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Will Ohio State football cancel future games vs. Alabama, Georgia? Here’s what AD Ross Bjork said
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Future Ohio State football schedules are stacked with enticing nonconference matchups.
In September, OSU will play the return game of a home-and-home with Texas. The Buckeyes will then open a two-game series with Alabama in 2027 before doing the same with Georgia in 2030.
However, the premier matchups beyond this year carry with them a pressing question: will the games be cancelled?
Ohio State athletics director Ross Bjork, during an appearance on Buckeye Talk, expressed little concern about the Buckeyes going forward with those matchups as scheduled.
“I have not heard from my colleagues at those schools that they’re interested in not playing those games, even though they’re going to nine (SEC) games,” Bjork said. “I think they view those high-power matchups – if anything, right now you play them and you win, and then you’re in a great spot.”
Nonconference games are an ongoing talking point in the sport, particularly after two seasons of the 12-team College Football Playoff. Texas was at the center of debates last year.
The Longhorns went 9-3, missing out on the CFP. However, one of those losses came in their season opener at Ohio State.
Had UT gone 10-2 and played a low-level nonconference opponent instead of OSU, the Longhorns likely would’ve gotten into the playoff field. However, that argument is tainted by Texas’ defeat at Florida – a bad loss that could’ve been prevented and gotten UT into the field at 10-2.
“The most important thing is try to win all your games,” Bjork said. “Put yourself in the best position to win all of your games. If you’re in a high-impact league like the Big Ten, you’re going to be in a great spot – 12-0, 11-1 and even 10-2.”
The future structure of the CFP could help determine whether teams preserve big-time nonconference games.
Various expansion formats have been shared, highlighted by 16- and 24-team fields actively being discussed. With a bigger field comes an increased margin for error, allowing teams to get into the field with more losses, particularly if conferences have more automatic bids.
The field will remain at 12 teams for the 2026 season, with the Big Ten and SEC at an impasse. The former favors a 24-team field while the latter prefers 16. One option on the table is a few years of a 16-team field before an expansion to 24.
Bjork said ADs in the Big Ten meet regularly, speaking often with commissioner Tony Petitti. At the core of expansion talk, Bjork sees opportunity for more content.
While some believe an expanded CFP would diminish regular season games, Bjork thinks it would accomplish the opposite.
“You actually keep the regular season way more active for way more teams where everyone’s alive,” Bjork said.
Conference championship games would likely hang in the balance with an expanded field, but that could be offset by play-in games, opening the door for more revenue streams in an era where schools are paying athletes directly.
Other facets, such as the college football calendar, would factor into expansion talks. But it’s evident change is imminent, which could bode well for premier nonconference games while also providing more postseason contests.
“The conversation is going to continue,” Bjork said. “It’s not just going to die and we’re at 12 for forever. There’s going to be continued conversation, and I hope that Ohio State has a voice in that, the Big Ten has a voice in that.”
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school.
Now, a national nonprofit is working to change that by expanding access to books and promoting early literacy across the state.
Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school. (WKRC file)
Nedra Smith has seen the difference firsthand. Her two young daughters receive books through the program at their pediatrician visits at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“They love to read now,” Smith said. “We’ll randomly be out and they’ll see a book and want to read a book.”
Reach Out and Read partners with pediatricians to give children books during regular checkups and encourage parents to read aloud with them. The program has been part of Cincinnati Children’s for more than a decade.
“They typically come in and tell us they got new books,” Smith said. “They typically ask me to read the book right then and there.”
Program leaders say early literacy is increasingly being recognized as an important part of a child’s overall health and development.
“Initially, literacy may not have been in the forefront or seen as a health benefit,” said Kristy High, program manager for Reach Out and Read. “Well-child checks focus on shots, nutrition, and those things; but now we want to focus on those main benefits for the development and milestones when it comes to learning.”
The organization is now working to expand its reach statewide, with a goal of serving children in all 88 Ohio counties.
“We know that those first five years of life are the most critical for brain development,” said Steven Lake, executive director of Reach Out and Read Ohio. “If we can intervene as early as possible, essentially, we reach out at birth; we know we can have the greatest impact.”
Smith encourages other parents to participate in the program and read to their children.
“It’s fun,” Smith said. “It’s actually fun to see them light up, and I think they’ll pass that on to their own kids as well.”
Reach Out and Read also partners with providers in Kentucky and Indiana. You can find a participating provider near you on the organization’s website.
If you are a doctor looking to participate in the program, click here.
The Ohio Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 10, 2026, 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: 8-6-2
Evening: 7-0-5
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: 9-4-7-0
Evening: 0-6-1-8
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: 1-7-3-7-4
Evening: 9-0-8-8-0
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.
16-19-33-36-38
Check Rolling Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 11:15 p.m.
01-03-20-35-46, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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Ryan Day will have some very familiar competition in the Big 10 soon.
The son of the Ohio State football coach, R.J. Day, announced his commitment to Northwestern for the Class of 2027 on Sunday.
Northwestern plays in the same conference as Ohio State and the schools will face each other.
R.J. Day, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound quarterback from — not surprisingly — Columbus, Ohio, has started for three years at St. Francis DeSales HS as he heads towards his senior season.
According to reports, the younger Day had other offers from Purdue, Syracuse, Cincinnati and South Florida, as well as others.
Northwestern has eight quarterbacks on head coach David Braun’s roster.
And the offensive coordinator for the Wildcats is Chip Kelly, who served in the same role for Ryan Day at Ohio State when the Buckeyes won the title in 2024.
Kelly, the former head coach at UCLA and Oregon, was also the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire when Ryan Day was the team captain from 1998-2001.
Most recently, Kelly was the OC with the Las Vegas Raiders before he took the job with Northwestern.
“It’s really surreal when you think about the relationships that we’ve had with those two as a family over the years,” R.J. Day told ESPN earlier this month. “Coach Kelly coached my dad in college, so that adds another layer to it.”
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