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Land-Grant Holy Land, an Ohio State Buckeyes community

FWIW, this site is running a story on each of Ohio State football's head coaches. Those interested in Ohio State football history and/or trivia should find them interesting. So far there were 24 different head coaches, they call the series of articles the "24 Club".

Ohio State's 1st head football coach was Alexander Lilley....

24 Club: Alexander Lilley
The pony riding, first-ever head coach of OSU left a big legacy — despite few wins.

There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This off-season, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. We start with OSU’s first ever head coach: Alexander Lilley.

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Seasons Coached: Two (1890-1891)
Overall Record: 3-5 (.375)
Overall Wins: No. 23 out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: No. 23 out of 24 OSU Coaches

George N. Cole was a bored college student. Of course he would not be the first bored college student — nor would he be the last. But he was indeed bored, and Cole wanted to try something new.

One day Cole had an idea — but like any idea, it needed some money to come to life. So Cole turned to his fellow students to raise the cash. It paid off, and Cole made a small purchase that would have big consequences. In fact, this particular purchase would change the history of Ohio State: Cole bought a football.

But a ball wasn’t enough. What good was a football if you didn’t have some folks to play with? Cole needed a team. Of course, any team also needed a half-decent coach. So soon a team was formed, and Cole recruited his friend Alexander Lilley to coach the new football squad.

The year was 1890. Times were certainly different. Coach Lilley lived on East Main Street and rode a pony to get to football practice. He was also an unpaid volunteer — he didn’t earn a single penny to coach the Buckeyes.

Out of those humble ingredients — a bored college student with an idea, and an unpaid coach with a pony — Ohio State football was born.

Lilley’s time as Ohio State’s first head coach was short and sweet. The Buckeyes went 1-3 in 1890, and 2-2 in 1891. OSU got its first ever win against Ohio Wesleyan in 1890, and its first back-to-back wins in 1891 against Denison and Akron. Though it’s still up for debate how many games Lilley actually coached from the sidelines, as record-keeping was spotty.

Lilley’s total wins (3) and winning percentage (.375) rank near the bottom among OSU coaches — 23rd out of 24 — but his tenure can’t really be measured by games won and lost. Most importantly, his time will always stand as the starting point for all that came after.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...-football-head-coach-alexander-lilley-24-club

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24 Club: Jack Ryder
Just $10 a week got you a damn good football coach in 1892.

There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look back at OSU’s second head coach, and first-ever paid coach: Jack Ryder.

Name: Jack Ryder
Seasons Coached: Five (1892-1895, 1898)
Overall Record: 22-22-1 (.500)

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?
Overall Wins: No. 10 (tied) out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: No. 21 (tied) out of 24 OSU Coaches

$10 used to go a lot further back in the day. In 1892, it would pay for a world-class head football coach. That was the state of things when Jack Ryder took Ohio State football to new heights in his first full season coaching. At that time the OSU program was only three years old. Under Ryder, the 1892 squad finished with a 5-3 record — the first winning season in school history.

Ryder modernized the program in recognizable ways. The Nov. 29, 1892 edition of The Lantern reported on his success guiding the still fledgling Buckeye program:

“The securing of an able coach, the organization of two elevens, the establishing of a training table, and the enforcement of wise training rules—all this has contributed to give our football team such a standing as she has never had before.

Ryder coached for four years from 1892-1895, served in the Spanish-American War, then returned to coach a final season at OSU in 1898.

Ryder also had a big influence on another Ohio school. He went on to become a journalist at The Cincinnati Enquirer. He was mostly a baseball guy covering the Reds, but in 1919 he covered a college football game between Cincinnati and Tennessee. In his game write up he called Cincinnati a novel name: the Bearcats. The reference wasn’t totally random. Years earlier, Cinci had a star fullback named Leonard “Teddy” Baehr, which led to the cheer, “Come on, Baehr-cat!” When Baehr graduated, the name went away. That is until Ryder brought it back — and the name stuck for good.

So it was. Jack Ryder led OSU football to its first winning season, and as a second act he gave Cincinnati an identity. It would not be the last time that a former OSU coach made things better for the Bearcats.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...-state-24-club-jack-ryder-buckeyes-head-coach
 
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24 Club: Ohio State’s third football coach Charles Hickey had a disappointing one-year tenure

Ohio State’s third head coach found success playing against doctors and dentists, but not many others.

