From: Cleveland.com -- Ohio State's Jim Tressel and all of the Big Ten football coaches are speaking today at the conference's media day in Chicago. About the situation at running back, where the Buckeyes must replace Chris "Beanie" Wells, Tressel said in part: We feel real good about Boom Herron. Danny Herron is a tough kid, a good ball-carrier, excellent pass protector, is solid in the passing game. We'd like to think that Brandon Saine, another young man that had a real solid freshman year ... Read More

By: Andy Zoric (Examiner.com) -- The Big Ten preseason awards are in and Ohio State brings two honors back to Columbus from the Big Ten Conference meeting in Chicago. First and foremost is the prediction that the Buckeyes will retain the title of Big Ten champions for the fifth year in a row. They are predicted to be ahead of Penn State with Michigan coming in third. The second award goes to true sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor as Preseason ... Read More

By: Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- CHICAGO -- The media's pick of Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor as Big Ten preseason Offensive Player of the Year came as a surprise to many, including Pryor's head coach. The Big Ten preseason honors usually go to juniors and seniors, and Pryor is the first sophomore to earn the tag since another Ohio State player, running back Maurice Clarett, received it in 2003. "I really was [surprised]," Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel said. "When it was mentioned, I got to ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- Shaun King of ESPN's College Football Live was quoted as saying that QB Terrelle Pryor was an "alpha-athlete," and a recent piece of news might have just confirmed it. Strength and conditioning coach Eric Lichter deemed Pryor as the fastest Buckeye with a reported 40-yard dash time of 4.33. That is not a misprint. // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> // --> ... Read More

By: Andy Zoric (Examiner.com) -- This is a subject that has been weighing on my mind for some time now. It is an awful subject, one filled with the ugliness and torment.  This subject is not pretty in any way, and is not meant Cipro to be so.  However, it is necessary to talk about the Ohio State Offensive line. College football is all about the quarterback. Think about it, Reggie Bush was the last non quarterback to win the Heisman, but in ... Read More

By: MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- COLUMBUS - After humbling losses in high-profile bowl games the past three years, it seemed like the only consensus reached about Ohio State was that its national reputation had been sullied, its armor chinked and its complexion pock-marked and blemished. Buckeye football had been deflated, the media saturation bombing contended, over and over, ad nauseam. But as the 2009 preseason predictions, rankings and polls continue to be rolled out, it looks like not everyone guzzled that Kool-Aid. Ohio State ... Read More

BY: JON SPENCER (LancasterEagleGazette.com) -- Short of Jim Tressel putting on a bulbous red nose and big, floppy shoes, it's hard to imagine Big Ten Media Days turning into the circus created this past week by its SEC counterpart. Most of the ruckus centered around Florida's 2007 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow. It started when a reporter, apparently trolling for a job on the Howard Stern Show, asked Tebow if he's still a virgin. As if we have the right to ... Read More

By: Josh Langenbacher (AltoonaMirror.com) -- UNIVERSITY PARK - When Penn State finished off Ohio State, 13-6, at Ohio Stadium last season, the victory touched off an emotional scene as defensive tackle Jared Odrick and another teammate joined forces for a chest bump at the Horseshoe's 50-yard line. Captains A.Q. Shipley and Anthony Scirrotto slapped hands with the Penn State contingent that comprised part of the 105,711 in attendance that night, then hugged before heading into the locker room. Afterward, as the Nittany Lions thrust themselves ... Read More

By: Jim Naveau (LimaOhio.com) -- The unofficial kickoff of Ohio State’s football season for me begins Monday at the Big Ten’s annual preseason football media preview in Chicago. The first day of the event brings all the Big Ten coaches to the microphone for some questions. Here are some topics a few of those coaches might be questioned about: Ohio State’s Jim Tressel: Why can’t the Big Ten win the big games against national powers? Michigan’s Rich Rodriguez: How long is Michigan going to remain patient ... Read More

By: Brian Lavrich (Sun News via Cleveland.com) -- Tim Wetzel is realizing his lifelong dream of becoming a Buckeye. The Mayfield center fielder has orally committed to playing for Ohio State University following his senior year. "I've wanted to go to Ohio State ever since I started playing ball," Wetzel said. "Especially coming from northeast Ohio. People are always telling me they (Ohio State) doesn't recruit up here, you have to go down south. I have to give a lot of credit to coach ... Read More