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Rating Ohio State journey distances on new-look 2024 schedule
A showdown between a mentee and mentor. Ryan Day’s Ohio State is scheduled to tackle Chip Kelly’s UCLA subsequent yr in Pasadena. Kelly, after all, was Day’s offensive coordinator when Day was quarterbacking College of New Hampshire. A few decade and a half later, Day served as Kelly’s quarterbacks coach with each the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers.
Now, the duo is slated to face off as premier school soccer head coaches. The chance is afforded by UCLA, together with USC, becoming a member of the Large Ten in 2024.
The Large Ten revealed its new “Flex Defend Plus” scheduling mannequin this week. It’s designed so that every convention member can play each league opponent not less than twice — residence and away — throughout a four-year interval. Biking opponents is all of the extra necessary with 16 groups within the league.
No non-LA Large Ten group should play a couple of convention recreation per yr out west. That mentioned, the geographic footprint of the league continues to be markedly wider. Taking that into consideration — in addition to the Large Ten’s abandonment of “East” and “West” divisions — Lettermen Row is rating the Ohio State journey distances for the Buckeyes’ new-look 2024 schedule.
- at UCLA: 2,237.3 miles
- at Minnesota: 767.1 miles
- at Penn State: 340.2 miles
- at Michigan State: 248.6 miles
That places Ohio State’s complete distance traveled at roughly 3,593.2 miles for the 2024 season, and that’s throughout solely 4 highway video games (versus the six highway video games the Buckeyes are taking part in in 2023).
Ohio State’s journey to UCLA covers practically thrice as a lot distance as its second-most intensive trek of the season, a date with Minnesota. The Golden Gophers’ Huntington Financial institution Stadium is positioned 767.1 miles from Ohio Stadium.
When the 2024 season rolls round, fan attendance from visiting groups at UCLA and USC shall be essential to trace. UCLA performs its residence video games at Rose Bowl Stadium. The Buckeyes have participated in 16 Rose Bowls, posting a 9-7 file in these contests. However, in 2021, the final time Ohio State made the “Granddaddy of all of them,” roughly 7,000 of its 20,000 allotted tickets have been returned to the Rose Bowl. Granted, when the Buckeyes clinched a spot within the Rose Bowl three years earlier, they reportedly bought shut to twenty,000 tickets, however that was additionally City Meyer’s remaining recreation as head coach.
What number of Ohio State followers will fly west for the group’s 2024 assembly with UCLA? That is still to be seen. It is going to be the packages’ first assembly since 2001 — that recreation was in Pasadena, too.
Right here is Ohio State’s full 2024 schedule (dates shall be introduced this fall):
NON-CONFERENCE SLATE
- Aug. 31 vs. Southern Mississippi
- Sept. 7 vs. Western Michigan
- Sept. 14 OFF
- Sept. 21 vs. Marshall
BIG TEN HOME GAMES
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Michigan
- Northwestern
- Rutgers
BIG TEN AWAY GAMES
- Michigan State
- Minnesota
- Penn State
- UCLA
Relationships, Justin Frye and peer recruiting: Ohio State commit Ian Moore prepared for official go to
4-star New Palestine (Indiana) offensive sort out Ian Moore is Ohio State’s longest-tenured commit within the 2024 class. He’s been dedicated to the Buckeyes since Oct. 20 of final yr.
Moore — a four-star recruit who’s the No. 119 total prospect this cycle, in line with the On3 Business Rating — isn’t wavering, both.
Moore was readily available for the Buckeyes’ first recruiting camp of the summer time Thursday, and he’s one among 16 recruits taking an official go to with Ohio State this weekend. The 6-foot-6, 295-pound Moore is locked in.
To examine his relationship with Justin Frye, in addition to Moore’s peer recruiting efforts, head right here.
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Making three predictions for Buckeyes operating backs
Lettermen Row’s “Working Backs Week” is wrapping up. However, earlier than we flip the web page, we have now three predictions for the Buckeyes’ backfield.
The primary facilities across the 1-2 punch of TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams. In a league that additionally options Michigan operating backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards, to not point out Penn State’s tandem of Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, Henderson and Williams have an opportunity to be the most effective duo.
Simply how dynamic will they be in 2023, although?
We put a quantity on it on this prediction piece. Test it out right here.
Counting down
Buckeyes vs. Indiana: 84 days
Buckeyes vs. Michigan: 168 days
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