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Ohio State experts discuss mental health, time management
By Reilly Ackermann Asst. Campus Editor
Quite often, college isn’t all sunshine and rainbows.
Classes, extracurriculars and social activities can be hard to juggle — especially for students new to college life’s hustle and bustle — but there are simple steps students can take to manage their mental health and work load.
According to previous Lantern reporting, The Wilce Center for Student Health said anxiety is one of the top diagnoses it makes for students. Dan Strunk, an Ohio State professor of psy-
with symptoms of depression and anxiety are among the most common mental health challenges students face.
Anxiety can be a normal reaction for many when coping with brand-new experiences, Strunk said.
“Generally, it can be really helpful to push back against anxiety and
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not let it limit you unnecessarily,”
yourself avoiding social situations that are important to you that provoke anxiety, it can be a great learning opportunity to push yourself to enter those situations and allow yourself to experience the anxiety.”
Harry Warner, associate director and director of outreach for the and Consultation Service — which
Younkin Success Center — said in an email that building a support system on campus is one of the best ways to sustain good mental health.
“Positive communication with roommates, join an active student organiza-
ners,” Warner said. “A great resource to discuss and set goals around social wellness would be to talk to a wellness coach at the Student Wellness Center.”
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Read about President Carter’s key issues as he heads into the new semester.
pus, but with size comes many opportunities to foster support and community, Strunk said.
“I encourage students to look for opportunities to get involved on campus,” Strunk said. “That might
with their career goals. It can also involve getting involved in any number of other groups that might be of interest to them or allow them to be a part of something they believe in.”
There are also numerous personal strategies students can employ to combat common symptoms of anxiety and depression — which could include feeling irritable, having trouble sleeping or sleeping too much, social withdrawal or feeling sad or anxious often according to the Center for Disease Control’s website — Warner said.
“Practice mindful strategies like diaphragmatic breathing, physical activity, and positive self-talk in the form of encouraging oneself and talking with friends and family about the things we worry about,” Warner said.
Avoiding negative coping mechanisms such as alcohol consumption, toxic competition and doomscrolling can also be bene-
Time management can be another prevalent problem for students unfamiliar with the college environment. Strunk said procrastination is typically the biggest obstacle when it
“Breaking things into smaller parts and just starting on something that is a high priority is a good approach,” Strunk said. “Picking a small, manageable piece of the work you want to -
tive way to combat it. I’d also suggest it’s worth giving yourself some credit for taking positive steps as you work.”
Warner said making lists, keeping
“[keeping] healthy boundaries around personal time to engage in personal interests” are all helpful strategies to
REID MURRAY | MANAGING EDITOR FOR DESIGN Harry Warner, associate director and director of outreach for the
and Consultation Service, said he recommends making lists and using planners to stay organized during the school year.
help manage time more successfully. When it comes to self-care — which Warner described as “staying well through attending to our physical and emotional needs, and keeping healthy boundaries between coursework and personal time” — he said getting enough sleep, eating regularly, being physically active and staying social are the top four priorities.
Strunk said exploring self-care methods and maintaining positive mental health is good for personal well-being, but also for becoming more productive in everyday life. When it comes to self-care, it is important to remember to challenge yourself instead of giving up, Strunk said.
“In some cases, I’ve heard people talk about self-care in ways that start
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Welcome back, Buckeyes!
Welcome to the start of autumn semester! I know you are as excited as I am to begin another academic year of exceptional scholarship, discovery and service to our communities. Buckeyes accomplish the extraordinary and have the capacity to be leaders in innovation, creativity and care every day. I want to extend a special welcome to students, faculty semester at Ohio State. I know you will come to love our traditions and community as much as I have.
Have a great start to your semester – and, as always, GO BUCKS!
WALTER “TED” CARTER JR. President
protests, DEI and more Carter addresses key issues at pre-Convocation press conference
University President discussed a
By Nora Igelnik Campus Editor
University President Ted Carter Jr.
safety, campus protests and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — or DEI — before Ohio State’s 2024 Convocation Monday.
Notably, Carter said he estimates the freshman class to be the largest in the university’s 154-year history.