There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we meet Ohio State’s third head coach — Charles Hickey.

Name: Charles Hickey
Seasons Coached: One (1896)
Overall Record: 5-5-1

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?
Overall Wins: No. 20 (tied) out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: No. 21 (tied) out of 24 OSU Coaches

Hickey’s tenure as Ohio State’s third head coach was short. Medical student Sid Farrer served as OSU’s interim head coach until the Buckeyes hired Hickey several games into the 1896 season. It was fortunate OSU had a medical student on hand because the season was a painful one.

Under Hickey, the Buckeyes finished with a mediocre 5-5-1 record. Remarkably, OSU played Ohio Medical University three times that season, winning twice and tying another.

Who exactly was Ohio Medical?

Years later, Ohio Medical merged with a competitor — Starling Medical College — to form Starling-Ohio Medical College. Ohio State President William Oxley Thompson became President of Starling-Ohio Medical College, and, in 1914, he was instrumental in Starling-Ohio Medical College becoming OSU’s College of Medicine, and College of Dentistry. That’s a long way of saying that the Buckeyes achieved a .500 record under coach Hickey by beating up on OSU’s future medical and dental schools.

Hickey became disinterested in the head coaching role after a year and was fired. His legacy is a forgettable one. Hickey ranks near the bottom of OSU coaches in wins and winning percentage. His departure also started a three year stretch from 1896-1898 where OSU’s head coach left after a single season. Hickey’s tenure was forgettable, but his successor would prove much, much worse.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...hickey-ohio-state-head-coach-doctors-dentists
 
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24 Club: David Farragut Edwards, Ohio State’s worst football coach
However, he was pretty darn good at Texas.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...te-football-head-coach-david-farragut-edwards

24 Club: John Eckstorm, OSU’s First Great Coach
John Eckstorm might be the best Ohio State coach you’ve never heard of

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...storm-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-head-coach

24 Club: Perry Hale, a winning coach that suffered OSU’s worst ever loss

This OSU coach couldn’t beat Michigan in the early years of the program. But he beat just about everyone else.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...tate-buckeyes-football-coach-michigan-history

24 Club: Edwin Sweetland’s Buckeyes were the first OSU team to ever score against Michigan

Sweetland played under Pop Warner and coached the first Buckeye squad to ever score against the Wolverines.

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https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...dwin-sweetland-pop-warner-michigan-wolverines

24 Club: Albert Herrnstein’s Buckeyes captured OSU’s first conference championship
He may have played at Michigan, but as Ohio State’s eighth head coach, Albert Herrnstein took the Buckeye program to new heights.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...led-buckeyes-to-first-conference-championship
 
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24 Club: Howard Jones, a one year wonder as OSU head coach
Ohio State’s ninth head coach had success on the field, but began a troubling trend for the program

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...the-1910-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-24-club

24 Club: Harry Vaughan coached the Buckeyes for a season, then quit to go to law school
Vaughan coached the Buckeyes to a winning record but became the second consecutive coach to leave after a single season.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...es-for-a-season-then-quit-to-go-to-law-school

24 Club: John Richards went from revered OSU coach to a hated foe
Richards quit after a year as head coach of the Buckeyes, and year’s later threatened to resign as Wisconsin’s head coach if OSU was ever scheduled.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...ds-went-from-revered-osu-coach-to-a-hated-foe

24 Club: John Wilce, the father of the modern OSU program
Before coach Wilce, the Buckeyes were an afterthought in college football. Wilce changed all that.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2020/6/21/21297643/john-wilce-the-father-of-the-modern-osu-program

24 Club: Sam Willaman, a winner who followed a legend
Willaman led the Buckeyes to five consecutive winning seasons, one of the best runs of any coach for OSU at the time

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...a-legend-ohio-state-buckeyes-football-history
 
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24 Club: Francis Schmidt, OSU’s first coach to finish with a winning record against Michigan
In his first four seasons, coach Schmidt’s Buckeyes outscored Michigan 114-0.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...finish-with-a-winning-record-against-michigan

24 Club: Paul Brown, the legend who led Ohio State to its first National Championship
Head coach of Ohio State at 33 years old, Brown led the Buckeyes to a national title in his second season.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...-first-national-championship-buckeyes-24-club

24 Club: Carroll Widdoes, a quiet winner
Widdoes has a higher winning percentage than any Ohio State coach not named Urban Meyer or Ryan Day.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...lub-head-coach-carroll-widdoes-a-quiet-winner

24 Club: Paul Bixler, OSU’s Mr. Inconsistent as head coach
Bixler’s short tenure featured some big wins — and one of the worst losses to Michigan in the history of the program.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...keyes-football-24-club-head-coach-paul-bixler

24 Club: Wes Fesler coached OSU to its first Rose Bowl win
Fesler’s team won the Rose Bowl but he was undone by losses to Michigan.

