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McDonald’s a hot spot for police calls 992 calls to Columbus Police in last 5 years at campus-area restaurant CORI WADE Assistant Photo Editor wade.493@osu.edu The Aug. 25 shooting alert that worried thousands of Ohio State students came from a place that is no stranger to police. Columbus Police received 992 calls in the past five years at Ohio State’s neighborhood McDonald’s, located at 1972 N. High St., according to records obtained by The Lantern. The calls regarded crimes that include minor disturbances, trespassing, thefts, 14 assaults and two robberies.
“That is a highly unusual large amount of calls for service to any address.” SGT. JAMES FUQUA Columbus Police Department
That’s more than three times the number of calls reported in the same time period at three other nearby businesses that are also
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Pedestrians walk by the the McDonald’s located across the street from Ohio State’s campus at 1972 N. High St.
open 24/7 and sell food. “That is a highly unusual large amount of calls for service to any address,” Sgt. James Fuqua, of the Public Information Office at Columbus Police Department, said. The Lantern was unable to reach the franchise owner of McDonald’s, and the managers
declined to provide the owner’s information following multiple phone calls and in-person attempts. On Aug. 25, CPD responded to several shots fired in the McDonald’s parking lot, in which one victim suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh, according to a Columbus Police press release.
A Buckeye Alert was sent out to students at 1:36 a.m. that said, “Buckeye Alert! Active attacker reported on the OSU Columbus campus. Secure in place: Run, Hide or, as a last resort Fight! Police responding. More info soon.” This was one of a string of messages that students received the night of the shooting.
Businesses similar to McDonald’s received a fraction of the number of calls in the same time period. For example, police received 352 calls at the North Campus-area United Dairy Farmers, which also has a parking lot, from September 2014 to September 2019. Police received 312 calls in the past five years at Waffle House, located at 1712 N. High St., across the street from the Ohio Union. Police were called 253 times to Buckeye Donuts, located at 1998 N. High St., in the past five years. Calls don’t always result in police reports, but 184 reports were filed at McDonald’s in the past five years, according to CPD records, which included 49 thefts, two robberies, 54 accounts of trespassing (even though the location is open 24 hours, people can be refused service) and 14 assaults. According to data pulled from the service call run log, 345 — or 34.7 percent — of the calls were placed between the hours of 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., and while this is the highest number of calls placed in a six-hour interval, crime happens at this McDonald’s continuously throughout the day. MCDONALD’S CONTINUES ON 2
Faith, truth and love How the death of wrestling coach’s son shaped his life ANDY ANDERS Assistant Sports Editor anders.83@osu.edu The phrase “I’m sorry” delivered softly by a surgeon in a New York hospital room confirmed Tom and Lynette Ryan’s worst fears. Their son, Teague, was dead at the age of 5 on Feb. 16, 2004. “I think time is a healer only because your normal changes,” Ohio State wrestling head coach Tom Ryan said. “But in terms of the grief, there’s times when I’m driving down the street, I’ll hear a song, something reminds me of him, you fall back into that — whether it’s, ‘Why me? Why him?’ There’s a lot of emotions that come into play.” Teague suffered a fatal heart attack in the arms of his mother in the Ryans’ home in Hauppauge, New York, after playfully avoid-
ing his turn in the shower by running through the living space. It took years for doctors to pin down the exact cause, but eventually genetic testing revealed it to be arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, or ARVC, Teague’s older brother Jake Ryan said. ARVC is a hereditary heart disease that causes the muscular wall of the heart to break down over time. This can lead to an abnormal heartbeat and death. STAY CONNECTED ON TWITTER
@lanternsports Several hours earlier, Tom Ryan’s heart filled with joy watching Teague sleep on then-9-year-old Jake’s shoulder through the rearview mirror of his vehicle. “I remember that visual of him sleeping there, and I remember thinking, ‘Man, that’s really cool,’” Tom Ryan said. “He’s
shot; he’s quiet; he’s tired, which is really cool, but he just really admired Jake.” After Tom and Lynette Ryan arrived home from the hospital, Jake ran to his father with his older brother Jordan, then 12, and his younger sister Mackenzie, then 3, and asked the toughest question Tom Ryan has ever received in two words: “Where’s Teague?” “I don’t even remember what I said to him. I just remember I couldn’t answer,” Tom Ryan said. Tom Ryan’s search for the answer shaped his life and family from that point forward. In it, he discovered his faith, his truth and the real meaning of love after losing the son he called the most influential person in his life. The loss also shaped Tom Ryan as a coach, giving him a new outlook on how he teaches his athletes. RYAN CONTINUES ON 7
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Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan lost his son, Teague, to arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy at the age of 5 on Feb. 16, 2004.
