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This Week in Ohio State Football: Oregon

Nov 6, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Oregon

The Buckeyes are coming back home after a long time away. What they look like when they get there is hard to predict, but the same can be said for their opponent

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

Buckeye Historian

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Buckeye Historian: Dominating Oregon

Nov 5, 2026

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Buckeye Historian: Dominating Oregon

Ohio State won the first 9 against the Ducks, lost 2 in a row then struck back with a rout in the Rose Bowl

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Desperate Buckeyes square off with Minnesota

Nov 4, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Desperate Buckeyes square off with Minnesota

The Metrodome was the site of a night game Jim Tressel's team had to win to prevent his first season as Ohio State head coach from going off the rails before entering the home stretch

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: USC

Oct 30, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: USC

The next chapter of Buckeye football begins Saturday night with a new QB set to lead the rest of the season and every goal still in reach

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

Buckeye Historian

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Buckeye Historian: Ohio State-USC series

Oct 29, 2026

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Buckeye Historian: Ohio State-USC series

The Trojans lead the all-time series against the Buckeyes, who are looking to win at the Coliseum for the first time in decades

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes On Wrong Side of History at Penn State

Oct 28, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes On Wrong Side of History at Penn State

Ohio State blew an 18-point lead to the Nittany Lions for Joe Paterno's record 324th career victory

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Who's your quarterback?

Oct 24, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Who's your quarterback?

The Buckeyes' season could be turned upside down by an injury to Julian Sayin in their biggest win of the season to date

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Indiana

Oct 16, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Indiana

A Big Ten Championship Game rematch is on tap this week as the Buckeyes head to Bloomington

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes Survive San Diego State Scare

Oct 13, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes Survive San Diego State Scare

Jim Tressel's first team was booed off the field after a poor first half but rallied to beat the Aztecs by forcing 5 turnovers

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Maryland

Oct 9, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Maryland

The talented Terrapins are coming to town with a 3-game losing streak while Ryan Day's Buckeyes continue searching for their best selves

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Wisconsin rallies to deal disappointing loss to Buckeyes

Oct 7, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Wisconsin rallies to deal disappointing loss to Buckeyes

Ohio State and Wisconsin entered looking like they were going in totally opposite directions, and that continued for nearly a half before thing started unraveling for Tressel's team

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Iowa

Oct 2, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Iowa

The Buckeyes are going on the road again to face an undefeated squad that just shocked Michigan and has a history of being tough at home

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes trounce Northwestern under the lights at Ohio Stadium

Sep 29, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes trounce Northwestern under the lights at Ohio Stadium

Ohio State's 4th game of the Jim Tressel era was a genuine upset over defending Big Ten champion Northwestern in what was then a rare home night game

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Illinois

Sep 25, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Illinois

Big Ten play begins this week for the Buckeyes and Fighting Illini. Are they ready for a step up in competition?

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Freshman enjoys breakout game at Indiana

Sep 23, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Freshman enjoys breakout game at Indiana

Ohio State bounced back from a defeat at UCLA thanks in part to a 100-yard game from Lydell Ross

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Kent State

Sep 18, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Kent State

The Golden Flashes come to town with a lot of history working against them, but Ohio State also has to put Texas in the rearview mirror

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Offense, special teams falter in failure at UCLA

Sep 15, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Offense, special teams falter in failure at UCLA

UCLA abruptly ended any honeymoon Jim Tressel might have enjoyed as Ohio State head coach

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Monday Musings: Buckeyes lose, Bengals win, Big Ten struggles

Sep 14, 2026

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Monday Musings: Buckeyes lose, Bengals win, Big Ten struggles

Ohio State stumbled Saturday night, but the reason might not be what many have pointed to

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Texas (again)

Sep 11, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Texas (again)

The Buckeyes are headed to Austin for their sixth meeting with the Longhorns. I'm zeroing in on one particular part of this matchup that could favor Ohio State.

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes do enough to down Akron in season-opening win

Sep 1, 2026

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Tressel Tales: Buckeyes do enough to down Akron in season-opening win

Debut far from perfect but contains hints of how Tressel's tenure could go

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Ryan Day vibe check

Aug 28, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Ryan Day vibe check

Ryan Day began the week saying he is mad about everything, but what did he really mean?

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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The most interesting thing I heard at day one of Big Ten Media Days

Jul 29, 2026

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The most interesting thing I heard at day one of Big Ten Media Days

Tony Petitti revealed what it will take to get his poor playoff expansion proposal over the finish line

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Recruiting wins and losses

Jul 25, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Recruiting wins and losses

Ohio State lost a high-profile recruiting battle with Tennessee but retained a quarterback commit and secured yet another coveted defensive line prospect verbal

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Getting old but staying young

Jul 18, 2026

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This Week in Ohio State Football: Getting old but staying young

Ohio State's attempts to add experience did not change the average age of the roster as it turns out

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

College football

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Tressel Tales: 1st Spring Game Was Quintessential Tresselball

May 28, 2026

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Tressel Tales: 1st Spring Game Was Quintessential Tresselball

The 2001 Ohio State spring football game gave fans hope they might see some fireworks in the fall, but it ended up playing out like many wins from the Tressel era

Marcus Hartman
Marcus Hartman

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