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Big Ten · 2026 season

The story so far

Ohio State fans opened cheerfully nitpicky, then spent the season stewing over Arthur Smith's conservative playcalling and Sayin's misfires to Jeremiah Smith even through blowout wins. The USC loss sent misery to 90, leaving a 6-2 fanbase despairing.

From Reddit fan threads · through Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1 · 6-2

Season misery
57Uneasy
Worst week
90Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1
Best week
14Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6
Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 14 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 2 · Sep 7–13: misery 77 (Miserable) · 0-1Wk 3 · Sep 14–20: misery 70 (Miserable) · 1-0Wk 4 · Sep 21–27: misery 46 (Meh) · 1-0Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4: misery 24 (Euphoric) · 1-0Wk 6 · Oct 5–11: misery 54 (Meh) · 1-0Wk 7 · Oct 12–18: misery 79 (Miserable) · 1-0Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 1: misery 90 (Despair) · 0-1Wk 0Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Jeremiah Smith's record-chasing dominance fueled Heisman talk all season, while Sayin's underthrows and red-zone misses nagged fans until an airmailed interception against Indiana in Wk 7.

    “Jeremiah Smith finally feasted on Texas. But at what cost.”

    ▲ 452Wk 2 · Sep 7–13

    Wk 4 · Sep 21–27 ›Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 4 ›Wk 6 · Oct 5–11 ›
Kept coming up

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. 90Wk 9 · Oct 26–Nov 10-1›
  2. —Wk 8 · Oct 19–25
  3. 79Wk 7 · Oct 12–181-0›
  4. 54Wk 6 · Oct 5–111-0›
  5. 24Wk 5 · Sep 28–Oct 41-0›
  6. 46Wk 4 · Sep 21–271-0›
  7. 70Wk 3 · Sep 14–201-0›
  8. 77Wk 2 · Sep 7–130-1›
  9. 14Wk 1 · Aug 31–Sep 61-0›
  10. —Wk 0 · Aug 24–30