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Buck-I-Experience makes return after 4 years THOMAS JEFFREY For The Lantern jeffrey.60@osu.edu Attending Ohio State provides students with many opportunities and experiences, but not all are able to fully participate. For the first time in four years, however, there is a program aimed at granting the wishes of students who have conditions preventing them from accessing the typical student experience. Buck-I-Experience helps provide Ohio State students with disabilities, life-threatening or severe medical conditions and students in recovery with experiences they would not normally have, according to the Council of Graduate Students’ website. The program, which was first created in 2015, made its return to campus this fall after a fouryear hiatus through a joint collaboration among Undergraduate Student Government, the Council of Graduate Students and the Inter-Professional Council, DaVonti’ Haynes, a second-year PhD student in agricultural communication, education and leadership and treasurer of the Council of Graduate Students, said. “The purpose is to grant the wishes of Ohio State students who may not get to attend certain events on the campus such as football games and OUAB concerts and events,” Haynes said. “It’s really providing an opportunity to make sure that we’re reaching all Buckeyes.”
lumbus campus are all eligible to participate in the program, according to the Council of Graduate Students’ website. Students can be referred by medical professionals, family members and Ohio State faculty, staff and students, or refer themselves. The application deadline for referral is Oct. 20, and Haynes said the recipients will be selected before Thanksgiving break. The number of participants will remain unknown until the application window closes, but Haynes said they have not set any parameters regarding number of participants.
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Buck-I-Experience grants wishes for students with disabilities, life threatening or severe medical conditions and students in recovery.
Haynes said the original program was not financially sustainable, and collaborating with other organizations will help with funding. The 2015 program granted the wishes of five participants. In addition to wishing for university-affiliated experiences, participants can wish for anything within the Central Ohio region not exceeding $500, according to the Council of Graduate Students’ website. Haynes said some wishes from 2015 included a wheelchair-bound student who wanted
to play frisbee with the ultimate frisbee team, as well as a student who wanted to attend Buckeye Country Superfest. Tyler Caputo, an Ohio State alumnus who was left partially paralyzed after breaking his back, was granted a wish to meet Archie Griffin and said the 2015 program made everything simple. “They made it super easy. I didn’t have to do anything. It was very easy, very convenient and very fun,” Caputo said. “It was the top experience that I had at Ohio State. It gave me a sense
of belonging, and the fact that it happened and that people knew about it was so cool.” Caputo said he hopes the new program will resemble the experience he had. “I want it to be similar to the experiences I had,” Caputo said. “I want it to make you feel included. You might have a different struggle than other students, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have the experiences that other students can have.” Undergraduate, graduate and professional students on the Coa presence there, Fuqua said. “When we get an increase call of service to a particular address or particular area, we always track that data, and we put our resources in those areas to be as much of a presence as anything else as possible to prevent future issues from happening,” Fuqua said. “So I would say that yes, we did increase our police presence and awareness there due to that rise in uptake and priority calls for service.”
