Having success in college athletics means a willingness to spend money. Ohio State's athletic department was no exception last year. Per Sportico's
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Ohio State football safety Caleb Downs on Jim Knowles' departure: 'It was sad to hear'
5 Jim Knowles replacements Ohio State can nab to keep Buckeyes defense dominant
Guerrieri represents the continuity option. He's a Knowles guy through and through, initially coming with him to Ohio State as a senior analyst back in 2022. After a year apart at Indiana in 2023, Knowles missed him so much that he convinced Day to bring him back to Columbus, where he spent this past season as safeties coach.
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How Penn State hire would shake college football: 3 things to know about Jim Knowles
Ohio State had the largest single-year spending total for a college athletic department at a Division I public school during the 2024 fiscal year.
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Ohio State Athletics Spending Rose to Nearly $300M in FY24Ohio State University, which has led the nation in athletic department spending for the past six years, reported a total of $293 million in expenditures for the 2023-24 season, according to its latest NCAA financial disclosures.
"First, Ohio State (No. 1 on [Mark] Schlabach's list) is obviously in despite a challenging 2025 schedule (No. 2 Texas and No. 3 Penn State at home, No. 13 Illinois and No. 21 Michigan on the road) and the requisite loss to the Wolverines," Connelly noted. "The Buckeyes will go 2-1 against the other headliners and advance at 10-2."
The Ohio State University Buckeyes are national champions after defeating Notre Dame 34-23 in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night. It was the first college football championship game played under the new 12-team format implemented this season.
Let's take a look back at Sports Illustrated's best images and coverage from the Buckeyes' championship night.
The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time is what sort of game will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.
Ohio State wins College Football Playoff championship, beating Notre Dame 34-23.
However, Knowles wasn’t in attendance. About an hour later, reports surfaced that Knowles is leaving Ohio State to serve as Penn State’s next defensive coordinator. The move leaves Day searching for a replacement. Here’s who he might consider as he enters his seventh season as the Buckeyes' head coach.
Ohio State football won the college football national championship, and its social media team unleashed a must-see recap of it.
Ohio State football just lost a talented defensive lineman in the transfer portal as Ryan Day and company begin their road to a title defense
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