are just acting like they are having a competition 

[birdlaw5895]

On 8/8/2025 at 11:49 PM, LovingBuckeye said:

Unfortunately, you will not see me. My future Buckeye will be born that weekend so I am selling my season tickets 😞

Cheers to you and the family 

[thatdude2]

1 hour ago, Born Burnt Orange said:

Why would you waste time on an OU board?

For the laughs…Laughter is good medicine 

[HDub1995]

@LovingBuckeye just wanted to say thanks for sharing your insights on the Buckeyes and the civil conversations on the board. Nice to see between opposing fanbases. 
 

I worked in the compliance office at Ohio State and loved my time there. Great people all around in that department and in the football building. Looking forward to a great match up! 

[MarkInAustin]

These teams appear stacked with enough talent to play each other twice this season.  There are perhaps 5-7 other stacked college teams in America.

The loser in Columbus can only afford one more loss and be assured of a playoff spot, I think.  

Vegas apparently has the home team favored by the standard home team betting margin.  I won't bet this game.

I will  be watching on TV, enjoying a Texas victory or having the next week to recover from the anguish.  Hook 'em.

[Texus]

On 8/8/2025 at 3:44 PM, LovingBuckeye said:

That’s funny, we have two very confident fan bases. I see it as 31-17 Ohio State.

One fan base is going to be in for a hell of a letdown. Hopefully it isn’t us once again in Columbus 😞 Damn you Vince Young!!

The idea that Ohio State is going to score 31 points on this Texas D is wishful thinking at best.  

[Danny david]

Texas is elite . Play the best at osu. Forget nil politics and it will be a shootout.. our secondary insane but let’s see if run game can get the QBs comfortable 

[harveycmd]

Here we go boys. Gotta take it to em. 55 in his last game against Jordan in less than three quarters. Just pound em. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikesFVfDIvw

[MBHORNSFAN]

Flight booked

Hotel booked

tickets bought

 

Beat OSU

 

[Bobby_Batronic]

On 8/10/2025 at 10:11 AM, Blake Munroe said:

posted this in its own thread, but…

 

Patricia struggling to install his defense because writing on whiteboard with a pencil is difficult. 

[Blake Munroe]

13 hours ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

Patricia struggling to install his defense because writing on whiteboard with a pencil is difficult. 

Seems Ohio State fans have mixed feelings on the Boyer hire. That's for certain.

Some think it will help, while others find it worrisome they felt the need to add him at the last second to help with defense.

[LovingBuckeye]

Ohio State named their 2025 captains today after their second and final scrimmage of fall camp.

They are

Caleb Downs (FS) - 5* .9953 #7 overall recruit
Sonny Styles (LB) - 5* .9937 #12 overall recruit
Brandon Innis (slot WR, replacing Egbuka) -4* .9815 #38 overall receuit
Austin Siereveld (LT) - 4* .9045 #302 overall recruit
 

[LovingBuckeye]

On 8/14/2025 at 8:32 AM, Blake Munroe said:

Seems Ohio State fans have mixed feelings on the Boyer hire. That's for certain.

Some think it will help, while others find it worrisome they felt the need to add him at the last second to help with defense.

Most Ohio State fans love the hire. The more NFL coaches that are working as analysts the better.

[harveycmd]

3 minutes ago, LovingBuckeye said:

Most Ohio State fans love the hire. The more NFL coaches that are working as analysts the better.

Does seem like an odd time for the hire. 

[LovingBuckeye]

2 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Does seem like an odd time for the hire. 

It is, but another set of eyes scouting Sark’s tendencies can only be a good thing.

All reports out of fall camp is that the defense should be elite again.

[harveycmd]

Just now, LovingBuckeye said:

It is, but another set of eyes scouting Sark’s tendencies can only be a good thing.

All reports out of fall camp is that the defense should be elite again.

Reading that Larry Johnson is going to relent and play a larger rotation at DT. If he'd done that last year, probably still have Knowles. 

[LovingBuckeye]

5 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Reading that Larry Johnson is going to relent and play a larger rotation at DT. If he'd done that last year, probably still have Knowles. 

