COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State football team is losing a ton on defense, including the man in charge of coordinating it.

Joe Lyberger, a quality control coach working with Ohio State's linebackers, was placed on paid administrative leave last month by the university.

The college football season just finished up its longest year ever, and the Ohio State football team decided to mess around and win the new 12-team College Football Playoff by beating Notre Dame

As Ryan Day looks to hire his fourth defensive coordinator in seven seasons, here are potential candidates to replace Jim Knowles.

A month of amazing memories for the Ohio State football team and its fans culminates on Sunday afternoon with a celebration. Fans came together Sunday for a rally in the stands and on the field to celebrate the Buckeyes’ national championship.

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, the first team to run the gauntlet of four playoff games on its way to the national title, celebrated with 30,000 Buckeyes fans on Sunday at Ohio Stadium.

Davis had not appeared in a game with the Buckeyes since he joined them as a preferred ... Joey Kaufman covers Ohio State football for The Columbus Dispatch. Follow him on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter,@joeyrkaufman or email him atjkaufman@ ...

If you are wondering whatever happened to Ohio State men's basketball, the Buckeyes finally get to break from football's stranglehold on fan focus.

One team stands between Ohio State football and its first national ... with Notre Dame picking up an 18-13 road win in Columbus. The Fighting Irish won the second-ever matchup in 1936, but the series has been all Buckeyes since. Ohio State has wins over ...

Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Sonny Styles had an incredible season and had a very strong showing in the College Football Playoff, helping Ohio State win a nat