It was just two years ago when an under-recruited, underrated wide receiver named Ronnie Bell walked onto Michigan’s campus for the first time. Bell was a basketball star in high school — an athlete with above-average agility — who played football for fun. But he quickly turned heads in practice, enough to warrant playing time […]
Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor called Herschel Walker the “gold standard” among college running backs. In reality, the new gold standard might be Taylor. Taylor’s 6,174 rushing yards at Wisconsin is the most ever for a running back in his first three seasons. That obliterated the previous record of 5,596 yards set by Walker while at Georgia […]
Before Baker Mayfield tried to plant a flag in the center of the Block O, Trey Sermon stared off into the north stands of Ohio Stadium, soaking in the magnitude of his first college touchdown. Ohio State, struggling to find points all night in that 2017 game, was within a score of Oklahoma as things […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Branden Bowen and Thayer Munford, Ohio State’s starting offensive tackles, have these conversations before games. “They’re gonna call it for me in this game,” one will say. It’s quickly countered by: “Oh, no, I’m getting on ‘SportsCenter’ this week. That’s my block this game.” This is a new reality for the Buckeyes offensive linemen […]