March 13, 2025

Ohio State defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs on blowout loss to Alabama: ‘It’s up to us to learn from it’


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football seems willing to let the sting of a lopsided loss to Alabama in the national championship game linger a little bit. Only three weeks ago, Alabama clobbered the Buckeyes 52-24 while rolling up over 600 yards of offense. With that night punctuating a shortened season, OSU finished among the worst in the nation in passing yards allowed per game. “Obviously, we didn’t play our best game,” OSU defensive coordinator Kerry Coombs said Wednesday on The Ryan Day Show on 97.3 The Fan. He was making his first public comments since the blowout in Miami Gardens on Jan. 11. Earlier the same day, however, Coombs said he had another conversation about that game. It came during a team meeting, and it involved using that game to set the stage for the offseason work ahead. He also used Alabama as an example, referring to the Crimson…

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