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USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Ohio State football announces access to fans for first three fall camp dates
Ohio State football announces access to fans for first three fall camp dates If you are an Ohio State football junky -- and if you are vising this OSU homer site frequently there's a good chance you are -- then we have some news you are going to want to know. According to an announcement on social media from the Ohio State football team, fans can get access to the first three practices of fall camp. There will be a cost, mind you, but not much. The first three dates are July 31, August 1, and August 2, with the action taking place at the Woody Hayes Athletic Facility. The next question you likely have is how much this little experience will set you back. The answer to that is a cool $30 for general admission and $135 for VIP. The enhanced VIP experience includes a private viewing area, food, and non-alcoholic beverages. Tickets go on sale starting June 2 at 10 a.m. ET, with prices increasing to $45 for general admission and $145 for the VIP experience beginning on July 14. In other words, act fast. Keep in mind that only 750 tickets will be available for each session with a maximum of ten tickets per order. These three practices will be a part of a planned 25 for fall camp. Set your gaze on Monday when tickets go on sale now if this is of any interest to you and some friends. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ohio State vs Texas could have been a night game but the Longhorns had better ideas
Well, this should be fun fodder for the college football game this fall between Ohio State and Texas. Not only is there the backdrop of a rematch of last year's College Football Playoff semifinal Cotton Bowl, but now, it appears as though the Longhorns wouldn't play nice in the sandbox in trying to create a better environment in the 'Shoe for the matchup of what should be two top ten (maybe top five) teams in Week 1 of 2025. At least according to a report from 247Sports. There was a collective Scarlet and Gray exhale and roll of the eyes when it was announced that the game would be on FOX because, well -- the love/hate (OK mostly hate) relationship between the network and a slew of sterile Noon games Ohio State has been a part of through the years. Many believed -- and probably rightfully so -- that the game of that magnitude would again be a part of the "Big Noon Kickoff" that has been an unwelcome staple of Ohio State brisk air autumns the last few years. Advertisement However, it now appears as though there was some negotiating going on in the background to actually move the game to a Sunday night affair, from Saturday, Aug. 30 to Sunday, Aug. 31, to make the game a better atmosphere and a made for television early-season experience. That was apparently not met with grand favor by the brass at Texas however. And while I guess you can't blame the Longhorns for trying to keep the game in a time slot and vacuum that gives them the best chance to win, I wonder if Ohio State would feel the same way if things were reversed. Actually, I'm quite sure the fine folks making decisions on the banks of the Olentangy would want to make it a marquee night game and play it up because there aren't too many programs that shy away from the spotlight less than OSU. After all, it's why you go to a place like Texas and Ohio State, right? Oh well, at least there is next year when the Buckeyes travel to Austin for a return trip. That one will most assuredly be a night game with the contract ABC has with the SEC, it's just too bad it's a road game and OSU fans won't get to fill the venerable Ohio Stadium for a magical setting. Advertisement Horns down on this one. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X. This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Texas blocks attempt to make Ohio State game a night game on FOX.
USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
College Football Playoff schedule for 2025 season
College Football Playoff schedule for 2025 season | Buckeyes Wire Even the hardest and staunchest traditionalist has to agree that the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff was a resounding success. More teams were involved, meaning more fans and players played meaningful games down the stretch and in the postseason, the venues were still well-attended, and we got to see a lot of really good teams doing battle against each other. Now that we have 12 teams that will be a part of the CFP party on an annual basis, it's important to keep track of how the schedule plays out with more than just two rounds to keep track of. To that end, and with the 12-team model continuing next season, we thought we'd look at the calendar and give you an idea of what the schedule looks like for the CFP this upcoming year. But first, as a reminder, the CFP Committee just approved a straight-seeding model, meaning gone is the procedure of awarding the four highest conference champions an automatic bye. Instead, each of the Power Four conference champions and the highest-ranked non-Power Four champ will still get in, but won't be slotted for four of the available bye-slots. Instead, whatever the CFP ranking is will dictate the seeding. We like the change, and we also like keeping the 12-team format with first-round games on the campuses of the higher seeds. That being said, here is how the College Football Playoff schedule looks for when YOUR Ohio State football team tries to make a run at back-to-back national titles. First round games - Dec. 19 and 20: On campus of higher seeds Friday, Dec. 19 - initial first-round game Saturday, Dec. 20 - three other first-round matchups Quarterfinals - Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 Wednesday, Dec. 31 - Cotton Bowl | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN Thursday, Jan. 1 - Orange Bowl | 12 p.m. ET | ESPN Thursday, Jan. 1 - Rose Bowl | 4 p.m. ET | ESPN Thursday, Jan. 1 - Sugar Bowl | 8 p.m. ET | ESPN Semifinals - Jan. 8 and 9 Thursday, Jan. 8 - Fiesta Bowl | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN Friday, Jan. 9 - Peach Bowl | 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN College Football Playoff National Championship Game Monday, Jan. 19 in Miami Gardens, Florida at Hard Rock Stadium - 7:30 p.m. ET | ESPN It still feels like this is all a long way out, but the season will be here before you know it. We'll have more through the offseason here. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
USA Today
26-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
ESPN updates its SP+ rankings. Where did Ohio State football land?
