From: Cleveland.com — CLEVELAND, OH — The Ohio State Buckeyes finished the 2011 regular season with a 6-6 record, the team’s worst showing since 1999, when they went 6-6 with coach John Cooper and did not play in a bowl game.

Ohio State is bowl-eligible this season. Rumors swirl that Saturday’s 40-34 loss at Michigan — or a potential bowl game appearance — was, or would be, the final game for Luke Fickell as the Buckeyes’ head coach.

Fickell was named interim head coach for this season on May 30, when former coach Jim Tressel was asked to resign in the aftermath of Ohio State’s memorabilia for tattoos/cash scandal.

From the start, it was understood that Fickell’s job would be difficult, Not only would he be replacing the coach that in 10 years had led OSU to three national championship game appearances, including the 2002 season national title…….

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