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\n\tOhio State is Wide Receiver U. No debate.\n<\/p>\n
\n\t\tFOUR STRAIGHT OSU WRs have been taken in the 1st round of the NFL draft<\/p>\n
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(via @RichEisenShow<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/vzna5k1TPo<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tHave a good Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0THE COMPUTERS! Even in the offseason, Wednesdays are about The Computers! \u2026 sometimes.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThis week, ESPN\u2019s Bill Connelly shared the top 10 strengths of schedules in college football according to preseason SP+ ratings. Despite a regular season that includes matchups with Texas, Iowa, Indiana, USC, Oregon and Michigan, the Buckeyes ranked No. 4 behind three SEC schools: Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tInitial SP+ SOS top 10 (using preseason SP+ ratings):<\/p>\n 1. Texas This is how I learned Northwestern plays at Ohio State, Oregon AND Indiana. Jeez.\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tHere\u2019s a look at the schedules for all four schools, including Ohio State:\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tDate<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tTexas<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tArkansas<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOklahoma<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOhio State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tSept. 5<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Texas State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs North Alabama<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs UTEP<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Ball State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tSept. 12<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Ohio State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Utah<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Michigan<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Texas<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tSept. 19<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs UTSA<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Georgia<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs New Mexico<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Kent State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tSept. 26<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Tennessee<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Tulsa<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Georgia<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Illinois<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOct. 3<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tBYE<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Texas A&M<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tBYE<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Iowa<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOct. 10<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Oklahoma (Dallas)<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Tennessee<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Texas (Dallas)<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Maryland<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOct. 17<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Florida<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Vanderbilt<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Kentucky<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Indiana<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOct. 24<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Ole Miss<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tBYE<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Mississippi State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tBYE<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tOct. 31<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Mississippi State<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Missouri<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs South Carolina<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat USC<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tNov. 7<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Missouri<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Auburn<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Florida<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Oregon<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tNov. 14<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat LSU<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs South Carolina<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Ole Miss<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Northwestern<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tNov. 21<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Arkansas<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Texas<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Texas A&M<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Nebraska<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tNov. 27\/28<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Texas A&M (Fri.)<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs LSU<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tat Missouri<\/p>\n \t\t\t\tvs Michigan<\/p>\n \n\tLook, I\u2019m biased, but Ohio State\u2019s schedule is the toughest of the bunch. Texas and Oklahoma both have challenging SEC slates, and even Arkansas has its share of difficult matchups, but the Buckeyes\u2019 path is loaded with elite opponents at the very top \u2014 road trips to Texas, Iowa, Indiana and USC, plus home games against Oregon and Michigan. That kind of top-end gauntlet, featuring multiple legitimate playoff contenders, is something none of the others can match, even if their schedules may have more overall depth.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0TOP PROSPECTS. With the Las Vegas Raiders nearly on the clock in the 2026 NFL draft, analysts from ESPN, The Athletic, The Ringer, NFL Network and more have rolled out their rankings of the top prospects in the class. I\u2019ve compiled where the industry\u2019s top voices have Ohio State\u2019s best NFL-bound players slotted.