Jeff Gilbert is a Clark County native who began his journalism career answering the phone on the Springfield New-Suns sports desk as a college senior. After college, he began a nine-year run at the Northern Virginia Daily and earned several state-wide writing awards while covering high schools, a summer wooden-bat college baseball league and small-college sports. His next stop was at The Roanoke (Va.) Times as assistant sports editor and sports editor.In 2009, he moved back to Ohio to start the journalism program at his alma mater, Cedarville University, where he still teaches. He has worked as a freelance journalist for a variety of outlets, mostly covering high schools and the Dayton Dragons for the News-Sun and Dayton Daily News, and has won several Ohio Prep Sportstwriters Association awards. In 2022, he won the freelancer best in show award given by the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best of Ohio contest. He covers Ohio State football and high schools for Press Pros
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Friday, 13 October 2023 / Published in Features, OSU

The Fear Of Playing At Purdue … Time To Let It Go

Ohio State returns to an old haunt Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. But this defense is different and shows no signs of giving up big play after big play.
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Wednesday, 11 October 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Ryan Day: ‘Nobody Wants To Run The Ball More Than Me’

All that we thought we knew about Day – always calm and only calls running plays because he has to – isn't quite what we've learned five games into a season when his team has yet to feature a consistent running game.
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Saturday, 07 October 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Buckeyes Don’t Panic, Persevere In 2nd Half To Pass Maryland Test

The first half was ugly. The running game never amounted to much. But Kyle McCord and Ol' Reliable (Marvin Harrison, above) found rhythm in the second half, and the defense stymied another good quarterback for a 37-17 win over Maryland. Jeff Gilbert writes for Press Pros.
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Friday, 06 October 2023 / Published in Features, OSU

Facing Better QBs Just Might Prep Buckeyes For What’s To Come

The latest well-regarded quarterback on the Ohio State schedule is Maryland senior Taulia Tagovailoa. He can run, throw and create big plays. How the Buckeyes match up will say a lot about how much the defense has improved.
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Tuesday, 03 October 2023 / Published in Features, Home Features, OSU, OSU Feature

Who Are These Buckeyes? Still Waiting To Find Out

There is concern...and establishing a complete identity is what the Ohio State football wants to do and needs to do. They are ranked No. 4, but who are they, and can they become all they need to be to go where they want? Beat writer Jeff Gilbert writes for Press Pros.