The excitement is building as the Ohio State Buckeyes are getting close to kicking off the college football season, but the team was dealt a blow by their rival on Tuesday. Ohio State had been competing to land the No. 1 ranked running back in the 2026 recruiting class.

The Michigan Wolverines' football program was given four years of probation and future fines expected to exceed $20 million as the result of its past sign stealing scandal on Friday. Head coach Sherrone Moore is expected to serve a self-imposed two-game suspension plus an additional one-game suspension.

Ohio State hopes it has found its next great quarterback. Head coach Ryan Day announced Monday that sophomore Julian Sayin will start when the Buckeyes open the season against Texas on Aug. 30. A former 5-star who was ranked among the top quarterbacks in the 2024 class, Sayin transferred to Ohio State from Alabama before the 2024 season.

Jones, who led Ohio State to the 2014 national championship under head coach Urban Meyer, didn’t limit his remarks to rivalry rhetoric.

The NCAA has finally handed down a punishment for the Michigan Wolverines football program for their involvement in sign-stealing during Jim Harbaugh’s tenure as head coach. While the sanctions do not affect the team’s 2023 national championship—led by former Wolverines star and current Minnesota Vikings QB J.

Michigan kicker Dominic Zvada was selected on the first team and Michigan State punter Ryan Eckley made the second team.

Afterward, Michigan planted its maize and blue ‘Block M’ flag at center field of Ohio Stadium setting off a melee that included tear gas, a flag ripping by Buckeyes star Jack Sawyer and other theatrics. On Sunday, a Wolverines fan made light of the historic day with a flag planting display that began going viral on social media.

There are some things that just never die. Hatred for a sports rival is most certainly one of them. For Vikings QB J.J. McCarthy, that sports rival is Ohio