\n<\/p>\n \tESPN\u2019s Mel Kiper<\/a> (Top 150)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 3 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 4 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 6 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 8 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 37 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 93 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 103 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 124 – Will Kacmarek<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 135 – Caden Curry<\/p>\n \tESPN\u2019s Jeff Legwold<\/a> (Top 100)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 1 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 4 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 5 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 10 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 31 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 56 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 94 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \tESPN\u2019s Matt Miller<\/a> (Top 481)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 3 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 4 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 5 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 9 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 43 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 71 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 73 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 132 – Will Kacmarek<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 133 – Caden Curry<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 261 – Lorenzo Styles Jr.<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 359 – CJ Donaldson<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 363 – Ethan Onianwa<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 468 – Tywone Malone Jr.<\/p>\n \tESPN\u2019s Jordan Reid<\/a> (Top 499)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 2 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 3 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 4 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 10 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 37 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 80 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 89 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 132 – Will Kacmarek<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 175 – Caden Curry<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 259 – Lorenzo Styles Jr.<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 343 – CJ Donaldson<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 421 – Ethan Onianwa<\/p>\n \tESPN\u2019s Field Yates<\/a> (Top 150)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 4 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 5 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 6 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 7 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 33 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 84 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 108 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 130 – Caden Curry<\/p>\n \tThe Athletic\u2019s Dane Brugler<\/a> (Top 100)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 1 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 4 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 5 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 10 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 26 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 50 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 54 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \tThe Ringer\u2019s Todd McShay<\/a> (Top 200)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 2 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 3 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 6 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 7 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 26 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 70 – Davison Igbinosun<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 100 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \tNFL Network\u2019s Daniel Jeremiah<\/a> (Top 150)<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 3 – Sonny Styles<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 5 – Arvell Reese<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 6 – Carnell Tate<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 8 – Caleb Downs<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 33 – Kayden McDonald<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 81 – Max Klare<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 119 – Lorenzo Styles Jr.<\/p>\n \t\tNo. 142 – Will Kacmarek<\/p>\n \n\tThat’s\u00a0a loootttttt\u00a0of Buckeyes, huh?\n<\/p>\n \n\tYou love to see it!\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0\u201cMY BOY\u2019S WICKED SMAHT.\u201d The Athletic\u2019s Dane Brugler <\/a>dropped a fun piece on Tuesday, scouting top NFL draft prospects through the lens of classic \u201990s movie quotes.\n<\/p>\n \n\tI love \u201990s movies. Actually, I love movies in general. I\u2019m basically the anti\u2013Dan Hope in that regard. If you ask him about a movie, there\u2019s a good chance he hasn\u2019t seen it. If you ask me, there\u2019s a good chance I have.\n<\/p>\n \n\tMy all-time favorite is Good Will Hunting, starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Minnie Driver, with Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd and Robin Williams. You\u2019ve probably seen it, but if you\u2019re in the Dan Hope camp and haven\u2019t, it follows Will Hunting (Damon), a troubled but brilliant MIT janitor who \u2014 with the help of a therapist (Williams) \u2014 confronts his past, embraces his potential and pursues a self-directed future. It\u2019s outstanding. Ten out of 10. No notes.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOne of the film\u2019s most iconic scenes \u2014 and there are plenty (see: \u201cYour move, Chief,\u201d \u201cIdiosyncrasies,\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s not your fault,\u201d \u201cThe best part of my day\u2026\u201d) \u2014 comes when Chuckie (Affleck) calls Will \u201cwicked smaht\u201d while defending him and Skylar (Driver) from an obnoxious Harvard student in a bar.