By: Todd DeVries (BleacherReport.com) -- The much-ballyhooed dual threat QB from Jeannette, Pa., will enter the fall season as the centerpiece of the Ohio State Buckeyes' offense. Gone is top pass-catcher Brian Robiskie and the bulldozing Chris Wells. Veteran QB Todd Boeckman is off to greener pastures. Yes, it’s clearly "The Terrelle Pryor Show" now in Columbus. Will the soon to be sophomore rise to the challenge and become the superstar we expect him to be? What’s the scoop? Though we’ve been ... Read More

By: Billy George (BleacherReport.com) -- As the spread offense has undoubtedly dominated the world of college football, coaches have an added attention span for quarterbacks who can both throw and run the football. From Vince Young of the mighty Texas Longhorns to JaMarcus Russell of the tenacious Tigers of LSU, big, fast quarterbacks have changed the face of college football forever. In this day and age, when thinking of a stud quarterback of such stature playing college ball, one young man is at ... Read More

By: Mark Suek (The Marietta Register) -- Closing out his senior season at Marietta High School, Cody Westbrook is setting his sights high while looking toward his track and field career at The Ohio State University. Actually, right about seven feet high, to be more precise. Westbrook, a multi-sport standout for the Tigers, recently signed a letter of intent to continue his education and perform as a high jumper for ... Read More

By: Jacqueline Boscacci (UWBadgers.com) -- The No. 2 Wisconsin women’s hockey team will host seventh-seeded Ohio State at the Eagle’s Nest Feb. 27-March 1 for the first round of the WCHA Playoffs as the No. 2 seed. The winner in the best-of-three series advances to the WCHA Final Face-off hosted by the University of Minnesota at Ridder Arena. Live stats will be available for the Wisconsin/Ohio State series at the game day page. Unfortunately with the facility change, a live video and audio ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Forget about the stellar 2009 recruiting class and Terrelle Pryor (trust me, it's hard). The cupboard for the Buckeyes is not exactly bare. Young players that contributed to the team in last season are ready to be leaders for the next year. Outside of the obvious return of Pryor, here are five players that people should keep an eye on heading into a promising 2009 campaign. 5. Nathan Williams Williams found playing time as a true freshman in a ... Read More

From: MSN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio—Feeling the frustration of a third consecutive loss on Sunday, Ohio State’s Jon Diebler said when the Buckeyes go over the video of the defeats they ask, “What if?“ For an entirely different reason, that’s the question that nags coach Thad Matta. No team in the nation over the last three years has been hurt more by one-then-done freshmen moving on to the NBA. Instead of jockeying a team that must win at least two or three more games to ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Neither Malcolm Jenkins, Beanie Wells nor James Laurinaitis ran as fast at the NFL Combine as they would have liked. But a quick spin through some post-combine mock drafts has their 40 times not affecting them all that much, it seems. Some updated mock drafts: Rob Rang, NFLdraftscout.com - Malcolm Jenkins No. 9; Beanie Wells No. 19; James Laurinaitis No. 29 Don Banks, SI.com - Jenkins No. 9; Laurinaitis No. 23; Wells No. 31 FoxSports.com - Jenkins No. 14; Wells ... Read More

By: Kareem Shaker (AllHealineNews.com) -- Columbus, OH (AHN) - Jeremie Simmons came off the bench to score 14 points and lead a second-half surge as the Ohio State Buckeyes snapoped a three-game skid with a 73-59 defeat of the Penn State Nittany Lions Tuesday night. P.J. Hill and B.J. Mullens each had 13 points and William Buford added 11, all in the first half. Simmons scored the last five points of the first half to give Ohio State a 32-30 lead. He came out in ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (Toledo Blade) -- Three weeks ago Ohio State introduced its football recruiting class for 2009, and started the process of assimilating those 25 new players into the program. There's no break in the courtship of fresh talent, however, and the 2010 crop of Buckeyes already numbers four after Texas linebacker David Durham committed to Ohio State. The Westlake Picayune newspaper in suburban Austin reported yesterday that Durham said he plans to be a Buckeye. "I think that I just fit real ... Read More

From: USAToday.com -- LORAIN, Ohio — Former Ohio State basketball player Jamar Butler has pleaded no contest to possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Lorain Municipal Court records show that Butler was fined $150 and had his driver's license suspended for six months on Feb. 17. Butler finished his four-year college career by helping Ohio State win the NIT in April. He was also a starter on the Buckeyes squad that lost to Florida in the 2007 NCAA championship game. A Lorain Police Department report ... Read More