By: AP via SportingNews.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- This was supposed to be Terrelle Pryor's big day, the much acclaimed recruit's college debut. Instead, he was shoved to the background. Pryor played extremely well, rushing for a touchdown and showing some touch with his arm, but still took a back seat to Chris "Beanie" Wells' injury in Ohio State's 43-0 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday. Wells hurt his foot in the third quarter. X-rays showed there were no broken bones, ... Read More

By RUSTY MILLER (AP via SeatlePI.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- No. 2 Ohio State opened the season with a 43-0 rout of overmatched Youngstown State on Saturday, but the victory was tempered by a leg injury to Heisman Trophy prospect Chris "Beanie" Wells. The star tailback was hurt in the third quarter after taking a handoff from Todd Boeckman on first and goal at the Youngstown State 2. His feet slipped underneath him as he planted to make a cut, with the ball ... Read More

By RUSTY MILLER (AP via SeatlePI.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Heisman Trophy contender Chris "Beanie" Wells injured his right foot and the Ohio State tailback was carted off the field during the third quarter of the second-ranked Buckeyes' game against Youngstown State on Saturday. X-rays were negative, but Wells status remained unknown as he visited doctors an hour after the second-ranked Buckeyes' 43-0 victory. "I may have rolled it or planted wrong a play or two before," Wells said through Ohio State spokeswoman Shelly ... Read More

By BLAIR KERKHOFF (The Kansas City Star) -- The “Deal With it America Tour” begins today. Ohio State opens the season against Youngstown State, and the Buckeyes are loaded. Twenty starters return — nine on both sides of the ball plus kickers — and they have added dynamic freshman quarterback Terrelle Pryor. There’s a Heisman Trophy front-runner on offense in running back Chris “Beanie” Wells, and another on defense in linebacker James Laurinaitis. They’ve won three straight Big Ten titles, and a few seniors passed ... Read More

By: SportsNetwork.com -- Columbus, OH - Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel has agreed to contract revisions that will make him the highest-paid football coach in the Big Ten Conference. Under the amended deal, Tressel's raise will be phased in during the current year and will be $3.5 million next year, more than $1 million annually than the previous agreement. He will also receive annual increases of three to four percent over the remainder of the term. Tressel is under contract at Ohio ... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP via SportingNews.com) -- It's a thought that occasionally shakes Ohio State assistant coach John Peterson out of a deep slumber. The Buckeyes play an in-state opponent once or twice per season. What if they lost? "I've had that nightmare. I didn't sleep," Peterson said. Peterson lettered four years for the Buckeyes, but has also been on the other side of David and Goliath matchups, coaching at the University of Cincinnati, Akron and Miami (Ohio). "I've been at a lot of different ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland.com) -- COLUMBUS -- If he wasn't one of them, Malcolm Jenkins would be sick of the Ohio State Buckeyes, too. Ohio State in a third straight national championship game? The OSU senior cornerback understands fans around the country who find that idea abhorrent. "If I wasn't at Ohio State, I wouldn't want to see us there, either," Jenkins said Tuesday. "Nobody really likes to see the same people over and over again, especially if they lose. So I ... Read More

From: InternationalHeraldTribune -- COLUMBUS, Ohio: The most talked-about player on Ohio State has never played a down in scarlet and gray and won't start in the season opener on Saturday against Youngstown State. Terrelle Pryor, acclaimed as the top quarterback recruit in the country last winter, is listed as No. 3 on the Buckeyes' depth chart behind starter Todd Boeckman and backup Joe Bauserman. Coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday that he was hoping all three would get to play in the opening half against ... Read More

By Kimberly Nordyke (Reuters) -- LOS ANGELES - The Big Ten Network and Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement for the channel to be carried on TWC lineups in the eight states in which the college athletic conference schools operate. The agreement in principle, announced Monday, follows the year-old channel's distribution deal with Comcast, which was inked in June. It will ensure that TWC's customers in those states, mostly in the Midwest, will have access to Saturday's Big Ten college football ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When Brian Hartline hears the coast-to-coast Buckeye bashing, the nearly nationwide desire not to have Ohio State return to the national championship game after back-to-back flops, the junior wide receiver laughs it off. But he understands where the ire comes from. "You're in high school and you know that kid that keeps winning all the time?" Hartline said. "You kind of wish they don't win because you're sick of listening about them winning. But it ... Read More

By: SportingNews.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- After more than three weeks spent on conditioning or memorizing the playbook, the Ohio State Buckeyes can finally get around to concentrating on an opponent. Youngstown State, the second-ranked Buckeyes' opponent on Saturday in the season opener, is officially in the crosshairs. "It's so crazy that it came so fast. It's incredible," said tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells. "It seems like just yesterday we were getting off that plane coming home from the loss against LSU ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- Ohio State's Week 1 depth chart came out today (scroll to Page 10) and heralded freshman Terrelle Pryor is listed as the third-string quarterback behind senior Todd Boeckman and redshirt freshman Joe Bauserman. Pryor's passing progress impressed coach Jim Tressel throughout the preseason, but Bauserman retained the backup spot behind Boeckman. You'd still have to think Ohio State will make a strong effort to get Pryor in the game Saturday against Youngstown State. Tressel doesn't address the media ... Read More

From: TransWorldNews -- Ohio State is ranked No. 1 in the preseason college football rankings on YourFindit, according to reports on Monday. The Buckeyes return 18 starters (nine on offense and defense each) for a team that went to its second consecutive BCS National Championship game. Linebacker James Laurinaitis and cornerback Malcolm Jenkins surprisingly returned despite being first-round caliber NFL players. Running back Chris “Beanie” Wells enters the season as a Heisman Trophy candidate after rushing for 1,609 yards and 15 touchdowns. ... Read More