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Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...fesler-coached-osu-to-its-first-rose-bowl-win
 
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24 Club: The remarkable Woody Hayes

Hayes won more games than any other coach in Ohio State football history.

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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at Ohio State’s 19th head coach — Woody Hayes.

Name: Woody Hayes
Seasons Coached: 28 (1951-78)
Overall Record: 205-61-10

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?
Overall Wins: No. 1 out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: No. 6 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Woody Hayes came to Ohio State in 1951 — and it looked like his tenure would be short-lived. Before coming to OSU, Hayes coached at Denison and Miami of Ohio. At each of those stops his teams developed a habit — get off to an unremarkable start, then turn a corner. His 2-6 season at Denison in 1946 was followed by 9-0 and 8-0 seasons. His 5-4 season at Miami in 1949 was followed by a 9-1 season.

Hayes’ Buckeyes also got off to an unremarkable start. In his first three seasons at the helm, Ohio State compiled a 16-9-2 record. Then the switch flipped. Hayes’ 1954 team went 10-0, won the Rose Bowl and captured OSU’s second national championship.

Over his 28 seasons as head coach of the Buckeyes, Hayes’ teams captured five national championships, 13 Big Ten titles and notched a 16-11-1 record against Michigan. Passionate and fiery, Hayes was a master motivator and relentless worker. His temper would eventually get the best of him and led to his dismissal after punching a Clemson player in the 1978 Gator Bowl.

Hayes won more national championships than all other Ohio State coaches combined. He coached longer and won more games than any other Buckeye coach. OSU had cycled through half a dozen coaches in 12 years before Hayes arrived. Hayes provided the coaching stability the program so desperately needed. Before Woody Hayes, Ohio State was a very good program. Coach Hayes turned Ohio State into the perennial Big Ten and national championship contender we know today.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...ub-ohio-state-buckeyes-head-coach-woody-hayes

24 Club: Coach Earle Bruce’s magic touch against Michigan

When Bruce left Ohio State, he had more wins against Michigan than any OSU coach not named Woody Hayes.

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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at Ohio State’s 20th head coach — Earle Bruce.

Name: Earle Bruce
Seasons Coached: Nine (1979-1987)
Overall Record: 81-26-1

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?
Overall Wins: No. 5 out of 24 OSU Coaches
Winning Percentage: No. 7 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Earle Bruce’s task was impossible — he had to replace Woody Hayes. Bruce knew Ohio. He played at Ohio State, served as an assistant to coach Hayes for six seasons, and racked up wins as one of Ohio’s top high school coaches. He jumped in as a college head coach and led the University of Tampa to a 10-2 record before moving to Iowa State. At ISU, he became the first coach since 1919 to leave the school with a winning record.

When coach Bruce came to Columbus in 1979, he picked up right where Woody left off. The Buckeyes went undefeated in the regular season, only to come up one point short of a perfect year and national championship against No. 3 USC in the Rose Bowl. Bruce would capture four Big Ten titles during his tenure, but would never recapture the magic of that first season. The Buckeyes lost at least three games each season in his final eight years at the helm.

Bruce did know how to beat Michigan, posting a 5-4 record against the Wolverines. At that time, that was more wins against Michigan than any OSU coach not named Woody Hayes. One of the highlights of his tenure was his last game as Ohio State’s head coach against the Wolverines in 1987. OSU’s president fired Bruce after a home loss to Iowa a week earlier. Bruce would coach out the season finale against the Wolverines before moving on.

On game day, every Ohio State player wore a headband with “Earle” written on it to honor their outgoing coach. OSU walked away with a 23-20 win. Bruce’s ebullient Buckeyes carried him off the field in Ann Arbor.

Coach Bruce went out a winner against Michigan. The same could not be said about his successor: John Cooper.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...tball-24-club-head-coach-earle-bruce-michigan
 
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24 Club: Jim Tressel, The Great Bane of the Wolverines

Tressel turned The Game into the lopsided affair we know today.