“I had a record-breaking 80,000 applications for this fall semester,” Carter said. “That was just for the incoming undergraduate freshman class — 40,000 out of state, 40,000 in state. So we’re estimating north of 9,000 undergraduate freshmen.”
Carter went on to say the univer-
it’s a great return on investment for those that choose Ohio State.”
According to previous Lantern reporting, the Board of Trustees approved a 3% increase in undergraduate tuition for this year’s freshmen Ohio state residents May 16. In-state students are protected under the Ohio State Tuition Guarantee, which holds tuition, fees, housing and dining costs
according to the university registrar’s website. Ohio law limits tuition increases for in-state students to 3% or below.
“We locked [tuition] in for the entire four years,” Carter said. “That’s a big deal. That’s not the same in other states. So yes, we did have a 3% tuition [increase] approval by our Board of Trustees, but that’s really a 0.75%.”
Safety is the president’s “absolute top priority,” Carter said.
“We’ve looked at our police force, where we hired more police coming into this semester,” Carter said. “So, we have 75 Ohio State University Police. We’ve added more cameras, so 5,000 cameras are working across the campus. License plate reader patrols. We’ve done a lot here, doing everything we can.”
According to previous Lantern reporting, 36 students and community members were arrested at an on-campus pro-Palestine protest and
ordability,
the Schottenstein Center on Monday.
encampment April 25. Carter said he wants students to have a voice when it comes to protests, but university policies are important to follow.
“We have some space rules, and we were very clear about that last spring semester,” Carter said. “We reviewed those space rules. They remain basically the same. In other words, no overnight encampments, because I just can’t provide the security force to protect our students to spend overnight.”
The university is also creating a new program to address and promote civil discourse this year called Listen. Learn. Discuss., Carter said.
“It’s an academic program that’s designed to allow students to enter into dialogue and understand that there’s
part of the college campus experience,” Carter said. “We don’t expect them to agree with everybody — disagreeing is okay — but doing it respectfully.”
Divestment from Israel has been one of the key demands from pro-Palestine protesters on campus. Car-
open trade, including Israel, and will not do so during the contract period.”
“We talk to our student leadership groups and make sure they understand that here in the state of Ohio, we have state laws that prevent us from [divesting from] the State of Israel,” Carter said. “So that’s not even a decision point within the university.”
On the subject of DEI, Carter said the university “embrace[s] diversity.”
“I think a lot of people, as soon as they hear DEI, they automatically go to ‘diversity is the color of someone’s skin,’ but it’s so much more than that,” Carter said. -
dents, single parents who are students, active-and-retired-veteran students and international students all contribute to the university’s diversity.
“Sometimes diversity can mean geographic diversity, economic diversity — but at the end of the day, it’s about diversity of thought, and we want our students to come here and have a wide range of ideas expressed to them,” Carter said.
ter said the university cannot divest from Israel due to Ohio law.
The law states a state agency — which includes a state agency of higher education — “may not enter into or renew a contract with a company for the acquisition or provision of supplies, equipment, or services, or for construction services, unless the contract declares that the company is not boycotting any jurisdiction with whom this state can enjoy
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to suggest they might be suggesting we shouldn’t push ourselves or challenge ourselves — that we’re just too fragile,” Strunk said. “I think that goes too far in most cases. Generally, people are very resilient and able to achieve the most when they do push themselves.”
Strunk said it is important for students to know they can always get more help if they require it.
Life’s Counseling and Consultation Service connects students with sev-
Finally, Carter said he has been in “listener mode” for the last six months as he develops his 10-yearplan for the university at large, he said.
“We’re drafting strategy for the next 10 years,” Carter said. “So we’re really trying to take vision, turn it into strategy that will turn into action. And that’s what you’re going to be hearing about over the next couple months.”
eral resources, including counseling, group therapy and psychiatry. Warner said everyone experiences situations
talking to a counselor to get a recommendation based on personal needs.
Students can make an appointment with the Counseling and Consultation Service by visiting its website. Warner said its services are all
SANDRA FU | PHOTO EDITOR
Adobe Creative Cloud no longer free for students
University to o er full suite at discounted rate, Adobe Express Premium for free
By Nora Igelnik Campus Editor
Students no longer have free access to the Adobe Creative Cloud on personal computers at Ohio State due to an Aug. 1 transition to free Adobe Express Premium as a replacement.
