By Doug Harris via DaytonDailyNews.com --  COLUMBUS — Ohio State coach Urban Meyer might feel a little less pain about not being able to send his seniors off with a bowl trip if they happened to be a collection of slackers. But they’re not making it easy on him. The Buckeyes are ineligible for the postseason and a Big Ten championship this year because of NCAA infractions. The biggest culprits have all moved on, while those who had no part in it are ... Read More

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

By John Kampf via News-Herald.com -- Expectations have been high for the Ohio State football team since the day it was announced Urban Meyer was taking over the program. Some of those expectations, from the most ardent Buckeye fans, might be a little lofty. A quick turnaround from last year's suspension-riddled, drama-laced 6-7 season is desired. After releasing the his first two-deep depth chart on Wednesday, Meyer outlined what expectations could be for the 2012 season. "Talent will get you seven or eight wins," Meyer ... 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

By: AP via coshoctontribune.com -- COLUMBUS -- A new coach is relying a lot on team leaders to drive the ballyhooed "Urban Renewal" project at Ohio State. Urban Meyer, hired in November to oversee a massive reconstruction of the Buckeyes' troubled program, revealed his two-deep roster Wednesday but said if the team's best and brightest don't take ownership then his reboot won't work. "Talent will get you about seven or eight wins," the former Florida, Utah and Bowling Green coach said. "Discipline will start pushing ... Read More

By Cameron Weimer via TheLantern.com --  Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer announced the post-spring practice two-deep depth chart, but also gave his input on topics concerning the Buckeyes and the current state of the Bowl Championship Series. Depth Chart OSU players were well aware that their playing time would be determined by what they accomplished during spring ball and the results of the players’ work was made public Wednesday. “We made a big emphasis with our players aboutspring practice is not just fundamentals, development ... Read More

From: MaxPreps.com --  Woodbridge (Va.) defensive Da'Shawn Hand and Liberty County (Hinesville, Ga.) linebacker Raekwon McMillan have a good deal in common. Both were U.S. Air Force Sophomore All-Americans this fall after highly-productive 10th-grade seasons. Both are emerging as national recruits, and both have offers from Ohio State (among many others.) Could the recruitment of Hand and McMillan be more intertwined than would normally be the case for a player from Northern Virginia and southwestern Georgia? Earlier this week, McMillan hinted at the possibility of ... 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