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Ohio State's Single Season Rushing Leaderboard

Ezekiel Elliott's 2014 season will be in the Ohio State record books for a long time. At least for another nine seasons. Ohio State's record book has changed after Ezekiel Elliott's phenomenal season and late season march through the south. Below you will see where Elliott's name is curr...

Ohio State Versus Teams Ranked No. 1 or No. 2

Below you will find the all-time results when Ohio State played teams ranked No. 1 or No. 2.   5 Things The Buckeyes are 5-9 against teams ranked No. 1 and 10-5 against teams ranked No. 2. 1952 was the first time Ohio State defeated a team ranked No. 1 (Wisconsin). O...

Top 6 Rushers in the Power 5 Conferences

As suggested by Buckeye4life050233. Below you will find many totals and averages from the top 6 rushers in the power 5 conferences. 5 THINGS RUSHING YARDS PER GAME AVERAGE The B1G's top 6 rushers averaged 141.0 yards per game. That is 34.0 more yards per game than th...

The Ohio State Effect: Oregon

42-20 equals roasted duck. Another week and...SCREW IT OHIO STATE WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. Props to DJ for calling this after the loss to Virginia Tech. Props to DJ for having the confidence in Cardale Jones after the loss of J.T. Barrett. Below you can see ...

The Ohio State Effect: Tom Herman

Tom Herman did not have Ohio State like numbers at Iowa State. With the reported hiring of Tim Beck, I posted the offensive stats from Nebraska during Beck's tenure (2010-2014). Some bring up the relevant point that Tom Herman's numbers at Iowa State weren't that impressive and we should ...

The Series History: Ohio State/Oregon

Ohio State leads the overall series 8-0 and has outscored Oregon 190-69 (24-9). The Buckeyes are the only team to win at least eight games against the Ducks without losing a game. The Series History Crib Notes Ohio State is 2-0 against Oregon in neutral site games and has outsco...
08 Jan 2015
by Matt Gutridge

The Rundown: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Oregon

THE RUNNING START TV: Monday, 8:30 on ESPN Ohio State is 8-0 against Oregon. The Buckeyes are 1-2 in Championship Games and are 4-0 when playing football in the state of Texas. Below you will find some interesting facts about the teams, key offensive player stats, coach information, team stat...

Points Scored: The Ohio State Effect

Sad Duck fan. Oregon enters the National Championship Game with several statistical strengths. The Ducks are ranked in the top 20 in the following 10 statistical categories. Rushing Offense (17th) Offensive 4th Down Conversions (17th)* Punt Returns (12th) Passing Offense (11th) ...

Points Allowed: The Ohio State Effect

Hopefully Ducks' fans will be leaving disappointed Monday night. Oregon enters the National Championship Game with several statistical strengths. The Ducks are ranked in the top 20 in the following 10 statistical categories. Rushing Offense (17th) Offensive 4th Down Conversions (17th)...

The Losing Effect: Alabama

This is a few days late, but I needed some time to celebrate the Sugar Bowl win. I have posted some of the gems from rollbamaroll.com so you don't have to read all 250+ posts. To their credit, the reactions from Alabama fans after a loss are nowhere near the level of That Team's fa...

The Alabama Effect: Ohio State

Ezekiel Elliott rushed for a Sugar Bowl record 230 yards. As requested by BHT. Below you will be able to compare Ohio State's stats before playing and after playing Alabama. Ohio State was able to improve its numbers in seven statistical categories. Most impressive are the rushing ...

The Ohio State Effect: Alabama

Another week and another opponent gets its stats flipped upside down.  The Buckeyes won their first College Football Playoff Game and fifth straight January 1st bowl game by shocking the world with a 42-35 victory over Alabama. The impressive victory earned the Buckeyes a ...

Blast From The Past: 12-31-??

To date Ohio State has never played a game on New Year's Eve. That means I can't give you a game from the past to go down memory lane with. Fortunately for us, DJ Byrnes (Marionaire and Eleven Warriors boss) provided this little nugget from yesterday's media day and Alabama's ...

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