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Police block off the intersection of 18th Avenue and High Street following a shooting outside of McDonald’s in Columbus on Aug. 25. MCDONALD’S FROM 1
The next highest number of calls occurred between 3 a.m. and 9 a.m., in which 251 calls were placed — just more than 25 percent. Call records show that 424 of the service calls made were in response to general disturbances. Fuqua said a general disturbance is usually used when the police get a call to respond to a situation, but they are unsure of the classi-
fication of the incident until it is investigated further. According to the records, police did not respond to 110 of the calls. These calls could be someone calling to ask a question; for police to respond, but then be called back to say they are no longer needed; or for an incident that does not require police response, Fuqua said. Fuqua said when the police sta-
tion receives calls, it has a one to five priority system. Priority one incidents require a lights-and-sirens response, including shootings, stabbings, sexual assault in progress and robbery. Priority five incidents are occurrences like car thefts. When there is an overwhelming amount of calls of service to one area, the police start to follow this data and try to create more of
“When we get an increase call of service to a particular address or particular area, we always track that data, and we put our resources in those areas.” SGT. JAMES FUQUA Columbus Police Department
The difference in the number of calls between McDonald’s and other similar businesses may be explained by its central location
“It was the top experience that I had at Ohio State. It gave me a sense of belonging, and the fact that it happened and that people knew about it was so cool.” TYLER CAPUTO Ohio State alumnus
Haynes said the program is working to ensure its future provides such experiences to students. “We don’t want it to be a one time thing again,” Haynes said. and cheap prices, Fuqua said. “Not only is it a high traffic area just passing through the location, it’s an affordable restaurant to especially college students, so the more business you have, generally the more calls of service you’ll have no matter what it is or where you are,” Fuqua said. CPD and University Police work together to share crime-related information around the campus area, and Columbus Police has higher officer presence in neighborhoods that are known to have the most students, Dan Hedman, university spokesperson, said in an email. The partnership includes joint patrols and joint jurisdiction; through this, a CPD officer and OSUPD officer partner to patrol the off-campus area each night. Hedman said Ohio State offers a Lyft Ride Smart program that offers discounted safe rides for students between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., as well as a free app called Rave Guardian that allows users to receive emergency notifications quicker and provides mobile tracking through a virtual guardian. “Our university Department of Public Safety, along with university constituents, work continuously to provide safety education, information, programming, training and notices to students, faculty and staff,” Hedman said.
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Website provides real-time updates on campus construction CORI WADE Assistant Photo Editor wade.493@osu.edu And live from Columbus, it’s campus construction! Curious students and alumni can observe campus construction in real-time on a new university website. Time and Change: Building the Future is a university website that provides information on 14 construction projects. The website features interactive timelines, live video feeds, project budgets and information about the architects working on the projects, Dan Hedman, university spokesperson, said.
“The construction going on now will eventually be the home for the next generation of students to learn, grow and work together.” DAN HEDMAN University spokesperson
“In years past, you may have been able to find information about a project on one site or another,” Hedman said. “We were
really trying to pool all this information in one place to make it easier on the campus community to find this information.” The website launched in July to create a central hub for questions about the new construction projects around campus, Hedman said. The site will be updated with new information as projects receive the Board of Trustees’ approval for design and construction, and live construction feeds will be provided when they break ground, Hedman said. However, this is not the site for those looking for information on what roads and sidewalks are closed, Hedman said. The website instead focuses on bigger projects happening around Ohio State’s Columbus campus. The website was created after the university’s strategic plan, Framework 2.0, was approved for its first five major development projects — the Arts District, Interdisciplinary Health Science Center, Interdisciplinary Research Facility, Inpatient Hospital and Outpatient Care West Campus, Hedman said. Framework 2.0 was designed to provide a vision for how the different districts that make up the university can be updated, Hedman said. Mark Conselyea, associate vice president of Facilities Operations
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Construction around Ohio State’s campus has created many questions that led the university to create a website titled, “Time and Change: Building the Future.”
