By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- When Ohio State selected its four captains last month, left tackle Alex Boone didn't seem too disappointed to not be among them. Boone pointed out that he joked around too much to sit at the captain's table. The 6-foot-8, 312-pound senior is definitely entertaining, but he's also brutally honest, making him a media favorite. Boone didn't hold back Tuesday, ripping Ohio State fans for booing quarterback Todd Boeckman prescription drugs online without prescription last Saturday against ... Read More

Courtesy: University of Minnesota -- The Minnesota Golden Gophers are 4-0 for the first time since the 2005 season. The Gophers are receiving votes in the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Polls for the first time since Nov. 6, 2005. Minnesota will put its undefeated record on the line Saturday at Ohio Stadium, opening Big Ten Conference play at Ohio State. Minnesota grabbed four interceptions last week in a 37-3 rout of Florida Atlantic. The victory capped a perfect non-conference slate ... Read More

By: Todd Porter (Canton Repository) -- COLUMBUS No one doubted that Terrelle Pryor passed the eye test. Now he's passed the film test. Pryor, the big freshman with the bigger reputation, is Ohio State's starting quarterback, with no qualifiers attached. "I would call Terrelle the starting quarterback," Tressel told The Repository. "I don't know that that means 95 percent of the snaps or 65 percent, or whatever. But I would consider him that." The Buckeye offense is different than the one that started the season. ... Read More

By: AP via SportingNews.com -- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Four cream puffs. Four victories. The easy part of the schedule is over for Minnesota. Now it's time for the rugged Big Ten, and conference play couldn't begin any tougher for the Gophers. They open this portion of the season on Saturday at No. 14 Ohio State, the three-time defending Big Ten champions. "The preseason is done for this team. We get a big test the first week," tight end Jack Simmons said. "Not ... Read More

By: Rusty Miller (StarTribune.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tailback Chris "Beanie" Wells is likely to return for No. 14 Ohio State against Minnesota on Saturday. "It adds to our arsenal," coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday, shortly after announcing that Wells was probable for Saturday's game. Wells has been out of action since injuring his right foot early in the second half of the opening victory over Youngstown State. Dan Herron has been the tailback in victories over Ohio and Troy and a ... Read More

By: John Mullin (Chicago Tribune) -- The Big Ten's non-conference schedule typically represents shakedown opportunities. Changes made in training camps ideally are in place as teams use the games to settle on rhythms, schemes and personnel. But that hasn't been the case this year for many in the conference, including some of the supposed elite. What often is referred to as the second season finds several schools still in stages of a test drive. Ohio State begins its conference season with quarterback Terrelle Pryor ... Read More

By: BigTenNetwork.com -- As the Big Ten slate kicks off Saturday, Ohio State will look to join Michigan as the only school to win four or more straight Big Ten crowns on multiple occasions. The Buckeyes shared the crown with Penn State in 2005 before ending the 2006 and 2007 seasons alone atop the standings to compile a Big Ten mark of 22-2 over the last three years. The Buckeyes are the first conference team in more than a decade to claim three ... Read More

By: Marcus R. Fuller (TwinCities.com) -- To Gophers fans hoping for an upset victory over 13th-ranked Ohio State now that the University of Minnesota football team is 4-0, Tim Brewster says hold on a minute. The Gophers, who dominated Florida Atlantic 37-3 on Saturday at the Metrodome, have shown they are much improved from a year ago when they went 1-11, but they still have a ways to go to reach Ohio State's level. "We wanted to be a 4-0 football team at this ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Columbus- This was their plan, Mike Brewster cheap Ampicillin snapping, Terrelle Pryor taking it from there, two friends from Ohio State's 2008 recruiting class at the heart of the Buckeyes' offense. "We didn't come here just to sit around and watch games," Brewster said Saturday. "We knew this day was going to come, but we probably didn't think it was going to come in the fourth game, let alone pretty much the whole game. ... Read More

By: Kent Youngblood (StarTribune.com) -- We're one month in and what do we know? We know the Gophers football team has improved, especially on defense. We know the team is more confident, more aggressive, more successful. But how much more? The Big Ten has taken a few lumps the past month. Michigan is struggling to go from its traditional power game to Rich Rodriguez's spread offense. Ohio State struggled with two mid-major teams and got squished by Southern California. Gophers coach Tim Brewster sees a lot ... Read More