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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at Ohio State’s 22nd head coach — Jim Tressel.

Name: Jim Tressel

Seasons Coached: 10 (2001-10)

Overall Record: 106-22 (Including vacated wins in 2010)

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?

Overall Wins: No. 3 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Winning Percentage: No. 4 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Jim Tressel stepped in to lead the Buckeyes after John Cooper. Cooper’s talented teams couldn’t beat Michigan and struggled mightily in bowl games. Tressel’s Buckeyes rose quickly — snapping a losing streak against the Wolverines on the road in his first season and going 14-0 on their way to a National Championship in his second.

Tressel’s recipe for success was equal parts high-level recruiting and regularly beating Michigan. That resulted in OSU nearly always being a part of the National Championship conversation. But like many Ohio State coaches before him, Tressel would not leave on his own terms. He resigned in 2011 in the wake of Tattoo Gate.


Nevertheless, Tressel’s tenure at OSU is one of the most successful in program history. He finished with an unheard of 9-1 mark against the Wolverines. At the time, it was the best winning percentage of any OSU coach ever against Michigan. He ranks as the third-winningest Ohio State coach of all time (even if you don’t count the Buckeye’s vacated wins from 2010).

But Tattoo Gate left the program in turmoil. A disappointing 6-7 season would follow under interim head coach Luke Fickell after Tressel resigned. Ohio State needed a fresh start and to re-energize the program. Urban Meyer’s arrival on campus would do just that.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...ub-head-coach-jim-tressel-michigan-wolverines

https://www.landgrantholyland.com/ohio-state-history-24-club
 
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24 Club: Urban Meyer — The Michigan Slayer

Meyer became the first coach in OSU history to finish with an unblemished record against the Wolverines.

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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at Ohio State’s 23rd head coach — Urban Meyer.

Name: Urban Meyer
Seasons Coached: 7 (2012-18)

Overall Record: 82-9

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?

Overall Wins: No. 4 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Winning Percentage: No. 2 out of 24 OSU Coaches

For the first time in a long while, the Ohio State program was on the ropes. Jim Tressel departed in the spring of 2011 in the wake of Tattoo Gate. Luke Fickell admirably stepped in as interim head coach, but the Buckeyes went 6-7, and ended the year on a four-game skid. Ohio State needed to turn things around. In stepped Urban Meyer.

Meyer was already a legend when he arrived on campus. He had coached Utah to an undefeated season in 2004, and won two national championships at Florida. It didn’t take Meyer long to get things going at Ohio State. The Buckeyes went 12-0 in 2012, and never looked back from there.

The unique feature of Urban Meyer’s tenure at Ohio State was the consistent dominant performance of his teams. He became the first coach in OSU history to win 10 games every season, and famously captured the 2014 national championship. Like Tressel, he continued the recent OSU tradition of pummeling Michigan. Meyer recorded a perfect 7-0 record against the Wolverines and became the first OSU coach to finish with an unblemished record against UM. Fittingly, his final game was a win in the Rose Bowl, and Meyer finished his career with the highest winning percentage of any coach in OSU history.

Meyer faced more challenges off the field than on the field during his final season. He was suspended for the first three games for mishandling domestic assault allegations against an assistant coach — and then suffered mounting health issues when he returned to the sideline. During Meyer’s suspension, offensive coordinator Ryan Day stepped in and led the Buckeyes to a 3-0 record.

With Meyer retired, Day now took over as head coach — poised to write the next chapter in Ohio State football history.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...state-buckeyes-head-coach-urban-meyer-24-club

24 Club: Ryan Day — The Football Savant

Day’s first season set the tone for a bright future.

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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at Ohio State’s 24th head coach — Ryan Day.

Name: Ryan Day
Seasons Coached: 1 (2019-Present)

Overall Record: 16-1

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?

Overall Wins: No. 15 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Winning Percentage: No. 1 out of 24 OSU Coaches

With Urban Meyer suspended for the first three games of 2018, Ohio State turned to Ryan Day. Day breezed to a 3-0 record, and stepped into the full-time role when Meyer retired. At age 39, having never been a head coach, Day led the perennial power built by Meyer and so many others before him.