The university’s new contract with Express access to students, faculty and
duced cost” of $35 per license with a $1 credit card processing fee, Katharine
novation — or OTDI — said in an email.
The Adobe Creative Cloud is a suite of apps with popular software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Illustrator. Alternatively, Adobe Express Premium allows users to design Instagram posts, videos, presentations, webpages and more through the software’s templates. According to the OTDI website, Adobe Express “includes the functionalities of Photoshop Express, Premiere Rush,
Spark Video, Portfolio and Fonts.”
The website states these products are only available when working on an Adobe Express project; for instance, “with Express access, stock images are available for Express projects but not for individual download on Adobe’s Stock website.”
Access to Adobe products has never been free, Keune said.
“Under our previous contract, the university covered the full cost of Adobe Creative Cloud licenses, with the expenses distributed equally across colleges and administrative units, regardless of actual usage,” Keune said. “Each time we renew our contract with Adobe, we carefully review usage data to ensure that we are pro -
responsible manner. Our recent anal-
Ohio State students no longer have free access to Adobe Creative Cloud on personal computers due to an Aug. 1 transition to free Adobe Express Premium and discounted Creative Cloud as a replacement.
of the licenses went unused, prompting us to optimize our approach.”
The discounted licenses are valid from July to June, Keune said. A typical Adobe Creative Cloud subscription is around $660 for a full year, according to the Adobe website.ability of the Adobe Creative Cloud for work-use will vary by department, the OTDI website states. However, Adobe Acrobat Pro — a PDF soft-
without a Creative Cloud license.
Keune said she highly recommends that people check out the features of Adobe Express Premium before
purchasing a Creative Cloud license. “Adobe Express Premium has undergone substantial enhance-
same features found in the full Creative Cloud suite,” Keune said. The full Adobe Creative Cloud suite is still available for free use in digital unions and public computer labs on campus, according to the OTDI website.
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ARTS&LIFE
Prioritizing physical health with Ohio State’s long-term and special
New social app to launch at Ohio State Tuesday
Claim will allow students to discover new restaurants and shops with exclusive rewards
rewards and redeem them together, is set to launch at
By Samantha Harden Arts & Life Editor
Fgot a whole new meaning.
Claim, a rewards app and social network where users and their friends can earn cash back, share rewards and redeem them together, is set to launch at Ohio State Tuesday. Obletz said one of the main features of the app — which is now accessible to college students at over 70 campuses nationwide — is the daily “drop.” Every Thursday at 11 a.m.,
Claim releases a new “drop,” similar to the French social messaging app BeRe-
vides users with new rewards they can redeem with their friends, Obletz said.
“Drop day is a thing, and on a lot of our campuses, lecture halls willple screens,” Obletz said. “We are creating this moment of magic for our students, and then students are actively comparing what they got and making plans to go do that.”
Obletz said one of the things he and
the Claim team feel most excited about is getting to collaborate with Sweetgreen — a fast-casual salad restaurant that has more than 200 locations across the United States — which is set to open a new location in the Short North in September and will have to-be-determined, Claim-exclusive deals ready for Ohio State students.
“Sweetgreen is our anchor in Columbus,” Obletz said. “We work a lot with Sweetgreen. They are one of our greatest partners, and now that they are opening a store in Columbus, that
has become a big part of our joint excitement to launch at Ohio State.”
The startup was founded in November 2021 by CEO Sam Obletz andson, but Obletz said the brainstorming began long before when he andgraduate studies at Yale University.
“We lived together throughout all of our undergrad time, and if you’ve had a roommate, you probably know that you either completely gel with them or you just hate each other, and
Claim, a rewards app and social network where users and their friends can earn cash back, share
Ohio State.
fortunately Tap and I love each other,” Obletz said. “We always knew we wanted to build a company together. It was just a matter of time.”
Obletz said having that shared college experience — having roomed with Stephenson again throughout graduate school at Harvard — led them to create an app intended for other college students.