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LILY MASLIA Outreach & Engagement Editor maslia.2@osu.edu An incident of motor vehicle theft was reported to the Columbus Division of Police as having occurred between 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 22 on Summit Street near Sixth Avenue. According to the online police log, the victim went out of town and returned home to find the vehicle missing. An incident of motor vehicle theft was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday on East Maynard Avenue near North Fourth Street. According to the online police log, the victim’s vehicle and $500 in cash was stolen. A theft was reported to University Police as having occurred between midnight and 11:59 p.m. Wednesday at Lawrence Tower. An assault was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 12:25 a.m. Thursday on 13th Avenue near North High Street. According to the online police Design Editor Assistant Design Editor Social Media Editor Engagement Editor LTV Special Projects Director Oller Reporter Miller Reporter
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log, the suspect approached the two victims and struck both victims across the face with a closed fist, then took the cellphone of one of the victims and smashed it on the ground. An incident of public indecency was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred between 7:15 and 7:32 p.m. Friday on East 18th Avenue near Pearl Street. According to the online police log, an unknown male suspect stood near the listed location and exposed himself to the complainants. A rape was reported to University Police as having occurred at 10 p.m. Saturday at an unknown location. A robbery was reported to Columbus Police as having occurred at 11:40 p.m. Saturday on North High Street outside of Bullwinkles. According to the online police log, the suspects walked up to the victim and began recording the victim, demanding $10. The victim complied and the subjects fled. An incident of unlawful re-
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Urban Meyer’s Pint House opens in Dublin BEKA CAGLE | LANTERN REPORTER
Urban Meyer’s Pint House is located at the center of Dublin, Ohio’s Bridge Park development.
BEKA CAGLE Lantern reporter cagle.30@osu.edu For many sports fans, Urban Meyer’s name is associated with an illustrious football coaching career. Soon, it could evoke thoughts of hearty food and craft brews. Urban Meyer’s Pint House officially opened its doors Friday and seeks to appeal to Ohio State’s more mature audience with a distanced location from campus in Dublin, Ohio; a menu that is more centered on food than drinks; and a casual atmosphere. The restaurant, located in the former RAM Restaurant & Brewery space in Dublin’s Bridge Park, is an ode to Meyer, the former Ohio State head football coach, who partnered with development company Corso Ventures owner Chris Corso to open the location. The space is filled with big screens broadcasting a mix of state and national sports, pictures of Meyer, his awards and trophies, and memorabilia that Meyer acquired during his seven-year career at Ohio State. “When Corso Ventures approached me with this unique
opportunity to partner with their elite restaurant and hospitality team on a Pint House in Bridge Park, it was a no brainer,” Meyer said in a press release. “Not only does Urban Meyer’s Pint House allow me to stay attached to the central Ohio community, but it will also make the perfect space to host events supporting our
“This is 100 percent [Meyer’s] spot, and he has full rein of whatever he wants.” Anthony Blakeman Manager of Urban Meyer’s Pint House
foundation.” Anthony Blakeman, manager of Urban Meyer’s Pint House, said the bar will provide a venue for The Urban and Shelley Meyer Fund for Cancer Research. Corso Ventures also owns Forno Kitchen + Bar, Standard Hall, Food Hall, Goody Boy Diner and Short North Pint House, all located in the Short North.
Blakeman said he expects the restaurant to be the favorite spot of Ohio State alumni, parents and fans who don’t want to party with the college kids on game days. Blakeman said this location seeks to appeal to a different subset of Buckeye fans than Corso Ventures’ bars in the Short North. “This isn’t gonna be some party like it is in the Short North — we’re trying to give Dublin something subtle,” Blakeman said. The bar offers a wide range of craft beer options as well as an extensive menu featuring customer favorites from Corso Ventures’ locations, Blakeman said. Featured dishes include white and margherita pizza from Forno Kitchen + Bar, the stuffed avocado from Goody Boy Diner and wings from Standard Hall, according to the restaurant menu. The 8,500-square-foot restaurant is twice the size of the Short North Pint House, Blakeman said. The ample room allows for a dining space, bar, patio and private event space and dining area named the 7-0 Room to commemorate Meyer’s famous record over the University of Michigan. The 7-0 Room houses a booth that is always reserved for Urban
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Urban Meyer’s Pint House, located in Dublin Ohio’s Bridge Park development, is packed with people ready to eat and watch local sports.
and Shelley Meyer, who live down the street from the restaurant and are expected to regularly stop by to watch games or grab dinner, Blakeman said. In addition to hosting events for The Urban and Shelley Meyer Fund, Blakeman said the space can be used for bachelor parties, birthday parties and even fashion shows. Robert Fiorita, a University of Michigan graduate who lives in Dublin and has two sons who attended Ohio State, said he plans to go to Urban Meyer’s Pint House with his wife on game days to cheer on the Buckeyes. “We live right in the area, so we thought we’d come down and
check it out,” Fiorita said. “We are very much a house divided, but we love Ohio State when they’re not playing Michigan.” During the Buckeyes’ off-season, Blakeman said he expects the space to be filled with Browns, Blue Jackets and Crew fans. “This is 100 percent [Meyer’s] spot, and he has full rein of whatever he wants,” Blakeman said. Urban Meyer’s Pint House is open 3 p.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday. The restaurant is located at 6632 Longshore St. in Dublin’s Bridge Park.