Day’s first year previewed what the future may hold. OSU won every regular season game by double digits. Day’s offense was explosive and a simplified defensive scheme allowed the talent on the roster to shine. Big wins continued on the recruiting trail.

When COVID-19 hit and Ohio State’s season was on the brink, Day evolved. Like OSU coaches before him — John Wilce who led a roster depleted by World War I and the Spanish Flu, or Paul Brown and Carroll Widdoes who coached the Buckeyes during World War II — Day rose to the occasion. His Buckeyes were outspoken supporting Black Lives Matter and in the push for playing a fall season.

Over the years, OSU has succeeded as a program in part because it has found leaders that constantly reinvented what it meant to be a Buckeye and play at Ohio State. For OSU’s first coach Alexander Lilly in 1890, football was a gathering among friends looking for a good time. For John Wilce in the 1910s and 1920s, the game was a contest among mostly Ohio kids seeking a Big Ten championship. For Woody Hayes, football was a drive for perfection in pursuit of besting the team up north. For Jim Tressel and Urban Meyer, the game was a showcase of some of the nation’s most talented athletes in the hunt for a national championship.

Some OSU coaches only last a year, some decades longer. Stacked between are the wins and losses, the ups and downs — the events that can be controlled and those that can’t. A small part of the world around us playing out under a blue-gray autumn sky — and on a stage that’s larger than life. Ryan Day has the keys to the program that 23 others had before him. Let’s enjoy the ride to come.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...buckeyes-football-head-coach-ryan-day-24-club
 
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24 Club: John Cooper’s winning ways and long Novembers

Cooper won more games than any OSU coach not named Woody Hayes, but too often couldn’t get it done at the end of the season.

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There have been 24 head coaches in the history of Ohio State football. Each has a story and legacy. This offseason, Land-Grant Holy Land’s new series 24 Club will help you get to know the coaches from past and present who built the program. Today we look at Ohio State’s 21st head coach — John Cooper.

Name: John Cooper

Seasons Coached: 13 (1988-00)

Overall Record: 111-43-4

Where Does He Rank in the 24 Club?

Overall Wins: No. 2 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Winning Percentage: No. 10 out of 24 OSU Coaches

Until Woody Hayes came to Columbus, beating Michigan wasn’t a regular occurrence. Prior to Hayes, the only coach to leave town with a winning overall record against the Wolverines was Francis Schmidt in the mid-to-late 30s. But things changed when Woody arrived.

Hayes left Columbus with a 16-11-1 mark against the Wolverines. His successor Earle Bruce had a 5-4 record against Michigan. But after a string of three-loss seasons, OSU moved on from Bruce. The Buckeyes hired John Cooper with hopes to regularly contend for Big Ten and national titles.

Before arriving in Columbus, Cooper led Tulsa to five consecutive conference championships. In his second season at the helm of Arizona State in 1986, he led the Sun Devils to a 10-1-1 mark and a Rose Bowl win against Michigan. In a sign of things to come, Cooper’s only loss that year was to rival Arizona.

Cooper’s tenure at Ohio State was one of the most successful in school history. His star-studded Buckeyes claimed a share of three Big Ten titles and finished ranked No. 2 in the country twice. But Cooper’s tenure was ultimately defined by his team’s end of season disappearing act. Cooper finished with a 2-10-1 record against Michigan and a 3-8 bowl record. An upset November loss to a Nick Saban coached Michigan State team in 1998 derailed the national title hopes of one of the best teams in program history.

Ohio State moved on from Cooper after a lackluster 8-4 season in 2000, which predictably included a loss to Michigan and another against South Carolina in the Outback Bowl.

OSU had high expectations. The Buckeyes were in need of a coach that could stop the backsliding against the Wolverines and win that elusive national title. They turned to someone who was already a legend in Ohio coaching circles — Jim Tressel was coming to Columbus.

Entire article: https://www.landgrantholyland.com/2...keyes-football-24-club-head-coach-john-cooper

John Cooper's legacy might look a whole lot different with expanded playoffs

 
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From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about what we would do if we were in charge of our favorite position group, team, conference, or sport. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all our “Unpopular Opinion” articles here.

This last week Land-Grant Holy Land did a series of articles on "unpopular opinions":



















Hey, we are between spring practice and fall camp here; there's not much going on "football wise".. Interesting read if you have nothing else to read. Anybody agree with any of their "unpopular opinions"?
 
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