The Columbus Dispatch

• How Ohio State football built a veteran-laden roster to propel championship run
• Inside Jack Sawyer’s play that lifted the Buckeyes past Texas in CFP
• How Jeremiah Smith became college football’s breakout star
• The making of Caleb Downs and the mind that could elevate an elite Ohio State defense
• Why Ohio State’s Archie Griffin endures as a popular icon 50 years after his first Heisman
• 10 years later, Ohio State’s Marcus Hall embraces his viral double bird at Michigan
• Ex-Michigan staffer Connor Stalions purchased tickets to 12 Ohio State home football games
• How coaching years at Notre Dame shaped Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith
• How Ohio State has ramped up Ryan Day’s football support staff to compete for titles
• From nonprofits to for-profits: Inside the evolution of Ohio State’s NIL collective market
• ‘He dives all the way in’: How Brian Hartline shot up Ohio State football’s coaching staff
• The enduring legacy of the design of Ohio Stadium
• Inside the scheduling of the first Ohio State-Notre Dame regular season game in decades
• An Eddie George photo worth 61 yards: The story of the image that Notre Dame won’t forget
• Game shows, music and player relationships: How Jim Knowles is rebuilding the OSU defense
• 2001, an Ohio State football odyssey: When the Buckeyes started dominating Michigan
• Opportunities await Olympic sport athletes with proposed NCAA name, image and likeness rules
• Influenza outbreak put 1918 Ohio State football season in the shadows
• Ohio State, other College Football Playoff schools didn’t have to look far to find coaches
• Finding the strength

Orange County Register

• Graham Harrell tasked with reviving USC offense with some ‘Air Raid’ flair
• USC vs. UCLA: O.J. Simpson’s legacy leaves tangled emotions 50 years after ‘Game of the Century’
• Why former USC safety John Plattenburg has no regrets for retiring after concussions
• Sam Darnold helped save USC’s season
• USC, Alabama football programs have history of extending coaching lineage
• Josh Rosen’s talent, confidence and preparation all help make him UCLA’s starting QB as a true freshman

Northwest Herald

The future of youth tackle football in Chicagoland:  a three-day series

• Part 1 — McHenry County youth football at a crossroads
• Part 2 — Can youth football be a safer game?
• Part 3 — Parents have concussion safety dilemma on allowing kids to play youth football