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What Julian Sayin’s transfer to Ohio State football means for Ryan Day and Buckeye quarterbacks
COLUMBUS, Ohio — What’s that you say, disgruntled Ohio State football fan? You want a more aggressive Ryan Day?
You got him. The Buckeyes coach’s already audacious quarterback-stacking strategy reached its extreme example Sunday night. Recent Alabama enrollee Julian Sayin — the top quarterback in a 2024 class which began signing barely a month ago — is transferring in.
The No. 4 quarterback in that class — Prentice “Air” Noland — attended Sunday’s big OSU women’s basketball win over Iowa, along with hundreds of other currently enrolled students. A cleveland.com source indicated Noland understands the shift in circumstances which led to Sayin’s commitment. No hard feelings. Such is quarterback recruiting in the modern era.
Ohio State also brought in former Kansas State transfer Will Howard earlier this month as the presumptive front-runner to start on opening day. Former top-100 prospect Devin Brown stuck around to compete for that job as a third-year veteran. Day remains intrigued by the long-term promise of Lincoln Kienholz, entering his second year with the program but his first spring.
Gone are those quaint days when Day longed for four scholarship quarterbacks for ideal depth. He’ll hand five of them to new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Bill O’Brien, who happened to help recruit Sayin to Alabama.
It’s almost as if Day endured the general unease about OSU’s quarterback performance last season and vowed he would never experience that again, at any cost.
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Day ultimately takes the blame for whatever shortcoming existed with Kyle McCord, whose transfer to Syracuse made these other additions not only possible but necessary. Day’s general quarterback recruiting strategy has been to bring in a highly ranked prospect in every class. No long-term upside in-state career backups hold scholarships at Ohio State.
The reason? Day does not want to be caught empty handed if he’s wrong about someone, or if the development simply does not work out. Adding Sayin appears to be the most extreme example yet of that — well, take your pick of the best word to use. Philosophy? Neurosis? Paranoia?
No question Sayin is a major talent. Ohio State recruited him out of Carlsbad (Calif.) High School. It tried to pry him away from Alabama post-commitment and only locked down Noland after it could not complete the flip. Nick Saban’s retirement and the reality of the transfer portal provided a clean second opportunity, and Day jumped on it.
Is that fair to Noland, or perhaps even Howard? Again, Noland seems fine with it. Either way, Day has been pushed to a place where those are problems he can worry about a year from now. He can handle the perception of being overly ruthless in roster management if it means beating Michigan and quieting the outrage of those for whom 11-2 and a six-point road loss against the eventual national champion is unforgivable.
Prior to Sunday night, an orderly progression set up in the quarterback room. Howard likely felt he had an edge over Brown or he presumably would have transferred elsewhere. Both could be gone by the end of the coming season. But Kienholz, Noland and incoming 2025 prospect Tavien St. Clair could repopulate the position on a normal timeline.
Sayin’s arrival adds turbulence to an otherwise smooth flight. Common sense tells you the fall quarterback meetings will no longer have five scholarship participants.
Day has never turned to a true freshman as his full-time starter. He owes all five of these quarterbacks a full evaluation this spring. Sayin brings an intriguing mix of arm strength, accuracy and agility — someone who can make the throws Day needs with more ability to freelance outside the pocket.
Howard or Brown remain the more likely opening-day starters due to their experience. As we saw last season, however, doors can open unexpectedly. Sayin’s arrival may not impact the quarterback performance against Akron on Aug. 31. It absolutely impacts how good the No. 2 quarterback must be over the next eight months in order to secure the backup job.
While the timing does not line up, in other ways, this resembles Day’s 2020 signing class combo. Jack Miller III signed on early, when he was one of the top-ranked passers in the nation. C.J. Stroud — like Sayin, a California native — slowly climbed the ranks and joined the class late. They faced off for the starting job in their second string, with McCord jumping in as well, and the process yielded Stroud’s two brilliant seasons.
Sayin and Noland now set up for another big-time competition in spring 2025. Yet the tone for the spring ahead has also shifted. Another major talent has joined the mix, and the most aggressive version of Day we have ever seen will be making the analysis.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville football program, presumably, has their QB1 for the 2026 season.
