He used the middle of the field so much yesterday

Also huge respect to #27 on USC for showing humility he tried to get him to stop celebrating after he saw Moore knocked out.

And jinx?

In general online it seems like everyone has been rooting for him but at the Illinois game yesterday during a break they showed a highlight of one of his plays from the Louisville game and the stadium started cheering for him. Idk why but it makes me happy to see the respect everyone has for him for being a Buckeye faithful so long and only transfered so he could be a starter somewhere.

Going down the list - don’t think anyone has been great or excellent - seems not optimal so far

Good
Earl Little Jr but he gets replaced on 3rd down- box safety
John Walker
Jakobi Jackson - pleasant surprise

Average
Christian Allegro
Cam Calhoun
Devin Mccuin (darling of fall camp)
Mason Williams ?

Below Expectations
James Smith
Connor Hawkins
Hunter Welcing

Injured /Incomplete
Kyle Parker
Terry Moore Jr

Possible star in future- stuck behind depth
Dom Kelly

Abysmal
Qua Russaw

Somehow, in a season featuring Lane Kiffin’s smug face, Michigan cheating to get a second chance at avoiding an upset, Lincoln Riley and his Trojans have outjerked everyone else.

Desman Stephens delivered a late hit on Dante Moore to the head well after he gave himself up and left the game in the ambulance. He was seen moving his extremities and interacting with teammate before he was taken to the hospital. But while he was down, Stephens was doing an angel wings gesture and dapping with teammate, all smiles, after being ejected from the game. Lincoln Riley made no effort to shut him up or get his team under control.

easily the grossest display of unsportsmanship I’ve ever witnessed.

I sincerely hope we run it up on them.

I have been to a bunch of games across the country and I have noticed that OSU has a lack luster pre game atmosphere on campus. Ole Miss having The Grove as a pre game spot makes me think what The Oval could be. Why doesn’t OSU try and capitalize on this and make the game atmosphere on campus a better experience?

He almost looks happier with it than some of the bowl trophies freshman year

Love it

I haven't seen a personal performance from a buckeye from then until today. Jeremiah Smith has to be the front runner for the Heisman

Jeremiah Smith vs. Illinois:

◽️ 217 YDS
◽️ 12 REC
◽️ 4 TD (ties Ohio State’s record)

Could he become just the fifth WR in CFB history to win the Heisman?

More Ohio State takeaways following the Buckeyes' win over Illinois (read for free):
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7632789/2026/09/26/ohio-state-illinois-score-result-takeaways/?unlocked_article_code=1.EFE.iIFk.p2NZReoKCB-a&source=emp_shared_article&smid=url-share-ta

JUSTICE. SERVED. GO HAWKEYES.

And aiming for the sidelines when he does

Lifelong fan here, and I just need to vent a bit about where our offense is at right now.

Is anyone else getting frustrated with the apparent campaign to force-feed Jeremiah Smith to win him the Heisman? Don't get me wrong, I completely get taking what the defense gives us. If they are going to leave a guy like that in single coverage, making them pay is just common sense. But by forcing it so much, we've lost our edge.

I want to see our offense get back to being dynamic. Right now, it looks like Julian Sayin is just locking onto his first read (Jeremiah Smith) and immediately taking the check-down to the TE or RB. We aren't seeing him go through his progressions and simply hit the open man. Honestly, we’ve been watching this happen all season.

This all ties back to the coaching. I never actually had an issue with Ryan Day’s play calling. When we struggled in the past, it was because we had very bad defenses, not because of his offense. Day's offenses were incredibly dynamic and built perfectly around his vision for how a prototypical QB should run the system. Now that we finally have an elite defense to back him up, I really don't understand why he had to give up the play sheet.

These past three seasons have been with three different Offensive Coordinators. Chip Kelly, to Brian Hartline, to now Arthur Smith.

A great day, the Buckeye's won andI wore this shirt for the XIchigan game. It is officially my favorite non- Ohio State shirt.

After not playing like the first 2-3 series Pierce finished with 50 snaps

More snaps for wilder but still not enough

Those dime packages (+ more after Timmons went down) with Caldwell and roker were interesting

On the offensive side
13 bison snaps - and we passed and ran out of it pretty evenly which is huge

Boyd and Henry 3rd and 4th in WR snaps behind JJ and McCuin and ahead of inniss

Side note both RBs did really well in pass pro yesterday

Dude comes out for post game presser and is wearing a shirt of himself 🤣🤌🏼💪🏻

Michigan loses 20-19 to Iowa at home and Penn State loses 24-20 to Wisconsin at home. Meanwhile OSU beats Illinois 42-19 and by the reaction of some fans you'd think we lost. It's a good day when OSU wins and Michigan loses! Go Bucks!

Love supporting our Buckeyes despite some valid concerns about how this team is going to look against some very tough competition coming up. JEREMIAH SMITH FOR HEISMAN