From: BigTenNetwork.com -- The No. 3 Ohio State wrestling team (10-0) is off to its second-best start in program history after beating No. 8 Cornell, 27-14, Saturday at the UNI-Dome in the NWCA/Cliff Keen National Duals. Only the Buckeyes' 15-match win streak to start the season in 2001-02 betters the current mark. Ohio State will face No. 3 Iowa State at noon ET Sunday for a shot at the National Duals title. The Cyclones defeated Bloomsburg (38-7) and Maryland (26-6) earlier in the day. Ohio State ... Read More

By: JEREMY BURKHART (GalionInquirer.com) -- We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, but spiritual beings on a human journey. That point, along with wrestling, were the main emphasis of Ohio State head wrestling coach Tom Ryan’s speech at the Galion Free Methodist Church’s quarterly prayer breakfast held Dec. 12. “We are each a little sliver of God,” Ryan said. While he does his best to teach his wrestlers and his own children that, it took 35 years for Ryan to learn how true it ... Read More

By: Mark Palmer (Examiner.com) -- The third-ranked Ohio State wrestling team defeated No. 19 Edinboro University, 34-12, in a Sunday dual meet at Perrysburg High School outside Toledo. The Buckeyes won the first seven bouts -- three by major decision, two by pin, one by technical fall, and one by a Fighting Scot forfeit -- to jump out to a 34-0 lead.  Edinboro managed to win the last three matches -- one by pin -- but it was not enough to surmount Ohio State's ... Read More

By: Allyson Kraemer (TheLantern.com) -- As 105,455 spectators held their breath, Devin Barclay sent a 39-yard field goal soaring through the uprights. The junior kicker had sealed the Buckeyes’ fifth straight Big Ten Title with his overtime kick against Iowa. Fans rushed to the field and surrounded Barclay. The emotion of a Rose Bowl berth was palpable throughout Ohio Stadium. Barclay was at a loss for words. “Unbelievable. I’m pretty speechless,” he said following the game-winner. When ... Read More

BY: DON HOHLER (NorwalkReflector.com) -- MONROEVILLE – The oldest of Monroeville’s Fab 4 — Logan Stieber — and the No. 1-rated wrestler in the country in all weight classes is heading off to college. Although he still has his senior wrestling season left, Stieber put the seal of approval on a letter of intent Thursday afternoon at Monroeville High School. He will attend The Ohio State University in the fall of 2010, the only school of higher education he even considered. “I grew up rooting ... Read More

From: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State student-athletes combined to serve the Columbus community with 6,496 hours of community service at 117 local organizations, schools and events during the 2008-09 season. Leading the way was the cheerleading team with an outstanding 1,671 hours, followed by the football team with 799 hours and the men's track and field team in third with 728. A total of eight teams clocked in with over 200 hours, including men's lacrosse (389), wrestling (328), rowing (276.5), women's hockey ... Read More

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

From: BizJournals.com -- Ohio State University’s athletics programs generated the second-highest revenue total of any college in the nation during the 2007-08 school year, according to a report released Monday in Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal. The sister publication to Columbus Business First, citing Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act forms, found that Buckeye sports brought in $118 million in the school year ended June 2008, second only to the University of Texas at $120.3 million. Ohio State was one of only three college athletics ... Read More

By: John Bombatch (MiddletownJournal.com) -- MIDDLETOWN — Thanks to the rewards of an endowment fund started six years ago, the Ohio State University Alumni Club of Butler County can reward five area high school seniors with a combined $4,300 in scholarships at its annual banquet on Thursday, June 11, at the Manchester Inn. “We started the fund in December of 2003 at Ohio State,” explained club president Al Kulick. “This is the second year where the endowment fund is paying back. Since we’re earning ... Read More

From: TheLantern.com via TradingMarkets.com -- Ohio State U., Columbus, OH, Jun 04, 2009 (The Lantern/UWire via COMTEX) -- VS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- When heading to an athletic event on campus, it can be difficult to imagine all the fine-tuning that goes on behind game day. Brutus, cheerleaders, players and coaches all work hard to prepare for game days. But there is more to the Ohio State Department of Athletics than most people notice. Besides the players and ... Read More

Courtesy: OhioStateBuckeyes.com -- Every sports team is sure to have an official team clown and the Ohio State wrestling team is no different. Enter Mike Pucillo. The self-proclaimed boy who cries wolf is notorious for causing angst to head coach Tom Ryan and the rest of the coaching staff with jokes, that, depending on the day, may or may not be amusing. As the story goes, the infamous boy did not end up in the best of circumstances at the end of the ... Read More

From: WaitingForNextYear.com -- If you frequent the site, you know that many of us come to the defense of our teams when we feel that they’re being wrongly portrayed or attacked with bias and malicious intent. We see it all of the time during football season as it seems as if the entire nation hate the Ohio State Buckeyes. For one reason or another (usually based on BCS nonsense), the Scarlet and Gray are at the forefront of the blog-wielded crowbar. But after reading ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland.com) -- Ohio State and Michigan working together to save money in their athletic departments? Times must be tough. The two schools announced today that they will no longer print media guides for any of their athletic teams, and they hope other schools will follow their lead. According to an Ohio State release, the move, effective immediately, will save about $250,000 per year. The idea is that the schools can more effectively and efficiently get their messages out in ways other than media ... Read More