“Part of the initial inspiration for us was to design something we wish we would have had as college students — something that gave us more opportunities to have quality in-person time and less looking at our phones — and that is what still gives the team a lot of motivation,” Obletz said. “We like to say that Claim exists to create that’s a good rallying cry for our mission and what we’re still trying to do.”
pus to adopt Claim was his graduate school stomping grounds, Harvard, in January 2023.
Namirah Quadir, a fourth-year in neuroscience at Harvard and one of Claim’s growth interns, said she was
-
a second-year student at the time and heard about the app through a competition Claim hosted among Harvard’s student organizations, in which referral code from Claim and get 100 members on the app within 24 hours would win a cash prize for their club.
“I was, and I still am, the president of the Automotives Society at Harvard and I heard about this and I really wanted that money for my club,” Quadir said. “I sent hundreds of emails and -
es. I recruited the men’s lacrosse team.”
Quadir said she reached the 100-user goal just barely within 24 hours to win the cash prize.
“The head of growth at Claim — who is now my boss Caroline [Jung] — she had messaged me and was asking, ‘How did you do that? How did you get that many users in 24 hours? We have been trying to do that for the past few days,’” Quadir said.
Despite her lack of experience within social commerce, Quadir said she became a Claim growth intern shortly after winning the challenge.
Shortly after, in December of 2023, Sequoia Capital — an Ameri-
investing in major companies like Apple, Google, YouTube, Instagram, Zoom and more — led Claim’s seed round, becoming one of the app’s
“What it means to be backed by Sequoia Capital is that this can not be a small company, which is a good thing,” Obletz said. “It gives us the backing -
ed by people who have done this before, and have done it successfully.”
Though the Claim team has grown
Obletz said he is happy to still have a fairly small team, with just 10 fulltime employees and four interns.
“I am very fortunate to work with this exceptional group of people,” Obletz said. “If you look at some of the great tech outcomes of the past couple decades — What’s App, Instagram, etc. — they actually sold with pretty small teams and that’s because if you
get a magical group of people together, you can do a lot with very few.”
Along with daily drops, Obletz said users can receive exclusive rewards for visiting new places.
“For Sweetgreen for example, what we do is if you haven’t been to Sweetgreen before, Claim gives you a little trading card, and with that trading card you can go redeem a free salad at Sweetgreen,” Obletz said. “It encourages you to get out and try something you may not have tried before.”
Quadir said Ohio State was the college campus at which the Claim team has been most excited to launch the app.
“I have been really excited to launch at Ohio State because I’ve heard so many things about the social scene and the giant events that [it has],” Quadir said. “I just can’t wait for a launch there and really to launch across the world, and I say the world because across Amer-ing to take it to the rest of the world.”
To learn more about Claim and to download the app, visit the Claim website.
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Claim was founded in November 2021 by CEO Sam Obletz (left) and Chief
because when you’re with someone, that social support goes a long way,” Miceli said. “So, I think
of working out, Miceli said participants can expect to become more skilled in the particular areas their long-term program focuses on.
“[In] Bodybuilding Foundations, for example, participants learn fun-ent exercises, but they’re gonna be learning how to do those exercises to be geared more [toward] building muscle mass,” Miceli said. “That’s the skill they’re learning for that one.”
For Bodybuilding Foundations, Holthaus said he and another lead personal trainer — Brady Kolb, who graduated in May 2024 with a degree in construction systems management — “re-invented” the program to give participants the best possible experience.
An extra boost to exercise
A look at long-term and special tness programs at Ohio State
By Kamryn Karr Kraft Copy Chief
Oexercise, but the university’s long-term participants to stick with and improve
Registration for both instructional programs opens right before the start of each semester, and autumn registration is open now on the Ohio State Recreational Sports website. Every program lasts for four to eight weeks during their respective semesters, said Mitch Miceli, the personal training coordinator for Ohio State Recreational Sports. When it comes to special programs, the current lineup of free autumn classes includes Party on the Plaza — an outdoor dance party Aug. 28 from 8-9:30 p.m. on the Recreational and Physical Activity Center’s, also known as RPAC, Larkins Plaza — Re-
store and Recover Yoga — an outdoor yoga session hosted on the lawn outside of the North Recreation Center Sept. 17 from 7:15-8:15 p.m. — and Road to Game Day — an outdoor cycle event Oct. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the RPAC’s Northwest Plaza. In terms of long-term programs,
Progressive Overload Training, a fourthat focuses on systematically increasing weight, reps and intensity over time, according to the university’s website.
