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Covering all things The Ohio State Buckeyes, Arizona Cardinals, and other NFL and NCAA topics. Graduate from The Ohio State University.

The Ohio State Buckeyes have not stopped adding to their loaded 2025 recruiting class, this time adding Jarquez Carter, a 4-star defensive tackle from Newberry, Florida. Assistant head coach, and defensive line coach Larry Johnson continues his impressive offseason by being credited with landing the Florida defensive tackle. Carter chose Ohio State over Penn State, UCF, Miami, and Florida. https://twitter.com/247Sports/status/1814048343586161010 Jarquez Carter Brings Versatility to Ohio State Jarquez Carter will provide the Buckeyes with versatility when he arrives on campus. Carter plays with a high motor and competitive physicality, allowing him to line at any position up front. He is…

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College football fans can finally rejoice as today is the day of the early access period of EA Sports College Football 25 releases. College football fans have been waiting over 10 years for this day and it has finally come. However, Ohio State fans may not be as excited as they would be when they take a look at their roster in the video game. Leading up to this day there has been, a large amount of gameplay that has been released on the video game. In that gameplay, one of Ohio State’s star players has not been seen. JT…

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EA Sports College Football 25 releases in just 4 days and EA Sports has been dropping content daily. One of the most popular game modes in sports video games is the Ultimate Team mode, where players collect cards to build a team to compete against other users. EA Sports released its deep dive into the game mode, which broke plenty of news. The ten players featured in the Ultimate Alumni preorder pack were revealed in that deep dive. The pack will consist of stand-out players from a season ago, who all have gone to the NFL. There are five players…

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With the early release of EA Sports College Football 25 in just six days, EA is putting out their final information pre-launch. Today, EA Sports released the top 100 rated players in the video game. This is the last bit of information fans have been waiting the see, and with the beginning of the regular season still over a month away, will generate a lot of conversation. The team with the most players in the top 100 is the Ohio State Buckeyes with eight. In fact, all eight Ohio State players are in the top 54. https://twitter.com/OhioStateFB/status/1811054556245049831 Free Safety Caleb…

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The 2024 college football season is truly a National Championship-or-bust season for the Ohio State Buckeyes. After a disappointing year and third straight loss to rival Michigan in 2023, the pressure has never been higher for Ryan Day’s squad. The Buckeyes did not waste time this offseason, retaining a large chunk of its talent, and adding impact players through the transfer portal. With pre-season All-America teams and NFL prospect rankings being released, people can project where a lot of the production will come from for the Buckeyes. There are two players poised for a major breakout season in Columbus, Ohio.…

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On Monday, July 1, the Walter Camp Football Foundation announced its preseason All-America Teams which featured five Ohio State Buckeyes, which is the most in the country. The Buckeyes are regarded as having one of the most talented rosters in college football. Ohio State has National Championship or bust expectations this year which will give their players heightened expectations to live up to. https://twitter.com/OhioStateFB/status/1807956911364407558 Walter Camp First Team: Emeka Egbuka Ohio State wide receiver Emeka Egbuka is one of the highest-rated receivers expected to enter the NFL Draft after this season. Egbuka had a down year for the Buckeyes in…

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On Monday, July 1, Ohio State received a boost to their 2025 class landing Maxwell Roy, a 4-star defensive lineman out of St. Joseph’s Prep School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This adds to the already loaded 2025 recruiting class for Ohio State. Assistant head coach and defensive line coach Larry Johnson was credited with the recruiting. Johnson has been a great recruiter and coach for the Buckeyes and continues to do so with his work in this 2025 class. https://twitter.com/MaxwellRoy8/status/1807899607252218256 Maxwell Roy Brings Quickness to Ohio State Maxwell Roy is a 4-star defensive lineman who is the 152-ranked prospect in the…

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On the last day of the College Football 25 rankings showcase, EA Sports released its rankings for the top 25 overall teams in the game. With some time before the associated press releases their pre-season top 25, fans saw this as their first chance to get a glimpse of who some of the best teams in the country will be in 2024. Unsurprisingly, the Georgia Bulldogs and Ohio State Buckeyes are the top 2 teams in the game, however, there are two teams in the top 25 that had college football fans scratching their heads. https://twitter.com/EASPORTSCollege/status/1806704117416415563 Clemson Tigers: Ranked 6…

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Rankings Showcase week for College Football 25 continues. Today EA Sports released their top 25 offenses and top 25 defenses the Ohio State Buckeyes ranked top five in both categories. There was also a screenshot that was taken from the game’s gameplay trailer that showed the Buckeyes as the 2nd overall-ranked team in the game. https://twitter.com/EASPORTSCollege/status/1806372233729777957 https://twitter.com/EASPORTSCollege/status/1806347200718307583 Ohio State Defense: 96 Overall The Ohio State Buckeyes will have the number one overall defense in College Football 25. The Buckeyes’ defense is rated 96 which is higher than the Georgia Bulldogs, who are ranked two. The Buckeyes defense had its best…

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College Football 25 announced the players that will be included in the ‘Heisman Hopeful’ Ultimate Team Pack that users can receive if they pre-order the deluxe version of the video game. This announcement was made via the EA Sports College Ultimate Team X account which was recently created, which also confirms the popular mode will be in the video game. The players in the pack are all an 83 overall, which is valuable for the game at launch. https://twitter.com/EASPORTS_CUT/status/1806085049428951409 Heisman Hopeful: Carson Beck The Heisman Hopeful Ultimate Team Pack will feature Junior Georgia quarterback Carson Beck. Some of Beck’s key…

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