By: Tom Dienhart via btn.com --    Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is a genius–at least when it comes to spicing up spring football games. Let’s face it: These spring “games” often are little more than glorified scrimmages to appease and tease fans. The interest? Minimal—aside from the true cognoscenti. Many coaches don’t like them, preferring to run a scrimmage or just conduct another practice for fear of injury. Lack of depth is another reason many coaches don’t like intrasquad scrimmages, as it often makes it ... Read More

By Daniel Kock via bleacherreport.com -- Ohio State fans should feel extremely confident as to what they'll see out of their offense in 2012 and moving forward under new head coach Urban Meyer. Meyer's resume speaks for itself. Everywhere he's been, he's won and his offenses have put up huge numbers. Meyer has won two BCS National Championships. He's won 13 games three times in his career and is the only BCS coach to do it in back-to-back years ... Read More

By: David Mayo via mlive.com -- The adjective in “mock draft”is the key to any such discussion in the NBA, where draft order isn't determined until the ping-pong balls do their work in the lottery hopper. Still, ESPN peppers the mock argument by assuming the top three picks remain unchanged, as well as the final overall standings, so in Chad Ford's third mock draft of the year, that means the Detroit Pistons would pick eighth and select– drumroll, please – Ohio State big ... Read More

By Brian Bennett via ESPN.com -- When it comes to college football video boards these days, bigger -- and sharper -- is better. Ohio State is the latest school to upgrade its technological gameday experience. The school announced Tuesday that it will undertake a $7 million improvements project at Ohio Stadium, replacing the 11-year-old scoreboard and audio system. The new high-def Panasonic screen will measure 42-feet-by-124-feet; the  current scoreboard is  30-feet-by-90-feet and is, gasp, not in HD. The board will be flanked by a cluster ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises via The Plain Dealer --  In a Sporting News story published Monday on Ohio State coach Urban Meyer's tenure at Florida, the program Meyer left winds up sounding a lot like the program he inherited. And none of that should be of particular surprise. The only problem is for anyone viewing Meyer above or below the spectrum of successful major college football coaches, for good or bad. He's no more a saint or a sinner than most two-time national championship ... Read More

By: Matt Hayes via sportingnews.com --  The uproar and controversy of Urban Meyer’s stunning recruiting coup at Ohio  State settled in and Stefon Diggs, still on the Buckeyes' wish list, was  debating his future. Diggs, the second-highest rated wide receiver in the country, had  narrowed his list of potential schools to Maryland, Florida and Ohio State. For  more than a week following National Signing Day on Feb. 1, and before Diggs  eventually signed with Maryland, Meyer relentlessly pursued Diggs. Multiple sources told Sporting News ... Read More

By: AP via foxsports.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deshaun Thomas will not be joining Ohio State teammate Jared Sullinger in the NBA - yet. Thomas said Friday he will return for his junior season. Two days earlier, Sullinger, also a sophomore and a two-time All-American, said he would give up his last two years of eligibility to enter the NBA draft. Coach Thad Matta said in a school statement that Thomas, his family and the coaching staff spent the last week evaluating his draft ... Read More

By: AP via suntimes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — After guiding Ohio State to the Final Four, two-time All-American forward Jared Sullinger figured he might as well see what he could do for an NBA team. The 6-foot-9 sophomore announced on Wednesday that he is giving up his final two seasons with the Buckeyes to make himself available for the NBA draft in June. Most projections have him going in the top 10 picks. “Going to the Final Four with a team that many people said ... Read More

By: AP via nbc4i.com -- DAYTON, Ohio -- A newspaper review shows seven medical professors and coaches at Ohio State University received bonuses topping $1 million in 2011, most of them more than double the size of their base earnings. The Dayton Daily News reports Sunday that the university paid more than 4,000 employees total bonuses of about $25.6 million, up from roughly $13.6 million given in 2010 to about 1,700 employees. Basketball coach Thad Matta was the....... READ THE REST ... Read More

By RANDY COVITZ via The Kansas City Star --NEW ORLEANS -- The Ohio State basketball team may be in the Final Four, but they realize they’re sharing the headlines back in Columbus. Spring football started this week. But the beleaguered gridiron Buckeyes can thank their basketball brethren for helping repair the tarnished image of Ohio State athletics and, for a few months this winter, taking fans’ minds off a turbulent football season. Football coach Jim Tressel was forced out last May for lying about NCAA ... Read More