By: Braden Gall (athlonsports.com) -- It helps to have two coaching staffs. While Luke Fickell's Ohio State staff prepared for the bowl match-up with Florida, new head coach Urban Meyer and his staff plowed through the recruiting trail in true General Sherman fashion. This story began on November 27 rather than National Signing Day. In reality, Meyer had a rather quiet Signing Day, landing only the one big name (Kyle Dodson). But he had a monstrous two months leading up ... Read More

By Luke Pashke (BleacherReport.com) -- With the ridiculous surge of recruits committing to Ohio State recently, it's hard to find any negatives on National Signing Day for the Buckeyes. Things have been rolling in Columbus as Urban Meyer has turned a mediocre recruiting class into a top five in just two months. The success Meyer has experienced on the recruiting trail in such a short period of time has been unprecedented, but as is life, not everything has ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- Most of the Big Ten recruiting classes are complete, and there haven't been too many surprises around the league. As we wait for some of the bigger names to make their selections, a few nuggets from around the league: Michigan got a nice surprise Wednesday morning as running back Dennis Norfleet signed with the Wolverines. Norfleet, a Detroit native, had committed to Cincinnati but made the switch after receiving an offer from ... Read More

BY MIKE CLARK (suntimes.com) -- 1. Ohio State: The Buckeyes can’t play in the Big Ten championship game or a bowl this season, thanks to the fallout from the scandal that led to Jim Tressel’s forced departure. But new coach Urban Meyer still recruited the conference’s best class, including Glenbard West DT Tommy Schutt, and they’ll be ready for the postseason in 2013. 2. Michigan: Second-year coach Brady Hoke has another exceptional class, one that’s just behind ... Read More

By Patrick Maguire (Patch.com) -- It's official. After months (and years) of speculation and build-up, Easton's Armani Reeves and Camren Williams will be shipping up to Columbus, Ohio next fall to play for Urban Meyer and the Ohio State Buckeyes. Both Reeves and Williams signed their National Letters of Intent during a press conference Thursday afternoon at Catholic Memorial High School. "It’s definitely special," Reeves said. "I didn’t know if I was going to make it this far in football and it’s ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS - Ohio State landed another recruit today when North Carolina linebacker Jamal Marcus picked the Buckeyes over East Carolina in an announcement at his high school just after 10:30 a.m. The only other expected news for the Buckeyes today will come when Cleveland Heights offensive lineman Kyle Dodson makes his choice sometime after noon (HE CHOSE OHIO STATE). His decision is down to Ohio State, USC, Michigan State and Wisconsin. He previously ... Read More

By Amir Khan (ibtimes.com) -- Wide receiver Roger Lewis won't be making his commitment decision on National Signing Day. Instead, the Division I recruit is being held in jail on two counts of rape. Lewis, who played at Pickerington Central High School in Ohio, helped his team reach Ohio's Div. I state football title game in 2011. Lewis was charged with two first-degree felony counts of rape, both on the same woman. After a month long investigation, Lewis, ... Read More

By: AP via ChicagoTribune.com --  COLUMBUS, Ohio— The son of an Ohio auto dealer says his parents have purchased the suburban Columbus home of former Ohio state coach Jim Tressel. The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/ySgu1U) Jeff Layman says his father, Bobby Layman, and mother bought the Upper Arlington home. He tells the newspaper Tuesday that, "the deal is closed" and his parents plan to move in after the Tressels move out. The couple live nearby in the same city. The ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When football recruits at Ohio State sign their National Letters of Intent Wednesday, they should have greater guarantees about their future than ever before in the modern era of college sports. Buckeyes, as well as players at most -- if not all -- Big Ten schools and some other programs around the country, are signing four-year scholarships instead of renewable one-year scholarships, as has been the standard. ... Read More

By: Rob McCurdy (MansfieldNewsJournal.com) -- COLUMBUS -- Lenzelle Smith Jr. is listed as a guard on Ohio State's roster. It's because jack-of-all-trades, as his coach likes to call him, isn't a recognized position on the floor. The 6-foot-4 sophomore is basketball's version of a utility infielder, a roundball handyman who sees a problem and fixes it. Against Indiana, he became a knock down 3-point shooter, hitting 4 of 5 from the arc and finishing with 28 points. Against Michigan, he turned ... Read More