A tough week for the Ohio State football program got even tougher with the recent passing of one of the school's former standout players — who also happens to be the father of a current Buckeyes quarterback.

Ethan Grunkemeyer grew up in a suburb of Columbus. Now he gets a chance to take down the Buckeyes on their own turf.

Led by arguably the best defense in college football, Ohio State has outscored teams 255-41 through seven games. That’s with the ups and downs the offense has had with new quarterback Julian Sayin, a completely new rushing attack and two new play callers in Brian Hartline on offense and Matt Patricia on defense.

Ohio State is on bye in Week 9 after picking up a road win at Wisconsin. Here's a look at the Buckeyes' full schedule, including who is next up.

The Nittany Lions quarterback grew up near Columbus among Buckeyes fans. He has dreamed of playing at Ohio Stadium.

In a segment from the latest Buckeye Talk podcast, hosts Stephen Means, Stefan Krajisnik and Andrew Gillis sparked an interesting discussion when they unanimously agreed that current Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin is already a superior player to 2024 national championship-winning QB Will Howard — and it’s not particularly close.

Top-ranked Ohio State is rested twice over and preparing to finish the regular season with a five-game stretch.

Penn State will play No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday with a precarious situation at quarterback. Ethan Grunkemeyer will make his second career start 30 minutes from his hometown, backup Jaxon Smolik was hurt in Penn State's last game and a true freshman could be QB2.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football’s Julian Sayin was named to the Manning Award watch list Thursday. The honor, which has been awarded annually since 2004, goes to the nation’s best quarterback. Sayin opened his first season as a starter by outplaying Texas quarterback Arch Manning.

ESPN has updated its Total QBR rankings after Week 8, and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin is making a move up the Big Ten ranks.