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Around The Oval: Chase Bisontis Breaks Down Latest In His Recruitment
Around The Oval is presented by Todd Pennington with Revolution Mortgage. Check out today’s rates HERE! Ohio State is off to a great start with 2023 offensive line recruiting, having landed commitments from Luke Montgomery, Joshua Padilla, and Austin Siereveld. The Buckeyes are looking to add another big time prospect or two to the group, with …
Versatility A Must When It Comes To Playing Time For Buckeye Linebackers
One of the more entertaining aspect of new Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ defense is how active and disruptive his linebackers are throughout the course of a game. After all, if you’re only going to play two at a time, you may as well make the most of it. Knowles doesn’t ask much of …
Who Else Will Commit To Ohio State’s 2023 Recruiting Class On Defense?
Ohio State’s 2023 recruiting class is starting to take shape as the Buckeyes head into camp season and the official and unofficial visits that accompany it. So how will that class finish up on the defensive side of the ball? Recruiting analyst Alex Gleitman just took a deep dive on that in his weekly A-Deck …
Coaches Need To Stop Protecting A System They Want Stopped
When “Name, Image, and Likeness” appeared inevitable about two years ago, most of the nation’s head coaches got on board and talked about it being a positive thing for their players. And many of them even believed what they were saying. It would have been recruiting poison to fight it publicly regardless of how they …
Soft-spoken Noah Rogers Makes Noise On The Field
ROLESVILLE, N.C. – Southern Swing wraps up its travel portion with a stop just outside of Raleigh to check out one of the nation’s top receivers, Noah Rogers. The four-star wideout is not one to do a lot of interviews or do a lot of big talking on social media, so this opportunity was a …
Buckeyes Have Made An Impression on Popo Aguirre
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. – Southern Swing made its way back to the state of Georgia on its way towards Ohio and caught up with one of the nation’s top linebackers with Raul ‘Popp’ Aguirre. The 6-foot-2, 220-pounder is a solid four-star in all of the rankings and a major target for many of the nation’s top …
Buckeye Tackles Eager To Learn, Working To Dominate
The offensive tackle situation at Ohio State has been rather interesting over the last year or so. Last season, the Buckeyes had both of their starting tackles from 2020 returning. Left tackle Thayer Munford and right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere were arguably the best duo in the nation. During fall camp, however, the world’s largest wrench …
Buckeye Football Notebook: ‘Somebody’s gonna get mad but I don’t care’
The Ohio State Buckeyes have not had a punt return or a kickoff return go for a touchdown since 2014 when receiver Jalin Marshall scored on a 54-yard punt return against Indiana. It was the first of four consecutive touchdowns for the redshirt freshman that day as the Buckeyes would go on to a come-from-behind …
Darron Reed Looks To Tim Walton For Columbus to Columbus Move
COLUMBUS, Ga. – Southern Swing is in the home stretch, and we stop in Columbus, not the one everyone is familiar with in Ohio, but rather the one in the Peach State to check out defensive lineman Darron Reed from Carver high school. Reed checks in at 6-foot-5, 260 pounds but may be even closer …
Ohio State Recruiting Insider: 6 Names To Know From Down South
Ohio State has already landed several big commitments from elite high school players in the south for the class of 2023, and more could be on the way soon. Kevin Noon has been on the Southern Swing for close to two weeks with Marc Givler, scouting, meeting, and interviewing current OSU commits and some of …
Bryson Rodgers Already Embracing His Role
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – If there is a top receiver in the nation, the Buckeyes will find him and more often than not will land him. The greater-Tampa area is well-known for producing more than its fair share of talent and while Wiregrass Ranch may be a newer high school, it already has been producing …
In The Age Of The Transfer Portal, Transparency Key In Ohio State RB Room
Ohio State running backs coach Tony Alford was asked a few years back how he was going to find enough carries and keep running backs JK Dobbins and Mike Weber happy. He joked that it wasn’t his job to keep his players happy, it was their job to keep him happy. The answer came with …
A-Deck: Post-Spring Pulse Check – Defense
Welcome to “A-Deck” at Buckeye Scoop, where I’ll bring you inside scoop, what I’m hearing, tidbits, thoughts, and more on Ohio State recruiting and team coverage every week. Last week’s A-Deck focused on the latest in 2023 recruiting for Ohio State on offense. This week, I look at the defensive side of the ball and where …
Around The Oval: Impact Dylan Raiola’s Commitment Has On Ohio State Quarterback Room And Recruiting
Around The Oval is presented by Todd Pennington with Revolution Mortgage. Check out today’s rates HERE! Ohio State got some big news on Friday when former USC starting kicker Parker Lewis announced he would be leaving the Trojans program and transferring to the Buckeyes. Why did Lewis leave Lincoln Riley’s program? Why did he pick Ohio …
Dijon Johnson Recognizes Ohio State’s ‘Brotherhood’
TAMPA – Sometimes you just know and that was the case with Wharton high school cornerback Dijon Johnson when it came to Ohio State. The class of 2023 defensive back did not come to Ohio State for a visit with the intentions of committing and technically he did not commit on his visit, but it …