Ex-Buckeye standout U.S. World Cup Team

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY

From: BigTenNetwork.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - J.D. Bergman, an Ohio State wrestling letterwinner from 2004-08, earned a spot on the U.S. World Cup Team Friday. United States wrestling held wrestle offs for the World Cup, which will take place March 6-7 in Mahachkala, Russia. At buy medicine online the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., Bergman beat Bryce Hasseman, a National Team member and Olympian Andy Hrovat at 96kg/211.5 pounds in his bid to represent the United States. Against Hasseman, Bergman, a ... Read More

Video: Branson Wright interviews Kim Kardashian and other celebrities at Troy Smith’s Haiti relief event

Categories: FOOTBALL

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- A crowd of onlookers and partygoers attended Thursday night's event at the Barley House to support Baltimore Ravens quarterback Troy Smith's foundation to help raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Model/actress Kim Kardashian hosted the red carpet event that included many local and national sports stars like Josh Cribbs of the Cleveland Browns, Mario Manningham of the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians pitcher Jensen Lewis, Orlando Pace of the Chicago Bears and boxing champ Kelly Pavlik. Branson Wright ... Read More

Video from Evan Turner, William Buford and Thad Matta after Ohio State’s loss

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, MEN's BASKETBALL

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- The Buckeyes were frustrated after their 71-65 loss at West Virginia today. Ohio State outshot West Virginia 49 percent to 43.9 percent, but the Mountaineers' rebounding edge was the difference.topsyWidgetPreload({ "url": "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buckeyecountry.net%2Fvideo-from-evan-turner-william-buford-and-thad-matta-after-ohio-states-loss", "style": "big", "title": "Video from Evan Turner, William Buford and Thad Matta after Ohio State's loss" }); No related posts. Read More

West Virginia rallies from 14 points down to beat Ohio State

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, MEN's BASKETBALL

From: AP via ESPN.com -- MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Da'Sean Butler stood in the way of an Ohio State payback. Butler scored 16 of his 21 points in the second half and West Virginia (No. 12 ESPN/USA Today, No. 11 AP) overcame a double-digit deficit to beat Ohio State (. 25 ESPNNo/USA Today, No. 21 AP) 71-65 on Saturday.The Buckeyes couldn't forget last year's 76-48 loss to the Mountaineers in Columbus, Ohio State's largest margin of defeat ever at home against an unranked opponent. And ... Read More

How Pete Carroll’s Move to NFL Will Help Buckeyes’ Recruiting

Categories: FOOTBALL

By: Daniel Wolf (BleacherReport.com) -- When the announcement was made that USC Trojans' long-time head coach Pete Carroll was leaving the college ranks to go and coach in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks, every single Buckeyes fan could be heard screaming. Carroll and the Trojans were one of the most decorated and dominant college football programs in the nine years he was head coach. The Trojans always seemed to get the best high school football recruits in the nation and they always beat ... Read More

Buckeyes’ Titus famous for NOT playing

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, MEN's BASKETBALL

From: AP via SI.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Mark Titus seldom even gets into a game for No. 21 Ohio State. Incredibly, buying online that hasn't kept him from becoming one of the most popular and famous college basketball players in the nation. How many stars have a blog that has had more than 2.1 million visits? How many guys scoring 20 points a game have produced a video called "The Rainmaker'' for NBA scouts that has gotten more than 115,000 hits ... Read More

High school football rosters set for North-South Classic in Ohio Stadium on April 23

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FOOTBALL

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- At least four future Ohio State Buckeyes and 22 high school seniors from the seven-county area will take part what is becoming a weekend football festival for the North-South Ohio Classic in April. The traditional high school all-star game is moving away from a conflict with the Big 33 Classic against Pennsylvania in June and will be played at Ohio Stadium on Friday, April 23. That is one day before Ohio State's spring football game. The rosters released ... Read More

Buckeyes’ recruiting not up to normal standards

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FOOTBALL

By: Doug Harris (Journal-News.com) -- I just saw a story in these pages where Ohio State’s recruiting in football has taken an uncharacteristic dip. Accustomed to locking up top-10 classes almost every year, the Buckeyes’ current group is rated only 22nd nationally by Rivals.com, behind Big Ten arch-nemeses Michigan (19th) and Penn State (9th) and other programs with much lower profiles such as Stanford (18th), Missouri (14th) and Texas A&M (10th). That won’t matter next season — OSU is expected to go into ... Read More

Ohio State’s Terrelle Pryor Puts a Finger to the Critic’s Lips

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FOOTBALL

By: Adam Heasley (BleacherReport.com) -- We have all heard it for the last year and a half. Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor is not a pro style quarterback, he's overrated and some have said he's just not that good. If the 2009 Rose Bowl game against Oregon wasn't enough to silence the critics then I don't know what is. Yes, he's struggled with turning the ball over, not being efficient in the passing game, and not being the leader he should be. Try telling that to ... Read More

Recruiting: Who Is Left?

Categories: FOOTBALL

By Braden Gall (AthlonSports.com) -- With less than two weeks until National Signing Day 2010, Athlon takes an in-depth look at the top 10 uncommitted prospects left on the board (number is AC100 rank): 1. Seantrel Henderson, OL (St. Paul, Minn.) Henderson’s hold on the No. 1 slot in the Athlon Consensus 100 has loosened quite a bit over the last few weeks. Ronald Powell (Rancho Verde, Calif.) made a huge statement with his performance in the U.S. Army Bowl and has closed the gap ... Read More