By: Wes Bunting (BleacherReport.com) -- This summer, the National Football Post is breaking down every team in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly known as Division I-A) to identify players who might warrant interest from NFL teams in the 2010 draft. The Ohio State Buckeyes again have a talented group of NFL prospects and are definitely one of the favorites to capture the Big Ten title. Offense Ray Small: No. 82, WR, 5'11", 185 lbs. A gifted start-and-stop athlete who has the ability to change directions and ... Read More

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Stanford / Cypress, Texas) posted her third double-double in five games to lead the 2009 USA U19 World Championship Team (4-1) past Russia (4-1) 75-56 in FIBA U19 World Championship second round action on Tuesday afternoon in Bangkok, Thailand. Ogwumike scored eight of her game-high 12 points and grabbed seven of her game-high 13 rebounds in the fourth quarter as the U.S. dominated Russia 20-6 in the final stanza to seal the win. In addition to Oguwumike, ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- Big Ten football media day has come and gone, and the pundits have put the pressure of expectations on Ohio State. They pick the Buckeyes to win the conference and quarterback Terrelle Pryor as Big Ten offensive Player of the Year. And, writes Tim May of the Columbus Dispatch, schools and coaches are hoping Ohio State will help restore the Big Ten's somewhat diminished reputation as a power conference. Writes May: "I think everyone in this league wants to see Ohio State do ... Read More

By: MARK SNYDER (Detroit Free Press) -- CHICAGO -- Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel doesn’t expect Michigan to be down long after its 3-9 season. He thinks “they’ll be just fine.” “Anyone’s that’s every been involved in a transition, for 365 days, every day is a new day, every adjustment you have to make and every relationship you have to build, it’s hard,” he said at today’s Big Ten media days. “Transitions are hard. We were 7-5 our first year, and ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Senior safety Kurt Coleman ran the seven-on-seven drills this summer, as the Buckeyes practiced their passing game like they always do while the coaches aren't allowed to be working with the players. Coleman said he and the other seniors would tell sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor to get the offense ready and then they'd get to work in what he called the most competitive seven on sevens he has been a part of. "Honestly, this has been the ... Read More

By: Gregg Doyel (CBSSpots.com) -- CHICAGO -- They are joined this season, though not in the way Rich Rodriguez had hoped or planned. But one year after trying -- and failing -- to sign Terrelle Pryor in his first recruiting class at Michigan, Rodriguez and Pryor are joined nonetheless. They are joined, this coach from Michigan and that quarterback for Ohio State, because it is time for both ... Read More

By: MARK SNYDER (Detroit Free Press) -- CHICAGO -- Michigan and Ohio State may be bitter rivals, but that can make for good TV. U-M antibiotics buy online football coach Rich Rodriguez and OSU coach Jim Tressel shot a public service announcement for muscular dystrophy today at the Big Ten football meetings at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Working for the “Coach to Cure MD” cause, they followed a script that had some banter about their different stadiums, offenses and traditions but showed they ... Read More

By: LARRY PHILLIPS (NewarkAdvocate.com) -- COLUMBUS -- Let the arguments begin. The Ohio State University Alumni Association released its 26-member all-time football team last week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its member magazine. I relish reading such lists. It's a chance to engage, analyze and educate (or be educated) about a topic that draws intense interest from so many fans throughout our region. Jay Hansen, the former sports editor at The Advocate and the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette who often contributed to our Bigger, Better ... Read More

By: Brian Hamilton (ChicagoTribune.com) -- Yes, Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was surprised that Terrelle Pryor, his sophomore quarterback with a whopping nine starts under his belt, was tapped the Big Ten's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. He was surprised, because apparently he is completely oblivious to arcane summertime media voting schedules. "I guess I'd forgotten they do such a thing," Tressel said Monday, during Big Ten Media Days. "Then when it was mentioned, I got to thinking through – man there's a ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- CHICAGO -- The Terrelle Pryor dance of expectations is underway. Will Ohio State's sophomore quarterback contend for the Heisman or overthrow open receivers? Be the best player in the Big Ten or a season-long work in progress? For a player possessed with seemingly every skill, can too much be asked? Monday, Pryor was saddled with one honor while it became clear that he probably won't be given another. The media at the Big Ten meetings anointed Pryor ... Read More