Former Ohio State quarterback Lincoln Kienholz announced Saturday that he has committed to the Cardinals. He will join Louisville will two years of eligilbility.
Keinholz is Louisville’s second portal commitment of the cycle, joining Kentucky cornerback D.J. Waller. The duo are the first to offset 21 portal defections that UofL has seen so far. The 14-day transfer window officially opened up this past Friday, and is the only opportunity for players to enter following the removal of the spring window.
The 6-foot-2, 214-pound quarterback was involved in a highly competitive battle for the Buckeyes’ starting gig in the preseason, before ultimately losing out to eventual Heisman Trophy finalist Julian Sayin. He saw action in seven games this past season, going 11-of-14 through the air for 139 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 66 yards and two scores on 11 attempts.
“Just a tremendous athlete,” OSU head coach Ryan Day said of Kienholz at Big Ten Media Days this past summer. “You pick a sport, he can do it. He’s like a four handicap [in golf]. He can hit the [baseball] out of the park. He was a major league baseball prospect. He can windmill dunk. He can do a lot of things.”
The Pierre, S.D. native spent three seasons in Columbus. As a true freshman in 2023, he played in three games, going 10-of-22 for 111 yards, while also rushing for two yards on six attempts. He did not log any stats during Ohio State’s 2024 national championship season.
Kienholz was a highly-regarded recruit coming out of high school, ranking as No. 194 prospect in the Class of 2023. He chose Ohio State over Illinois, Kansas State, Pitt, Washington, Wisconsin and others.
He has the inside track to be Louisville’s starter next season given recent roster movement. Previously, incoming true freshman Briggs Cherry was the lone scholarship quarterback on the roster after Deuce Adams, Brady Allen and Mason Mims all hit the transfer portal.
In their third season under head coach Jeff Brohm, Louisville went 9-4 overall, including a 4-4 mark in ACC play and a 27-22 win over Toledo in the Boca Raton Bowl. The Cardinals have won at least nine games in all three seasons under Brohm, doing so for the first time since 2012-14.
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The Ohio Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Dec. 28, 2025, results for each game:
Pick 3
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 9-0-9
Evening: 2-4-1
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 6-4-5-8
Evening: 4-6-2-6
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 6-8-6-2-0
Evening: 2-4-5-7-9
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Rolling Cash 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 7:05 p.m.
10-11-15-19-34
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Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 10:35 p.m.
12-17-25-34-42, Lucky Ball: 09
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Due to high winds in Northeast Ohio, the Ohio Turnpike has issued a travel ban for certain vehicles on Monday.
From 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m., some high-profile vehicles that may be affected by high wind speeds will be prohibited from using the turnpike.
The following vehicles will not be able to travel using the turnpike:
- All high-profile (greater than 7-feet 6-inches in height) tow-behind trailers, campers, boats, and enclosed trailers. (This does not include trailers with fifth-wheel type trailers).
- Commercial trucks towing an empty, single 53-foot box-type trailer.
- All mobile homes, office trailers and livestock trailers.
- All long combination vehicles (LCV) that include double-trailer combinations exceeding 90 feet in length. (Enclosed trailers only, including Conestoga type trailers).
- All LCV triple-trailer combinations.
- Two-axle buses longer than 40 feet.
- Buses with three or more axles greater than 45 feet.
The travel ban will not impact the following vehicles:
- Passenger cars and pickup trucks.
- Commercial trucks towing a loaded, single 53-foot trailer.
- Self-propelled motor homes.
- Low-profile trailers.
- Fold-down camper trailers.
- Pickup trucks with slide-on camper units.
- Vehicles towing fifth-wheel type trailers or any other type of trailers towed by passenger vehicles or pickup trucks that are not listed in the “prohibited” vehicles section above.
- Commercial trucks towing a single flatbed or tanker trailer.
- Commercial trucks towing a car hauler trailer.
- Commercial trucks towing flatbed double-trailer combinations.
- Commercial trucks towing any double-trailer combinations less than 90 feet.
- Two-axle buses less than 40 feet.
- Buses with three or more axles less than 45 feet.
The travel restriction will be continuously evaluated throughout the weather event.
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