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Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.
Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop-shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.
You’re welcome!
Vax-A-Million Winner
Spoiler alert, you didn’t win... and if you did, hit me up.
A woman from the Cincinnati area has won Ohio’s first vax-a-million lottery. https://t.co/f2DGaCrK3B
— Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) May 26, 2021
2020 was a weird year.
Inside look at how Ohio State responded to August cancellation of 2020 season
- Hass-Hill/Hope, Eleven Warriors
man, what could have been!
— Matt Brown (@MattBrownEP) May 26, 2021
2020 was a surreal season but it could have been so much weirder pic.twitter.com/1zY1tusnVh
Ohio State released a ton of documents today about the Big Ten initially canceling the fall season. Among them, Buckeyes AD Gene Smith admitting via text the Buckeyes were exploring going independent in 2020 like Nebraska. pic.twitter.com/dnhSskYWOH
— Chris Hummer (@chris_hummer) May 26, 2021
In addition, Ohio State was certainly not in support of playing in football in the spring.https://t.co/TzP8IXDqpS pic.twitter.com/EAj9Df2rU5
— Patrick Murphy (@_Pat_Murphy) May 26, 2021
FOIA requests filed with OSU last year regarding the cancelation of the football season have been returned with a TON of emails and texts. Of note, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren apparently didn't quite believe the OSU football parents were genuine. Gene Smith is in blue. pic.twitter.com/iYaT6DG5n0
— BuckeyeScoop (@BuckeyeScoop) May 26, 2021
You can count Ryan Day among the 300K-plus who signed Justin Fields' "We Want to Play" petition back in August pic.twitter.com/jwhrAvDFso
— Bill Landis (@BillLandis25) May 26, 2021
— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) May 26, 2021
*bye pic.twitter.com/zv91anTSGg
— Kevin Noon (@Kevin_Noon) May 26, 2021
On the gridiron
Gene Smith thinks we need to expand the College Football Playoff
- Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
Ranking Ohio State’s active win streaks over every Big Ten East opponent
- Griffin Strom, BuckeyeGrove
Ohio State football: Even the receivers can improve
- Ryan Stano, Scarlet and Game
Oregon AD want's to show Ohio State what Pac 12 football is all about come this fall. He's saying Oregon needs to head to Columbus and "Plant a Pac-12" flag into the turf.https://t.co/vzUiL9xfDL
— jbook™ (@jbook37) May 26, 2021
Concerns with Ohio college athlete NIL bill on endorsement deal conflcits ($$)
- Joey Kaufman, BuckeyeXtra
Ryan Day knows how to maximize first-time starting QBs
- Austin Ward, Lettermen Row
Momentum building for full Ohio Stadium, though decision hasn’t been made yet
- Colin Hass-Hill, Eleven Warriors
How Jack Miller can still win Buckeyes’ quarterback competition
- Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
The University of Toledo is planning to have full capacity at the Glass Bowl for the 2021 football season.
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) May 26, 2021
To my knowledge, Toledo is the first program in Ohio to state that they will have a full stadium.
"We don't give a damn for the whole state of Michigan" has a whole new sad truth to it. https://t.co/ViRU79j7pl
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) May 26, 2021
Mural of Justin Fields in his hometown of Kennesaw, GA pic.twitter.com/NOF4H49CTU
— THE Bunch of Nuts Podcast (@bunch_nuts) May 26, 2021
On the hardwood
Jamari Wheeler talks transfer from Penn State to Ohio State
- Alex Gleitman, Buckeye Scoop
Whether or not Duane Washington Jr. returns to Columbus or not will obviously have a huge impact on the Buckeyes' season. But, getting a healthy Jimmy Sotos back, should supply some quality, veteran minutes off the bench. https://t.co/GlKaQX9SCQ
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) May 26, 2021
All the other courts/fields/rinks/more
Here we go! The 2021 NCAA East Prelims start this afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla. The Top 48 competitors/Top 24 relays are invited. The Top 12 from this week advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., June 9-12. pic.twitter.com/zUPeESCpyJ
— Ohio State T&F/XC (@OhioStateTFXC) May 26, 2021
Scholar Athlete Awards 2021
— SASSO (@SASSO_OSU) May 26, 2021
Woody and Anne Hayes Award
The dedication and hard work has paid off❗️
♀️ Brooke Glesenkamp @OhioStSwimDive
Lynsey Wallace @OhioStateWHKY
♀️ Grace Libben @OhioStateWROW
Jake Hausmann @OhioStateFB
Omari DeBerry @OhioStateMLAX pic.twitter.com/oApAu0tCyY
The rest of the sports world
The ‘Local Market’ MLB hats were mocked so badly they were axed
- James Dator, SB Nation
Today In 1993: Texas #Rangers outfielder Jose Canseco has a fly ball bounce off his head and over the wall at Cleveland Stadium for a home run in one of the all-time greatest baseball bloopers! #MLB #History pic.twitter.com/qo6dBKbq7b
— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) May 26, 2021
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) May 26, 2021