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\tBrugler nods to that scene in his article, tagging Caleb Downs with the \u201cwicked smaht\u201d label. He also connects Arvell Reese to Tremors, Sonny Styles to The Godfather, Carnell Tate to Friday and Kayden McDonald to A Few Good Men.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\t\u201cI vote for outer space. No way these are local boys.\u201d \u2014 \u201cTremors\u201d (1990)\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tThis line could describe multiple Ohio State defenders, but it applies particularly well to edge Arvell Reese, my top-ranked prospect. Growing up, it was hard to channel surf on weekends without stumbling upon \u201cTremors,\u201d one of the more underrated movies of the decade. And the explanation that the character Earl comes up with for the underground monsters was as good as any, and it holds up for Reese as a front-seven defender.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\u00a0\u201cAs far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.\u201d \u2014 \u201cGoodfellas\u201d (1990)\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tArguably the best film of the decade, \u201cGoodfellas\u201d needed to be represented on this list \u2014 and Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles is a natural fit. A fiery kid, Styles (whose given name is Alexander) was nicknamed \u201cSonny\u201d after hot-tempered movie gangster Sonny Corleone, played by James Caan in \u201cThe Godfather.\u201d\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\u201cMy boy\u2019s wicked smart.\u201d \u2014 \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d (1997)\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tA genius-level twentysomething who doesn\u2019t shy from violence when it\u2019s needed can describe both Matt Damon\u2019s titular Will Hunting and Ohio State safety Caleb Downs. The latter\u2019s drive, quickness and physicality are above average, but his processing and understanding of high-level concepts separate him on the field.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\u201cDAAAAAMMMNN!\u201d \u2014 \u201cFriday\u201d (1995)\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tThis was the appropriate reaction whenever Ohio State tossed the ball downfield for wide receiver Carnell Tate. Though not a burner, Tate consistently gained a step of vertical separation with his pacing. Even more impressive were his tracking and finishing skills, regardless of the action required to make a catch.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\u201cI\u2019m gonna rip the eyes out of your head and piss into your dead skull! You f\u2014-d with the wrong Marine!\u201d \u2014 \u201cA Few Good Men\u201d (1992)\n\t<\/p>\n \n\t\tOhio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald is not a nice person on the football field, which is one of several reasons NFL teams are considering him in the first round.\n\t<\/p>\n \n\tI\u2019d also use A Few Good Men to describe the NFL analysts, front office personnel and scouts who don\u2019t believe Caleb Downs is the best prospect in the draft because he\u2019s not fast enough, undersized or whatever other knock they want to throw out.\n<\/p>\n \n\tYou know what I want to tell those people?\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou can\u2019t handle the truth!\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0OLYMPIC VILLAGE. The football and basketball transfer portals tend to dominate the conversation, making it easy to forget that athletes in other sports \u2014 including ice hockey \u2014 have the same opportunities.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOhio State took advantage of that window last week, landing a commitment from former Boston University defenseman Sascha Boumedienne.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\tWinnipeg Jets first-round pick Sascha Boumedienne has committed to Ohio State. He played two seasons at BU won a gold medal with Sweden at the World Juniors. pic.twitter.com\/GsloTljByI<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n \t\u2014 Brad Elliott Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tBorn in Oulu, Finland, Boumedienne spent most of his childhood in Sweden. He was selected No. 28 overall in the 2025 NHL Draft after recording 13 points in 40 appearances as a freshman for the Terriers. He also broke out on the international stage, tallying 14 points in seven games at the World U18 Championship.\n<\/p>\n \n\tBoumedienne experienced a sophomore dip in 2025-26, finishing with 10 points in 35 games. Still, he impressed again at the World Juniors, posting four points in seven games while averaging 22:13 of ice time.\n<\/p>\n \n\tOhio State finished 14-21-2 overall and 8-15-1 in Big Ten play this past season. While the record was underwhelming, the Buckeyes showed late promise in the conference tournament, defeating Wisconsin and Michigan State before falling to national runner-up Michigan in the title game.\n<\/p>\n \n\tThat late momentum, combined with Boumedienne\u2019s upside, could make this an ideal fit. Ohio State adds a high-end talent capable of sustaining its spark, while Boumedienne steps into a situation where he can take on a prominent role. If he capitalizes, he could be a strong candidate to turn pro and sign with the Jets after next season, foregoing his final year of eligibility.\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0SONG OF THE DAY. “Good Will Hunting” – Black Country, New Road.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0CUT TO THE CHASE.\u00a0How family movies are taking over moviegoing, one blockbuster at a time<\/a>…\u00a0Mike Vrabel says he\u2019s had difficult conversations after publication of photos with NFL reporter<\/a>…\u00a0Brooks Koepka appears to have left LIV Golf at just the right time<\/a>…\u00a0Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan resigns after 6 seasons<\/a>… Is April 25 perfect? Meteorologists disagree with “Miss Congeniality”<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n
2. Arkansas
3. Oklahoma
4. Ohio State
5. Michigan
6. Northwestern
7. Ole Miss
8. Kentucky
9. Miss St
10. Florida<\/p>\n