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QueerProv gives platform to queer comedians SAM MARKEL Lantern reporter markel.43@osu.edu Many events seek to give a serious voice to the LGBTQ+ community, but an upcoming comedy show doesn’t mind if you laugh. Hashtag Comedy, a group dedicated to performing, teaching and team-building through comedy, is hosting QueerProv Oct. 2 at Up Front at Shadowbox Live, and the producers said the show provides a platform for queer performers’ voices to be heard. “It’s a showcase of queer performers, whether it be local comedians, standup comedians or improvisors, as well as, this time around, drag queens and kings,” Ashley Johnson, co-producer of QueerProv, said. QueerProv’s other co-producer, Bianca Moore, said the show will feature short-form improv in addition to the drag performances, as the event features a variety of acts, depending on what talents the actors might want to showcase. While this QueerProv will feature drag, future QueerProv events might showcase other talents, such as comedy and circus acts, Moore said. While the previous show on June 13 was during Pride Month, Johnson said she wants Queer-
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Three actors perform at a previous QueerProv event on June 13 at Up Front at Shadowbox Live.
Prov to celebrate the community year-round. “We didn’t want it to be exclusive to Pride Month. We kind of wanted to show, like, ‘Hey, Pride is all year long, not just during June,’” Johnson said. Moore said comedy appears to have only one voice at times, and
it is important to have a platform for queer voices to speak about their place in the scene. “What I love about it, because we’ve only done two so far, but it just brings a unique energy to the stage. A lot of comedy can be the same way, which is mostly represented by people who are
straight, people who are white,” Moore said. “So it truly only kind of paints one part of the picture, and QueerProv just gives an opportunity to showcase the rest of that.” Johnson said that in media, there are a lot of straight, cisgender men and women taking roles
that could be played by members of the LGBTQ+ community, specifically transgender people. Johnson said that takes away a voice from a transgender person, and cisgender people may not understand the tough experiences they are acting out. “It’s so important to give that platform and that stage to people who are actually living those experiences, those tough experiences, and sometimes celebratory experiences that other people may not understand at all,” Johnson said. Johnson said she thinks students should be interested in QueerProv because of the issues currently affecting the LGBTQ+ community. “There are a lot of rights and things being taken away — people being murdered. Now is the time to be interested in celebrating being queer,” Johnson said. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show will begin at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 at Up Front at Shadowbox Live, according to Hashtag Comedy’s website. Tickets are $7.
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TAYLOR SMITH Lantern reporter smith.11164@osu.edu Event venue and bar TRISM will turn off its strobe lights Wednesday to allow six photographers of color to display their monochromatic artwork for one day only. Handpicked by creator and featured artist Kyle Meeks, artists were free to decide the theme of their showcased collections; however, the display, called 2 COLORS 6 ARTISTS: A Celebration of Black Art In Columbus, restricted artists to a blackand-white medium. “I think black and white is less distractive than color,” Benhur Ayettey, an artist being showcased at the event, said. “Black and white is kind of plain, to the point. I think images are kind of timeless in black and white.” Meeks said his gallery work was a reaction to a French artist he saw on Instagram. Meeks said the artist had good technique, but employed black face. This didn’t sit well
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TRISM, a venue and bar across the street from Ohio State, will host a pop-up gallery on Oct. 2.
