COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four-star 2025 running back Anthony “Turbo” Rogers decommitted from Alabama on Sunday afternoon.

The Buckeyes have long been after his commitment, and it appears they could be on the verge of getting him to flip his pledge from Alabama.

Rogers, at 5-foot-8 and 190 pounds, is the No. 141 overall prospect and No. 8 running back in the 247Sports.com composite rankings. He attends Carver High School in Montgomery, Ala.

He was on campus for an official visit for the Purdue game just over a week ago. Rogers will make a decision between Ohio State and Georgia on National Signing Day on Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Ohio State has two running backs already committed in the 2025 class in Isaiah West and Bo Jackson, and Rogers would give them some needed depth after the tandem of Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson likely both depart at season’s end.

Heading into next season, that would give the Buckeyes five scholarship running backs barring any transfers. Sam Williams-Dixon and James Peoples are currently freshmen in the running back room.

OSU’s 2025 class as it stands:

Former NBA champion center-turned-analyst Kendrick Perkins is never one to shy away from what he feels. Perkins has made a name for himself in the analyst world due to his ability not to mince words.

At times, what he has said has bit him on the butt, but other times, he has hit the nail right in the coffin.

Perkins is a massive presence with a huge personality in front of the camera, and that remains the case on Twitter/X.

Perkins took to Twitter/X on Friday and praised Philadelphia 76ers rookie guard Jared McCain. The 40-year-old analyst said McCain has been the Sixers’ only bright spot.

Perkins posted, “The only bright spot for the 76ers is they struck gold by drafting Jared McCain.”

McCain was amazing for the 76ers, although they suffered a tough loss to the Orlando Magic on Friday night, 96-86.

Nonetheless, McCain kept them in the game as he recorded a team-high 29 points on 10-for-17 shooting from the field, four assists, and one rebound in 31 minutes of action.

Although this was McCain’s breakout game, he has been solid all season long. He’s averaging 14.8 points per game, 2.0 rebounds, and 2.4 assists while shooting 47 percent from the field.

Perkins is not entirely wrong about McCain being the only bright spot for the 76ers. They have struggled with injuries and have yet to play a game with their big three, Joel Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey.

Things have not been well for the 76ers. Their current record is 2-10, which puts them 14th in the Eastern Conference and 11 games back from the first spot.

This is not the 76ers team that many of us expected them to be, and it’s due to injuries and their top players not living up to their potential.

Although Embiid played on Friday night, he was not his superstar self. Embiid recorded 20 points on 5-for-15 shooting, eight rebounds, two assists, one block, and one steal while being a -9 in the plus/minus category.

The 76ers are among the bottom in many categories, including 30th in points per game (104.5), 27th in averaged score margin (-8.3), 24th in fastbreak points per game, and 25th in points in the paint per game at (43.0).

Things have not materialized the way 76ers fans hoped they would; however, they still have the brilliance of McCain on their side.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes are in Chicago for Saturday’s matchup against Northwestern.

The Buckeyes (8-1) are 21-1 all time against the Wildcats, with 10 consecutive wins in the series since their lone loss, 33-27 in overtime, in 2004.

Northwestern (4-5) is in the midst of rebuilding Ryan Field, with hopes of reopening in 2026. In the meantime the Wildcats have been playing their home games at Martin Field, a temporary stadium that sits right on Lake Michigan. The venue for Saturday’s matchup, however, is Wrigley Field, home of Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs.

You can get live updates on the game right here, including highlights, analysis and insight from cleveland.com OSU beat reporters Stephen Means, Andrew Gillis and Stefan Krajisnik as well as Tim Bielik and Jimmy Watkins.

Final: Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7.

1:53, 3Q: Northwestern turns the ball over on downs and OSU will take over at their own 16-yard line. Starters have been pulled and Devin Brown is in at quarterback.

End third quarter: Ohio State 31, Northwestern 7.

0:38, 3Q: Jayden Fielding’s 28-yard field goal is good. Ohio Sate leads 31-7.

12:11, 3Q: Carnell Tate catches an eight yard TD pass from Will Howard for his second score of the game. Ohio State leads 28-7.

14:55, 3Q: Ohio State will open the half with possession at their own 10-yard line.

Halftime: Ohio State 21, Northwestern 7.

0:47, 2Q: Will Howard finds Chicago native Carnell Tate on a 25-yard TD pass. Buckeyes lead 21-7.

2:43, 2Q: Ohio State will take over at their own 23-yard line after the Northwestern punt.

4:19, 2Q: Quinshon Judkins punches in the TD to give OSU a 14-7 lead.

5:15, 2Q: After a bad snap on third down the 4th down snap was too high Northwestern’s punter. He chased the ball, picked it up and tried to punt the ball away, but it was block. Ohio State will have the ball at the Northwestern 1-yard line.

6:59, 2Q: Quinshon Judkins goes into the endzone from 1-yard out to tie the score at 7-7.

12:34, 2Q: Jack Lausch caps a 13-play, 92-yard drive with an eight-yard TD run. Northwestern leads 7-0.

End first quarter: Ohio State 0, Northwestern 0.

3:04, 1Q: Will Howard’s deep TD pass to Jeremiah Smith was reversed and called incomplete and Ohio State was forced to punt. Northwestern will takeover inside their own 10-yard line.

8:04, 1Q: Jack Sawyer forces Northwestern’s Jack Lausch to fumble and Davison Igbinosun recovers it and returns the ball to the OSU 33-yard line.

15:00, 1Q: Northwestern will open the game with possession.