The issue with Knowles is that the defense didn’t become what it was last season until Ryan Day stepped in and made him change the way he called the game. Which was Day wanted Knowles to bring more pressure and be more creative with his blitz packages. It was the Oregon loss that brought about the change and you could see the difference in the second game against Oregon.

[harveycmd]

1 minute ago, LovingBuckeye said:

The issue with Knowles is that the defense didn’t become what it was last season until Ryan Day stepped in and made him change the way he called the game. Which was Day wanted Knowles to bring more pressure and be more creative with his blitz packages. It was the Oregon loss that brought about the change and you could see the difference in the second game against Oregon.

I've read that since Knowles left. I remember Buckeye nation reaction after that Oregon loss was that Knowles couldn't run the packages he wanted in pass rush situations because LJ controlled DL substitutions, preventing the personnel needed. After Knowles left, it morphed into Day had to get on to Knowles. When it first went down, it was Day had to make LJ let Knowles have what he wanted.

[LovingBuckeye]

16 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

I've read that since Knowles left. I remember Buckeye nation reaction after that Oregon loss was that Knowles couldn't run the packages he wanted in pass rush situations because LJ controlled DL substitutions, preventing the personnel needed. After Knowles left, it morphed into Day had to get on to Knowles. When it first went down, it was Day had to make LJ let Knowles have what he wanted.

Yeah, Buckeye Nation is quick to blame the low hanging fruit, which is LJ due to his age and perceived lack of recruiting ability. As more and more reports came out it was widely understood that it was Knowles who was holding the D back. This came to be understood way before he left for Penn State.

[LovingBuckeye]

This was from an Ohio State insider from Letterman Row after today’s scrimmage -

1. still see Sayin as QB1 after today. Would be surprised if he’s not the guy. Heard Lincoln had some really strong throws throughout the day but hearing the expectation is Sayin

2. The running backs and rushing attack continues to look like a strength of this team

3. still looking like the OL is (L to R) Siereveld Montgomery Hinzman Tegra and Daniels with Onianwa as the 6th man

Edited 5 hours ago by LovingBuckeye

[harveycmd]

1 minute ago, LovingBuckeye said:

Yeah, Buckeye Nation is quick to blame the low hanging fruit, which is LJ due to his age and perceived lack of recruiting ability. As more and more reports came out it was widely understood that it was Knowles who was holding the D back. This came to be understood way before he left for Penn State.

Perhaps. Given that Knowles was always creative and aggressive with his blitz packages prior to his move to Ohio State, it seems unlikely that Knowles suddenly decided to become cautious and conservative when he finally went to a place with all that athleticism. Conversely, LJ has always had a tight rotation and insistent on "his" guys.

[LovingBuckeye]

Just now, harveycmd said:

Perhaps. Given that Knowles was always creative and aggressive with his blitz packages prior to his move to Ohio State, it seems unlikely that Knowles suddenly decided to become cautious and conservative when he finally went to a place with all that athleticism. Conversely, LJ has always had a tight rotation and insistent on "his" guys.

Knowles was reckless before Ohio State with his blitzing and scheme, he over corrected after he was torched at Ohio State his first season and instead played conservative and simply relied on his players to “out athlete” other teams, which worked better until we faced equally as good of offenses like Oregon.

[harveycmd]

2 minutes ago, LovingBuckeye said:

Knowles was reckless before Ohio State with his blitzing and scheme, he over corrected after he was torched at Ohio State his first season and instead played conservative and simply relied on his players to “out athlete” other teams, which worked better until we faced equally as good of offenses like Oregon.

We're probably going to simply disagree on this. Story changed after Knowles left. Knowles has been solid for years. LJ has been stubborn for years. Why would Day have hired Knowles if he was overly "reckless"?

[LovingBuckeye]

6 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

We're probably going to simply disagree on this. Story changed after Knowles left. Knowles has been solid for years. LJ has been stubborn for years. Why would Day have hired Knowles if he was overly "reckless"?

The story changed way before Knowles left. We didn’t know how reckless Knowles was until he faced more physical run games in the B1G. Knowles ran a 3-3-5, Ohio State’s roster was always built to run a 4-2-5. LJ wanted more aggressive DL, Knowles wanted his DL to contain more. Once Day interjected, Sawyer took off.

[Hashtag]

LJ and Knowles didn't get along because Day let LJ have too much of a say so in the defense.