By Adam Rittenberg via ESPN.com --    Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer and athletic director Gene Smith acknowledged having committed secondary NCAA violations in recent months, according to a report in The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer. The ancillary errors by Meyer and Smith are part of 46 secondary violations in 21 sports at Ohio State reported since last May 30. The Plain Dealer obtained the list of violations through an open records request. Meyer is reported to have said "good luck" to football recruit Noah Spence ... Read More

From: thebestdamnpoll.com --  Many moons ago, when I got out of college (with a degree (actually two), to the assumed surprise of most of my family I'd imagine), I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. That's probably not the best time or idea to have that revelation, but it is what it is. I knew I liked to write, and I knew I liked to coach basketball, since the NBA wasn't in the market for slow white ... Read More

By Luke Pashke via BleacherReport.com --  With the closing of spring practice and summer workouts steadily approaching, Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer has finally released his post-spring depth chart. For the most part, the depth chart went according to plan, but there were a few eye-openers in it. With this release, we now know which players have solidified themselves as starters as well as those players who still have something to prove to this coaching staff. Despite its few surprises, there's still ... Read More

From: 10tv.com --  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said that he can look in the mirror every morning and know the decisions he's made are based on integrity. Smith sat down with 10TV's Andrea Cambern and discussed the events that occurred since December 2010, when it was revealed Ohio State's starting quarterback Terrelle Pryor and other members of the football team exchanged some of their memorabilia for tattoos. In March 2011, Smith and.......... READ THE  REST OF THE ARTICLE and VIEW ... Read More

From bdtonline.com --  CATLETTSBURG, Ky. — A convicted sex offender who posted his photo with Ohio State football recruits and coaches on Twitter has been indicted by a grand jury for failing to fully comply with Kentucky's sex registery law. Charles Eric Waugh, 31, of Ashland, Ky., also faces revocation of his probation for a 2008 conviction for downloading pornographic images of minors. He pleaded guilty to the charge at the time and was given five years probation. He was also ordered t0............ READ ... Read More

From ToledoBlade.com -- Former Ohio State basketball forward J.D. Weatherspoon will transfer to Toledo, he announced Tuesday on Twitter. Weatherspoon participated in 25 games last season, averaging three points in 6.3 minutes. He will have two years of eligibility remaining after sitting out next season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules. Weatherspoon (6-foot-6, 215 pounds) wrote on Twitter, "I will be taking my talents to the university of Toledo thank you all for all the support whatever happens I still do it for COLUMBUS." Weatherspoon played ... Read More

From WaitingForNextYear.com -- Before he’d ever taken a snap as a college quarterback, Terrelle Pryor received a standing ovation on a brilliantly sunny day against Youngstown State in Ohio State’s cakewalk of an opener in 2008. Months before that, Sports Illustrated called his college decision “the most anticipated signing day announcement in history.” Talk about hype. A look at just the numbers suggests he lived up to the most of it. Key word: most. From 2008-20010, Pryor helped guide the Buckeyes to a share of....... READ ... Read More

BY DAVID BRIGGS via ToledoBlade.com -- Ohio State once seemed an unlikely candidate to lead the campaign for alcohol reform in college athletics. A decade ago, the school had a nationally ranked party scene -- No. 12 according to Playboy magazine -- to go along with its powerhouse football program. The team and its fans regularly seized headlines for their abuse of alcohol -- from quarterback Steve Bellisari's arrest for driving nearly three times over the legal limit the morning before his final home ... Read More

By: AP via WashingtonPost.com -- MILWAUKEE — Hoping to secure some stability at the top of its athletic department, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hired former Ohio State athletic director Andy Geiger on Thursday. Geiger, who oversaw winning programs and major construction projects but also weathered scandals during his time at Ohio State, takes over a program that has gone through two full-time athletic directors since 2009. “We believe Andy Geiger possesses the leadership qualities to bring stability and continuity to UWM Athletics during this transitional ... Read More

By Mark Schlabach via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio --  While Urban Meyer coached at Florida from 2005 to 2010, the Gators played as many as three rivalry games a season -- against Florida State, Georgia and Tennessee. "You always like to say, 'That's the game,'" Meyer said. "But as soon as you say Tennessee is the game or Georgia is the game, then it's like, 'Well, LSU's not a game?' It was tough down there." As Meyer prepares to begin his first season as Ohio State's ... Read More