from Sept. 9 to Oct. 4 on Mondays 12:45-1:45 p.m. and Fridays 10-11 a.m., and the second session will take place from Oct. 14 to Nov. 8 on Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 p.m. and Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m. Registration for both sessions is open now on the university’s website and costs $20 a person. Miceli said one of the past long-term
ing Foundations – Lift and Learn, which was created with help from Blake Holthaus, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science in May 2024 and is now an
“Saying that you want to go to the gym is super easy but having an appointment with someone else — that makes it way easier,” Holthaus, also a former lead personal trainer at Ohio State, said.
The long-term programs are instructed in a “small-group setting” ranging from six to eight participants and take place once a week for roughly an hour at the RPAC, Miceli said.
In addition to the motivational element, Miceli said the long-term programs can also lead to an increased sense of community and -
ing that community piece, and building maybe friendships or someone
“We wanted the Bodybuilding Foundations not to only teach the three basic lifts of squat, bench and deadlift,” Holthaus said. “We want the people that come to these small groups to have felt like they have done a workout.”
Miceli said other popular longterm programs have included Progressive Overload Training — a “basic” program that teaches entry-level compound lifts like bench pressing, squatting and deadlifting — and Buckeye Barbells, which is for women only and instructed by a woman.
lifts,” Miceli said. “They’re also learning how to create exercise program plans, but it’s more of a female-empowerment class where they’re learning the skills with a female-only cohort.”
Holthaus said the programs are open to Ohio State students, faculty, community members and anyone else with an Ohio State recreational sports membership.
“We really take on anyone that wants to better themselves and come and commit to a healthier lifestyle,” Holthaus said.
Miceli said each program costs $20 a person, except Buckeye Barbells, which is $25 a person. To learn more about the programs
visit the Recreational Sports website.
2024 OLYMPICS
Tasting victory: Five Buckeyes medal in 2024 Paris Olympics
By Sam Cipriani Asst. Sports Editor
After spending nearly threeeye athletes are returning home with coveted Olympic medals. During the 2024 Summer Olympics
State athletes made it to their respec-ished with one gold, two silver and two bronze medals, according to an Aug. 12 press release from Ohio State Athletics. -
er Armstrong earned Ohio State’s lone gold medal for Team USA in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Armstrong was a catalyst for the freestyle team, swimming a crucial third leg for the United States in which he touched the wall at a split of 46.75, the best leg by
Armstrong also helped the U.S. earn silver in the men’s 4x100-meter medley, falling to China by just 0.55 seconds in the Aug. 4 race.
and sophomore Ruby Remati, swam for the U.S. in the team event, helping the group win a silver medal.
ry since 2004 and its best overall result since winning gold during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
shined at the Paris Olympic games.
2013-17, earned a bronze medal for Team Canada in the women’s individual foil event, defeating Italian
fencer Alice Volpi 15-12. With thisdividual medal winner in both Canadian and Ohio State fencing history. Additionally, Maximilien Chastanet, who competed at Ohio State from 2014-18, helped France win a bronze medal in the men’s team foil event alongside teammates Enzo Lefort and Maxime Pauty.
FOOTBALL
Buckeyes back eld to feature two top-tier rushers in the country
By Noah Weiskopf Sports Editor
Split the reps but double the production.
new-look running back room in 2024.
transfer Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State’s one-two punch is expected to provide one of, if not the best rushing attacks in the country.-
to his 1,155 all-purpose yards and 11 touchdowns in 10 games, according to College Football Reference. -
come Judkins to Columbus and
sons at Ole Miss, Judkins rushed for 2,725 yards, 31 touchdowns and aver-
Carlos Locklyn said he is attempting to form a tight-knit group and believes his two-star rushers can be special together, being impressed with what he’s seen thus far.
“They work well together, they push one another. They’re competing to be the best backs in the country, I’m competing to be the best running back coach in the country,” Locklyn said Aug. 7. “So it’s all healthy, but they’re both great leaders in the room, they’re doing a good job.”