ESPN updates its SP+ rankings. Where did Ohio State football land? ESPN's Bill Connelly recently updated its college football SP+ Rankings and you are going to like where Ohio State is ranked. But first, a quick primer on what goes into making the sausage for this well-known model: Returning production. The returning production numbers are based on rosters I have updated as much as humanly possible to account for transfers and attrition. The combination of last year's SP+ ratings and adjustments based on returning production makes up about two-thirds of the projections formula. Recent recruiting. This piece informs us of the caliber of a team's potential replacements (and/or new stars) in the lineup. It is determined by the past few years of recruiting rankings in diminishing order (meaning the most recent class carries the most weight). This is also impacted by the recruiting rankings of incoming transfers, an acknowledgment that the art of roster management is now heavily dictated by the transfer portal. Recent history. Using a sliver of information from the previous four seasons or so gives us a good measure of overall program health. (One other reminder: SP+ is a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency. It is a predictive measure of the most sustainable and predictable aspects of football, not a résumé ranking, and along those lines, these projections aren't intended to be a guess at what the AP Top 25 will look like at the end of the season. These are simply early offseason power rankings based on the information we have been able to gather.) All of that out of the way, you'll be happy to know that the Buckeyes sit high atop the SP+ Rankings at No. 1 with an overall score of 29.5. Broken down further, OSU is ranked No. 7 in offense (39.6), No. 2 in defense (10.1), No. 11 in special teams (0..3). So, what other teams are up in the top ten? Ohio State is just above Alabama (27.9), Penn State (27.7), Georgia (26.9), Texas (26.4), Notre Dame (24.9), Oregon (24.7), Clemson (23.3), LSU (22.1), and Michigan (21.5). These things always change -- not so much from here to the preseason -- but once games get underway. Ohio State has a lot of unknowns, but still a lot of returning talent that should be good enough to jump in and be the next man up. We'll keep an eye on these and other rankings as we traverse the offseason and head towards fall camp. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
USA Today
23-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
College Football Playoff announces change to future seeding process
College Football Playoff announces change to future seeding process And everyone rejoiced. It's not often that the College Football Playoff makes a decision that is celebrated by the masses, but this one has to be up there. OK, we at Buckeyes Wire were also big fans of the expanded playoff, but you get the idea. As with any new model, you have to be able to reflect and be willing to make changes that make sense, and the seeding process that seemed like a good idea at the time simply didn't work. As a refresher, the first year of the new 12-team College Football Playoff (that Ohio State will own for eternity by the way), rewarded conference champions. The Cliff Notes version is that the top four conference champions received a bye, and then the seeding would go from there based on the CFP rankings. Last year, what that left us with is an Arizona State team that won the Big Twelve despite being ranked No. 12. It also meant that Boise State was awarded a No. 3 seed as the Mountain West champion despite clocking in at No. 9 in the last CFP rankings. That cascaded everything down. That meant No. 1 Oregon had to face a fantastic Ohio State team at No. 6 in its first-round matchup, while Penn State got a pretty easy path to the semifinals by tussling with SMU and then Boise State. Notre Dame wasn't even eligible to be a top-four seed and receive a bye because it couldn't be a conference champion. Turns out it is nearly impossible to be a conference champion without being in ... wait for it ... a conference. Seeing and listening to what occurred last season, the CFP Committee announced a change to the seeding process that's less complex and simple. From now on, the seeding will just be what the teams are ranked in the CFP final rankings. So, that means, last year, Ohio State would have been a No. 6 seed instead of a No. 8 and matched up in Columbus against Arizona State. If it won (and reminder, it would have), the Buckeyes would then have faced No. 3 seed (instead of No. 5) Texas in the quarterfinal. Who knows if Jack Sawyer would have written his name in Buckeye lore, but still ... Here's what the seeds would have been under the new model if in place last season. The Power Four conferences and top top-ranked non-Power Four still get an automatic qualification. It's hard to come up with a downside to this change, and we're here to give credit to the CFP Committee for making this change so quickly. No matter how you slice it, there will still be some outstanding matchups going forward with this model. Contact/Follow us @BuckeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Ohio State news, notes and opinion. Follow Phil Harrison on X.
