It was a long 2023-24 season for the Ohio State Buckeyes. After relieving then-head coach Chris Holtmann with just six regular-season games remaining, Jake Diebler led Ohio State to an 8-3 finish. Diebler seems to have been rewarded with a productive offseason. Despite losing five players to the transfer portal and graduating another three, the now full-time head coach added four from the portal and officially signed two recruits. Per ESPN's Way-Too-Early Top 25, the Buckeyes rank No. 21 going into next season, joining four other incoming Big Ten teams in the standings. Ohio State ranks behind ..read more

Former Ohio State Buckeyes and current Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is currently in Japan as part of Gridiron Imports' 2024 Asia Tour. On Saturday, Stroud and Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons appeared at a Tokyo Giants game to throw out the first pitch. Former MLB pitcher Dallas Braden posted the video on X, with the quote, "This is why baseball is different than ANY other sport. Both Micah Parsons & CJ Stroud are FREAK athletes. Watching them throw a baseball would never tell you that." Stroud threw first and just missed to the left side of home plate. Parsons went next a ..read more

Former Ohio State Buckeyes defenseman Mason Lohrei scored the first postseason goal of his NHL career Monday night, leading the Boston Bruins to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Bruins found themselves tied 1-1 late in the second period when a loose puck made its way onto the stick of defenseman Parker Wotherspoon. Squaring up to the net, Wotherspoon laced a feed down to Lohrei, who then went bar-down to give the B's a 2-1 lead. "(Wotherspoon) made a great play at the blue line and got the puck down to me," Lohrei said. "I had some space ..read more

It's no question the Ohio State Buckeyes are one of the best college football teams in the country. Thus, being at the head of a national championship contender would be a pretty sought-after gig. 247Sports writer Brad Crawford recently published his list of the top ten college football jobs in the country, listing the Buckeyes at No. 3. "When leading a program expected to win national championships, that speaks to the penchant for success established by a tradition-rich history," Crawford said. "Everything is first-rate in Columbus and the Buckeyes have only been a couple plays away the last ..read more

Spring football is behind us and the second transfer portal window is closed. During this somewhat dead time of college football news, position rankings are king, and there is no group that's more fun to rank than quarterbacks. The Ohio State Buckeyes have boasted an embarrassment of riches under center in recent years, and this season should be no different. And On3 thinks so too. The Buckeyes are ranked near the top, nationally, in quarterback rooms, coming in at No. 2 per On3. "Somehow, the Buckeyes exited the second portal window with all five scholarship quarterbacks on the roster. Will H ..read more

A former Buckeye will be at a rival Big Ten school next season. Following his entry into the NCAA Transfer Portal earlier this spring, senior offensive lineman Enokk Vimahi announced his commitment to Washington on Monday. Vimahi appeared in just 35 games over his last five seasons with the Buckeyes, including Ohio State's most recent bout against Missouri in the New Year's Cotton Bowl Classic on Dec. 29, 2023. Despite center Carson Hinzman being available that game, he didn't see the field, leaving then-guard Matthew Jones to fill in. This allowed Vimahi to play all 57 snaps at right guard ag ..read more

The Ohio Buckeyes have high expectations heading into 2024, with many believing they very well could have the best roster in the country. And following the conclusion of spring football, those expecations have only risen. In fact, FOX Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt believes the Buckeyes to be the No. 1 team in the nation heading into the summer, ahead of other contenders such as Georgia, Texas and Oregon. "Ohio State's roster is the best roster in the sport," Klatt said on his podcast. "What they did this offseason, in a lot of ways, is unprecedented: keeping the talent that they h ..read more

The Ohio State Buckeyes and head coach Jake Diebler have landed some big names in the transfer portal so far this offseason, most recently securing a commitment from Duke transfer Sean Stewart on Friday. They now reportedly have sights set on another potential target. Per reports from college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, the Buckeyes are one of multiple teams to contact UCLA Bruins transfer forward Berke Buyuktuncel. The Bursa, Turkey native played in 26 games and made eight starts as a freshman for coach Mick Cronin this past season. Rothstein reports that the other programs targeting Bu ..read more

The Ohio State Buckeyes made arguably the biggest running back addition of the offseason when they landed Ole Miss transfer Quinshon Judkins from the portal. Could the Buckeyes now be trending toward boasting the best RB room in the country by 2025? Per On3's Hayes Fawcett, the Buckeyes have made the top four for talented five-star Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) running back Jordon Davison, who will also be deciding between Michigan, Oregon and Alabama. Per Rivals' recruiting rankings, Davison is a five-star prospect that's currently ranked as the No. 1 player in the state of California and No ..read more

The Ohio State Buckeyes have an abundance of talent in the receiving room headed into the 2024 season, resulting in the natural departure to the transfer portal for players looking to find a bigger role elsewhere. One former Buckeye has now found the place for him. Ohio State transfer receiver Kyion Grayes announced on social media Sunday that he's committed to Cal for the 2024 season after spending the past two years in Columbus. Grayes, a four-star prospect out of Chandler, Ariz. in the 2022 recruiting class, caught just one pass for two yards as a Buckeye. He appeared in two games, playing ..read more