But if there is a player who can even come close to having a Year 1 impact the way Smith did this past season, it’s Sanchez on the Buckeye defense.

Following the departure of defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to Penn State, Ohio State head coach Ryan Day has identified the ...

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The victory party was still going on when news began to leak out that defensive coordinator Jim Knowles, the mastermind who had forged the Buckeye defense into the best in the country, was being ...

Knowles, a Philadelphia native, led a 2024 Buckeye defense ranked No. 1 in numerous statistical categories, including scoring and total defense. Head coach Ryan Day will now be tasked with finding ...

Indiana women's basketball had struggled with Ohio State's press for years. The Hoosiers finally broke through Thursday night ...

There have been rumors (and only rumors) that Jim Knowles and Larry Johnson had some differing ideas about the Buckeye defense. If they did (and I emphasize that if), then they got on the same ...

He made the Buckeye defense better in each of his three seasons, much like he did with the Cowboys, and this year, Ohio State had the best defense in all the land. That defense won the Buckeyes ...

Cody Simon placed himself among Ohio State's linebacker legends by quarterbacking a national-title-winning defense in 2024.

Travis Dodd had a big night and Buckeye Trail made its free throws in an OHSAA playoff win on Tuesday at Toronto.

Buckeye Trail wasn't sure how it would replace its offense from last season on the basketball court, so the Warriors found a ...

The Buckeye 20 is Eleven Warriors’ ranking of ... Even as a sophomore on a defense full of seniors, Downs was the anchor for the nation’s No. 1 defense, moving all over the field to make ...