Locklyn left Oregon for a job with and is already making a positive imroom, man, and just this
much energy and compassion, and I’m so thankful to have coach Lock here.”
coordinator Chip Kelly’s offense, theeyes could look a bit
For example, Kelly avidly uses running backs in the receiving game, including lining them up out wide. Judkins said he is excited by the prospect of getting more receiving touches.
“I think [lining up out wide is]
my bag,” Judkins said Aug. 7. “I go out there, you can line me up any-
said he has been impressed with the weapons to attack opposing defenses.derson said Aug. 7. “I see a lot of games get better and he’s a great coach with a great mindperfection, he wants to be sharpnitely demanding that out of us.”
With both star-backs previously earning a majority of the workload for
their respective teams, Judkins and
are expected to share the workload in 2024, but Judkins said he understands his role on the wider team.
“My job is to come in and run the football and just be the best teammate that I can be to my teammates and support my team overall,” Judkins said Aug. 7. “I don’t really focus on how many carries I get or things like that. I just come in and do my job.”
Ohio State third-year running back TreVeyon Henderson (32) celebrates an early touchdown in Ohio State’s 43-30 win over Maryland on Nov. 19 2022.
FOOTBALL
scarlet and gray, but in Paris they wore gold, silver and bronze.
Receivers vs. DBs: A look inside fall camp’s most competitive battle
By Sam Cipriani Asst. Sports Editor
“Itold you, I’m coming back.”
That’s what freshman wide receiver Jeremiah Smith told junior cornerback Davison Igbinosun after snagging a ball over him for a touchdown.
This was one of many competitive exchanges between Smith and Igbinosun throughout fall camp.
This year’s squad has brought a new the receivers and defensive backs being at the center of many battles.
“Part of coming to Ohio State is that iron sharpens iron,” wide re-
“That’s a cliche statement, but it’s really true. It’s two-fold, it’s the [defensive backs] you go against ev-
the combination of both is critical.”
Sophomore wide receiver Carnell
year because of Ohio State’s strong cornerback group, which has pushed the receiver room to new heights. -
each and every day,” Tate said. “We got like the best [defensive backs] in the country, so I don’t think there’s going to be a game where we face better defensive backs than what we got here.”
he is thrilled to have an opportunity to show his skills this season and isn’t afraid to get chippy with his words.
“They are gonna see me play ball, and they’re gonna see me talk my trash with it,” Tate said. “I feel like it’s my time now. If not now, then when?”
Those within the two position groups speak highly about the opposing sides,
defensive backs are always clashing.
in-practice competitiveness in a positive light, believing his play-
“It’s another thing when you’re just going so hard that you’re being edgy and playing all the way to the edge of the whistle, like that’s what we want guys aren’t going to back down from anybody, and there just has to be that mentality every day when you’re out there that you have to bring it.”
rooms seem to operate as a brotherhood, with all players in the room working to compete hard and improve.
“We’re getting them better, coming with the mentality every day that we are
going to run them,” senior cornerback
back now, and that’s just what we’re trying to bring every day, just continuing to bring that dog out of everybody else.”
Igbinosun has taken to the challenge of matching up against Smith routinely during camp, saying that he feels the freshman has helped him improve his skill set because of Smith’s
special talent for catching jump balls.
“It’s super positive, just going against Jeremiah [Smith], that’s going to make Saturdays super easy,” Igbinosun said. “It’s super fun to win, but like if he catches it on me, I’m not happy about that.”
Despite being referred to as reserved by his teammates, Smith has also gotten in on competitive action.
-
er veteran receivers has helped him compete against two of the top cor-
chief reasons for choosing Ohio State.
“Camp has been going very well for me right now,” Smith said. “I’m still learning. I’m just a freshman, so listening to older guys that been here, that been through camp and justI’m just listening to them guys, so they put me in the right direction.”
but impressed with the day-in and dayout competition between his receivers and the defensive backs, giving the latter his highest praise for improving the former in a competitive nature.
and top-of-the-line wise, that I’ve seen
Freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith (4) and Ole Miss transfer running back Quinshon Judkins are among the players Ohio State fans will be eager to watch in Saturday’s spring game.