with Meeks. Meeks’ work focuses on subjects showing their truest selves, instead of pretending to be something they’re not. For his collection, “Bare,” Meeks said he will display photos of various nude models to combat the idea that women need to alter their appearance to be beautiful. “Throughout history in different societies, women are largely told to be somebody else or to wear some sort of costume or mask to conceal themselves or manipulate, change themselves to be somebody else. The point of it is to push against that,” Meeks said. “Nobody should have to be anything but what they were created to be or who they are.” Meeks said that while the gallery was not initially intended to exclusively tell stories of black artists, the final selections each coincidentally give a look into the black perspective. Given that each artist was able to work with whatever subject they chose, Saphir Niakadie, another photographer being showcased, said new perspectives and outlooks can come to light with the same starting block of a black-and-white medium. Niakadie said her collection, “Breathe,” shows the struggle of a man escaping a giant piece of plastic wrap. “The plastic kind of represents, call it life, call it the moment you were kicked down — whatever
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Brown, Key look to future in Columbus MARCUS HORTON For The Lantern horton.328@osu.edu Both of Ohio State’s 2020 men’s basketball commits knew Ohio State was the school for them as soon as they arrived on campus. Eugene Brown III, a four-star shooting guard from Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia, and Zed Key, three-star power forward from Long Island Lutheran High School in Glen Head, New York, committed to Ohio State without taking an official visit anywhere else after their trips to Columbus. “When I took my visit there, I just loved the people who surrounded the program,” Key said. “The players, the coaching staff — this is definitely the place for me.” Brown III decided right before his family left for the airport, and Key made his choice less than a week after his official visit to campus. Brown III chose Ohio State over schools such as Louisville, Georgia, Georgia Tech and Auburn. His dad and high school coach, Eugene Brown II, said he realized
his son was leaning toward Ohio State from day one. “Every night we would talk to Gene, and he was just really enamored with the situation,” Brown II said. “It’s a great family atmosphere, and he just kind of fell in love with it. He went with his heart, and I don’t think you could go wrong with that.” At 6-foot-6, 185 pounds, Brown III is considered a top-100 recruit in the country and has great skill on both sides of the ball, Brown II said. “He’s long; he’s athletic; he’s got a very, very nice jump shot,” Brown II said. “He’s a good defender, on and off the ball. Great basketball IQ, great IQ in the classroom as well.” Brown III said the Ohio State coaching staff showed him film of former Buckeye D’Angelo Russell, comparing Russell’s skillset to Brown III’s. While both commits had the chance to meet a majority of the current basketball team, two players stood out in particular for both high school seniors: sophomore guards Duane Washington and Luther Muhammad. “I was mostly with Duane and Luther,” Brown III said. “When I first got there, I went to tour the
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Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan watches on during a match against Minnesota on Feb. 6, 2015.
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In high school, an injury stopped Tom Ryan’s run at a potential New York state wrestling title. He lost in a national championship match a few years later and has seen relationships end that “ached his heart.” None of them resonated through his life like losing Teague. “My girlfriend breaking up with me didn’t cause me to drop to my knees and assess the meaning of life,” Tom Ryan said. “It caused me pain. For some reason, this caused me the deepest pain, and also it was the question from my son. Me wanting to find this
answer.” In his mind there were two options: There was a God, and Teague was with that God, or there wasn’t, and he was gone. His grief created a desperation for the truth. “I think my dad, in that season of life, was questioning, ‘My son’s not here, but where is he?’” Mackenzie Ryan, now 18, said, “which led him to open up himself into learning a bunch of different religions, search for the truth all over and ultimately found Christianity.” Tom Ryan said he approached different faiths with an open
weight room, and those two guys were in there, just working hard and going at it.” Key stands at 6-foot-7, 210 pounds and compares his style of play to that of Philadelphia 76ers’ forward Tobias Harris. Key said Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann wants him to work on his strength and conditioning before he officially arrives on campus. Brown III said he hopes to improve his pick-and-roll reads, and like Key, develop more strength. Brown II said the team was welcoming and filled with good players and people, adding that everyone wanted to work as hard as possible to improve — something Key mentioned as well. “Talking to the players away from the staff, they really had nothing but great things to say about the experience, situation, opportunities and resources,” Brown II said. Looking beyond basketball, Brown III was pleasantly surprised by the university’s size and atmosphere and said the campus felt a lot smaller than it looked. “It’s a good college feel,” Brown III said. “Everything’s right there for you to be successful. It’s just a great place.” Key agreed.
