By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's men's basketball team couldn't go to Italy. Otherwise, Ohio State's nearly $120 million athletic department has navigated the current economic climate while barely breaking stride. Forecasted to lose money during the 2008-09 fiscal year that ended on June 30, it turns out that the OSU athletic department did suffer a rare loss, but of only $148,026. That included a previously pledged $1 million donation to the school library. Stiff the library and ... Read More

By: Bill Blanton (Examiner.com) -- Most college football fans are hoping the Ohio State vs. USC game will at least live up to the hype this year. What was thought to be one of the top games of the 2008 college football season turned out to be a one sided run away win for the Trojans. Meet Pete Carroll, Head Coach USC..... USC has been the most successful college football program since 2001. They have amassed a record of 88-15 under Pete Carroll’s leadership, a ... Read More

By:  (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Isiah Thomas isn't the only one upset about Florida International opening the season with North Carolina instead of Ohio State. His fellow alum of St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Ill., Ohio State junior Evan Turner, wasn't happy either. A refresher on the background: Thomas, the former star at Indiana and with the Detroit Pistons, is the new coach at Florida International. Both Ohio State and FIU thought they were playing each other to open the season in the ... Read More

BY: LANCE CRANMER (ChillicotheGazette.com) -- Drew Basil knows what you're thinking right now. The annual prep football preview -- the highlight of the high school sports fan's season -- and who's on the cover? A kicker? Seriously? "Oh man, I think they'll be surprised," laughed Basil, the Chillicothe senior kicker-slash-punter. "Most people get the paper and expect to see the quarterback or a linebacker or some other position." Basil, however, is not just a kicker. He's a phenomenon. He's a Chillicothe legend-in-the-making. Like those who arrived immediately ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- ESPN reported just moments ago on College Football Live that true freshman QB Matt Barkley has out-seated redshirt junior Aaron Corp for the starting job at USC. This comes as a mild surprise due to Corp's recent fibula injury and Barkley's rapid progress in the spring and fall camps. However, starting a true freshman at QB is an unprecedented move in the Pete Carroll era at USC. But no mistake, Carroll has not misfired much when it comes to starting ... Read More

By: Doug Harris (MiddletownJournal.com) -- Ohio State may be a consensus top-10 team in the national polls, but don’t look for Terrelle Pryor and Co. to be there by the end of the season. I believe they’ll be held back by a problem that’s plagued the program throughout the Jim Tressel years: poor offensive line play. I’m trying Viagra Without Prescription to think of the last time the OSU line actually mashed an opposing defensive front — something I recall being relatively common ... Read More

From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -Thad Matta, now in his sixth season as the head coach of the Ohio State men's basketball team, put the Buckeyes through it's final practice in Columbus before heading north to Canada for a three-game excursion. Ohio State went through 10 practice days in preparation for the summer trip that will feature two games against the University of Windsor and a single contest against Western Ontario. The games vs. the Lancers of Windsor will take place at 6 p.m. ... Read More

By: Kyle Strittholt (BleacherReport.com) -- There is nothing quite like the Ohio State/Michigan game at the end of November. You have two programs with so much history and a game where rankings don’t matter. A game where you could have a horrible season, but this one win can make the season a whole lot better. In the last decade there has been some close games between the two schools, unfortunately for Michigan fans, Ohio State has came out on top nine times out of ten ... Read More

By: Duane Long (DuaneLongReport.com) -- I think we may actually still be in the tight end business in this class. I have been looking at Ty Williams purely as a wide receiver. I did not see him growing into a tight end. On film he is such a long, lean graceful athlete. I thought he would just fill out naturally and stay at wide receiver. That changed last week. Gary Hosteau recently published some photographs of Williams. Fans started speculating in the thread ... Read More

By: Todd Porter (CantonRep.com) -- COLUMBUS — Boom and Zoom, that’s how Head Coach Jim Tressel started referring to them. Ohio State’s offense last year had more Boom and far less Zoom, but Brandon Saine is hoping to find his way in the Buckeye backfield more this season. The 6-foot-1, 217-pound junior from Piqua came to Ohio State with the same kind of hype as most incoming freshmen running backs do in Columbus. His nickname is “Zoom.” Dan Herron is called “Boom.” One runs fast; ... Read More