By Craig Haubert (ESPN online) -- Let's end June on a high note with another edition of the mailbag. Jonathan in Westerville, Ohio: Ohio State picked up five recruits from June 20-24. Have you seen anything similar in the recent past? Craig: Jonathan, the Ohio State coaches can most definitely chalk that stretch up as a good one. The Buckeyes coming off their big Senior Advanced Camp scored six actual commitments if you count the addition of defensive end Jonathan Newsome (Cleveland/Glenville), ... Read More

by Adam Rothlisberger (Bleacherreport.com) - By now everyone knows that Ohio State hasn't had the best of luck in the last two BCS National Championship games. They were beaten so badly by Florida that the SEC fans immediately began to claim that Ohio State couldn't compete with the big boys in college football. And last year against LSU, the rebuilding Buckeyes found themselves in another BCS Championship game—one that they probably should not have been in. They were beaten easily by a very good LSU ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland.com) - For anyone who questioned former Buckeye Daequan Cook's decision to enter the NBA Draft last season - he went two picks higher (No. 21) in the 2007 draft than Kosta Koufos (No. 23) went Thursday night. Not that either of them made the wrong choice. Not that there is a right or wrong choice anymore when it comes to freshmen and their NBA aspirations. Thirteen freshmen declared for this draft, and 10 went in the first round, Koufos ... Read More

By Adam Jardy (Scout.com) - Such a move had been speculated for some time, but it still came as somewhat of a shock when Ohio State associate basketball coach John Groce took the head coaching position at Ohio University. Find out how OSU head coach Thad Matta took the news, how he helped the process along and what this departure could mean for the future of the coaching staff. At one point during his lone year at Ohio State, Greg Oden ... Read More

By FRANCIS X. BOVA III (MorningJournal.com) - Leslie chasing new feats at Ohio State With Ohio State's latest men's track and field recruiting class and its surplus of returning athletes, second-year head coach Robert Gary believes the Buckeyes could become one of the top teams in the country. One reason for the optimism is how Gary, a former U.S. Olympian in the steeplechase, is striving to keep Ohio's top athletes in state. Like football coach Jim Tressel and basketball coach Thad Matta, ... Read More

By: FREE PRESS STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES (freep.com) - Jeremy Crabtree of Rivals.com, via USAToday.com, writes that Ohio State is sitting at 22 commitments after picking up five more pledges in the past four days. It's the same type of tear they went on in late April, when they received five commitments in seven days. While that was impressive, the run the past few days has been nothing short of amazing. Doug Harris of the Dayton Daily News writes that Ohio State ... Read More

Mary Schmitt Boyer (Cleveland Plain Dealer) - Kosta Koufos will be home with his family in Canton when he learns his fate in the NBA draft tonight. Koufos, 7-1, just finished his freshman season at Ohio State and is a 2007 Canton GlenOak graduate. He is the closest thing to a local player in the draft this year, although Ohio State's Othello Hunter also is in the draft pool. Koufos said he didn't know which team will select him, but he's not ... Read More

BY CARLOS MONARREZ • DETROIT FREE PRESS (freep.com) - Attention, Michigan Wolverines. Jon Kitna needs the help of your football team on Nov. 22. That's when Michigan visits Ohio State. If the Wolverines lose their fifth straight to the Buckeyes, the Lions quarterback faces another year of scarlet-and-gray misery because his best friend will force him to use an OSU bag, as he did during his pro-am round. "We have a standing bet every year on the Michigan-Ohio State game," Kitna said. "The loser ... Read More

By Jody Demling (courier-journal.com) -- Male High School has recently produced a number of major NCAA Division I football players, including three Mr. Football winners. The Bulldogs have another hot college prospect this season. Defensive back/running back Justin Green is considered one of the top prospects in the country, and he has big-time programs hot on his trail. The 5-foot-11, 178-pound Green, who recently won four titles in the Class 3-A State Track and Field Championships, is the No. 67 prospect overall and No. ... Read More

By Doug Harris (DaytonDailyNews.com) -- COLUMBUS — Northmont High School's Zebrie Sanders had a stack of scholarship offers as a senior offensive lineman last season and decided to take his time to make sure he picked the right school for him. After making official visits and sifting through recruiting pitches, he narrowed his choices to Florida and Georgia, calling his other suitors to tell them they had been pared from his list. But there was just one problem. While Sanders was mulling over ... Read More