mind, but in the months following Teague’s death, far more people came into his life from the Christian faith than any other. In gestures as simple as cooking a meal so Lynette Ryan didn’t have to, sending cards or telling him what to research, Tom Ryan said he saw the love of humanity and gravitated toward Christianity. “I didn’t rule out atheism,” Tom Ryan said. “I wasn’t searching for God. I was searching for the truth, and that was simply, ‘Where is he?’” Grief is life’s strongest right hook, knocking even the closest companions apart sometimes. But the Ryans instead saw a light that cut through tragedy’s black night. It brought them closer together. “Teague really saved our family because we didn’t really have a relationship with Christ at the time,” Jake Ryan, now 24, said. “It stinks that something this tragic is what brought us to Christ, but the positive in the situation is that Teague really saved our family.” That her parents could stay together through such a tragedy, Mackenzie Ryan added, is an example of the strong will the family found through Teague’s death. “If I could go back and change it, I would,” Mackenzie Ryan said. “But his passing has taught us so much about strength, about perseverance, and getting back up even when you feel like you’re dying, and you’re never gonna get better.” Jake Ryan said the experience gave him a perspective that many people don’t have. Any complaint he could make in the 15 years since pales in comparison to what he and his family went through. Tom Ryan carried that perspec-
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Eugene Brown III (11) plays in the Atlanta Entertainment Basketball League, a pro-am league, during summer 2019 before commiting to play at Ohio State in 2020.
“When you think of Ohio State, you think of a huge campus, spread out. But it’s really not like that,” Key said. “Everything that you need is right there. I liked that a lot.” Brown III said he’s ready for more than a taste of Ohio State. He’s ready to become a part of the
program. He said he keeps in touch with Key, and the two have already discussed their plans for 2020. “Zed and I, we should come in, fall right into what Ohio State has become, and just help them become better,” Brown III said.
tive with him into his coaching career at Ohio State. He said it taught him how to coach with more humility and gratitude and realize that his job is bigger than winning championships: It’s about helping people become the best version of themselves. It also taught him how to love harder. Senior 197-pound wrestler Kollin Moore said he sees this love expressed through Tom Ryan’s selflessness. If Moore called him at 5 a.m. for a workout, he’d
“If he notices something, he’s definitely not shy about telling you,” Moore said. “Sometimes people can take it in a negative way, like he’s a jerk or something, but I’ve just known him so well the past couple years, and I understand where he’s coming from. It’s never malicious.” Finding your faith and your truth is the most important search a human being can embark on, Tom Ryan said. He compared going through life without the answer to playing a baseball game without knowing the rules. Raised Catholic, Tom Ryan said he never connected with God or Jesus — never prayed with his wife until they waited to hear whether Teague was alive in the hospital that February evening. Discovering his faith took research and an open mind, he said, all because he needed the answer to a two-word question posed by a 9-year-old. “I don’t care if we’re talking about repairing an engine, running a wrestling program, being a good runner, being a good writer,” Tom Ryan said. “Until you’ve really dug into and studied the topic and deeply looked into each, then you have no ground to stand on.” Teague’s legacy lives on through even more than the impact his death brought upon his family members. Two donors to the wrestling program, Jack and Deb Miller, whom Tom Ryan “barely knew” made a donation to the team’s new facilities in Teague’s name. An office space dubbed the “Teague Ryan and Family Recruiting War Room” now sits near Tom Ryan’s office in the Covelli Center.
“For some reason, this caused me the deepest pain, and also it was the question from my son. Me wanting to find this answer.” TOM RYAN Ohio State head wrestling coach
be there, the team captain said. “He understands the shortness of life, so he might be a little more understanding of certain things people do,” Moore said. “Maybe if he knows we need an off day to go enjoy ourselves or something like that. You can definitely tell there’s a deeper love for what he does and a deeper love for those around him, just because he’s experienced that tragedy.” Tom Ryan said love isn’t as simple as being kind to somebody, that sometimes it’s about being stern, taking someone’s car keys when they’ve had a few drinks or delivering a hard truth. Moore said it’s a concept Tom Ryan applies to the Ohio State wrestling program: “Truth in love.”
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Return of the Mack
Senior receiver breaks through against Nebraska GRIFFIN STROM Sports Editor strom.25@osu.edu Four games into the season, eight Buckeye receivers had already caught touchdown passes. From true freshmen Garrett Wilson and Jameson Williams to sophomore tight end Jeremy Ruckert and even third-string running back Marcus Crowley, a myriad of options all found themselves on the receiving end of a touchdown toss. Established senior starters like K.J. Hill and Binjimen Victor had hauled in their share too –– with one exception. Austin Mack entered Saturday with just seven catches for no more than 27 yards in a game and no touchdowns. “It’s hard not to get frustrated,” Mack said. “Especially for me as a last-year guy, you’re not gonna come around a lot of opportunities.” That opportunity came for Mack against Nebraska on Saturday, as a trio of catches gave him a touchdown, his most yardage in 10 games and proof that he hasn’t been forgotten in the Ohio State offense. Mack missed the final six games of the 2018 season with a foot injury, and thus a bulk of potential targets from Dwayne Haskins in the country’s No.1 passing offense. Upon reintegrating himself into the 2019 scheme with a new starter under center, Mack received just nine targets in his first four games. With Ohio State winning its first four games by an average margin of 44.5 points, head coach Ryan Day offered an alternative explanation for Mack’s lack of looks. “That’s just one of those things where he didn’t play in the second half,” Day said. “He hasn’t played in some of those games. And so really if you’ve only played one half of football for four games, the numbers maybe aren’t as high. But I think those guys understand that, and their time is coming real fast.” “It’s my last year, It looked as though Mack’s time had come against Miami (Ohio) when no matter how the Fields launched a 20-yard pass to outcome, being able to the end zone in his direction. Mack be out on the field as came down with it, but his celebration quickly turned to a demonstrative a Buckeye, it’s great. display of disappointment when the Eventually, it’s going score was called back for a holding to be gone, so I’m just penalty. “It sucks, but you just hope you can trying to cherish as get another one come your way,” he many moments as I said. can.” Another one came Mack’s way the AUSTIN MACK following week, as a 38-yard hookup Ohio State senior wide receiver with Fields in the first quarter looked to be a surefire catch and run touchdown, but a slightly inaccurate pass led Mack to trip and fall after the reception. “He owes me one on that one for sure, because I felt like I was the only person over there,” Mack said. “Could’ve just put it right here, would’ve been easy. He made it a little hard for me, but it’s cool.” The pair would finally get it right in the second quarter though, as Fields looked for him on his first read, and Mack reached back and hauled in the 18-yard score despite heavy contention from the defender. Nebraska redshirt junior cornerback Dicaprio Bootle came down with partial possession of the ball, but Mack wasn’t going to let go until he knew he’d secured the score. His 66 yards on the night were the fourth-best of his Buckeye career, but even before the breakthrough performance, Mack was not lamenting watching teammates make plays. When Williams scored his first Buckeye touchdown on a 61-yarder against Miami, Mack was animated on the sideline in support. Even if the Indiana native continues to be the second or third look for Fields this year, he cited former wide receiver Terry McLaurin as an example of another player with deceivingly low numbers that may have hidden his true potential. McLaurin had just 35 catches in his final Ohio State season before going on to become a third-round NFL Draft pick in April, having already scored three touchdowns for the Washington Redskins this season. Before he can join McLaurin, though, Mack must stay in the moment and wait for more opportunities. “It’s my last year, no matter how the outcome, being able to be out on the field as a Buckeye, it’s great. Eventually, it’s going to be gone, so I’m just trying to cherish as many moments as I can,” Mack said.
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Ohio State redshirt sophomore center Josh Myers (71) hoists senior wide receiver Austin Mack (11) following a touchdown during the game against Nebraska Sept. 28, 2019. Ohio State won 48-7.
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Ohio State senior wide receiver Austin Mack (11) catches a pass to score a touchdown during the first half of the game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 28. Ohio State won 48-7.
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Ohio State senior wide receiver Austin Mack (11) catches a pass during the first half of the game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 28. Ohio State won 48-7.